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Jacob Rosenberg @jacobrosenberg.bsky.social · Jul 30

"Hind spent her final hours trapped in a bullet-ridden car, surrounded by the bodies of six relatives, making desperate calls for help."

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60,000 Gazans have been killed. 18,500 were children. These are their names.

Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one per hour since the war began.

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Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future @livablefuture.bsky.social · Jun 4

CLF is delighted to announce the new fellows who comprise the 2025 cohort of the Food Systems and Public Health Fellowship for Journalists. The 2025 cohort is the fellowship’s second cohort and is composed of 12 journalists. clf.jhsph.edu/about-us/new...

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D Magazine @dmagazine.bsky.social · May 22

Lancaster’s Cleo Hearn is a rodeo legend. His four sons have all made their mark on the sport. Even his toddler granddaughters are set to saddle up.

The Legend and Legacy of the Original Cowboy of Color

Lancaster’s Cleo Hearn is a rodeo legend. His four sons have all made their mark on the sport. Even his toddler granddaughters are set to saddle up.

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Jordan P. Hickey @jordanphickey.bsky.social · May 7

... than the welfare of their family in Gaza was, frankly, unthinkable. 3/3

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The Expanding Table: Honoring Palestinian Culinary Tradition in Arkansas - Longreads

For one baker and educator in Northwest Arkansas, food is a connection to her family’s roots in Gaza—and an essential way to share the stories of their culture.

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Jordan P. Hickey @jordanphickey.bsky.social · May 7

... important story will (hopefully) continue to be read and shared.

Incredibly grateful to @cherilucasrowlands.com for giving this story a home (and impeccable edits) at @longreads.com. And to Amanda and her family for opening their lives to me at a time when thinking about anything other 2/3

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Jordan P. Hickey @jordanphickey.bsky.social · May 7

Some exciting personal news:

Looks like the @longreads.com piece that I wrote about Amanda Arafat and her family was named a #JamesBeard finalist in profile writing this morning. Thrilled and humbled because that's some pretty impressive company to be in — but especially glad that this very 1/3

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Arkansas Times @arktimes.bsky.social · Apr 7

Fayetteville was once a town that pulled people back in after they’d left to sample other cities. But for many residents, especially the ones that make NWA weird in the best way possible, the gravity of this place isn’t applied equally.

As Northwest Arkansas booms, residents are asking: Does Fayetteville still belong to them? - Arkansas Times

Fayetteville was once a town that pulled people back in after they’d left to sample other cities — once they’d achieved “escape velocity,” as the great Arkansas writer Charles Portis put it. But for m...

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Jane Mayer @janemayer.bsky.social · Mar 27

I asked an international human rights lawyer recently what red lines to watch for - he said, “when people start to disappear.” Well…https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/us/ice-tufts-student-detained-rumeysa-ozturk.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE

The university was told that the student’s visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.

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Longreads @longreads.com · Mar 12

"Poring over social media isn’t so different than idly wondering what happened to young people in a well-loved yearbook."

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Plano Senior High Alum’s Instagram Quest to Find 1,122 Former Classmates - Longreads

"An optometrist and Pokémon master Minh Nguyen has tracked down nearly 200 former classmates. It may have saved his life."

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Arkansas Advocate @arkansasadvocate.com · Mar 10

Agriculture has long been a part of Northwest Arkansas’ identity. However, over the past several decades, Walmart’s corporate presence has ushered in a surge of urban development, shifting the region from a farming hub into a major metropolitan area.

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Can Northwest Arkansas farming survive in Walmart’s backyard? • Arkansas Advocate

Agriculture has long been a part of Northwest Arkansas’ identity. However, over the past several decades, Walmart’s corporate presence has ushered in a surge of urban development, shifting the region…

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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · Nov 23

Been perusing the list of the 569 #vouchers vendors approved by the Arkansas Dept. of Ed. Some that stand out: Upward Fitness & Pickleball in Siloam Springs; Springdale Youth Wrestling; Swim with Karma in Bentonville; Echo Valley Arabians in Gravette.
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The Shumater @theshumater.bsky.social · Nov 23

Well, this smells. And it's not the horses' fault ...

Matt Campbell @bluehogreport.bsky.social · Nov 23

Vouchers for homeschooled kids to pay for private horse riding lessons. This is where we are with Sarah Sanders’ LEARNS Act.

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Virginia Quarterly Review @vqr.bsky.social · Nov 20

Read Jordan P. Hickey’s #VQRTrueStory on an Arkansas town coming to grips with its past, new in our Fall 2024 issue:

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“People will see your ad. It will work.” He wasn’t wrong. There are few places better suited to be the poster child for billboard advertising than Harrison, Arkansas, which was dubbed “the most…

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