The U.S. and Iran have reached a tentative agreement to end their months-long war in the Middle East, senior officials on both sides said, but it requires approval from President Trump and his counterparts in Tehran.

Female detainees shared stories of medical negligence, mistreatment & sexual assault at Moshannon Detention Center with Congress members at an unannounced oversight visit. Mine and @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social latest for @pennlive.com @pennstateuniv.bsky.social www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

This is a must read and must watch by my friend @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social. Take a long walk in the shoes of a man protesting the conditions of detainees at ICE facility Moshannon. The sixth in our 8 part series for @pennlive.com and @pennstateuniv.bsky.social www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

Immigration Judge Tamar Wilson repeatedly shouted over Rony’s attorney and ultimately stormed out of the courtroom. “Yes, running away is a great idea. That’s very professional, your honor,” the lawyer said. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

This was a hard one for all of us watching this 18-year-old kid in ICE detention and his mother’s pain. I went and hugged my kids after returning from our reporting trip to WV. The fourth story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @pennlive.com series on Moshannon: www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

The third story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social and @pennlive.com series tackles how this small coal mining town wound up housing the biggest ICE center in the Northeast. So proud of our students. Check it out! www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

Alligator Alcatraz could shut down soon, following the resistance of the Miccosukee Tribe and environmental orgs, who condemned the construction in traditional villages and ceremonial areas. nativenewsonline.net/currents/all...

Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that a widely used abortion medication, mifepristone, could continue to be prescribed by telehealth and sent to patients by mail.

The second article in our 8-part series for @pennlive.com went live today. Our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social students profiled a beautiful young couple whose dreams in the U.S. shattered after the husband was detained by ICE for 3 months. Please meet Juan & Nicole. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

The disabled people raising concerns are outlining fears of being left without care. IMO there would be more home aides if the pay went up, and breaking up the shifts wouldn't be as much of a problem. But that's not going to happen with Medicaid cuts. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/06/d...

Today, the first of an 8-part series on Moshannon Valley Processing Center and ICE produced by my students at Penn State went live. I’m so incredibly proud of their work. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

This entire series was reported and written by our amazing journalism students @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. As their professors for this indepth reporting class, @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social and I are over the moon. Next story out on Wednesday!

My friend @JoshuaPVaughn.bsky.social & I led an indepth reporting class this semester @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. Our students tackled ICE & its largest detention facility in the Northeast. Today the first of an 8-part series was published in @PennLive.com So proud! www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...

Come learn more about the amazing work we do @prisonjournalism.bsky.social on Sept. 17 at our "Meeting the Moment" virtual Event. It's free to attend and you'll get a glimpse into our world & what's to come! RSVP now! www.eventbrite.com/e/prison-jou...

President Trump on Wednesday followed through on his threat to impose a 50% tariff on nearly all goods arriving from India, punishing the country for buying Russian oil. Follow live updates.

So unbelievably proud of our team!

For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster. Story via The Associated Press.

CONGRATS to faculty @profpasha.bsky.social and grad alum @yhuang.bsky.social on being named Jennifer McGill Fellows in @aejmc.bsky.social's Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication!

More than 150 university presidents have signed a letter decrying the Trump administration. The statement — signed by Harvard, Princeton, Brown and other leading universities — denounces the White House’s ‘undue government intrusion.’

People will not get their kids diagnosed for fear of being put on a registry and that will result in kids not getting appropriate services. And with the psychos afraid of autism being passed to future generations, this will be a first step towards eugenics. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...

The order calls for the removal of "divisive race-centered ideology" from the Smithsonian's museums and research centers. It also calls on the Secretary of the Interior to restore public monuments, statues and other markers that have been removed or changed since 2020.

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...

I would have signed this in a heartbeat as a Columbia alumnus. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I remember how proud I was the day I got into Columbia. I will never forget how ashamed I am today of my alma mater.

This piece has got to be one of the best expressions I've ever read on what prison trauma feels like and the struggle to keep one's empathy from a writer who has been in prison since he was 15 yrs old. It will be required reading for us at PJP @prisonjournalism.bsky.social.

WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration plans to cut over 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo.

"All those hard cases doing hard time melt like butter on a summer sidewalk when they visit the felines, feed them, watch them chase the birds and bees, and when they make toys to entice the cats to play with them."

WASHINGTON (AP) — Zelenskyy left White House without signing US-Ukraine critical minerals deal Trump had demanded.

I hate when I come out of teaching a journalism class, see the latest embarrassment coming out of the government and want to go back to blissful ignorance.

It's Friday. Close that tab you never look at. Close those articles you'll never read. Make a plan for something fun offline this weekend. And don't forget to drink a big glass of water today.

PJP's @profpasha.bsky.social talks about the importance of prison journalism and why incarcerated people deserve their stories to be just as loud as everyone else.

Friendly reminder that, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, "school choice" often ends up hurting disabled kids as private schools don't have to follow IEPs/504s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Our inaugural issue is live! Head to our website to plug in for cinematic true stories that are as astonishing as they are real! From the swamps of Florida to colonial India and beyond, get ready to be captivated by extraordinary worlds and fascinating people. SwitchboardMagazine.com

For the inaugural issue of @switchboardmag.bsky.social I wrote about a road trip across Lebanon to excavate family secrets: www.switchboardmagazine.com/january-issu...

Hi. Just wanted to introduce myself. @profpasha.bsky.social and I started PJP at the beginning of the pandemic, and it felt like another historical moment when so many people's experiences would go unheard.

Wonder what it was like for incarcerated ppl inside SCI-Huntingdon when Luigi Mangione joined their prison population? Our writer @prisonjournalism.bsky.social has the scoop prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/01/23/l...

We did it, y'all! Thank you! TY! A note from @yukarikane.bsky.social and @profpasha.bsky.social: "We’re truly blown away. Because of your support, we achieved something extraordinary during our end-of-year campaign. Together, we raised over $50,000 from over 300 individual donors." Read ⤵️

1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. She's fighting back.

We created @prisonjourn so ppl inside could have a seat at the table in talks about the criminal legal system. We've since published 2300+ stories from almost 800 writers. Help us unlock stories by these writers today with a tripled donation thru Dec. 13. tinyurl.com/ycyuc7s4

Okay so I finally went to see #WickedMovie and yes it is amazing and they were all unbelievable in their roles. Serious hats off. What a kickass film.

Our co-founders ( @profpasha.bsky.social & yukarikane.bsky.social) appeared on the podcast "It's All Journalism" to discuss how PJP helps incarcerated people find their voice. Check it out: itsalljournalism.com/647-prison-j...

So proud to join the board of advisors for the upcoming Switchboard Magazine! Think cinematic true stories, straight to your inbox. @SwitchboardMag is launching January 20th, 2025! Get your monthly fix of non-fiction and sign up to their newsletter now! SwitchboardMagazine.com

My amazing cofounder @yukarikane.bsky.social and I were featured in the podcast "It's All Journalism" to talk about our work with incarcerated writers @prisonjournalism.bsky.social. Check it out! itsalljournalism.com/647-prison-j...

Great list from @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social on the *specific* executive power issues that will almost certainly arise in Trump 2.0 administration.

Subscribe to Prison Journalism Project’s weekly newsletter, The Inside Story, and every Sunday you'll receive highlights of our writers’ best work. prisonjournalismproject.org/newsletter/?...

Now through Dec. 31, your donation to PJP’s end-of-year campaign, will go twice as far because every gift you make will be matched. As a thank you, you'll receive Commissary To Table: A Collection of Recipes by Incarcerated Writers. prisonjournalismproject.fundjournalism.org/prisonjourna...

Breaking News: The Biden administration will propose that Medicare and Medicaid cover obesity medications, a change President-elect Trump would need to endorse.

Vanity Fair published a bombshell article revealing that Cormac McCarthy had a relationship with a girl he met when he was 42 and she was 16, a foster child who felt so unsafe at home she often carried a gun. Now there’s a debate about how much she influenced his writing.

Abortion rates were expected to drop after Roe was overturned. Instead, they rose – and birth rates fell. Here’s how it happened: nbcnews.app.link/v9ctMmr9POb

Making the move over. Let’s see how this goes.