Never on Bluesky, so reupping this a month later — but before this Friday's deadline!
Hannah Riley Fernandez@hannahcrileyy.bsky.social · 2mo agobreaking news is the hardest journalism to do well and the least supported. we're here to help! applications are open now for Building a Better Breaking News Beat - a cohort for journalists who cover urgent stories and want to do it better, led by me and @rlnave.bsky.social forms.gle/7RgwannDFzEn...
They keep talking about America’s birthday, America don’t deserve a birthday the way he’s been acting up. That report card is DEPLORABLE! The choir and the competition are out!
“You need to call down to the prison, something is going on with your brother,” read the message, sent through Facebook Messenger from a prisoner. It was a disturbing sentence for Readus to read when her sibling was incarcerated inside a system with a reputation for brutality, neglect and death.
‘Please, Judge, Help Me’: A letter from jail, then an unexplained death
Monquel Nason begged for dialysis and medical care before becoming one of a growing number of Mississippi prison death cases in which families have been left in the dark
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a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his face .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is holding his hand to his face .
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Type Media Center@typemediacenter.org · 5mo agoWe are excited to announce that Rachael Bedard, Jasper Craven, Jasmine Garsd @jasgarsd.bsky.social, Tanvi Misra @tanvi.bsky.social, Ryan “R.L.” Nave @rlnave.bsky.social, and Katie Rose Quandt will be joining the Type Media Center fellowship program: typemediacenter.org/2026/02/24/t...
Mississippi officials, including Gov. Reeves, and Elon Musk don't want you to know about the harms of data centers. If you want to know about the potential detrimental environmental impacts of data firms like Musk's xAI, just visit Boxtown, an historic Black community in South Memphis.
Living beside the Colossus of Boxtown
Residents of historic Black community skeptical of official enthusiasm for massive AI projects
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Roger Wicker and Cindy Hyde-Smith used to get straight As on free trade. Then along came Trump and his tariff policies. Their unwavering support for these wildly unpopular moves have now earned both of Mississippi's GOP senators a failing (F) grades.
Sens. Wicker, Hyde-Smith earn F grades on free trade as Trump tariffs reshape GOP identity
With tariffs used to force geopolitical concessions, Mississippi economy faces fallout and questions are raised about congressional oversight and changing GOP identity
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“I’ve been hearing that standards will be eliminated or severely cut back. Bari has told people that she wants to get rid of standards and is shocked that they have so much power. She also asked openly, ‘What’s the point of standards?’” one CBS source said. www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
Bari Weiss wants to take down ‘too much power’ CBS News Standards unit: sources
EXCLUSIVE: Internal rumblings within the newsroom come after the S&P head resigned and the network disbanded its vaunted Race and Culture unit.
independent.co.uk
Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown By John Loeppky New from www.discojourno.com discojourno.com/featured-spe... Image below is of the White House. #News
Trump nixes special education agency, lays off staff amid shutdown - Disabled Journalists Association
This office monitored compliance for the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, a 1975 law commonly known as the IDEA.
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Large free speech groups are mobilizing to provide legal support to people fired over their social media posts about Charlie Kirk
The Republican Witchhunt Over Charlie Kirk Is Running Into A Pretty Big Problem
Large free speech groups are mobilizing to provide legal support to people fired over their social media posts that were critical of Kirk.
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Adam Ganucheau named Executive Editor & Chief Content Officer of Deep South Today Deep South Today, a growing nonprofit network of independent newsrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi, has named Adam Ganucheau as its first Executive Editor & Chief Content Officer.
Adam Ganucheau named Executive Editor & Chief Content Officer of Deep South Today
Deep South Today, a growing nonprofit network of independent newsrooms in Louisiana and Mississippi, has named Adam Ganucheau as its first Executive Editor & Chief Content Officer.
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Let's go over all the ways in which this is bad journalism. www.politico.com/news/2025/09...
Trump’s Tylenol diatribe was rooted in frustration
The president wants to solve the autism problem even if it means pregnant women don’t treat their pain and delay their kids’ vaccinations.
politico.com
More than 1800 detainees are missing after the closure of Alligator Alcatraz. Their families and lawyers can’t find them and they’ve vanished from the ICE database. Feels like this should be a much bigger story www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...
Hundreds of Alligator Alcatraz detainees drop off the grid after leaving site
As of the end of August, the whereabouts of two-thirds of more than 1,800 men detained at Alligator Alcatraz during the month of July could not be determined by the Miami Herald.
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No one has authority in this country to decide who has a right to live in a jurisdiction and who doesn’t. No one can be banished from a jurisdiction. We will not stand by if the federal government attempts to abuse its power in this way.
The federal government does not have legal authority to disappear large groups of people because they cannot afford housing or because they are visibly homeless. They do not have the authority to force people to move out of the state or city they live in.
People without homes have the same legal rights as anyone else in this country. They are protected from unlawful search and seizure by the government. Their property cannot be taken without due process. They have the right to travel, the right to choose which jurisdiction to live in.
People without homes work, just like people with homes. They have families and they don’t. They vote or they don’t. They support Republican candidates, Democratic candidates, and third party candidates. They have a variety of personal, religious, and political beliefs. They are just people.
People are not criminals or dangerous, by virtue of their unhoused status. People are struggling to afford rent and food in an expensive city. We should not have homelessness in our nation’s capital. But the path to ending homelessness is housing, not displacement.
We are watching closely as the federal government broadcasts various threats to folks without homes in D.C. We want to be clear about a few things. 🧵
my favorite people on tiktok are the folks who call themselves “history buffs” by which they mean they read one book and then uncritically summarize it for their viewers
We launched an adaptable toolkit to provide critical information before and after weather disasters. A series of guides are available for media and community organizations to publish and localize for their audiences. grist.org/updates/gris... #MutualAid #Climate #Environment #TexasFloods
Grist launches adaptable toolkit to provide critical information before and after weather disasters
A series of guides are available for media and community organizations to publish and localize for their audiences.
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Huntsville loves an IKEA rumor more than advanced degrees 🤣
Is IKEA coming to Alabama? Here’s what we know
One of Huntsville's most-requested retailer could come to town
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