Julia Lurie

Watch: A mother’s journey through a devastating adoption system Utah agencies offer moms in crisis airfare, housing, and stipends—with little state oversight.

This is just 9 minutes long and so worth watching. Heartrending and so infuriating.

Watch: A mother’s journey through a devastating adoption system Utah agencies offer moms in crisis airfare, housing, and stipends—with little state oversight.

Love that @julialurie.bsky.social turned her great reporting on Utah's troublesome adoption system into a fantastic, if enraging, PBS News Hour segment last night: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Inside the scrappy network of volunteers protecting their neighbors from ICE On the ground with the Fuerza rapid response team in Waltham, Massachusetts.

I missed this great piece by @julialurie.bsky.social last week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Inside the scrappy network of volunteers protecting their neighbors from ICE On the ground with the Fuerza rapid response team in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Don't miss @julialurie.bsky.social's latest, in which she went to a small city outside of Boston to see how immigrant communities are documenting—and shielding themselves from—Trump's deportation force

www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's program for LGBTQ youth "This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States."

Breaking: The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ kids. In February, the program received an average of 2,100 calls and texts per day. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"The children are being used as bait" Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

The Trump administration is now detaining children indefinitely. "We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202... From @julialurie.bsky.social

3) The reason: When kids come as unaccompanied minors, they stay in immigration facilities while waiting for their sponsor—often a parent—to jump through hoops. But new rules under Trump have made it it nearly impossible for undocumented people to become sponsors. Kids are paying the price:

2/ The numbers are striking: The average amount of time unaccompanied kids stay in immigration facilities has been about two months for years. Now, it's six months.

"The children are being used as bait" Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

1/ I spent the past few weeks talking to immigration experts, asking what stories they think deserve more attention right now. Again and again, they said: Children are quietly stuck in immigration facilities, with no end in sight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

"The children are being used as bait" Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.

Enraging new piece by @julialurie.bsky.social on immigrant children who are stuck in federal custody after the Trump administration rolled out a series of new screening rules that make it nearly impossible for undocumented people to become their sponsors: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

ICMYI: The Trump admin is planning to cut funding for the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ youth. In February, the service received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
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My story with @raeoflion.bsky.social about a botched rape investigation was included in this general excellence submission—and we won! Proud to be part of this team, and thankful to our sources for trusting us with their stories.

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Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.

“Mommy, no. Mommy.”

Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.

The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.

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Florida police appear to bury comments about a botched rape investigation First, the Polk County Sheriff's Office didn't believe Taylor Cadle. Now her name is disappearing from comments on its social media accounts.

Last fall, @raeoflion.bsky.social and I wrote about how a Florida sheriff's office botched the investigation of a rape report by a 12-year-old named Taylor Cadle. Now, it seems, the sheriff's office is filtering Taylor's name from social media comments www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...

Florida police appear to bury comments about a botched rape investigation First, the Polk County Sheriff's Office didn't believe Taylor Cadle. Now her name is disappearing from comments on their social media accounts.

This is an infuriating follow-up to @julialurie.bsky.social and @raeoflion.bsky.social's great story about Taylor Cadle, who, as a 12-year-old, was raped by her adoptive father, accused of lying, forced to apologize—and then filmed her abuser in the act when he did it again bit.ly/41dks6B

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Deeply moved by my colleagues at @cir-union.bsky.social who organized a fundraiser following my termination at @motherjones.com. As I navigate an unexpected period of transition, your support – no matter what the size – would mean the world to me. Every penny helps.
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Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record. “If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”

"Taylor is one of hundreds of victims alleging sexual assault who have been charged with false reporting nationwide."

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The Global Fertility Trade: A Story of Extraction, Exploitation and Opportunity Following human eggs as they’re exchanged across open, gray and black markets — reaping rewards for an extremely high price.

New, from @bloomberg.com

The Egg: A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity

This investigation of the human egg trade (and egg theft) takes you from India➡️Argentina➡️Greece➡️Taiwan➡️US....

Superb work from a team of extraordinary reporters.

Gift link:
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Thanks, Emma!

Thanks for sharing, Amy!

She was pregnant and needed cash. Utah's thriving adoption industry was happy to help. "It's like you're…baiting them in," said one adoptive mother.

Stop everything you're doing and read this @julialurie.bsky.social story on adoptions right now.

And next time you hear someone talk about "making adoptions easier," remember this is what that can look like.

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Thanks for sharing it, Khadijah!

Thanks for saying that, Kristen

Really glad to see reporters like @julialurie.bsky.social (and Gabrielle Glaser at The Cut earlier this year!) exposing the predatory practices of adoption agencies who exploit pregnant women for profit

Thanks for including our story!

She was pregnant and needed cash. Utah's thriving adoption industry was happy to help. "It's like you're…baiting them in," said one adoptive mother.

New must-read from @julialurie.bsky.social for @motherjones.com:

Inside the cottage industry of Utah adoption agencies that fly in poor women to place their children for adoption bit.ly/4gobMPr

This story, on Utah's booming and exploitative adoption system, is a heavy but important read. As always, @julialurie.bsky.social delivers the goods. bit.ly/4gobMPr