BREAKING: Montana becomes the eighth state in which voters will decide this year whether they want to legally protect the right to an abortion. apnews.com/article/montan…

Immigrant families in Mississippi are still rebuilding their lives five years after the Trump administration oversaw the largest single-day immigration workplace raids in U.S. history. mississippifreepress.org/five-years-aft…

wild to see the news org that changed your career/life with an internship in 2015 just continue to grow and thrive in ~these times~. education! voting! public health! grown-up branding! chalkbeat.org/2024/08/26/mee…

BREAKING: A federal court in Texas has temporarily blocked a Biden administration program that provided undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens protections and a pathway to a green card.

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it's so funny to me that elon thinks we're going to do banking on here. imagine going to the bank and a guy makes fun of your outfit while three people call you slurs

one cool thing i've learned working in news for 10+ years: the awards/honors/promotions are always nice but nothing tops the feeling of someone saying they needed the article/product/resource you made and now they have it. those moments make this chaotic job so worth it

BREAKING: Federal review of Memphis-Shelby Co. Schools cites dozens of cases of sexual harassment, assault chalkbeat.org/tennessee/2024…

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This story published 2 weeks ago, but it's worth a read. So glad that Aleksandra Appleton and the journalists at the Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism partnered to do this reporting. Criminal prosecution for chronic absences has been rare. A new Indiana law could change that. chalkbeat.org/indiana/2024/0…

Her grandmother did not have the right to vote until she was 30. Now, Gabriella Cázares-Kelly, a member of the Tohono O'odham Nation, is working to ensure everybody has access to the ballot in November as Pima County's first Indigenous county recorder. 19thnews.org/2024/09/how-a-…

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LATEST: Casualties have been reported in an active shooter situation at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to local officials. One suspect is in custody and the incident is over, officials confirmed. trib.al/xXdfqKJ

At least four people are dead and approximately 30 injured after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, sources tell CNN cnn.it/4cRGf6e

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