Under the federal government shutdown, public lands agencies say they’ll keep parks open and continue oil and gas permitting — even as they furlough tens of thousands of employees. Advocates warn the approach will do lasting ecological damage. buff.ly/pRNqypO

Happy to be on @kjzz.org's The Show this week, talking about my @highcountrynews.org reporting on the long history of Spanish-language radio helping immigrant communities educate and protect themselves:

The Ambiance Apparel raid that sparked LA protests devastated the local Zapotec community. Earlier this week, I talked with the family of a man who'd worked for the company for 18 years. Days after his detention, they had no idea where he was. For @highcountrynews.org: www.hcn.org/articles/ami...

Defunding public media would hurt stations across the U.S. The data show that stations serving rural and Indigenous audiences in the West would be the hardest hit. Here’s why, by the numbers. By @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social

Hover over your state to see what Trump's request to cut >$1B from public broadcaster funding might mean. @annierosenthal.bsky.social & @chadebradley.bsky.social report for @highcountrynews.org #infographic www.hcn.org/articles/wha...

“this is part of the beauty of public media: Stations like KYUK allow people to get thoughtful, nuanced coverage of the place they live, whether or not they can afford to pay for it.” (via @highcountrynews.org) www.hcn.org/articles/wha...

New for @highcountrynews.org: After more than a year of bargaining, the Interior Dept rejected a union contract for BLM headquarters employees days before Trump's inauguration. Now, workers say Biden's BLM leadership left them "sitting ducks for Trump 2."

Department of Homeland Security officers, who are posted outside the woman's Tucson Medical Center hospital room, are refusing to let the new mother speak to a lawyer, as she's requested, a Tucson attorney told the Arizona Daily Star on Thursday. tucson.com/news/local/b...

1st time the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, rules about law enforcement killing on U.S. soil, calling for reopening case and investigating cover-up. Important reporting from @bgirledukate.bsky.social

For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I wrote about the long history of Spanish-language radio as a subversive tool for protecting immigrant communities in the U.S. — from Depression-era Los Angeles to rural Washington State in the 1980s and Arizona today. www.hcn.org/articles/the...

Caterpillar Roadshow, my @signalhillfm.bsky.social radio doc, is on @radiolab.bsky.social this week! It's a story about my mom's 10-year-old Japanese pen pal, his research on intergenerational caterpillar memory, and the questions we can and can't answer. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...

70% of guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico come from the U.S. For @highcountrynews.bsky.social, I talked with @ievajusionyte.bsky.social about how Mexico is trying to hold gunmakers and politicians accountable — and why that’s proving so hard. www.hcn.org/articles/how...

Lots of talk about border security, but there's one big issue often left out of the convo: guns. @annierosenthal.bsky.social talks w/anthropologist Ieva Jusionyte about the current SCOTUS case & much more for @highcountrynews.bsky.social www.hcn.org/articles/how...

A radio feast from the buddies at brand-new audio magazine @signalhillfm.bsky.social. Listen to it, send it to someone you like, give them some money so they can keep making more new work: www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...

This is so cool! Feels kinda like a new way of distributing audio. A bunch of stories that lay out like a magazine and you can pick and choose. From the brilliant Liza Yeager - you all should check it out! www.signalhill.fm/issue-one/#l...

NEW: A top ICE official has been tapped to lead the Office of Refugee Resettlement. Her hire has concerned experts and advocates that information about migrant children and their families could be shared for arrests and deportations. w/ @anniewaldman.bsky.social www.propublica.org/article/immi...

“We don’t have much, but what we do have is important." Really moving reporting by @melissa-sanchez.bsky.social

My 1st piece for @highcountrynews.bsky.social: www.hcn.org/articles/the... This was a fun—and nerve-racking—piece to report, as this introvert had to approach strangers on the street for interviews. I'd do it again in a 💓 Thanks @erbenson1.bsky.social @shaun505.bsky.social for edits and guidance!

Beyond thrilled to be joining a team I've long admired at @highcountrynews.bsky.social! As HCN's Virginia Spencer Davis fellow, I'll be covering rural communities, agriculture, migration and borderlands life. All ears for ideas, tips, feedback — here or [email protected].