Someone didn't like this edition of Ouray County Plaindealer. (Guess which article.) So they stole nearly every newspaper out of our racks in Ouray County. If you hoped to silence or intimidate us, you failed miserably. We'll find out who did this. And another press run is imminent.

In Los Angeles Times layoffs, “The Latino Caucus will lose 38% of its members. The Black Caucus will lose 33% members. The AAPI [Asian American Pacific Islander] + MENASA [Middle East, North Africa, South Asia] caucuses will lose 34% of their combined membership.” journal-isms.com/2024/01/journa…

Journalists of Color Hit Hard at L.A. Times: tinyurl.com/d3rmms4r #journalismsNEWS Layoffs to Affect More Than 20 Percent of Newsroom #JournalismsNEWS Kevin Merida L.A. Times Guild 🦅 #LATimes #newspapers Angel Jennings Kimbriell Kelly Brian Contreras Nick Baumann Erika D. Smith L.A. Times Latino Caucus

After LA Times layoffs, questions about diversity and seniority swirl niemanlab.org/2024/01/questi… via Nieman Lab

So so true! Too bad not all organizations consider the burnout factor and the health of their journalists. These orgs are keyed in. niemanlab.org/2024/01/journa… via Nieman Lab

By the end of this year, climate change will have killed roughly 4 million people globally since the turn of the century, according to a new research. And that’s a very conservative estimate. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

For High Country News, I reported on affordable housing projects across the West trying to house Indigenous people. They've struggled, in part because the Supreme Court says race cannot be used to prioritize who benefits from federal funding 🧵(1/6) hcn.org/issues/56-3/ca…

A UN human rights team has called out a manufacturing plant in North Carolina for knowing information about the toxic impacts of PFAS, but still discharging the chemicals, causing widespread contamination in the area. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

This hurts my journalist heart. I'll never forget the inside tour of the Los Angeles Times plant I got as a teen. I loved seeing the paper roll off the press with the next day's stories. It was thrilling & inspiring for this chica with journalism dreams. latimes.com/california/sto…

F.D.A. Urges Recall of Cinnamon Brands Tainted by Lead nytimes.com/2024/03/07/hea…

Why Democrats Are Losing Their Grip on Hispanic Voters by Jason Riley wsj.com/articles/why-d… via Wall Street Journal Opinion

X it: Joe Mathews in Zócalo Public Square on how Americans view California and he cites the bible...."If the world hates you, know that it has hated me before it hated you..." zocalopublicsquare.org/category/ideas…

U.S. Supreme Court justice Samuel Alito has been in the news for the upside-down American flag flying at his Virginia residence and a Christian nationalist “Appeal to Heaven” flag flying at his beach house. Joe Mathews on letting those flags fly: zocalopublicsquare.org/2024/06/11/don…

W/ this week’s important Biden announcement helping immigrant families in the US stay together, we must not forget abt families at the border. Our new UCLA Center for Immigration Law and Policy Imm Rts Policy Clinic report documents ongoing fam separations at the border & has clear proposals to end them. 👇🏼

Incredible reporting about Forever Chemicals and the 3M cover up of how dangerous they really are and how they are everywhere and in everyone. propublica.org/article/3m-for…

Could Marco Rubio be the partner Donald J. Trump needs to shatter a blue win in Nov? Michael LaRosa thinks so.... (fascinating insight here) #latinovote #Pennsylvania #swingstate nytimes.com/2024/06/21/opi…

To even discuss Biden stepping down while COMPLETELY IGNORING THE VP…is a serious look into how we see the importance, capacity and seriousness of women of color.

This is the best remedy for all things!!

Incredible reporting. This impacts all of us. Something’s Poisoning America’s Land. Farmers Fear ‘Forever’ Chemicals. nytimes.com/2024/08/31/cli…

By Christopher N. Osher: Former Aurora cop charged with raping daughter remains free as mom is sent to jail #moms denvergazette.com/colorado-watch… via The Denver Gazette