Phyllis Jordan
@phylliswjordan.bsky.social
Contributing editor at The 74, former Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, EdFund, FutureEd, Attendance Works and more
"Four months into an appeal, Ms. McDonald, a cancer survivor who weighs 69 pounds, bustles to food banks, stretches ground turkey with oatmeal, and skips meals to feed three teenage boys." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/20/u...
Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps
Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.
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Tierra Walker knew that abortion was illegal in Texas, but she thought that hospitals could make an exception for patients like her, whose health was clearly on the line. At 20 weeks pregnant, she died of preeclampsia. (Published Jan. 2026)
Women With High-Risk Pregnancies Have Limited Options Under Abortion Bans
Our reporting has found that abortion bans generally don’t include exceptions that cover health concerns pregnant women with chronic conditions can face — or if they do, doctors aren’t using them.
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Medicaid is certainly in the headlines now as a well-loved cornerstone of America's health care system. "Nearly all adults (97%) say Medicaid is at least somewhat important for people in their local community, including about three in four (73%) who say it is “very important.” @kff.org
Larry Levitt@larrylevitt.bsky.social · last yr.Medicare and Medicaid were created 60 years ago today. Medicaid now covers more people than Medicare. But, when we created this timeline for @kff.org's San Francisco headquarters, we couldn't find any news headlines from 1965 that mentioned Medicaid.
At least three states are trying to repeal early grade suspension bans as districts say the practice is needed to control behavior, reach parents. @laurenwreports.bsky.social reports
K-2 Suspensions Were Recently Banned in Nebraska. Now, Lawmakers Want to Go Back
At least three states are trying to repeal early grade suspension bans as districts say the practice is needed to control behavior, reach parents.
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Bacon: "We have to stand up on our own two feet and use these authorities, because that's what the founders intended. I thought maybe we could back off because the Court ruled, but hearing the president right now saying he's gonna do a 10% global tariff means we gotta keep voting on this."
Four interviews of a girl who says Trump sexually assaulted her when she was underage are gone -- missing from DOJ's release of the Epstein files. #ReleaseTheInterviews
Our new brief explores how states can draw down federal dollars to finance the administrative costs of Medicaid work reporting requirements. Don't be misled by the $200 million in HR 1 -- this will cost taxpayers WAY more. Much of the $ will go to large vendors. ccf.georgetown.edu/2026/02/11/i...
Implementing Costly Medicaid Work Reporting Requirements: Who Will Foot the Bill?
Introduction The budget reconciliation bill enacted in July 2025 (H.R. 1) includes two major changes to federal Medicaid law that will impose large implementation costs on most states. One mandates th...
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In October 2024, the Georgia secretary of state’s office launched an investigation after receiving numerous reports from residents across several counties saying they’d received partially prefilled absentee ballot applications from Musk’s America PAC. trib.al/n6hAZOC
A technology designed to protect students by tracking license plates in school zones is now being used by ICE to find immigrants. @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/ice-...
ICE Taps into School Security Cameras to Aid Trump’s Immigration Crackdown
Police assisted federal immigration agents by repeatedly searching school cameras that record license plate numbers, data show.
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I've been editing op-eds for @The74million for the past year or so, and it never gets old. This piece that published today opened up my eyes to something I knew very little about. So glad this young man found his way to give us this compelling piece. www.the74million.org/article/how-...
How I Found My Voice As a Man With Nonspeaking Autism
Austin: I am sharing my story because I am able to. I am one of the lucky few who have been freed from my prison of silence.
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As L.A. reading scores rise, Roy Romer's tenure offers déjà vu — and a warning. @lrj417.bsky.social reports
As L.A. Reading Scores Rise, Roy Romer’s Tenure Offers Déjà Vu — and a Warning
The district has taken a ‘top-down’ approach to teaching reading. Advocates hope leaders ‘stay the course.’
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WELKER: What do you say to the allegation Trump is going to meddle in midterms & that's what he's doing in GA? JOHNSON: I find it comical a senator from GA is talking about schemes. GA was example A of that W: There are no Qs about 2020 that have not been answered J: That's your opinion W: Nope
This new file released appears to show Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick discussing visiting Epstein's island in 2012. Lutnick previously claimed that he cut off ties around 2005 with Epstein after being revolted by him.
Alex Pretti's shooting death by federal agents in Minneapolis has prompted a DOJ civil rights probe. Renee Macklin Good's death by federal agents has not. n.pr/4qM9zTj
Alex Pretti shooting by federal agents in Minneapolis prompts DOJ civil rights probe
Alex Pretti's shooting death by federal agents in Minneapolis has prompted a DOJ civil rights probe. Renee Macklin Good's death by federal agents has not.
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One of the "overt acts" of the conspiracy was Don Lemon and Georgia Fort interviewing the pastor of the church:
!["Overt Act #23: With other co-conspirators standing nearby, defendants LEMON, [REDACTED], and FORT approached the pastor and largely surrounded him (to his front and both sides), stood in close proximity to the pastor in an attempt to oppress and intimidate him, and physically obstructed his freedom of movement while LEMON peppered him with questions to promote the operation's message."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:a5fwvpvub5e7mxaebuxn3tuu/bafkreifyh36ns7z4u3hrfkpyjyu72wpb74cfk6cgcwes52dpjtoataipou)
Jake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan@jaketapper.bsky.social · 6mo ago
Mothers of Major Resistance: PTA Members Organize Minneapolis Relief Efforts #EduSky @the74.bsky.social www.the74million.org/article/moth...
Mothers of Major Resistance: PTA Members Organize Minneapolis Relief Efforts
Fox called them ‘wine moms.’ But for longtime volunteers, rides to school for frightened kids was a natural first step. Then came food, diapers, rent.
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The case filed in Massachusetts is the first lawsuit over the strikes to land in a U.S. federal court since the Trump administration launched a campaign to target vessels off the coast of Venezuela. n.pr/4r9YUlc
Families of killed men file first U.S. federal lawsuit over drug boat strikes
The case filed in Massachusetts is the first lawsuit over the strikes to land in a U.S. federal court since the Trump administration launched a campaign to target vessels off the coast of Venezuela.
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Dear California, let us see you show up and give this guy the “welcome” he deserves. El Centro, they said? You know how to find it, don’t you? Riiiiight by the Mexican border.
Nick Miroff@nickmiroff.bsky.social · 6mo agoBREAKING Greg Bovino has been removed as Border Patrol "commander at large" and will return to El Centro Calif, where he is expected to retire soon. A stunning turnaround after Pretti killing. Bovino's traveling blue city crackdown is over www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
Why is the msm outside of Maine not covering this? It seems like a huge and very troubling story to me. ICE coming to observers houses or calling them on the phone warning them to back off??!! www.pressherald.com/2026/01/23/i...
ICE watchers in Maine say they were threatened by federal agents
Community members have been monitoring the activity of immigration agents in Greater Portland.
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The people of Minnesota have executed one of the most impressive civil resistance campaigns I can remember: - Organized a city wide general strike - Maintained nonviolent discipline amidst violence - Mobilized 10,000s in subzero temps to protest and watch ICE - Flipped public opinion against ICE
2/ "MPR News reached out to approximately 90 of Minnesota’s more than 300 public school districts this week to ask whether student attendance was being affected by the presence of federal enforcement officers throughout the state...."
Beth Hawkins@bethhawkins.bsky.social · 6mo agoVERY comprehensive @mprnews.org @eshockmanwrites.bsky.social roundup of how the surge of federal agents in MN is impacting schools, students and educators. Numerous reports of children detained by masked agents. 1/
ICE has been busting down doors and seizing people from their homes without signed judicial warrants. But it wasn’t some decision on the fly. It turns out, it was actual agency policy. A shocking memo, and what it means for this practice, in today’s write-up. Link in the replies.
Incredible quote here from a Somali small business owner in Minneapolis who voted for Trump. minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/19/a...
ICE agents are now racially profiling and harassing *off duty police officers* in Minnesota and demanding their papers.
More resignations of federal prosecutors are expected at the US attorney’s office in Minnesota amid ongoing frustration over the Trump administration’s response to the fatal shooting of Renée Good by an ICE officer in Minneapolis.
Minnesota US attorney’s office is bracing for a new wave of resignations
Prosecutors are alarmed by the administration's response to Renée Good's killing.
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An off-duty Brooklyn Park police officer was stopped by federal agents who demanded proof of her citizenship, the city’s police chief, Mark Bruley, said Tuesday. Video: Allison Kite/The Minnesota Star Tribune
US citizen says he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing half-dressed. He was later returned home without explanation or apology, he said.
ICE broke into Minnesota home, dragged barely clothed man into snow
A Minnesota man told Reuters he felt fear, shame and desperation a day after ICE officers broke down his door with guns drawn, handcuffed him and dragged him into the snow wearing shorts and Crocs.
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