Meg Anderson

NPR 'founding mother' Susan Stamberg has died Susan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.

news from the network:

npr founding mother susan stamberg has died, aged 87

More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days. The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...

BREAKING from PP

We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens*

The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied:

Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer

More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado

www.propublica.org/article/immi...

by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

Inside the growing industry to defend schools from mass shootings : The Indicator from Planet Money From drones to body armor to bulletproof whiteboards, companies are offering schools a multitude of products to try to deter or protect against the next school shooting. But does any of this stuff wor...

The school shooting industry is worth billions and growing fast.

I took at look at what's for sale, what experts say about these products, and the psychology behind the industry.

For the Indicator from @planetmoney.bsky.social @npr.org

www.npr.org/2025/10/15/n...

here’s more context to the videos DHS is putting out from Chicago.

Opinion: Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass Tom Bowman has held his Pentagon press pass for 28 years. He says the Pentagon's new media policy makes it impossible to be a journalist, which means finding out what's really going on behind the scen...

"Why I'm handing in my Pentagon press pass" by Tom Bowman of NPR. www.npr.org/2025/10/14/g... Recommended.

A thing frequently forgotten or ignored is that journalism is one of the few professions people will die for. [Via @brianstelter.bsky.social ]

A Statement from NPR’s Editor in Chief on the Pentagon’s Press Policy.
Read More: www.npr.org/2025/10/13/g...

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

Late last month, a local CBS reporter said a masked ICE agent fired a pepper ball at her car, causing her to vomit for hours. The reporter, Asal Rezaei, said there was no protest happening at the time. Police are now investigating.

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

Solidarity is the only way

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent Videos taken by eye witnesses of federal agent encounters with immigrants in Chicago and elsewhere have shown increasingly tense incidents. Immigrant advocates and observers say they're indicative of ...

"These are just the tip of the iceberg ... People being tackled, people getting pepper sprayed or tear gassed. We've seen people getting threatened. And we've seen at least two incidents involving gunfire."

www.npr.org/2025/10/13/n...

You.
Are.
Allowed.
To.
Insult.
The.
Police.

It’s a core First Amendment principle. This is utterly lawless behavior, for which there will be no (short-term) consequences.

That he does it so casually, as they are walking away, in front of cameras.

Rightly confident in his impunity.

Federal officer blasts chemical spray into vocal but nonviolent Portland protester, video shows

The interaction illustrates how federal law enforcement officers do use aggressive tactics against protesters who yell and needle officers but don’t appear to present clear physical threats.

Trump officials discussed sending elite Army division to Portland, text messages show A high-ranking White House official was indiscreetly texting about the Portland, Ore., planning last weekend, according to messages shared with the Minnesota Star Tribune.

“Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth considered sending an elite U.S. Army strike force to Portland, Ore., to quell protests that President Donald Trump has characterized as ‘lawless mayhem,’ according to images of messages provided to the Minnesota Star Tribune.”

Why *almost* every door? What made the difference? Hardware, reportedly.

14 small public broadcasting stations in Alaska catch a break Months after losing federal money, the Interior Department steps forward with a one-year reprieve. Meanwhile, stations like KUCB in Unalaska are basking in love from afar.

Tiny public radio station KUCB in Unalaska basks in love from afar. It and 13 other small public radio stations in Alaska finally catch a break. alaskapublic.org/news/politic...

@archive.org preserved the original study, which you can find here. web.archive.org/web/20250911...

DOJ Deletes Study Showing Domestic Terrorists Are Most Often Right Wing Following Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the Trump administration’s promise to go after the “radical left” a study showing most domestic terrosim is far-right was disappeared.

The Department of Justice has removed a study showing that white supremacist and far-right violence “continues to outpace all other types of terrorism and domestic violent extremism” in the United States.

🔗 www.404media.co/doj-deletes-...

Honestly, this is the best and most succinct explanation so far of what we know (and don't!) about the motives of the Kirk shooter.

Charlie Kirk's killing raises the stakes for campus security How much security at a campus event is enough? Campus police are mulling the question.

"Could I anticipate all what-ifs? Can I consider the worst case scenarios to get it to the level of my company protecting a sitting United States president? Absolutely ... But who would bear the cost?"

www.npr.org/2025/09/11/n...

After I published the story on the school shooting industry, I saw some criticism that it didn't acknowledge how rare school shootings are. That's true and fair. But they're much less rare here than any other country.

And on some days, it just doesn't feel like their statistical rarity matters.

At least two students shot in active shooter situation at Evergreen High School At least two students have been shot in an active shooter situation at Evergreen High School this afternoon.

Here is what we know about that one. www.cpr.org/2025/09/10/e...

The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

This story published yesterday. I wrote that the shooting in Minneapolis two weeks ago was the latest school shooting. It is no longer the latest, after a shooting today in Colorado. www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...

“‘I think it preys on people's worst fears,’ she says. ‘How do you say no to something if you're telling me it might save my kid's life? Of course I want that thing."
She said trying to buy safety feels very American, just like school shootings.”
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@meganders.bsky.social

The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

School shootings are awful.

School shootings are also VANISHINGLY rare. When I did the math back in 2018, we were averaging 3-5 deaths PER YEAR, in a school pop of ~55M. That’s ~0.005 per 100K.*

Think of how we could be better spend those billions of dollars.

The school shooting industry is worth billions — and it keeps growing The effort to keep schools safe from mass shooters has ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry. Companies are selling school districts assurance with high-tech products.

The school security industry is worth as much as $4 billion and projected to get bigger.

www.npr.org/2025/09/08/n...

After six months in ICE custody, Charlotte woman chooses voluntary removal to Honduras A 20-year-old Honduran woman who has lived in the Charlotte area for more than a decade will soon be removed from the U.S.

She was brought to the US as an 8yo, worked hard, studied, earned a scholarship, planned to become a nurse.

ICE kidnapped her. Held her for 6 MONTHS in a detention facility with conditions so miserable that she finally agreed to voluntarily move to Honduras, which her family left at gunpoint.

Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift

“residents said radios here were constantly tuned to KUCB, which brings them local news and emergency alerts as well as City Council meetings, high school basketball games and public health programs on topics ranging from the seasonal flu to suicide prevention.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...

A parent runs toward the school after the shooting Wednesday at Annunciation Church in south Minneapolis. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

this picture of a mom shoes off sprinting to the Mpls school: www.startribune.com/minneapolis-...

By Richard Tsong-Taatarii for @startribune.com, which should be a go-to source for anyone following

Live: 23-year-old identified as suspect in shooting that killed two children, wounded 17 at Minneapolis church, two sources say Dozens of squads en route to Annunciation Church, casualties reported.

Kristen Painter, business editor for the Minnesota Star Tribune, has a second-grade daughter and a preschool son who attend the school.

“It sounds so cliché, but it’s your worst nightmare,” she said.

Huge law enforcement presence outside Annunciation. Some students in green shirts being led out by parents, all looking a little shell shocked, some on the verge of tears.