naomi bethune
@naomibethune.bsky.social
john lewis writing fellow @ the american prospect ☆ umb ‘25 ☆ tips: nbethune at prospect dot org, message for signal
For our American Patriots series @prospect.org, I had the pleasure of writing about Ida Tarbell, the investigative journalist whose reporting led to the breakup of Standard Oil.
Ida Tarbell: The Journalist Who Took Down Rockefeller - The American Prospect
Not even Teddy Roosevelt could break up his corrupt oil monopoly—until a daughter of the Pennsylvania oil fields came along.
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Armed with a pistol, Wells traveled the country, visiting sites of racialized violence and interviewing Black community members. prospect.org?p=141251
*By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy* by @naomibethune.bsky.social July 29, 2026 #America250 #AmericanHistory #AmericanSouth #Politics #Race #Ethnicity prospect.org/2026/07/29/a...
Ida B. Wells: Brave Woman - The American Prospect
By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.
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I hope everybody reads this outstanding piece @naomibethune.bsky.social wrote about Ida B. Wells for our American Patriots series. I loved it and I bet you will too. Hero!
Ida B. Wells: Brave Woman - The American Prospect
By chronicling the shame of lynching in the South, Ida B. Wells exposed the corruption of white supremacy.
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Have a story about how Trump's massive spending cuts have affected you over the last year? Share it here:
Big Beautiful Disaster: One Year On
Reporters at The American Prospect want to hear from you about how the funding cuts in Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill have affected you since they were enacted a year ago. Please share your stories he...
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It's become a disturbing trend in open-seat races in heavily Black districts: whoever has the most crypto Super PAC money wins. The new generation of Black politicians benefiting from this cash say that crypto brings financial inclusion @naomibethune.bsky.social explains why that makes no sense.
‘Magic Pill’ or Placebo?: Black Politicians and the Crypto Lobby - The American Prospect
Young Black congresspeople are winning their seats with support from the crypto industry. But can investing in crypto help close the racial wealth gap?
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For @prospect.org's June print issue, I wrote about Guyana's unique economic and sociopolitical conditions due to Big Oil's tremendous influence in the country. In April, I was able to experience and speak about this complicated reality with Guyanese people. Read here: prospect.org/2026/06/03/j...
Little Country, Big Oil - The American Prospect
Guyana has emerged as an oil and gas powerhouse in recent years. How do U.S. and corporate interests complicate the country’s changing conditions?
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Manhattan immigration courts on Monday saw the first instances of so-called mega master hearings, a tactic the Trump administration is using across the country to accelerate deportations. The vast majority of individuals were listed as having no legal representation. buff.ly/WnMYCKA
NYC Immigration Courts Speed Deportations as Striking Detainees in Newark Suffer - The American Prospect
The list of one judge’s ‘mega master’ hearings was so long on Monday that it nearly reached the floor. The violence in Delaney Hall illustrates what may await immigrants.
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Read the Prospect's interview with Tennessee State Rep. Justin J. Pearson Pearson about gerrymandering, Black liberation theology, and the importance of fighting against injustice in America’s most misunderstood region.
Q&A: ‘We’re in a Fight for Our Lives’ - The American Prospect
A conversation with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson
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I spoke with @justinjpearson.bsky.social about gerrymandering in Tennessee and his commitment to fighting injustice. "We have to see these people for who they are. They are not hiding their robes," he said of Republicans' efforts to dilute Black voting power. Read: prospect.org/2026/05/29/q...
Q&A: ‘We’re in a Fight for Our Lives’ - The American Prospect
A conversation with Tennessee state Rep. Justin J. Pearson
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Black women are typically the first to experience the harms of social, economic, or political issues that eventually befall all societal groups. The consequences of abortion bans and restricted access to abortion medication will be felt by all who seek reproductive care.
The Mifepristone Wars—and What They Mean for Black Women - The American Prospect
Still concentrated in Southern states that ban abortion, Black women disproportionately rely on telehealth, which the Supreme Court has allowed—provisionally—to continue.
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Did you know a cop shot and killed an unarmed Black man in Boston last month? Here's my reporting on the death of Stephenson Kind Jr.: prospect.org/2026/04/22/b...
A Black Man’s Death at the Hands of Police Is Going Unacknowledged - The American Prospect
Stephenson King Jr. was shot and killed by a Boston police officer last month. It hasn’t yet made national headlines.
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I want to flag that as of today, the @prospect.org site no longer has programmatic ads. I'm proud to work for an organization that prioritizes its readers by taking on innovative solutions which keep our reporting independent and accessible.
Why We’re Removing Our Programmatic Ads - The American Prospect
Online advertising is bad for users, publishers, and even advertisers. The only beneficiaries are the Big Tech platforms. We’re doing something about it.
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I'm excited to share my feature story from @prospect.org's April 2026 print issue on the world of right-wing crowdfunding. You can read it here: prospect.org/2026/04/02/a...
The Far-Right Cash Machine - The American Prospect
There’s money in bigotry, and specialized crowdfunding platforms are where to get it.
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I'm back from a week off, anything happen while I was away? Oh yeah, that. Well fortunately Naomi Bethune has supplied for me an entire history of U.S. intervention in Iran. Something to share with your underinformed friends: prospect.org/2026/03/09/i...
A Brief History of America’s Involvement in Iran - The American Prospect
For many younger Americans, this is the first U.S. war in the Middle East. Here’s how we got here.
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The Trump administration’s approach to the nation’s founding is part of its larger attempt to reframe or dismiss Black Americans’ contributions to U.S. history and culture. buff.ly/RxoUdt0
Whitening American History
Trump’s efforts to remove Blacks from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.
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The Trump administration’s approach to the nation’s founding is part of its larger attempt to reframe or dismiss Black Americans’ contributions to U.S. history and culture, writes Naomi Bethune. prospect.org/2026/02/23/w...
Whitening American History - The American Prospect
Trump’s efforts to remove Blacks from America’s story have been countered by scholars, activists, judges—and history itself.
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In an era marked by drastic shifts in health care and public-health policy, Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola sees her work as a pathway to “move the needle and understand better why this racial health gap persists.” buff.ly/a66uW78
‘A Foreclosing of Options’: Racial Health Inequality in Washington, D.C.
Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.
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I spoke with Dr. Sanyu Mojola of Princeton about her latest book, Death By Design, which explores racial health inequality in Washington, D.C. You can read it here: prospect.org/2026/02/16/r...
‘A Foreclosing of Options’: Racial Health Inequality in Washington, D.C. - The American Prospect
Princeton’s Sanyu Mojola examines the public-health issues confronting America’s capital city.
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BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.
Two CBP Agents Identified in Alex Pretti Shooting
The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raym...
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Since the 19th century, Black journalists and news organizations have faced hurdles to exercising their First Amendment rights. buff.ly/cMqRuJl
Attacking Black Journalists Is an American Tradition
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reflect an American legacy of targeting the Black press.
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Black journalists and their work have long been targets. The recent arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort are yet another example of this centuries-old trend: prospect.org/2026/02/02/a...
Attacking Black Journalists Is an American Tradition - The American Prospect
The arrests of Don Lemon and Georgia Fort reflect an American legacy of targeting the Black press.
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"Despite being on opposite ends of the political spectrum, Pretti and Rittenhouse both received backing from prominent actors in the gun rights sphere. But this support was not extended to people of color exercising their right to bear arms." prospect.org/2026/01/30/i...
Responses to ICE Violence Reveal a Racial Double Standard - The American Prospect
The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.
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Renee Good and Alex Pretti have not been the only victims of immigration agent-inflicted violence The brutal incidents involving Blacks, Latinos, and Asians have not triggered the same outrage. trib.al/MNUsRgz
Responses to ICE Violence Reveal a Racial Double Standard - The American Prospect
The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.
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The memories of Alex Pretti and Renee Good deserve to be uplifted. So does Keith Porter and all the Black, Latino and Asian people dead at the hands of ICE/CBP. Naomi Bethune writes about these differences in attention. prospect.org/2026/01/30/i...
Responses to ICE Violence Reveal a Racial Double Standard - The American Prospect
The deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good are getting national attention. The brutality against primarily Black, Latino, and Asian immigrants has not triggered the same outrage.
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The Department of Health and Human Services plans to repeal multiple child care rules, including ones that ensure that child care centers will reliably be paid and, in turn, will pay their staff on time. From @naomibethune.bsky.social & @emmarjanssen.bsky.social: trib.al/Gi1Gm61
Trump’s War on Child Care - The American Prospect
The already struggling system faces more struggles from administration rule changes.
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Driven by conservative conspiracy theories, the Trump administration is overhauling child care regulations and endangering access to care for thousands of kids. From @naomibethune.bsky.social and Emma Janssen: trib.al/lZj9ObM
Trump’s War on Child Care - The American Prospect
The already struggling system faces more struggles from administration rule changes.
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today, the corporation for public broadcasting was officially dissolved. a few months back, I wrote about how this will impact America's most marginalized kids. you can read it here: prospect.org/2025/07/08/2...
How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids - The American Prospect
Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
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And we also have the best from Naomi Bethune, with stories about ICE dangers, public media, higher education, and the struggles of Black women in the economy: prospect.org/2025/12/31/b...
Best of 2025: Naomi Bethune - The American Prospect
Our John Lewis Writing Fellow shares her favorite stories of the year.
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