About me

Hello! I’m Marisa Kabas, a Brooklyn-based independent writer and reporter. After watching the journalism infrastructure crumble over the last decade, I decided that I needed to have a place where I could share my work and thoughts no matter what. Thus, The Handbasket was born.

When I launched in June 2022, it was a side project—somewhere to publish more personal stuff or pieces I knew corporate outlets would never take. But in the summer of 2023, I decided to bet on myself and go all in on making this space a success.

I’ve deeply covered former Congressman George Santos, the police raid on a small Kansas newspaper, Elon Musk’s antisemitism, and now the unraveling of the federal government and the erosion of American Democracy by Donald Trump in his second term as president. I’ve reported scoop after scoop after scoop, and have no intention of slowing down.

I’m glad to have you here and I hope you’ll soon consider yourself a ‘Basketeer.

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A free subscription says “Hey! I like what you do!,” which is much appreciated. A paid subscription says “Hey! I like what you do and want you to be able to create more of it!” Both mean so much to me, but if you have the means, do consider a paid subscription! Or give one as a gift to someone you think would appreciate my work.

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