Nicole Chung
@nicolechung.bsky.social
author of A LIVING REMEDY (a New York Times Notable Book) and the national bestseller ALL YOU CAN EVER KNOW • words in NYT Magazine, Time, Esquire, The Washington Post &c. • linktr.ee/nicolesjchung • loyaltybookstores.com/nicolechung
thank you for giving it your time, Chelsi
December 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
thank you for giving it your time, Chelsi
(calling me a “researcher” does seem slightly unfair to real researchers! but I did do a ton of reporting for this story)
December 9, 2025 at 4:00 PM
(calling me a “researcher” does seem slightly unfair to real researchers! but I did do a ton of reporting for this story)
I spoke with Robin Young @wbur.org Here & Now about my story on birth mothers in open adoption for @theatlantic.com and my reunion with my birth family. Listen here: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
Researcher examines the positives and negatives of open adoption
These days, 95% of adoptions are "open," meaning birth parents, or the birth mother, have some degree of involvement with the adoptive family.
www.wbur.org
December 9, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I spoke with Robin Young @wbur.org Here & Now about my story on birth mothers in open adoption for @theatlantic.com and my reunion with my birth family. Listen here: www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2...
! not sure I ever knew about this lol
December 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
! not sure I ever knew about this lol
SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 PM
SO EXCITED ABOUT THIS
Subscriptions and ticket sales are way down, of course. I get why people aren’t going; I haven’t been there since the hostile takeover. I really hope the NSO and Washington National Opera can survive.
December 8, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Subscriptions and ticket sales are way down, of course. I get why people aren’t going; I haven’t been there since the hostile takeover. I really hope the NSO and Washington National Opera can survive.
“One of the most visible changes is the redesign of the Kennedy Center Honors medallion. The center ditched the traditional rainbow ribbon design that debuted at the first ceremony in 1978”
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Trump Takes a Starring Role at the Kennedy Center Honors
www.nytimes.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:52 AM
“One of the most visible changes is the redesign of the Kennedy Center Honors medallion. The center ditched the traditional rainbow ribbon design that debuted at the first ceremony in 1978”
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“Even though she was still trying to produce breast milk for her daughter, Guzmán had limited access to food and water…and was never provided a breast pump… Guzmán was left to manage the pain of her C-section recovery as well as her Type 1 diabetes with the supplies she had in her backpack”
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
19thnews.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:11 AM
“Even though she was still trying to produce breast milk for her daughter, Guzmán had limited access to food and water…and was never provided a breast pump… Guzmán was left to manage the pain of her C-section recovery as well as her Type 1 diabetes with the supplies she had in her backpack”
I almost went with Casablanca
December 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I almost went with Casablanca