Carolyn Copeland

If Jeff Bezos could afford to spend $75 million on the Melania movie & $500 million for a yacht to sail off to his $55 million wedding to give his wife a $5 million ring, please don't tell me he needed to fire one-third of the Washington Post staff.

Democracy dies in oligarchy.

The morning after mass layoffs, The Washington Post publishes this as their lead editorial. The owner and publisher clearly have no idea why they are losing subscribers. Meanwhile they have destroyed a storied brand.

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25 guidelines for journalists to safely cover unrest - Poynter Your goal should be to get close enough to observe the scene without endangering yourself or others, or interfering with security or rescue operations

Reporting on protests and unrest can be dangerous.

@poynterinstitute.bsky.social compiled a list of resources and tips for journalists to safely cover these unpredictable events:

Please reach out to Nicole!

US job openings slide to 14-month low; hiring weak in November U.S. job openings dropped to a 14-month low in November while hiring resumed its sluggish tone, pointing to ebbing demand for labor amid policy uncertainty related to import tariffs and the integration of artificial intelligence in some work roles.

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Justice Department Says It Has Only Released 1 Percent of Epstein Files The Epstein Files Transparency Act, signed into law two months ago, required the files to be released by mid-December.

The Justice Department has admitted it has released only about 1 percent of the Epstein files so far, despite a new transparency law requiring full disclosure by mid-December, raising concerns about continued stonewalling and delay.

Mayor Jacob Frey: “To ICE, get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

DHS tweet: "GOOD MORNING MINNEAPOLIS!"

DHS tweeted this yesterday. Little more than 24 hours later, ICE agents just shot and killed a legal observer in Minneapolis.

Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention. Nayra Guzmán was arrested 15 days after the difficult birth of her daughter. Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE

In this story that @prismreports.org republished from @19thnews.org: a powerful look at how immigrant women are detained in the days and weeks after giving birth, facing medical neglect, separation from their newborns, and ongoing trauma in ICE custody. prismreports.org/2025/12/02/p...

Costco sues the Trump administration, seeking a refund of tariffs The wholesaler is the latest company to sue a federal agency over the president's signature economic policy.

If you didn't love Costco already... www.nbcnews.com/business/bus...

North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities

Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.

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An F.B.I. Trainee Hung a Pride Flag Near His Desk. He Says He Was Fired for It.

BREAKING: The FBI trainee that was fired for displaying a Pride Flag is SUING the government, saying his removal was illegal www.nytimes.com/2025/11/19/u...

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I. CANNOT. WAIT.

"Let me be clear: The president has both the funding and the authority to fund SNAP during a shutdown. In fact, every other president in every other shutdown has done so. People going hungry in this instance is a choice that this president has made.”

Gov. Andy Beshear

Fresh off of a historic election victory, Mamdani names his transition team A slate of women leaders with experience across three New York City administrations will help smooth the path for the political novice.

Helping Mamdani's transition on economic policy issues: former FTC Chair Lina Khan www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

Free bread for those in need.

A reader sent me this photo taken at Great Harvest Bread Company in Cedar Rapids.

U.S. Private Sector Added 42,000 Jobs Last Month—More Than Expected A previous report found private hiring accelerated after a historic decline.

A previous report found private hiring accelerated after a historic decline.

New York Times: Would Elon Musk work harder for $1 trillion than $1 billion?

That’s not how any of this works. Billionaires don’t work 1,000,000x harder than working class people.

Food insecurity is also likely to escalate disordered eating patterns among marginalized groups, as my first longform story was about how oppression factors into mainstream treatment for eating disorders, so this will cost BIPOC LGBTQIA+ disabled lives in particular: prismreports.org/2023/09/13/b...

This is wild! A human skull found floating along a riverbank in Fayette County, Indiana, has been determined to be more than 4,200 years old.

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Whelp, it only took two days of preschool, but my 3-year-old is now sick with her first school-related virus 🥲

Have you read my latest investigation into gender-based violence in the H-2A agricultural visa program? You can here, or at @prismreports.org:

Trump mandates all federal agencies send email blaming Dems for potential gov’t shutdown Workers call the partisan email "a vile slap in the face."

SCOOP — The White House instructed all federal agency leadership on Tuesday to send out a mandatory message to workers blaming the impending potential government shutdown on House Democrats, The Handbasket was first to learn. Absolutely no modifications to the email were permitted.

My story:

‘Dear Everything’ musical fights for the Earth’s future The creator of “The Vagina Monologues” channels activism into new musical that blends youth voices, grassroots organizing, and climate justice

NEW: Tony Award-winning playwright & activist V has turned her attention to the climate crisis through her newest work, “Dear Everything: A Musical Uprising for the Earth.”

The musical is touring Atlanta, Miami, Los Angeles, and Salt Lake City starting this month.

prismreports.org/2025/09/25/d...

Jimmy Kimmel Asked to Apologize and Pay Charlie Kirk's Family if He Wants Suspension Lifted by Nation's Largest ABC Affiliate Jimmy Kimmel has been given a list of demands for 'Jimmy Kimmel Live!' to return to air by Sinclair, the broadcasting company with the nation's largest ABC affiliate group, after the show was pulled i...

Apologize to Charlie Kirk's family for what, exactly? He didn't insult Charlie Kirk. If anything, the most they should expect is a correction from him for suggesting the shooter was right-wing.

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As some states repeal HIV criminalization, activists keep momentum North Dakota and Maryland are the latest states to repeal laws that make it a crime to expose someone to HIV without their knowledge

Two states just repealed outdated HIV criminalization laws--a major win for science, public health, and basic dignity. These laws fueled stigma and disproportionately harmed Black communities and people living with HIV.
prismreports.org/2025/09/17/h...

Democratic Party leadership is calling for the resignation of FCC Chair Brandon Carr.

They say he disgraced his office by coercing ABC to bend the knee to the Trump admin.

Carr threatened the broadcaster and its affiliates, using his power in violation of the First Amendment.

Yikes

U.S. citizen tased and detained during ICE operation in Des Plaines, Illinois Edgar Ruiz said he was tased in the face during an ICE operation outside a 7-Eleven store in Des Plaines on Tuesday morning.

"Family members said that the man was released from the hospital after he said he was tased in the face while being taken into federal custody."