Speaker Johnson is officially keeping the House in recess again next week. This will be the eighth consecutive week the House has been out of session. The chamber hasn't met since Sept. 19. Adelita Grijalva, who was elected on Sept. 23, has not been sworn in.

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Firmly believe one of the ways to improve trust in journalism among young people is to support them in learning to research, write, and report themselves. Even if they never pursue it as a job, it helps to understand the process, and encourages them to engage with their local journalism outlets.

One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc

I'm one of the four fired employees. I was a writer & producer at Bon Appétit for nearly five years, during which I helped organize our union and sat on our bargaining committee. I am, to my knowledge, the only trans woman in our union and the only trans woman on editorial who doesn't work at Them

To be frank: It’s insulting. Their proposed floor is $8,000 less than what our lowest-paid member makes. They want to wrap up bargaining by December, but we won’t accept less than what our members deserve.

A month ago, we proposed a salary floor of $90k to management, citing our costs of living, RNG’s wage disparities, and the fact that most of us worked second jobs in the last year to make ends meet. Yesterday, management countered—with a salary floor of $60k.

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Wrote about Condé ending Teen Vogue as we knew it. talkingpointsmemo.com/cafe/what-we...

new from me, @rewirenewsgroup.com is watching races in Virginia, New Jersey, and NYC tonight: rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/11/04/e...

🧵Today, voters across the country will cast their ballots in state and local elections— some of which could have serious impacts on abortion access and other reproductive justice initiatives. Here are the races we’re following:

thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting. now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.

Teen Vogue took young people seriously. It's impossible to overstate how important, how rare, and how profoundly needed that is.

Conde Nast and Vogue (which Teen Vogue is being pulled into) are truly underestimating how much young people are impacted by and care about politics.

Student journalists in Appalachia! 🚨 PAID writing opportunity before end of the semester: 100 Days in Appalachia is assembling a series of dispatches on the biggest issues facing campuses. Pieces are short, not as heavy a lift reporting-wise. Email [email protected] & I'll share info.

having an absolutely gorgeous sandwich on this fine cloudy day... there is joy etc...

New from me and @catesby.bsky.social: Why abortion is still an issue in Virginia this election cycle, even though it's not technically on the ballot rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/20/v...

Reporting on my homestate from me and @cameronoakes.bsky.social Abortion is on the ballot in Virginia this election (even though it’s not)

Virginia is the last Southern state allowing abortion care past 6-12 weeks. This year's gubernatorial & legislative elections will determine whether the South retains regional abortion access. From @cameronoakes.bsky.social & @catesby.bsky.social rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/20/v...

ICE’s own policies say the agency should not detain pregnant, postpartum or nursing individuals. It’s doing so anyway. Immigrants’ health is suffering. Congress has abandoned a requirement that ICE make public how many such immigrants have been detained. 19thnews.org/2025/10/ice-...

With SCOTUS back in session we're all terrified of all the horrible decisions coming from the conservative wing but I think Kavanaugh opinions might offer a winning argument to protect abortion access across state lines. My latest for @rewirenewsgroup.com rewirenewsgroup.com/2025/10/14/b...

Border Patrol “attempted to arrest a plumber working inside a Logan Heights home but left empty-handed after the homeowner refused them entry. The homeowner told agents she would not allow them inside because the warrant they presented did not include her address and lacked a judge's signature.”

During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. 

It wasn’t the feds —  it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days. chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/...

I am so proud of the work my colleagues and I do at Rewire. But by our calculations, management gave themselves $942,817.55 for their 7 salaries, and allotted $464,373.70 for our union's 6. We are so disappointed by this and we want more equitable pay. Details on that below ⬇️

Our union members are proud of the work we do at Rewire, but we’re incredibly disappointed and jarred by the vast pay disparity between management and the unit. By our calculations, mgmt gave themselves $942,817.55 for their 7 salaries, and allotted $464,373.70 for our 6. We deserve equitable pay.

Since we last shared an update on bargaining, we’ve received additional information about management salaries at Rewire. The TLDR: The pay discrepancy between management and union members is deeply unsettling.

We want to—and do—work hard. We care about Rewire & its mission. But it’s clear to us that management doesn’t see dedication to the cause as enough compensation for themselves. We do not need to make the same salaries as management. But we do need to live decently, and we need to be paid equitably.

“I have confidence in our leadership’s vision and believe together we can create an environment that prioritizes fair compensation for all staff members. This change presents a crucial opportunity to align our values with our actions and foster a culture of collaboration and respect.”

“Without trust & transparency b/w the union & mgmt, how can we expect readers to find that in our coverage? By not paying unit members their worth & not staffing the newsroom adequately, we’re failing in our mission. I hope we can come together to reach resolution & align with our org values.”

“I was told during my annual review, 3 months into our executive director’s tenure, that while I deserved a raise, there was no budget for one. We now know that a member of management received a $24,000 raise this year. It’s inequitable and unethical.”

...We have 7 managers for 6 employees. When management is out the wheel keeps turning. When a unit member is out, the quality of work decreases, projects are dropped, and deadlines are missed even with clear handoff documents.” (2/2)

“I’m disappointed with the income disparity and the routine lack of integrity in management. We claim a culture we do not abide by. Management sidelines and gaslights employees, and refuses to take accountability for poor practices/systems... (1/2)

“I feel like I’m doing work that's important to the org as a whole, but my salary doesn't reflect that. A higher salary would mean I could focus fully on this job instead of piecing together multiple incomes & it would give me the stability to plan for my future without constant financial stress.”

“I’ve been working a second job. Not for extra spending money, not for fun: but to cover the costs of my gender-affirming care. It’s exhausting. And obviously, I’m doing it because this care is necessary for me to live fully as myself in the type of landscape we live in today, as a queer person.”

Here’s more from our members on why the pay disparity between unit members and management is such a problem:

Why does this matter? Unit members are an essential part of newsroom functioning. We make sure RNG’s content is fair, accurate, transparent and accessible to our audiences. And our unit is staffed with queer folks and people of color—communities historically underpaid and underrepresented in media.

So we’re asking for a minimum unit member salary of $90,000. And we’re asking management to forgo COLA for the remainder of the three-year contract. This will bring our members’ salaries closer to moderate income levels in the cities where we live.

Our pay is well below industry averages and median incomes in the areas we live and work.

By our math, one member of management also appears to have been given a $24,000 raise in the last year. Meanwhile, multiple members of the unit have been told there is no budget for pay increases.

The total management salary budget for 7 people is $942,817.55, while the unit salary budget for 6 people is $464,373.70. The average management salary is $134,688.22. Meanwhile the unit salary averages to $77,395.62. It’s only $71,269.67 without the highest-paid unit member, who makes six figures.

Currently there are seven members of management and six unit members at RNG. But management salaries make up 67% of the salary budget (excluding one employee who is neither a member of management nor the unit). Meanwhile, RNG unit members’ salaries account for only 33%.

“Four months ago, in Skrmetti, the Court used purported medical uncertainty to give Tennessee more flexibility to discriminate. Today, Alito used purported medical uncertainty to give Colorado less flexibility to protect.”

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

Gonna be thinking about this lede for a minute.

“My biggest fear is going to the hospital." Pregnant immigrants are terrified ICE will show up outside the doctors' office or at the hospital. So they're skipping the care necessary to ensure a healthy birth. Some experience dangerous complications as a result. 19thnews.org/2025/10/preg...

My god. “Watson said she saw agents dragging residents, including kids, out of the building without any clothes on and into U-Haul vans. Kids were separated from their mothers…’It was heartbreaking to watch…seeing kids coming out buck naked and taken from their mothers, it was horrible.’”

JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest powers violate the constitution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

For the November/December issue of @motherjones.com, I dove into the history of the word "able-bodied"—including how it's been harmful to disabled Americans since the 1930s and it most certainly will be when Medicaid work reqs come into play again. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Anti-abortion groups to spend $4.5 million to secure Michigan’s U.S. Senate seat for Republicans