John Norton
@johncnorton.bsky.social
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Education writer and editor. Former investigative reporter. Blue Southerner. Love dogs and cats. Read science fiction, crime and mystery, history and science. Father of Laurah, a podcaster and author of Lay Them to Rest.
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ProPublica
@propublica.org
· 16d
Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.
ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...
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Students are feeling the ripple effects after a summer of unrelenting immigration raids during which one of their own classmates was deported. Many carry identification cards at all times now, in case they are confronted by immigration agents.
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A student deported and a summer of raids leave a school reeling
Students are feeling the ripple effects after a summer of unrelenting immigration raids during which one of their own classmates was deported.
edsource.org
NEW: Income isn’t supposed to play a role in how much housing assistance FEMA gives families.
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
But in some North Carolina counties, the highest-income homeowners received two to three times as much money after Hurricane Helene as those with lower incomes.
With @theassemblync.bsky.social
Arduous and Unequal: The Fight to Get FEMA Housing Assistance After Helene
An analysis by ProPublica and The Assembly of the more rural counties in North Carolina hardest hit by Helene shows that the households that got the most aid tended to have the highest incomes.
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Indivisible ❌👑
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· Jul 13
One Million Rising: Strategic Non-Cooperation to Fight Authoritarianism · No Kings
Across the country, authoritarian forces are getting bolder and more dangerous. Trump and his allies are not hiding their agenda: mass deportations, rollbacks of civil rights, weaponized courts, and f...
www.mobilize.us
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Elisa Muyl
@elisa-muyl.bsky.social
· Jul 8
With RFK Jr. in Charge, Insurers Aren’t Saying If They’ll Cover Vaccines for Kids If Government Stops Recommending Them
RFK Jr.’s vaccine advisory board could stop recommending some routine childhood immunizations, leaving insurers to decide whether to still cover them. For now, most are remaining tight-lipped.
www.wired.com
John Norton
@johncnorton.bsky.social
· Jun 21
Last-ditch legal effort tries to halt NC regional library system breakup over LGBTQ+ content
Yancey prepares to exit library system. Grassroots group hires law firm to counter those plans, which they say violate rights, waste money.
carolinapublicpress.org
John Norton
@johncnorton.bsky.social
· Jun 15
John Norton
@johncnorton.bsky.social
· Jun 15
Our military deserves better than this empty charade. Yikes. The tank squeaking over silence is incredible.
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