Laura Castañeda

Why Doesn’t Anyone Trust the Media?, by Jelani Cobb, Taylor Lorenz, Jack Shafer, Max Tani Anatomy of a credibility crisis

Food for thought. harpers.org/archive/2025...

Despicable. bsky.app/profile/iwil...

Opinion | A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain

A.I.’s Environmental Impact Will Threaten Its Own Supply Chain www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/o...

Proof of Citizenship, No Proof of Safety — palabra. Why are naturalized US citizens carrying passports as daily protection? ICE's fear tactics, racial profiling, and the profound question of what it truly means to belong and feel safe in the United Sta...

The latest from my bro. www.palabranahj.org/archive/proo...

The Firing of Educators Over Kirk Comments Follows a Familiar Playbook

The Firing of Educators Over Kirk Comments Follows a Familiar Playbook www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/u...

Washington Post Columnist Says She Was Fired for Posts After Charlie Kirk Shooting

This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.

From reckoning to retreat: Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline Diversity-related newsroom jobs haven't totally disappeared — but they also haven't stuck.

Sigh. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...

“Anyone who applauds this decision is sanctioning state-sponsored racism out of apartheid-era South Africa.”
Commentary: I’m a U.S. citizen. I’m always going to carry my passport now. Thanks, Supreme Court

Maryland jailhouse suicide: Mother’s pleas ignored, her son found hanged About 17-and-a-half hours after authorities booked him into the detention center despite a judge’s order he be taken to a hospital, a jail officer found Young hanged in his cell.

Great reporting by my bro! www.baltimoresun.com/2025/09/02/m...

Digital fatigue! When new owners took the helm of the Onion last year, they tried to revive the satirical publication by rolling back the publication. Their bet on print is starting to pay off.

Who are the Camp Mystic girls missing or lost after devastating Texas floods? — Houston Chronicle Families are awaiting word on 10 girls and a camp counselor who are still missing Monday after major flooding devastated Camp Mystic, a private Christian summer camp in Kerr County.

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Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Remembered for Their Shared Legacy

Minnesota Lawmaker and Her Husband Remembered for Their Shared Legacy. “Where there is hatred, let me sow love.” www.nytimes.com/2025/06/28/u...

We are living in precarious times.

‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned

‘I’m an American, Bro!’: Latinos Report Raids in Which U.S. Citizenship Is Questioned www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

Peaceful and crowded in Torrance. No Kings!

Kristi Noem must resign. She has deported a four year old with cancer, detained a U.S. marshal, and arrested two members of Congress. She’s lost the confidence of the American people. ICE must stop terrorizing our communities.

Reporter Covering LA Protests Hit by Rubber Bullet During Live TV Broadcast In one episode in downtown Los Angeles, an Australian television journalist was struck when an officer fired a nonlethal projectile while she was on the air.

Several journalists have been injured while covering the protests in Los Angeles, including a television reporter who was struck when a law enforcement officer fired a rubber bullet while she was on the air.

Opinion | Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency

“…Mr. Trump’s order establishes neither law nor order. Rather it sends the message that the administration is interested in only overreaction and overreach.”
Trump Calling Troops Into Los Angeles Is the Real Emergency www.nytimes.com/2025/06/08/o...

"You just f---ing shot the reporter!"

In the last 20 or so minutes I’ve seen LAPD officers shove women to the ground without provocation, rip a sign out of a man’s hand and then swing a baton into his leg and raise a less-lethal launcher to aim
directly at a protester (which I’m 99% is a major policy violation.)

When the LA police says you are overreaching, you are overreaching.

Austerity for thee, not for me USC is in a financial crisis. Why are staff and faculty shouldering the burden?

morningtrojan.com/p/usc-financ...

Opinion | Larry David: My Dinner With Adolf When a private meeting goes unexpectedly.

LOL. www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

MSU faculty join call for Big Ten 'mutual defense compact' against Trump administration - The State News Under the compact, participating institutions would “commit meaningful funding to a shared or distributed defense fund” that would “provide immediate and strategic support to any member institution un...

"Faculty at Michigan State University have become the latest in the Big Ten to urge conference leaders to create a "mutual defense compact" statenews.com/article/2025...

Latinos Bring Flair to Sneakerhead Culture — palabra. How Latino sneakerheads rewrote the game—from NBA icons to multimillion-dollar artist collabs—redefining the sneaker culture’s legacy.

“From New York to Miami, Houston to Chicago, Los Angeles, and countless other cities, Latino sneakerhead culture is thriving.” The latest from my bro, Ruben Castañeda. www.palabranahj.org/archive/lati...

Opinion | This Is How Universities Can Escape Trump’s Trap, If They Dare It’s been tried in other countries facing authoritarian crackdowns. It works.

“Act like universities, not like businesses. Spend your endowments. Accept more, not fewer students. Open up your campuses and expand your reach not by buying real estate but by bringing education to communities. Create a base. Become a movement.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/14/o...

I agree.

In a functioning democracy, we would already be in the midst of an impeachment trial.

Where Students Have Had Their Visas Revoked The Trump administration has quietly revoked hundreds of student visas across the country, wreaking havoc on the system.

Horrifying. www.insidehighered.com/news/global/...

Opinion | Trump’s Gulag Archipelago He is seeking to establish a truly chilling proposition: that no one can stop his administration from imprisoning anyone it wants, anywhere in the world.

“If the government can disappear anyone it wishes, dump him in a Salvadoran dungeon and prevent any court in this country from providing relief, we all should be very, very afraid.” www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/o...