Freeborn Black Woman First of Her Name
@thewaywithanoa.bsky.social
mom, comms/narrative strategist navigating the matrix, lawyer, host of “The Way with Anoa” podcast, and avid sci-fi fan.
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And if you missed this important panel from earlier in the year, learn more about funding solutions for local news at the state and local levels.
Free Press continues to work in collaboration with partners to advance public-funding models for local news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKC...
Free Press continues to work in collaboration with partners to advance public-funding models for local news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKC...
Funding the Future of Local News: State and Local Solutions in a Time of Crisis
YouTube video by Free Press
www.youtube.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:35 PM
And if you missed this important panel from earlier in the year, learn more about funding solutions for local news at the state and local levels.
Free Press continues to work in collaboration with partners to advance public-funding models for local news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKC...
Free Press continues to work in collaboration with partners to advance public-funding models for local news.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwKC...
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"When you have rural communities where the only media is a national or multinational corporate influence, and they're being pummeled with misinformation and information that may not be the information they'd like to hear, and news specifically, that's a real problem." - @reprabb.bsky.social
Pennsylvania Legislator Takes Action to Address the Local News Crisis
A Pressing Issues conversation with State Rep. Chris Rabb about two new local-news bills
pressingissues.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:32 PM
"When you have rural communities where the only media is a national or multinational corporate influence, and they're being pummeled with misinformation and information that may not be the information they'd like to hear, and news specifically, that's a real problem." - @reprabb.bsky.social
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Wherever you live, this story has significant implications because the trend of defunding libraries, when we should be fortifying these outposts of learning, sharing, and survival, is a national phenomenon. Libraries are models of the kind of infrastructure we must EXPAND to get the world we want.
You Can’t Fight Fascism While Defunding Libraries
“Libraries embody everything that we need right now to fight back against fascism," says Sara Heymann.
organizingmythoughts.org
December 3, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Wherever you live, this story has significant implications because the trend of defunding libraries, when we should be fortifying these outposts of learning, sharing, and survival, is a national phenomenon. Libraries are models of the kind of infrastructure we must EXPAND to get the world we want.
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NEW Breaking Basket (new short-form audio news update thing I’m testing out) on the Marion County Record settlement, with context and background on the unprecedented newspaper raid.
Listen here:
Listen here:
Breaking Basket 11/11/25 — Marion County Record $3 million settlement
Listen to Breaking Basket 11/11/25 — Marion County Record $3 million settlement by Marisa Kabas #np on #SoundCloud
soundcloud.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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my original scoop from 2023:
SCOOP: Kansas newspaper raided by cops was investigating police chief, owner says
Eric Meyer of the Marion County Record tells The Handbasket his paper had been investigating the police chief prior to the raids on his office and home.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 11, 2025 at 6:06 PM
my original scoop from 2023:
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The program spans four months and includes a $400 stipend for all participants. Applications are open now through November 21. Learn more and apply today! 🔗 commonjustice.org/civicengagem...
Communities for Safety Collective | Common Justice
commonjustice.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:45 PM
The program spans four months and includes a $400 stipend for all participants. Applications are open now through November 21. Learn more and apply today! 🔗 commonjustice.org/civicengagem...