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Today, we had an all-day bargaining session with @propublica.org management. Unfortunately, they did not bring a counter proposal on AI or agree to any of the guardrails we've proposed.
It's simple — @propublica.org workers should not be replaced by artificial intelligence. Our contract proposal specifically says that generative artificial intelligence ("GAI") should not be used to replace employees. Management struck out this entire section in their response to our proposal.
December 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Today, we had an all-day bargaining session with @propublica.org management. Unfortunately, they did not bring a counter proposal on AI or agree to any of the guardrails we've proposed.
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A few Republicans are concerned that Trump is killing their constituents so coal operators can make a few more bucks.
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Trouble in Republican Paradise? Mineworkers Don't Want to Die - Confined Space
Even Republicans are getting nervous about the Trump administrations decision to "revisit" MSHA's silica regulation endangering mine workers.
jordanbarab.com
December 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A few Republicans are concerned that Trump is killing their constituents so coal operators can make a few more bucks.
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jordanbarab.com/confinedspac...
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NEW: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal 🤔 @justinelliott.bsky.social @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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December 8, 2025 at 1:15 PM
NEW: Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal 🤔 @justinelliott.bsky.social @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @amierjeski.bsky.social
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Read part 2 of our amazing series!
From the moment Joel Wernick arrived in Albany, Georgia, to take over as the Phoebe Memorial’s CEO, his No. 1 priority was to get rid of the city’s only other hospital.
He’d win in the end, but at a steep cost to Phoebe and its patients.
This is Part 2 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series 👇
He’d win in the end, but at a steep cost to Phoebe and its patients.
This is Part 2 of our "Sick in a Hospital Town" series 👇
Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 2: The Making of a Monopoly
The story of how a century-old community hospital in Albany, Georgia, grew into a sprawling health care system by waging a yearslong battle to eliminate its competition.
projects.propublica.org
December 8, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Read part 2 of our amazing series!
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Why are so many people sick in a town where the dominant economic and political force is a hospital?
@gingerthompson.bsky.social explores the deep contradictions of American healthcare in this magisterial series:
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@gingerthompson.bsky.social explores the deep contradictions of American healthcare in this magisterial series:
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Sick in a Hospital Town, Part 1: The Business of Care
Welcome to Albany, Georgia, where one hospital dominates the political and economic landscape. The story of Phoebe Putney Memorial is the story of American health care.
projects.propublica.org
December 7, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Why are so many people sick in a town where the dominant economic and political force is a hospital?
@gingerthompson.bsky.social explores the deep contradictions of American healthcare in this magisterial series:
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
@gingerthompson.bsky.social explores the deep contradictions of American healthcare in this magisterial series:
projects.propublica.org/albany-georg...
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Ski mountaineering will get its moment in the spotlight at the Olympics. Now, it's a question of who from North America will get to share that limelight.
Utah, this weekend’s World Cup Ski Mountaineering host, will decide Team USA’s fate
Ski Mountaineering will make its debut at February’s Milano Cortina Winter Games. The Dec. 6-7 races at Solitude Mountain Resort will determine if Team USA or Canada heads to the Olympics.
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December 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Ski mountaineering will get its moment in the spotlight at the Olympics. Now, it's a question of who from North America will get to share that limelight.
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Thank you @franklangfitt.bsky.social for reporting from Indian Country. @npr.org.
How one tribal radio station is fighting to survive following federal funding cuts
Several dozen tribal radio stations were caught in the crossfire of federal funding cuts this fall. NPR's Frank Langfitt visited one station in Colorado navigating its survival.
www.npr.org
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Thank you @franklangfitt.bsky.social for reporting from Indian Country. @npr.org.
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Jim Morris is the founder and executive director at Public Health Watch, and he's known Infante and followed his work since the 1990s. In this episode of Petrie Dish, we're sharing Morris's profile of Dr. Infante, The Scientist Who Refused To Be Intimidated.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Jim Morris is the founder and executive director at Public Health Watch, and he's known Infante and followed his work since the 1990s. In this episode of Petrie Dish, we're sharing Morris's profile of Dr. Infante, The Scientist Who Refused To Be Intimidated.
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In rural America, public radio saves lives
In rural America, public radio saves lives
In remote Alaska, public radio station KYUK is crucial during natural disasters. Without federal funding, how will it survive?
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November 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
In rural America, public radio saves lives
NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social and @texaspublicradio.bsky.social A bonus episode of Fumed. The Scientist Who Refused to be Intimidated
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Bonus Episode: The Scientist Who Refused to be Intimidated
Outspoken government scientists are increasingly hard to find in Washington. This episode tells how one high-profile epidemiologist withstood political pressure and intimidation throughout his career ...
www.tpr.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
NEW from @publichealthwatch.bsky.social and @texaspublicradio.bsky.social A bonus episode of Fumed. The Scientist Who Refused to be Intimidated
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News:
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
CPB agrees to revive a $36 million deal with NPR killed after Trump's pressure
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting agreed Monday to fulfill a $35.9 million, multi-year contract with NPR that it had yanked after pressure from the Trump White House.
www.npr.org
November 18, 2025 at 12:15 AM
News:
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
To settle NPR's lawsuit, CPB revives $36 million deal it killed after Trump’s pressure
My story for NPR:
www.npr.org/2025/11/17/n...
A surprisingly frank interview from @npr.org Scott Simon with the new head of the United Mine Workers Union. Pitched & produced by WV’s @davemistich.bsky.social
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New United Mine Workers of America president Brian Sanson discusses the industry
NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Brian Sanson, the new president of the United Mine Workers of America, about the Trump administration's impact on the coal industry and the future of the union.
www.npr.org
November 16, 2025 at 3:26 PM
A surprisingly frank interview from @npr.org Scott Simon with the new head of the United Mine Workers Union. Pitched & produced by WV’s @davemistich.bsky.social
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
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The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels.
n.pr
November 16, 2025 at 4:41 AM
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social media and other channels. n.pr/47WGe0m
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As villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta clean up from remnants of Typhoon Halong, they face another loss. Public radio and television station KYUK has lost federal funding and plans to make cuts in January. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
Alaska station that covered devastating storm cuts jobs
A public TV and radio station in Western Alaska serves dozens of villages damaged by Typhoon Halong. But with federal funding eliminated, KYUK makes severe cuts to its staff and news department.
www.npr.org
November 15, 2025 at 11:13 AM
As villages across the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta clean up from remnants of Typhoon Halong, they face another loss. Public radio and television station KYUK has lost federal funding and plans to make cuts in January. My @npr.org story: www.npr.org/2025/11/14/n...
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NEW: Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
Alaska’s Public Schools Serve as Emergency Shelters. Those Buildings Are Also in Crisis.
Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters. After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
NEW: Across hundreds of Alaskan communities, public schools are often the safest buildings where people can take shelter during disasters.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
After decades of state neglect, however, some have become emergencies themselves.
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Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back. n.pr/4oQF4u9
As Western wildfires are getting bigger, one small town volunteer is fighting back
Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back.
n.pr
November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Wildfires in the western U.S. have been growing larger in recent years. Volunteer firefighters in Wyoming, like T.J. Gideon, are doing what they can to fight back. n.pr/4oQF4u9
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With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
In the rural South where Medicaid has been a lifeline, residents brace for cuts
With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
n.pr
October 27, 2025 at 12:13 PM
With Medicaid cutbacks on the horizon, millions in the U.S. are expected to go uninsured. In the Mississippi Delta region — one of the poorest places in the U.S. — people are stressed and mad.
The "Industrial Risk: Beyond the Blueprint" podcast with Jowanza Joseph features some of my reporting from Mount St Helens to Coal's Deadly Dust. "How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures." parakeetinc.substack.com/p/episode-8-...
🎙️ Episode 8: Buried in Silence: What Mount St. Helens, Upper Big Branch, and Black Lung Reveal About Industrial Risk
How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures? Listen to the conversation with Howard Berkes on four decades of exposing preventable industrial disasters.
parakeetinc.substack.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
The "Industrial Risk: Beyond the Blueprint" podcast with Jowanza Joseph features some of my reporting from Mount St Helens to Coal's Deadly Dust. "How investigative journalism uncovers the human cost of industrial failures." parakeetinc.substack.com/p/episode-8-...
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NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn
Opinion: Susan Stamberg gave NPR its voice
NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network.
n.pr
October 20, 2025 at 12:17 PM
NPR has lost a singular, distinctive radio journalist: Susan Stamberg, who died Thursday. She was the first woman to host a national news broadcast and set the tone, pace, and scope of the network. n.pr/3IR4JUn
Public Media Careers
Discover jobs from top public media organizations across the country.
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October 18, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This is how I will always remember Susan Stamberg. Union strong. Standing with her NPR colleagues and marshalling her considerable clout for the least powerful. NPR was a far better place with Susan in its orbit.
October 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
This is how I will always remember Susan Stamberg. Union strong. Standing with her NPR colleagues and marshalling her considerable clout for the least powerful. NPR was a far better place with Susan in its orbit.
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Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died. n.pr/4qjVMDS
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The 2018 state case involved a guided hunt for Trump Jr., where a bear was allegedly baited. The settlement reduced guide Wade Lemon’s felony charge to a wildlife violation infraction.
Hunting guide, who counts Trump Jr. as a client, behaved badly for years, Utah says
The Utah Investigative Journalism Project obtained a 160-page investigative report into Wade Lemon by the Utah Attorney General’s Office. The report details allegations of illegal and unethical…
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October 14, 2025 at 1:48 PM
The 2018 state case involved a guided hunt for Trump Jr., where a bear was allegedly baited. The settlement reduced guide Wade Lemon’s felony charge to a wildlife violation infraction.
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Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says.
n.pr
October 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scenes and not accepting wholesale what any government or administration says. n.pr/4q87Jwb
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Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
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A Closer Look at What’s Driving the Rising Rate of Uninsured Children - Public Health Watch
Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
publichealthwatch.org
October 14, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Decades of progress on children’s health coverage is being slowly erased, with the U.S. rate now at a 10-year high. Texas still has the highest rate of uninsured kids, with a total of over 1 million.
publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/14/u...
publichealthwatch.org/2025/10/14/u...