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Block Club Chicago @blockclubchi.bsky.social · 15d

Block Club Chicago and other news organizations are suing the federal government over First Amendment violations.

Four of our journalists have been shot with pepper-spray bullets and tear-gassed by federal agents. blockclubchi.co/4mRA6vG

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · 19d

Today’s best Berkeley houses

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · 21d

A thing that I just learned that blows my mind: KQED plays the first hour of All Things Considered at 1 pm, which is as it’s first airing on the East coast.

I didn’t even know stations could do that!

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Sergio Martínez-Beltrán @sergiomarbel.bsky.social · 25d

Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, a victim of the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility, continues to be in critical condition.

His wife is 39 weeks pregnant. It’s a boy. “What if he never even gets to meet him?”

She wants the world to know her husband: www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...

'I want his name to be known:' Wife of immigrant injured at ICE facility shooting speaks out

Stephany Gauffeny says she wants the world to know that her husband, Miguel Angel Garcia-Hernandez, is more than "just an immigrant or a detainee, or a criminal."

www.npr.org

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 26d

Breaking news from Des Moines: ICE has detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent of Iowa's largest school district.
The Des Moines Public Schools said "We have no confirmed information as to why Dr. Roberts is being detained or the next potential steps."
www.bleedingheartland.com/2025/09/26/i...

ICE detains Des Moines Superintendent Dr. Ian Roberts

Iowa's largest school district had "no confirmed information" on why ICE detained Dr. Ian Roberts, the superintendent since 2023.

www.bleedingheartland.com

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · 27d

Thanks!

Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · 27d

Headed to Cloudflare as their editor-in-chief

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · 27d

My last story for NPR! (For now at least.)

NPR @npr.org · 27d

Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned.

Housing prices are causing some people to have smaller families than planned

Home prices skyrocketed during the pandemic — and have stayed high. For some Americans, making their budget work means having fewer children than they'd envisioned.

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Dolan's Knicks @ndhapple.bsky.social · 28d

That's twenty years of money we didn't have for NPR and PBS: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Readies $20 Billion Rescue to Help Milei Win in Argentina

The US plans to extend a $20 billion swap line to Argentina and is ready to buy the country’s foreign bonds, providing much-needed financial support to President Javier Milei as he tries to regain inv...

www.bloomberg.com

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 23

Just felt an aftershock.

That 4.3 quake in Berkeley last night at 3 am was a real welcome to California.

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 21

I became a Cal women’s soccer fan today; it was a great day.

Or as my toddler said: “go soccer bears!”

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 19

I saw this house today and it felt like “Tales of the City” took place there

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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social · Sep 19

The first public media station to go dark thanks to Trump’s cutoff of federal funding to public media is a 70 year old station in Pennsylvania. https://loom.ly/IjOHdzI

‘The news devastated me’: Pennsylvania NPR station will be first in the US to go dark following Trump’s cuts

A public media organization in a university town just a few hours northwest of Philadelphia is set to be the first in the country to go dark after the Trump administration stripped away federal funding for NPR and PBS.

www.spokesman.com

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 19

I remember thinking the same thing when I saw it. Like, this is a movie why?

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casey morell @caseym.org · Sep 18

big, big DC politics news: longtime delegate eleanor holmes norton is getting a primary challenge from dc council member robert white

Eleanor Holmes Norton is facing her most serious political threat in decades

D.C. Council member Robert White, a former Norton aide, said Thursday he will challenge her in 2026.

www.politico.com

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 18

I took a new job, and I am winding down here at NPR. It's very hard to leave!

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Orion Rummler @oriion.bsky.social · Sep 18

For Emma, what could have been a simple dollars-and-cents decision was far more complicated.

The choice before her: whether to accept a scholarship offering nearly free tuition to attend law school at Indiana University in her home state — or to pay $45,000 a year at the University of Minnesota.

New policies are making life harder for trans people — and prompting big financial decisions

White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.

www.npr.org

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NPR @npr.org · Sep 18

White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.

New policies are making life harder for trans people — and prompting big financial decisions

White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.

n.pr

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 18

My two favorite local things on KQED are Forum (which I often catch while washing dishes at night) and Perspectives, which are short essays written by members of the community.

KQED Forum @kqedforum.bsky.social · Sep 18

⏰Today's Plan:

9AM: How to be a tourist in your own town

10AM: What’s driving California’s shrinking prison population?

📻 Listen to Forum:

Listen to Forum

KQED's live call-in radio program presents balanced discussions of local, state, national, and world issues as well as in-depth interviews with leading figures in politics, science, entertainment, and...

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 18

New from me for @npr.org : A look into the lives of three trans people in the U.S., and how a wave of new policies makes things harder for them -- including financially.

I'm proud of this one; I hope you'll give it a read.

www.npr.org/2025/09/18/n...

New policies are making life harder for trans people — and prompting big financial decisions

White House executive orders and legislation in many states have targeted the rights and protections of trans people. For some, that has meant increased financial worry.

www.npr.org

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 16

What a list! 😍

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Brian Stelter @brianstelter.bsky.social · Sep 15

New PEN America statement: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."

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Martin Austermuhle @maustermuhle.bsky.social · Sep 15

Wow: In WaPo op-ed, Donna Brazile, a Democratic Party heavyweight who is close to D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, is calling on her longtime friend not to run for re-election. Norton has been noticeably diminished in recent years; she’s now 88. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 15

Terrifying and infuriating.

Warren Wells, AICP @warrenjwells.bsky.social · Sep 15

Unbelievably grim account of what happens after you are hit by a car in California.

sfstandard.com/opinion/2025...

Griffin Gaffney on what happens when you get hit by a car in San Francisco

The Standard’s CEO tells the story of a near-death experience — and the endless complications that followed.

sfstandard.com

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Laurel Wamsley @laurelwams.bsky.social · Sep 12

excelente