Elon Musk is now pouring money into repealing ranked-choice voting in Alaska, per the Anchorage Daily News: www.adn.com/politics/202...
Sophie Hayssen
@shayssen.bsky.social
journalist & a pleasure to have in class previously: Mother Jones editorial fellow/personality hire Email: sahayssen (at) gmail dot com https://www.sophiehayssen.com/portfolio
🚨EMERGENCY FUNDRAISER: Fascism has its boot on Prism’s neck🚨 Not only is fascism killing our kin & funneling our tax dollars toward genocide, it is targeting a free press that tells truth against power. Prism has lost half a million dollars in funding. We need your help to keep our newsroom alive.
Breaking news: The Supreme Court ruled a Rastafarian can’t pursue a lawsuit against prison officials who forcibly sheared his dreadlocks in violation of a court order while he was incarcerated, a departure from recent decisions expanding religious freedoms.
Supreme Court says Rastafarian can’t sue prison officials over shorn dreadlocks
The ruling is a departure from a series of decisions by the justices expanding religious freedoms in recent terms.
washingtonpost.com
Staten Island traffic cameras have caught a white RAM 1500 pickup truck blasting through school zones or running red lights more than 547 times since 2022. The truck belongs to James Giovansanti, who lives and works there as an NYPD officer. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/04/23/t...
To Protect And Swerve: NYPD Cop Has 547 Speeding Tickets Yet Remains On The Force - Streetsblog New York City
One of the city’s most-dangerous drivers is an officer with the NYPD, which does nothing to stop his reign of terror on Staten Island.
nyc.streetsblog.org
one of the contestants from fboy island is running for senate in virginia and i have no one to talk to about it.
oh what a time to be an employee at the midtown bar co-owned by justin timberlake and tiger woods.
NEW: Like many of you, I found the revelations about César Chávez’s sexual abuse of Dolores Huerta, Ana Murguia, and Debra Rojas absolutely devastating. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about the importance of grappling with Chávez’s true legacy—both as as a civil rights leader and a rapist.
César Chávez’s shadow
Revelations that César Chávez sexually abused young girls and women has set off a bomb in Latino communities and movement spaces
prismreports.org
Last September, Silverio Villegas was gunned down by an ICE officer near Franklin Park, Chicago. The United States has already forgotten his name. Even the New York Times, the paper of record, recently identified him only as “a Mexican immigrant.” beta.elfaro.net/en/ef-photo-...
The ICE Killing the U.S. Has Already Forgotten
Last September, Silverio Villegas was gunned down by an ICE officer near Franklin Park, Chicago. The United States has already forgotten his name. Even the New York Times, the paper of record, recentl...
beta.elfaro.net
I’m not sure how it’s possible not to speak a word of Spanish in America in 2026 but it sounds like a lot of you have work to do ✨
nevermind spanish, some of you have three days to learn how to dance
About 500 BYU students, alumni and others protested Thursday against Border Patrol’s presence at a job fair on the Provo campus, chanting “BYU get ICE out” and “Border Patrol has got to go.” (Video by The Tribune’s Francisco Kjolseth) Read more here: www.sltrib.com/news/educati...
i am very much of the view that undermining the court’s secrecy is a necessary part of remaking it into something like an actual court (and not some guardian council) www.nytimes.com/2026/02/02/u...
How the Supreme Court Secretly Made Itself Even More Secretive
nytimes.com
Taxpayer-funded ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities are part of the effort to push conservative ideology on college students in the guise of civics education, @shayssen.bsky.social reports. Despite their heated political origins, the centers are expanding.
Right-wing plot to set up ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities
UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Florida are part of the effort to push conservative ideology on college students in the guise of civics education
prismreports.org
They say to understand politics follow the money. This excellent article does that for the expanding 'civic institute' scam. Tracing the money trail leads back to a shadowy network of right-wing billionaires like the Koch family. prismreports.org/2026/01/27/c...
Right-wing plot to set up ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities
UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Florida are part of the effort to push conservative ideology on college students in the guise of civics education
prismreports.org
Please read Sophie’s investigation about the right wing “civic centers” sprouting up at universities nationwide!
Sophie Hayssen @shayssen.bsky.social · 7mo agoFor about a year, I've been digging into the growing number of right-wing funded civic centers teaching "informed patriotism" and "Western civilization" at public universities. Today, @prismreports.org published my investigation. Big thanks to my editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social & the Prism team.
Some of the same supposed pro-free speech groups, donors, and legislators championing these centers simultaneously cheer on the end of diversity, equity, and inclusion programs and rail against critical race theory.
So-Called “Intellectual Freedom Centers” Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus
The push to reshape education has gained considerable momentum under the second Trump administration.
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“Incarceration for profit is still the model. Why are we building jails in neighborhoods & they’re always bigger & never smaller?” Mamdani administration moves forward with building a “jailscraper” in Chinatown, which residents have pushed back against for years, Morgan Gu reports.
Mamdani administration moves forward with megajail in Chinatown
Chinatown residents have pushed back for years against the Manhattan “jailscraper,” which is part of the city’s plan to shut down Rikers Island
prismreports.org
So-Called “Intellectual Freedom Centers” Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus
truthout.org
So-Called “Intellectual Freedom Centers” Spread Right-Wing Ideologies on Campus
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For about a year, I've been digging into the growing number of right-wing funded civic centers teaching "informed patriotism" and "Western civilization" at public universities. Today, @prismreports.org published my investigation. Big thanks to my editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social & the Prism team.
Prism@prismreports.org · 7mo agoWhat's behind the right-wing plot to set up taxpayer-funded ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities? UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life & Leadership & the University of Florida’s Hamilton School are part of the effort to push conservative ideology, @shayssen.bsky.social reports.
What's behind the right-wing plot to set up taxpayer-funded ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities? UNC-Chapel Hill’s School of Civic Life & Leadership & the University of Florida’s Hamilton School are part of the effort to push conservative ideology, @shayssen.bsky.social reports.
Right-wing plot to set up ‘intellectual freedom centers’ at public universities
UNC-Chapel Hill and the University of Florida are part of the effort to push conservative ideology on college students in the guise of civics education
prismreports.org
I wonder whether rare disease organizations will start speaking up. Some disability orgs definitely have. www.wfaa.com/article/news...
Disabled son of ICE detainee dies after 30 days of hospitalization
It had been months since Wael Tarabishi seen his father. The family is calling on ICE to release Maher Tarabishi so he may attend his son's funeral.
wfaa.com
Today, @motherjones.com got a donation from me specifically because the work of reporter @juliametraux.bsky.social. Disability coverage by disabled folks is crucial. Each donation (admittedly small though it is) has come after another piece covered by Julia Métraux. #disability #pwME #press
Henry is one of the most thoughtful, compassionate and dedicated people I’ve worked with. Hire him!
Henry Carnell@hencarnell.bsky.social · 8mo ago& that is a wrap on fellowship no.2 with @motherjones.com !! I am so grateful for the now 2+ years I got to contribute to MoJo! This round I produced and edited videos that garnered millions of views, grew our socials, helped launched @climatedesk.org 's weekly newsletter, and reported a lot.
Condé Nast finally achieved its dream of wrecking Teen Vogue and killing its politics section. www.thecut.com/article/teen...
Teen Vogue Is Folding Into Vogue.com
According to Condé Nast’s announcement, the outlet will keep its “unique editorial identity and mission.”
thecut.com
The nominee to lead DHS’s intel arm (I&A) says officers may use fake identities to enter private chats. His comfort with this type of covert entry should alarm Congress before it votes, warns @sreynolds.bsky.social. www.justsecurity.org/116094/dhs-i...
Incoming DHS Intelligence Lead Promotes Unlawful Activities
The public, Congress, and the media should insist that the DHS's domestic intelligence practices be sunset, rather than expanded.
justsecurity.org
So excited to share that the package @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social and I fact checked for @motherjones.com is listed a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize 😆
