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kate shellnutt

@kateshellnutt.bsky.social

editor and news junkie 📰 | augusta, georgia 🍑| probably up too late 🌙

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Emily Belz@emilybelz.bsky.social · 4w ago

I spent a few weeks reporting at rural mission hospitals in Africa to see how they're doing after our big cuts to humanitarian aid. Rural health institutions are adapting, but they've lost a lot of staff and it's chaotic. more to come www.christianitytoday.com/2026/07/hiv-...

After US Aid Cuts, the Sick Wonder Who Will Visit Them - Christianity Today

One year after the US shuttered USAID and cut HIV funding, faith-based institutions struggle to stay in touch with rural patients who might fall through the cracks.

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Eric Deggans@edeggans.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Sad day at Washington Post: After decisions which cost thousand of subscribers and led to an exodus of talent, the newspaper is laying off 1/3 of its staff across ALL departments, eliminating its sports department and cutting down foreign coverage. DETAILS: loom.ly/XlcRvuQ

Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments is being laid off

The Washington Post says one-third of its staff across all departments, not just the newsroom, is being laid off.

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Mr. Dan Zak@mrdanzak.com · 6mo ago

Lede of the week: “The moderator of r/catbongos, an 800,000-member subreddit devoted to videos of people playing their cats like drums, never posted about politics before Saturday. But after watching clips showing Border Patrol agents killing...” www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2...

Outrage over ICE has spilled into typically apolitical online spaces

Fury over Alex Pretti’s killing has flooded the internet’s most apolitical venues, reflecting a growing outrage over the Trump administration’s crackdown.

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Andy Olsen@andyrolsen.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Absent from protests, some Twin Cities churches are nonetheless mobilizing quietly to help foreign-born neighbors—delivering food, driving kids to and from school, committing to assume parental rights if the worst happens. Great dispatch from my colleague @emilybelz.bsky.social

In a Tense Minnesota, Christians Help Immigrant Neighbors - Christianity Today

As the Twin Cities reel from ICE arrests and the killing of Alex Pretti, churchgoers drive immigrants to work and doctor’s appointments.

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Dan Hinkel@danhinkel.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Worth noting that one reason you’re benefitting so fully from the Star-Tribune’s timely, extensive coverage of unfolding events is that it’s a metro newspaper that hasn’t been systematically starved to further enrich shareholders and executives.