Candice Fortman
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Detroiter in my heart (but not currently under my feet). Always concerned about the human condition
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (
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May 27, 1892 | White Mob Destroys Office of Ida B. Wells's Memphis Newspaper
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
https://calendar.eji.org/racial-injustice/may/27
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âIntersectionalityâ scholar KimberlĂ© Crenshaw thinks itâs time for everyone to talk back
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âIntersectionalityâ scholar KimberlĂ© Crenshaw thinks itâs time for everyone to talk back
In a new memoir, the legal expert shares how her experiences as a Black woman gave rise to frameworks the far-right has tried to weaponize.
https://19thnews.org/2026/05/intersectionality-critical-race-theory-kimberle-crenshaw-memoir/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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To be at a hotel conference is to be cold, freezing in fact.
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Dear graduates, Congratulations! I am so very proud of you. Also, steam those damn robes!
17 days ago
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Reporter's Notebook: The teenager tracking ICE in California's strawberry fields
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Reporter's Notebook: The teenager tracking ICE in California's strawberry fields
He deferred college to protect the undocumented farmworkers who feed the country. Here is what I saw on the ground.
https://open.substack.com/pub/jenniferchowdhury/p/reporters-notebook-the-teenager-tracking?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
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"The question KCUR is asking is not a new question. It is the question the white press has always asked about people who fight for Black freedom."
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KCUR Not Sure How to Feel About Ending Slavery â The Kansas City Defender
Still workshopping its position on chattel slavery, the NPR affiliate invites you into the conversation.
https://kansascitydefender.com/propagandaobserver/kcur-not-sure-how-to-feel-about-ending-slavery/
about 1 month ago
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about 1 month ago
imagine making up new problems to have in the year of our lord 2026
add a skeleton here at some point
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Proud.
about 2 months ago
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From âSomething Elseâ to Something Specific: Journalist As Circulator by @JenniferBrandel
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From âSomething Elseâ to Something Specific: Journalist As Circulator
Dispatches from my JSK Fellowship
https://jskfellows.stanford.edu/from-something-else-to-something-specific-journalist-as-circulator-29bb67c8d771?source=social.bluesky
about 2 months ago
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Failure to Launch: Why Journalism Is Stuck â and How Centering Impact Can Fix It by Lindsay Green-Barber
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Failure to Launch: Why Journalism Is Stuck â and How Centering Impact Can Fix It
This is an abridged version of a keynote talk I gave in Lausanne, Switzerland in late 2025 the launch of OurFrame, a nonprofit impact mediaâŠ
https://medium.com/p/failure-to-launch-why-journalism-is-stuck-and-how-centering-impact-can-fix-it-d4eee3afb3c5?source=social.bluesky
about 2 months ago
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If you love where you live, find the people who cover it. Find your local newsroom, subscribe, share their work, tell someone why it matters. Our communities are only as informed as the information infrastructure we support. đ
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#Detroit
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about 2 months ago
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2 months ago
Someone sent me this.
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How politics and image control destroyed the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
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How politics and PR took over the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative
Current and former staffers spill on what brought Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan's personal philanthropy to abandon its progressive values
https://sfstandard.com/2025/06/09/chan-zuckerberg-initiative-politics-pr/?utm_source=bluesky_sitebutton
2 months ago
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Journalism in 2026 and the line "a historic first for a sitting president."
2 months ago
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Special Envoy for the WHAT of the WHO?
3 months ago
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3 months ago
Investigative Post obtained this video of Border Patrol abandoning Nurul Shah Alam, the nearly blind Burmese refugee who was found dead
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Questions swirl over possible ICE detention site near Romulus
Local officials say they lack details on a reported 500-bed ICE detention proposal.
https://www.axios.com/local/detroit/2026/02/04/proposed-ice-detention-facility-romulus-michigan
3 months ago
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Map: Third Places Index in Detroit
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Map: Third Places Index in Detroit
In the urban planning realm, third places or informal gathering places, are often discussed in relation to creating great places to live and reknitting the urban fabric of communities that have seeâŠ
https://detroitography.com/2026/02/18/map-third-places-index-in-detroit/
3 months ago
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The Rise of Migra Watch Whistles
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The Rise of Migra Watch Whistles
From Chicago to Minneapolis and beyond, residents are using whistles to warn neighbors of ICE activity
https://open.substack.com/pub/midwestmexican/p/the-rise-of-migra-watch-whistles?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
3 months ago
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âHe gave me my wingsâ: Jesse Jackson opened doors for Black women in politics
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âHe gave me my wingsâ: Jesse Jackson opened doors for Black women in politics
Jackson, who died Tuesday, worked to diversify the electorate and brought Black women into Democratic politics who ascended to positions of power.
https://19thnews.org/2026/02/jesse-jackson-opened-doors-black-women-politics/?&utm_campaign=19th-social&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social
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NPRâs Tonya Mosley on Growing Up in Detroit, Working with Terry Gross
Tonya Mosley, the Detroit-born and-raised journalist, shares west side memories and what itâs like working with Terry Gross
https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/tonya-mosley-profile-npr/
3 months ago
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âI Have Been Here Too Longâ: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICEâs Dilley Facility
Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...
https://www.propublica.org/article/ice-dilley-children-letters
4 months ago
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âA fresh new hell, daily!â
4 months ago
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Why You Canât Understand American Authoritarianism Without Understanding Race
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Why You Canât Understand American Authoritarianism Without Understanding Race
Or: How the War on Black Freedom Became the Infrastructure for War on All of Us
https://open.substack.com/pub/antiauthoritarianplaybook/p/why-you-cant-understand-american?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 months ago
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4 months ago
Journalist Georgia Fort has been released from custody (video
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Detroit council member proposes ban on masked law enforcement officers
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Detroit council member proposes ban on masked law enforcement officers - Detroit Metro Times
Detroit City Councilwoman Mary Waters on Wednesday announced she is pushing an ordinance that would prohibit local, state, and federal law enforcement officers from wearing masks or other facial cover...
https://www.metrotimes.com/news/metro-detroit-news/detroit-council-member-proposes-ban-on-masked-law-enforcement-officers/
4 months ago
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Our Responsibility: ICE Violence & "The American Dream"
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Our Responsibility: ICE Violence & "The American Dream"
Every Martin Luther King, Jr.
https://open.substack.com/pub/kiaspeaks/p/our-responsibility-ice-violence-and?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
4 months ago
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Lydia Polgreen
4 months ago
One thing that irks me: people keep calling the folks on the streets in Minneapolis protestors. They are not generally there to protest, they are there to observe and document. This is the product of organizing and mutual aid. It is telling that these acts of citizenship are seen as protest!
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An unfinished mandate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jrâs legacy
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An unfinished mandate of Dr. Martin Luther King Jrâs legacy
An FBI agent poses for a photograph in front of the wreath marking the site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.âs assassination in Memphis. Photography by Dylan
https://mlk50.com/2026/01/19/an-unfinished-mandate-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jrs-legacy/
4 months ago
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0 to 100 real quick -Curt Cignatti
4 months ago
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My partner for the rest of the night every so often: âthey shouldâve went for 2âŠâ
4 months ago
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Oh. No.
4 months ago
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4 months ago
At this point, itâs definitely the pope.
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5 months ago
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This is the take.
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When powerful people bully the press, theyâre really trying to silence the public - Poynter
What looks like a personal attack is often an intimidation tactic aimed at the entire press and the people it serves
https://www.poynter.org/ethics-trust/2025/what-to-do-when-powerful-people-bully-journalists/
6 months ago
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Outlier Media
6 months ago
Should ICE be allowed to make arrests at state courts? The Michigan Supreme Court wants your opinion.
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ICE arrests at Michigan courthouses would be banned under new rule
A proposed rule would ban ICE agents from arresting people at Michigan courthouses.
https://outliermedia.org/ice-agents-arrests-court-immigration-hearings-michigan/
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University of Alabama shuts down student magazines for Black students, women students
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University of Alabama shuts down student magazines for Black students, women students
University officials told editors of Alice and Nineteen Fifty-Six that they believed they were out of compliance with Trump administration guidance on anti-DEI policies.
https://www.whatimreading.net/p/university-alabama-shuts-down-student-magazines-alice-nineteen-fifty-six?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
6 months ago
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Immigration agents arrest two Detroit teens, now held in ICE facility
Immigration agents arrested two teenagers and their parents in Detroit and took them to a Texas ICE detention facility.
https://outliermedia.org/immigration-agents-detroit-arrest-teens-ice-facility/
6 months ago
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Senator Elissa Slotkin
6 months ago
From a spokesperson for U.S. Senator Elissa Slotkin:
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ICE in schools: How Detroit students are affected
As ICE targets schools in immigration raids, Detroit students are staying home, according to attendance data.
https://outliermedia.org/ice-schools-detroit-students-immigration-enforcement/
6 months ago
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7 months ago
Got turned down on a piece about ICE in Chicago for an international news org because they believed I couldnât be objective about my neighbors getting kidnapped. And well, guilty as charged I guess.
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The key signature is expected from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who will be sworn into the House on Wednesday, more than seven weeks after she won a special election for the seat held by her late father, former Rep. RaĂșl Grijalva.
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The push to release the Epstein files is set to move forward
The key signature on a discharge petition is expected from the newest member of the House, Democratic Rep. Adelita Grijalva of Arizona, who will be sworn in on Wednesday.
https://19thnews.org/2025/11/epstein-files-discharge-petition/
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Baltimore Beat
7 months ago
Trailer | "The Beat Goes On: The Story of Baltimore Beat"Â
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A few mins ago: Let me see whatâs happening with the LionsâŠ
7 months ago
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7 months ago
âFederal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be âno more prayerâ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.â
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Feds Tell Faith Leaders 'No More Prayer' Outside Broadview Facility
In a possible violation of the First Amendment, federal officials instructed demonstrators to stop holding religious gatherings outside the immigration processing facility in suburban Broadview after ...
https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/feds-tell-faith-leaders-no-more-prayer-outside-broadview-facility/
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7 months ago
Ayyyyyyyeeeeeeeee
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Ninety Three âTil Infinity And BeyoncĂ©
7 months ago
Silkk, my offbeat KING
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Reporter Evan Ratliff creates an AI version of himself and then sets it loose on the world. (This was an excellent episode)
www.thisamericanlife.org/about/tv
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About Our TV Show - This American Life
For two seasons on Showtime, we tried to make a television show that would feel exactly like the radio show. It won three Emmys, including Outstanding Nonfiction Series and Outstanding Direction for a...
https://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/tv
8 months ago
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