Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”

hi hello we have author pages on our dot com now! that means i actually exist: www.newsfromthestates.com/author/elish...

So far in 2026, nearly 200 anti-abortion bills have been introduced in 29 states, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...

SEARING DECISION AGAINST KRISTI NOEM ON TPS: Temporary legal status allowed for now for 350,000 Haitians as judge blasts Kristi Noem - @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/temp...

BREAKING... and Thank God... 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...

Feds arrest journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for filming protest at St. Paul church minnesotareformer.com/briefs/feds-...

Check out the first paragraph in that screenshot. That's how you frame a story.

In 1970, North Carolina led all of its neighbors in median household income. Since then, it’s grown the least of all of them.

President Donald Trump touted the coming generation of “Trump Account children” Wednesday as the administration aims to deflect attention from rising food prices and a deadly federal immigration crackdown that in recent weeks took the lives of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.

Lawsuit says Arkansas’ near-total ban on abortion violates state’s constitution arkansasadvocate.com/2026/01/28/l...

Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital before he was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday morning on Nicollet Avenue. Family and friends, as well as former coworkers and teachers, described him as generous and kind-hearted.

The Trump administration formally withdrew federal guidance that required pharmacies to dispense methotrexate. Chronically ill people may face more challenges in getting this drug for their health. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress, announces her retirement

Here's what's wrong with comparing ICE's terror to the Third Reich: the white nationalism at its core is uniquely American. And ending it requires all of us—white folks too— to let go of the lies about American exceptionalism that we’ve been fed. My column: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/o...

🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...

More info on how those pardons exactly one year ago invigorated the more militant wing of the anti-abortion movement. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials placed an asylum seeker who is eight months pregnant on a deportation flight Wednesday afternoon, even though she was in medical distress, her attorneys told States Newsroom. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/aclu...

NEW: @natabortionfed.bsky.social sent a security alert to clinics in the Washington, D.C. area, warning of possible unrest & violence connected to an extremist group’s plans to protest outside the HHS building tomorrow. “This is the beginning of a new chapter of violence."

My first day of trial coverage in Missouri includes one of the wildest things I’ve ever heard said in a court of law.

hey, y'all. my name is madi and i'm a reporter for the minnesota reformer. i cover the trump administration's impact on minnesotans, which means i've been out on the streets covering ICE in the twin cities. let me walk you through how we got here:

Harris County, Texas, is the deadliest place in the United States for Black mothers to give birth

Another child left without a mother because of an abortion ban. This time, in North Carolina, @propublica.org reports. www.propublica.org/article/nort...

Critics say the EEOC deal with the Christian Employers Alliance attacks reproductive rights and fear the agency will rewrite regulations for pregnant workers story via @elishabrown.bsky.social

New: The EEOC reached an agreement this month with a Christian business group to ignore regulations that allowed employees to receive abortion-related accommodations and barred workplace discrimination based on gender identity. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/feds...

The Trump administration seems intent on blocking local prosecutors from even bringing charges against the ICE officer minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/09/m...

ICE officer fatally shoots driver through car window in Minneapolis minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/07/i...

Senate HELP Committee plans hearing next week on medication abortion access

BREAKING: The Wyoming Supreme Court ruled Tuesday two bans passed by state lawmakers are unconstitutional. The decision represents a major victory for abortions rights advocates in one of the nation's reddest states.

Happy New Year from NPF! 🎉 Register for our Jan. 22 AI webinar & meet the 2026 Widening fellows in this week's newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/nationalpress.org/january-04-2026-news-from-npf-13436925

Hello repro writers from the mid to late 20 teens - I just discovered Cosmopolitan at some point pulled almost every politics/repro story from the 5 years I wrote for them offline (except two, which they put under someone else's name and gave me "additional reporting" which it very much was not)

Lift as you climb.

Forgot to share this story I wrote last week: A new report found that independent abortion clinics provide most abortions, but at least 23 closed this year. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/abor...

Not enough tampons. Not enough pads. Incarcerated women often don’t have enough period products. Some states are doing something about it. Important reporting from @amandavhernan.bsky.social and @stateline.org stateline.org/2025/12/17/i...

On Monday, ICE agents violently restrained a woman in Minneapolis, dragging her in the snow and pinning her face down as onlookers shouted the woman was pregnant. In response, one agent fired a taser into the crowd. “Who wants more?” he taunted, according to a WCCO reporter. trib.al/vdWc3qj

The Marshall Project is exploring how menopause and perimenopause affect women behind bars. If you are a women’s health expert, formerly incarcerated, provide healthcare to people in prison, or have a loved one currently going through menopause behind bars — we want to hear from you.

Breaking via Jennifer Shutt and Shauneen Miranda: The U.S. House could vote to approve a Democratic bill that would extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act tax credits for three more years, after a handful of moderate Republicans backed the effort on Wednesday.

At least 51 babies have been hospitalized with botulism linked to ByHeart formula. The FDA said major retailers have been slow to remove the recalled products from shelves. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/majo...

A federal appeals court on Friday allowed the Trump administration to continue withholding funding from Planned Parenthood as mandated in the tax and domestic policy bill President Trump signed in July.

What better way to herald the final training for 2025 @nationalpress.bsky.social Widening the Pipeline fellows than with a touch of Vivaldi?? It’s SO great to have the gang back together again! Check out this Insta reel for 1st day highlights. #NPFWidening www.instagram.com/reel/DSBl4vZ...

I spoke with Any Lucía López Belloza, the Babson College student who was on her way to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when ICE deported her. "My 5-year-old sister still believes that I might go home for Christmas," she tells me. www.thecut.com/article/any-...

New from me for @rewirenewsgroup.com: rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/12/05/v...

“The more we have rulings like this one, and the more time that’s bought for Planned Parenthood affiliates to not go out of business, I think the harder that question is going to become for Republicans,” repro law expert Mary Ziegler told @sofiaresnick.bsky.social.

A law set to take effect tomorrow gives Texans the power to sue anyone involved in mailing abortion pills to the state, from drug companies to doctors. HB7 is the latest attempt to test shield laws. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/shie...

Listen to @statesnewsroom.com reproductive rights reporter @elishabrown.bsky.social in convo with @joanesposito.bsky.social about recent efforts across the U.S. to protect / restrict women's access to abortion and health care. omny.fm/shows/joan-e...

A 19-year-old college student was about to board a flight to surprise her family for Thanksgiving when she was detained at Boston Logan International Airport and deported to Honduras two days later, her father and lawyer said. nyti.ms/3M8DUMA

There’s nothing more thrilling than running to the back of Walmart for a cooler while Private Dancer blasts on the speakers.

A ballroom legend, an aspiring model and a young athlete: Some of the trans people lost to violence and suicide this year

NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors: