Exciting news: My profile of Drag Race superstar Valentina has made me a finalist for the LA Press Club Awards!

'It’s very common to be binary. But to be nonbinary is very freeing, it’s quite punk rock. It rattles up society and how it’s constructed.”

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Move over Carrie Bradshaw!! erin b. logan’s debut in Vogue Magazine

Glad we were able to complete one more piece in the Breaking the Ballot series before I leave ⁦Los Angeles Times⁩ today. Check it out——> Inside the far-right plan to use civil rights law to disrupt the 2024 election latimes.com/politics/story…

Even as demonstrations engulf campuses across the nation, USC stands out. No other university has pulled its main commencement, and few have seen as many arrests as quickly as USC.

“It’s a complete disaster,” said USC professor Viet Thanh Nguyen. latimes.com/california/sto…

More migrant families with children sleeping in tents on Skid Row test official response
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San Diego has surpassed Tucson, becoming the top border region for migrant arrivals for the first time in decades. I wrote about the history of of migration route shifts (h/t Adam Isacson)

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Nearly a year ago Florida passed one of the toughest immigration laws in the country. This week on All Things Considered we look at the aftermath. I spent time in one immigrant community where locals told me 30% have fled.

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I wrote about Mirna Souza, a Nicaraguan immigrant who was stabbed to death yesterday morning on a B line train.

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W/Ruben Vives: Nearly 3 million Californians are at risk of losing home internet service as the $30 monthly federal subsidy expires next week.

A House bill that would keep the program afloat for another year hasn't been brought for a floor vote.

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There it is... San Diego, California (blue), appears to be surpassing Tucson, Arizona (green) as the #1 #migration destination along the U.S.-Mexico border.

1997 was the last year that San Diego was #1.

Queer lexicon is a real feature of the English language with nuance, complexity and linguistic diversity.

I'm co-facilitating a session with Poynter on Transgender coverage tomorrow and you can sign up here! Trans journalists can DM me for a discount. poynter.org/shop/reporting…

JUST IN: Asna Tabassum, USC 2024 valedictorian banned from giving her commencement speech, wanted to talk about hope. She feels USC betrayed her and caved to haters. But “when you silence us, you make us louder,' she tells Jaweed Kaleem Los Angeles Times
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Citing safety, USC bans pro-Palestinian valedictorian from speaking at graduation latimes.com/california/sto… via Jaweed Kaleem

Biden administration gives California $45 million to help recently arrived migrants latimes.com/politics/story…

SCOOP: After California Governor Gavin Newsom passed a law making it easier for farmworkers to vote in union elections, ag business groups are investing millions in anti-union ads on Spanish radio stations across the state.
✍🏽 w/ Mathew Miranda The Sacramento Bee
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ICYMI yesterday, I was on WITHPod and talked through the last decade of immigration policy; what happened, how we got here, and what might happen.

“It is kind of a consolation prize rather than a signal honor,” said Ross Baker, emeritus political science professor at Rutgers University. “Naming a post office is kind of an inside joke in Congress... It’s very, very easy to do.”
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Impeached Homeland Security secretary navigates working with Republicans who want him out latimes.com/politics/story…

Someone stole William Woods’ identity. The LAPD arrested him, believing the identity thief over him.

A judge later sent Woods to a mental hospital because he maintained (rightfully so) that he was the real William Woods. I interviewed him here

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