Taylor Jung 鍾永春
@taylorjung.bsky.social
Multimedia social justice reporter @ NJ Spotlight News/NJPBS.✌️
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Taylor Jung 鍾永春
@taylorjung.bsky.social
· Jan 23
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Freelancing with a small community outlet that covered the protests in NJ! njurbannews.com/2025/10/20/n...
October 20, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Freelancing with a small community outlet that covered the protests in NJ! njurbannews.com/2025/10/20/n...
My latest, for @chalkbeat.org: El Puente, a leading environmental justice organization in Brooklyn, is fighting for its future after losing a $3M EPA grant due to cuts by the Trump administration. Decades of youth leadership and community work are at risk.
Youth programs at risk after Brooklyn nonprofit loses EPA grant to Trump DEI cuts
Brooklyn’s El Puente lost vital federal grants, jeopardizing its youth advocacy program. These cuts threaten environmental justice and community programs across the city.
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July 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
My latest, for @chalkbeat.org: El Puente, a leading environmental justice organization in Brooklyn, is fighting for its future after losing a $3M EPA grant due to cuts by the Trump administration. Decades of youth leadership and community work are at risk.
"Victoria Lee should be alive...we do not, today, find any hope or reason in the workings of the law in New Jersey." - Statement from AAPI NJ @dosocialjustice.bsky.social @njaij.bsky.social @zellieimani.bsky.social @stopaapihate.org @faithinnewjersey.bsky.social
Grand Jury Declines To Charge Officer Who Killed Victoria Lee
The decision comes almost one year after Fort Lee Police killed Lee while responding to her mental health emergency.
njurbannews.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
"Victoria Lee should be alive...we do not, today, find any hope or reason in the workings of the law in New Jersey." - Statement from AAPI NJ @dosocialjustice.bsky.social @njaij.bsky.social @zellieimani.bsky.social @stopaapihate.org @faithinnewjersey.bsky.social
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@mixedlinguist.bsky.social dropping facts on multiracial people not fitting census categories:
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Our traditional demographic categories often just don’t work for people like Kamala Harris and Zohran Mamdani! This doesn’t mean they’re being disingenuous, it means our paperwork needs to be better, ...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:36 PM
@mixedlinguist.bsky.social dropping facts on multiracial people not fitting census categories:
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Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral primary win is inspiring hope and action across the river in NJ. Organizers and young voters see his campaign as a blueprint for change. They're pushing local leaders to listen to working families. By Priyanka Bansal, edited by me: njurbannews.com/2025/07/02/m...
Mamdani’s Win Sparks Hope For Many New Jerseyans
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC win sparks progressive energy in New Jersey, fueling hopes for housing, transit, and political change.
njurbannews.com
July 2, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral primary win is inspiring hope and action across the river in NJ. Organizers and young voters see his campaign as a blueprint for change. They're pushing local leaders to listen to working families. By Priyanka Bansal, edited by me: njurbannews.com/2025/07/02/m...
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice released its landmark report on Juneteenth, providing sweeping policy proposals to enact reparations in NJ. It also provided a detailed history on why NJ is called “the slave state of the North.” My latest: njurbannews.com/2025/06/19/n...
New Jersey Council Recommends Reparations Policies In Historic Report
On Juneteenth, NJ’s reparations council released a report urging action to address the legacy of slavery and racial injustice in the state.
njurbannews.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice released its landmark report on Juneteenth, providing sweeping policy proposals to enact reparations in NJ. It also provided a detailed history on why NJ is called “the slave state of the North.” My latest: njurbannews.com/2025/06/19/n...
Burning water, insufficient food, toxic air. These are the conditions people faced inside a Newark immigrant detention facility leading up to last week's protests. My latest:
“No federal agent is going to ever make me feel ashamed of where my people come from. And as much as they try to demonize people from Central America…and criminalize people from across the country, I’m not going to let them take away how joyful it makes me feel to be where I’m from.”
After Protests, Future Remains Unclear For ICE Detention Center In Newark
Protests grow at Newark’s Delaney Hall after reports of poor conditions and a detainee's escape from the ICE detention facility.
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June 17, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Burning water, insufficient food, toxic air. These are the conditions people faced inside a Newark immigrant detention facility leading up to last week's protests. My latest:
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NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
May 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.
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60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
April 7, 2025 at 1:29 AM
60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5
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Cory Booker urges Democrats to act in first public appearance after record-breaking speech newjerseymonitor.com/2025/04/05/c... via @taylorjung.bsky.social
Cory Booker urges Democrats to act in first public appearance after record-breaking speech • New Jersey Monitor
Sen. Cory Booker told Democrats in Paramus not to let their inability to do everything undermine their determination to do something.
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April 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Cory Booker urges Democrats to act in first public appearance after record-breaking speech newjerseymonitor.com/2025/04/05/c... via @taylorjung.bsky.social
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@booker.senate.gov news is everywhere today but check out @bhulac.bsky.social's story for full context and fun facts you only get being there IRL.
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Meet this ‘moral moment,’ Booker challenges in record speech | NJ Spotlight News
New Jersey's senior senator denounces Trump agenda, mindful that he broke record set by segregationist Strom Thurmond.
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April 2, 2025 at 3:16 PM
@booker.senate.gov news is everywhere today but check out @bhulac.bsky.social's story for full context and fun facts you only get being there IRL.
@njspotlightnews.bsky.social
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NEW: GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. @mckenziefunk.com
An ICE Contractor Is Worth Billions. It’s Still Fighting to Pay Detainees as Little as $1 a Day to Work.
GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept.
www.propublica.org
March 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: GEO Group, whose stock is valued at $4 billion, says that state minimum wage laws don’t apply to the cleaning services that it’s asked detained migrants to perform at facilities where they’re kept. @mckenziefunk.com
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The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities
'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.
www.npr.org
March 18, 2025 at 6:31 PM
The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities
Over two years later, a state grand jury has decided not to criminally charge officers that killed #NajeeSeabrooks. His killing sparked a watershed movement in NJ, where advocates + communities pushed for police reform and non-law enforcement crisis emergency response programs.
March 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Over two years later, a state grand jury has decided not to criminally charge officers that killed #NajeeSeabrooks. His killing sparked a watershed movement in NJ, where advocates + communities pushed for police reform and non-law enforcement crisis emergency response programs.
After seven years, my time at NJ Spotlight News has come to an end. I'm leaving with immense gratitude for the stories I've told and the people I've met. I'm excited for what's next and remain passionate about social justice reporting.
March 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
After seven years, my time at NJ Spotlight News has come to an end. I'm leaving with immense gratitude for the stories I've told and the people I've met. I'm excited for what's next and remain passionate about social justice reporting.
Mahmoud Khalil's case is, unfortunately, not unique. Families are showing up to NJ's detention center, only to find out their loved ones are no longer there. It's becoming more difficult for families and lawyers to locate detainees. My latest: www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/03/ice-...
Families of ICE detainees say hard to locate loved ones in system | NJ Spotlight News
Families say lack of information distressing amid already heightened concern over threats of deportation, arrests under Trump administration.
www.njspotlightnews.org
March 11, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Mahmoud Khalil's case is, unfortunately, not unique. Families are showing up to NJ's detention center, only to find out their loved ones are no longer there. It's becoming more difficult for families and lawyers to locate detainees. My latest: www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/03/ice-...
Expired food. Drinking water from their hands. Conditions are deteriorating at New Jersey's only immigrant detention center. Advocates are sounding the alarm as plans move forward for a new facility that will quadruple the state's detention capacity.
NJ advocates slam plans for new immigrant ICE detention center | NJ Spotlight News
Advocates fear what a new immigrant detention facility in Newark would mean for ICE arrests and detentions in New Jersey.
www.njspotlightnews.org
March 5, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Expired food. Drinking water from their hands. Conditions are deteriorating at New Jersey's only immigrant detention center. Advocates are sounding the alarm as plans move forward for a new facility that will quadruple the state's detention capacity.
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“I was yelled at, intimidated by men with guns on their hips,” she said. “One man got right in my face and screamed that my attitude was fucking shit.” (From a reporter attempting to re-enter her own country.)
As I warned years ago: borders also keep you in.
Freelance multimedia reporter stopped at San Ysidro border crossing, questioned about reporting
Beginning in 2017, freelance multimedia reporter Brooke Binkowski noticed she was sent to secondary screening whenever she crossed the U.S.-Mexico …
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March 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
“I was yelled at, intimidated by men with guns on their hips,” she said. “One man got right in my face and screamed that my attitude was fucking shit.” (From a reporter attempting to re-enter her own country.)
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The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
February 28, 2025 at 6:47 PM
The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...
being neurodivergent means figuring out every day (maybe every hour) what scrunched up position you're going to work in
February 28, 2025 at 6:59 PM
being neurodivergent means figuring out every day (maybe every hour) what scrunched up position you're going to work in
ICE announced it will turn Delaney Hall into NJ's next detention center. Geo Group is the company which responded to ICE's original RFP. It also filed a complaint against NJ, which is currently battling CoreCivic over its law that (effectively) bans detention centers.
ICE expands detention capacity with Delaney Hall Facility in New Jersey
The facility will expand ICE’s detention capacity in the Northeast, enhancing the agency’s ability to manage the region’s growing enforcement and removal operations.
www.ice.gov
February 27, 2025 at 3:08 PM
ICE announced it will turn Delaney Hall into NJ's next detention center. Geo Group is the company which responded to ICE's original RFP. It also filed a complaint against NJ, which is currently battling CoreCivic over its law that (effectively) bans detention centers.
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News: NPR chief diversity officer Keith Woods to retire, amid broad attack on DEI
He told colleagues today that he has been planning his retirement since 2023 but delayed after home destroyed last year by Helene.
It follows PBS's ouster of DEI execs.
www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
He told colleagues today that he has been planning his retirement since 2023 but delayed after home destroyed last year by Helene.
It follows PBS's ouster of DEI execs.
www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
NPR's chief diversity officer to retire, with DEI in the political spotlight
Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced he'll retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years at NPR, as the issue he has championed takes center stage in political discourse.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:19 PM
News: NPR chief diversity officer Keith Woods to retire, amid broad attack on DEI
He told colleagues today that he has been planning his retirement since 2023 but delayed after home destroyed last year by Helene.
It follows PBS's ouster of DEI execs.
www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
He told colleagues today that he has been planning his retirement since 2023 but delayed after home destroyed last year by Helene.
It follows PBS's ouster of DEI execs.
www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...
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Rep. Jeff Van Drew told reporters this afternoon he's undecided about to vote in his party's budget deal.
That's scheduled for tonight.
Van Drew on the fence not a good sign for passage.
What this proposal means for NJ -->
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That's scheduled for tonight.
Van Drew on the fence not a good sign for passage.
What this proposal means for NJ -->
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/cong...
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GOP advances plans to slash social programs | NJ Spotlight News
Medicaid is in the crosshairs for Republicans in Congress, who are forging ahead with plans to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations.
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February 25, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Rep. Jeff Van Drew told reporters this afternoon he's undecided about to vote in his party's budget deal.
That's scheduled for tonight.
Van Drew on the fence not a good sign for passage.
What this proposal means for NJ -->
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/cong...
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That's scheduled for tonight.
Van Drew on the fence not a good sign for passage.
What this proposal means for NJ -->
www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/cong...
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Youth subcultures used flamboyant fashion and jazz to reject Nazi conformity.
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During World War II, These Teens Used Music and Fashion to Resist the Nazis
Get to know the Zazous, the Swing Kids, and the Edelweiss Pirates.
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February 25, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Youth subcultures used flamboyant fashion and jazz to reject Nazi conformity.
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The 3/1 deadline approaches for the DOJ to find institutions to criminally prosecute for "illegal DEI" practices. But law experts say it's not clear what criminal laws these programs violate. “DEI has basically...been turned into...a not-so-subtle racial slur,” said David Lopez, former EEOC counsel.
‘Chilling effect’ of Trump’s attacks on DEI programs? | NJ Spotlight News
Federal pressure to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives raises questions about the future of anti-discrimination programs.
www.njspotlightnews.org
February 19, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The 3/1 deadline approaches for the DOJ to find institutions to criminally prosecute for "illegal DEI" practices. But law experts say it's not clear what criminal laws these programs violate. “DEI has basically...been turned into...a not-so-subtle racial slur,” said David Lopez, former EEOC counsel.