Rachel Dry

@rachel_dry

deputy editor for enterprise, ; former editor of Sunday Review. Past editing gigs . Very occasional standup comic.

Joined March 2010
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  1. Jan 8

    So, it's as good a moment as any to note it is a privilege to work with , accept compliments on his behalf whenever my mother sees him on TV -- and to think with him about the history being made in this moment.

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  2. Jan 8

    And from covering events like “Trumpstock” where people spouting racist rhetoric told him they weren’t white supremacists -- they were patriots. And the seeds of the grievance on display Wednesday were clear:

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  3. Jan 8

    His analysis is informed by extensive reporting from both sides of that split screen. For example, a story on the Black women organizers in Georgia at the root of the state’s political transformation:

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  4. Jan 8

    What to make of the first Black senator from a now-blue Georgia, and a violent white mob in the Capitol? on the American paradox: “A commitment to democracy in a country with a legacy of racial exclusion.”

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  5. 25 Dec 2020

    May your holiday takeout be merry and bright. Here's hoping that next year we can gather in crowded restaurants to argue about who can be trusted to pick a movie -- a beloved American Christmas tradition captured so well here: 

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  6. 17 Dec 2020

    Forgot one, from October: Will every Chekhovian gun be fired? Seems like the answer is yes. (Also, first time gchatting about Chekhov at 2 a.m. For me anyway. Cannot speak for Matt.)

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  7. 17 Dec 2020

    Today: What if 2020 lasts forever?

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  8. 17 Dec 2020

    In November, w/ : Just how much does President Trump *love* pardoning turkeys? (And what did he like about being the president?)

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  9. 17 Dec 2020

    In April: What if the most important election of our lifetimes was 2016?

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  10. 17 Dec 2020

    In March: Are voters ‘essential personnel’ in a democracy?

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  11. 17 Dec 2020

    It’s been a privilege to spend the year asking uplifting questions with . In February: What if everything is broken?

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  12. 16 Nov 2020

    What is the virus equivalent of sandbags on the riverbank? Whatever it is, I hope in a virus-free future, North Dakotans might one day proudly describe it to a well-meaning, if somewhat clueless, young journalist in their midst.

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  13. 16 Nov 2020

    Rereading writing from a decade ago is cringey, but I loved that trip and have been thinking about Fargo as N.D. virus rates surge. Specifically, I remember hearing about the Red River floods, how proud people were of the community uniting in crisis.

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  14. 16 Nov 2020

    Steinbeck went to Fargo because he was “curious how a place unvisited can take such hold on the mind so that the very name sets up a ringing.” (That was my reason too, plus it was as far as I could get with vacation time.)

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  15. 16 Nov 2020

    I have been thinking about “Charley” this fall, because 10 years ago, still in the grips of anniversary-fever, and in the grips of a deep commitment to the continuing resonance of Steinbeck, I drove from the east coast to Fargo, North Dakota, following Steinbeck’s route.

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  16. 16 Nov 2020

    60 years since Ruby Bridges’s first day of school means that it’s been 60 years since John Steinbeck made the trip that became “Travels With Charley.” His route took him through New Orleans in the fall of 1960, where he saw young Ruby walking into school past hate-spewing adults.

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  17. 16 Nov 2020

    I am late to the actual anniversary -- I have become slightly less committed to anniversary journalism in the past decade -- but it’s amazing to realize that it’s been 10 years since I got to speak to and work with the remarkable Ruby Bridges.

    Back in 2010, I was proud to publish this essay by reflecting on the fifty years since she had integrated her public school in New Orleans: Kudos to the great , then my editor comrade at the Post, for making it happen!
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  18. 16 Nov 2020

    Shakespeare. Seinfeld. : The voices you need on the question of the moment -- “(asking for a friend): How do you get someone to face reality and get out of the White House?”

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  19. 10 Nov 2020

    “There was at least one casualty of election night turning into election week: an enormous American flag that hung from two cranes. After it had ripped and been mended once, it ripped again, and eventually a replacement flag was hoisted in its place.”

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  20. 10 Nov 2020

    A week ago, Wilmington was prepping for a big Joe Biden party. It took a bit longer. & on the waiting game at the Westin, where “leaving the security perimeter even for a sandwich or a mandatory coronavirus test was risky.”

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