Implementation of a previously approved federal rule meant to help prevent black lung in the nation’s coal miners has been delayed indefinitely, according to an update posted this week in the Federal Register, reports @caitycoyne.bsky.social.

Went on @NPR.org Morning Edition today and chatted with @steveinskeep.bsky.social about what “overperfomance” means and looks like for Democrats since losing big in 2024. (Hint: the margins say a lot about what could come in November)

After more than two years of stalled contract negotiations, ProPublica journalists went on strike Wednesday. At the heart of the dispute: How much of ProPublica’s work can be off-loaded to AI.

I love working at @propublica.org. I'm on strike for the day because I want it to be a better place to work, for everyone. Please support our fight for a fair contract.

One of the highlights of my career was working with a brilliant team @propublica.org on a major investigative project. But now, ProPublica management is behaving like the corporate overlords PP has investigated and exposed. I stand with the @propublicaguild.org guild as it seeks a fair contract.

We’re on strike today! Support our fight for a fair contract by NOT visiting the @propublica.org website or engaging with ProPublica stories today. Tell ProPublica’s management you won’t cross the picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

1/ Management at @propublica.org is refusing to agree to fair contract language around artificial intelligence usage, so @newsguild.org President Jon Schleuss wrote to them today to urge them to get on the right side of history. www.propublicaguild.org/updates/news...

16 yrs ago today. 29 coal miners killed. A massive explosion at Massey Energy’s Upper Big Branch mine in WV. I spent a year investigating. One finding: the rescue effort was delayed and hampered by Massey’s own response: www.npr.org/2011/04/01/1...

East Texas Hit Hard by Gun-Related Suicides Scarcity of mental health resources, prevalence of guns, and stigma attached to seeking help contribute to high suicide rates.

IRE has nominated Diana R. Fuentes for the Ring of Honor. Organizers are raising money to support Diana’s nomination, and all additional money raised will go toward a future IRE training fund, to be established in her name. Donate: https://bit.ly/47pU102

Dear IRE members and the broader journalism community, I’m reaching out on behalf of IRE’s Board and staff with a heavy heart. Full statement: https://www.ire.org/2026/03/21/ire-mourns-the-loss-of-executive-director-diana-r-fuentes/

Yesterday, 92% of us voted YES (w/ 99% participation) to authorize a strike if @propublica.org management refuses to compromise on core issues. We need a fair contract that will protect the in-depth investigative reporting that our readers expect. Support us: www.gofundme.com/f/support-pr...

The predecessor to ICE got permission for a temporary holding facility in Ogden in 2000. It looks to be violating its conditional use permit, but could the city do anything about it? www.kuer.org/politics-gov...

Honored to speak about the Challenger launch decision 40 years later with former Morton Thiokol engineer Brian Russell. He and four colleagues tried to stop the fatal 1986 launch. He brought along a section of a booster rocket o-ring. Thanks to the Utah Westerners for hosting us.

Silicosis cases from artificial engineered quartz countertops are sickening and killing workers all over the country. But instead of moving to safer substitutes, countertop manufacturers want Congress to exempt them from lawsuits. kffhealthnews-org.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/kffhealt...

Journalists: What’s a session you wish existed? Better yet…pitch it for the #IRE26 Conference: https://bit.ly/40omEHa We want sessions that: - teach investigative skills - share data reporting tools - tackle real newsroom challenges - amplify diverse voices Deadline Extension: Sunday, March 22.

OK, as the actual journalist who has been unwittingly caught up in the Claude rumor this morning (who also covers AI disinformation) let me clear this one up for the record. To recap: Claude kind of implicated itself in the Iran school bombing citing (in part) my reporting...

Hey look, a podcast made by a local public radio station is at the top of Apple Podcasts. Obey Apple and listen to "Adults in the Room" by @kuow.org.

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Hundreds of workers who fabricate kitchen countertops from artificial stone slabs have developed silicosis. Dozens have died. The industry's response: ask congress for complete immunity from lawsuits filed by sick workers. Check out this powerful news report by Anna Werner for @investigatetv.com

Me and @sylviaruthg.lpm.org spent a couple weeks on this one, tracking down how illegal child marriages are still happening in Kentucky 👇 #kyga26

After just reporting about “lessons learned”from the Challenger/Columbia disasters, it’s disappointing to see that NASA & its partners have not apparently learned enough. NASA’s new director deemed the Artemis mission unsafe. Actually, saying stop is a lesson learned www.cbsnews.com/news/nasa-ar...

Bonus epsiode of the @abcaustralia.bsky.social podcast The Challenger Legacy features thoughtful Q&A about the Challenger & Columbia disasters & the American space program. More comprehensive than anything produced in the states. Great work from Fiona Pepper & team www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

EXCLUSIVE: An @npr.org investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. Other documents that mention Trump have been taken down (and some restored). More:

Two New Top Officers Elected to Public Health Watch Board Retired NPR correspondent Howard Berkes and political strategist Cliff Walker become board chair and vice chair, respectively.

40 yrs ago today, @npr.org colleague Daniel Zwerdling & I separately interviewed 2 Thiokol engineers who anonymously provided detailed/unreported accounts of the 11th-hour effort to stop the fatal launch of the shuttle Challenger. The story & the stories behind the story: www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...

Massive Galveston Bay Barrier System Gets One Step Closer to Construction A January vote to begin preliminary engineering and design work jump-started the controversial “Ike Dike” project, meant to protect against increasingly fierce hurricanes. But not everyone is celebrating.

I'm a health reporter at @stateline.org and @statesnewsroom.com. I'm looking for experts and researchers following the effects of #ACA subsidy expiration and #Medicaid coverage loss on chronic illness, specifically #diabetes. DM's are open and open to research links. s chatlani AT stateline dot org

EP 5 of the @abcaustralia.bsky.social podcast The Challenger Legacy has some disturbing assessments of risk about the upcoming Artemis II mission, with echoes of Challenger and Columbia. Fiona Pepper and team connect the dots. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

@npr.org Anas Baba shares the 2026 Louis M Lyons Award for Conscience and Integrity in Journalism from the @niemanfoundation.bsky.social Fellows nieman.harvard.edu/the-2026-nie...

From ABC Australia - EP 4 of The Challenger Legacy, with a closer look at the “normalization of deviance,” and its claimed role in the shuttle Challenger and Columbia disasters. Fiona Pepper and team connect the dots. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Oregon Public Broadcasting is one of the crown jewels of public media in the US. This is a shot across its bow.

Please take a media literacy moment and stop posting that the young boy in the Super Bowl halftime show was Liam Conejo Ramos, the 5-year-old who was detained by ICE. It was a child actor, who posted about it on social media. www.instagram.com/reel/DUhUaQp...

My latest for NPR www.npr.org/2026/02/06/n...

“[Pam Bondi] pretty much slandered all of us,” said Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson. “And to me, that’s problematic to publicly claim that secretaries of state are not doing our jobs and the federal government has to do it for us. Not OK.”

My latest for NPR U.S. enters Winter Olympics with darker image on the world stage www.npr.org/2026/02/05/n...

Ep 3 of @abcaustralia.bsky.social podcast The Challenger Legacy is a gut wrenching look at the 2003 shuttle Columbia disaster & the failures that echo Challenger. From Fiona Pepper & team. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

The Trump admin wont name the agents who killed Alexi Pretti. So we are.

BREAKING: The two federal immigration agents who fired on Minneapolis protester Alex Pretti are identified in government records as Border Patrol agent Jesus Ochoa and Customs and Border Protection officer Raymundo Gutierrez.

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Two Alaska school districts are suing the state for what they say is its failure to adequately fund public education. Their suit cites the effects of underfunding, including low test scores, staff reductions and dangerous school conditions. With KYUK Public Media

More on the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster, and the failed effort to delay the launch, from me and @kuer.org Radio West radiowest.kuer.org/show/radiowe...

You’re likely hearing about space shuttle O-rings on this 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. Nate Carlisle of FOX13 Utah has this little known tidbit. The shuttle O-rings were produced by a company owned, operated & partially staffed by polygamists www.fox13now.com/news/fox-13-...

@abcaustralia.bsky.social has a superb, deeply researched podcast series about the Challenger disaster from reporter Fiona Pepper & team with captivating audio storytelling. Worth a listen. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

From @nhpr.org - A special series remembering teacher-in-space Christa McAuliffe during the 40th anniversary of the Challenger disaster. www.nhpr.org/remembering-...

Looking back 40 yrs ago this week at: the flawed decision to launch Challenger; the resistance to delay; the lingering guilt for some of those involved; & lessons learned that still resonate. NEW from me with @ayesharascoe.bsky.social @npr.org UpFirst/The Sunday Story www.npr.org/2026/01/25/g...

NEW from me and @ayesharascoe.bsky.social @npr.org UpFirst/The Sunday Story: a look back 40 years at the Challenger disaster; the desperate effort to keep Challenger grounded; lingering guilt for some who tried; & lessons learned critical for the space program today www.npr.org/2026/01/25/n...

Dozens of petrochemical plants are being built and expanded in Texas, which could worsen pollution in overburdened neighborhoods and exacerbate climate change. Here are 13 scenes chronicling the newest fossil-fuel infrastructure boom, from @pubhealthwatch.bsky.social ➡️ tinyurl.com/txpetchem 1/15

Via Shalina Chatlani and Stateline: Many left-leaning states and cities and a growing number of conservative lawmakers want to curb the use of surveillance technologies, such as automated license plate readers, that can be used to identify and track people. https://ow.ly/41K950XTpvj