For every ICE-related tow, Tepale makes a video and posts it to social media in hopes of getting the car back to the family. www.kuow.org/immigration/...

This Seattle-area mechanic offers free tows for vehicles left behind after ICE arrests

When ICE agents make a stop and a car is left behind, it’s usually towed and impounded. Then fees accumulate and it’s on the family to pay. When Angel Tepale gets the call, he holds the vehicles at hi...

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Immigration advocates are alleging one Lynden-based food packing company has had at least 50 employees detained by federal immigration officers over the last four months. They believe it's a new kind of "soft raid" tactic being used by ICE.

ICE agents posing as aid workers arrest several Lynden packing plant employees | Cascadia Daily News

At least 50 people working at Premier Packing have been detained in four months

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NEW: The 2 recent fatal shootings of men at the hands of federal immigration officials has prompted a demand for an independent investigation www.kuow.org/immigration/...

Jayapal joins 200 lawmakers demanding investigation after latest ICE-related shootings

After the fatal shooting of two more immigrants in the past few weeksby federal agents, U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a WashingtonDemocrat,and nearly200 members of Congress are calling for anindependent ...

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Fellow #civictech nerds, I'm consulting with @thecommonnews.bsky.social this summer and would love to connect. Do you work in local politics, reporting, or just love public documents? Let's chat 🤓

And just like that, my year as a @bagehots.bsky.social is wrapped 🎓

In Boston’s Chinatown, many longtime residents are fed up with the encroachment of betting into nearly every corner of the enclave and are pushing back — against the casinos, their elected officials, and their neighbors. trib.al/S5DAkwV

Inside Boston’s Chinatown boundaries, some say there are more than 30 illegal gambling parlors. For seniors looking for community and a way to pass their day, the parlors can wreak havoc. What starts as recreation can turn into obsession. trib.al/jWD346I

This story took a year to report: 100+ sources interviewed, 600+ lawsuits to comb through. The scale of what these casinos are doing to Asian communities demanded it. Proud to have been part of this team.

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 4mo ago

A Globe investigation found that New England’s largest casinos are relentlessly targeting people of Asian descent across the region, often with devastating results — driving people toward addiction and sapping wealth from Asian communities. trib.al/q3feHuC

NYC is nearly hitting 70 degrees today and the people are out and ✨THRIVING ✨

In case you need a reminder why speaking up matters, here's another example of the changes that are possible when sources got on record. If you or someone you know is interested in speaking to reporters, I am happy to walk you through what to expect! www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

I am The Post’s ‘federal government whisperer.’ It’s been brutal.

One reporter’s effort to show how Trump was transforming government brought her 1,168 new sources — and nearly broke her.

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ICYMI

The Boston Globe@bostonglobe.com · 9mo ago

A music teacher who lives in Dorchester carefully juggles each of her household bills. She feels too close to the edge of a financial cliff not to. She’s a member of Massachusetts’s squeezed middle class. trib.al/ab9Sysn

I have midterms next week. Please pray for me.

Thinking of the 3 divas that managed to convince their editor to do an astrology explainer ✨💅🏽 www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Your Zodiac Sign Is 2,000 Years Out of Date

Over millennia, our view of the stars has shifted, because of Earth’s wobble. It may be time to rethink your sign.

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“If you’re pushing slop or eating it, you wouldn’t read it anyway. You’d ask a bot for a summary and forget what it told you, then proceed with your day, unchanged by words you did not read and ideas you did not consider.”

Anthony Moser@anthonymoser.com · 11mo ago

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

I considered writing a long carefully constructed argument laying out the harms and limitations of AI, but instead I wrote about being a hater. Only humans can be haters.

Excited to welcome the new class of Bagehots to @columbiajournalism.bsky.social this week! @amandaaronczyk.bsky.social @bykylecampbell.bsky.social @esmyjimenez.bsky.social @mcglinchyreports.bsky.social @robaeprice.bsky.social @suziecavanaugh @alexjanin @nathanrubbelke @stellayifanxie

Congress has decided to claw back previously approved funding for public media. This decision hurts people in communities across the country, but it has only strengthened our resolve to keep Americans informed and connected. (1/2)

It is 2025 and Georgia is still not enforcing mental health parity laws (aka making insurance companies pay for mental health treatment). To be clear, federal parity laws first passed in 2008. Story via @mlbaruchman.bsky.social www.ajc.com/politics/202...

John King criticized for weak enforcement of Georgia mental health law

Three years after Georgia passed a mental health parity law, critics say the Senate hopeful and insurance chief hasn’t held insurers accountable or raised public awareness.

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Just finished reading Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and y'all it's brilliant. 12/10

Finally started ‘Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow’ and I’m obsessed!! Any other gems out there I should add to my summer reading list?

If you liked the movie Whip It, you have to read this story about the New England Junior Roller Derby League — I'm obsessed 🛼 apps.bostonglobe.com/2025/06/mult...

Inside a New England roller derby bootcamp

Inside an inclusive roller derby bootcamp where every kid — no matter their background, body type, or skill level — can lace up, roll out, and find their place on the track.

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For a week, myself and @bostonglobe.com reporters traveled throughout Mass. to learn how ICE arrests were impacting local families. Here's what we found www.bostonglobe.com/2025/07/02/m...

‘I feel that nowhere is safe’: Stories from inside Mass. communities left reeling by the surge in ICE arrests - The Boston Globe

Immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts are feeling the strain of recent ICE actions, which have intensified in recent months. The Globe spent seven days in local communities to tell their stories.

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In Mass., ICE and other federal agents arrested more people in May than in any other month on record as part of President Trump’s immigration policy. To understand the impact, the Globe spent seven days reporting from immigrant communities.

‘I feel that nowhere is safe’: Stories from inside Mass. communities left reeling by the surge in ICE arrests - The Boston Globe

Immigrant neighborhoods in Massachusetts are feeling the strain of recent ICE actions, which have intensified in recent months. The Globe spent seven days in local communities to tell their stories.

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Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

Salvadoran journalist's arrest in Georgia sets 'alarming precedent'

Salvadoran journalist Mario Guevara is currently in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody. The Committee to Protect Journalists warns his case represents an "erosion" of freedom of speech.

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We obtained lists of alleged gang members used by Venezuelan law enforcement and Interpol. Those lists include some 1,400 names. None of the names of the 238 Venezuelan deportees matched those on the lists. W/ @texastribune.org @cazadoresdefakenews.info, Alianza Rebelde Investiga

Trump Administration Knew Vast Majority of Venezuelans Sent to Salvadoran Prison Had Not Been Convicted of U.S. Crimes

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.

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With the L.A. protests, I've been thinking a lot about the summer of 2020. History is often cyclical and we'll see in the coming days what the news industry took from that moment. Threading some June 2020 @niemanlab.org stories about protests and journalism that are definitely worth revisiting now:

Congratulations to Esmy Jimenez and Sydney Brownstone of The Seattle Times and KUOW Public Radio, our 2025 Livingston Award winners for National Reporting for the podcast “Lost Patients.” ℹ️ Read more https://loom.ly/PR5m2q4 #LivingstonAwards #nationalreporting

Globe journalism was never meant to be a permanent obstacle to someone’s success, with the worst decisions and moments in regular people’s lives accessible by a few keystrokes for the rest of time. Fresh Start aims to empower all people who want to start over.

"There are more folks willing to step up and support,” said Dálida Rocha with the LUCE Immigrant Justice Network of Massachusetts... “In a moment where the [Trump] administration was hoping for the community to be truly divided, it shows that we’re not.” www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/21/m...

‘People should not live like this.’ As ICE arrests ramp up in Mass., agents encounter more community resistance. - The Boston Globe

Massachusetts residents are increasingly pushing back on federal immigration officials' efforts to detain and deport immigrants under the Trump administration.

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NEW: Juan Francisco Méndez, the Guatemalan man who was violently detained by ICE in New Bedford last month, may finally go free. A third judge set bail at $1500, the lowest amount possible, in the Chelmsford Immigration Court just now. More details on the way.