Caroline Kupchella

Tonight, #APrecariousState reveals Minnesota’s turning point—and how a small bloc of DSA-endorsed members gained outsized influence on #Minneapolis City Council.

7 p.m. CT on ABC MN + precariousstate.com
Live Q&A follows on the website.

#APrecariousState #Minnesota #TwinCities #Documentary

The Nature Conservancy Plants 2.5 Million Trees in Minnesota in 2025 TNC in Minnesota has planted more than 13 million trees since 2005 to benefit people and nature.

🌲Great news! The Nature Conservancy just planted a record 2.5 million trees in northern Minnesota thanks to a powerful partnership with federal, state and county agencies. It’s the second consecutive year the program has planted over 2 million seedlings to restore vital forests!

The Twin Cities faced COVID-19, George Floyd’s murder, and riots in 2020. Five years later, recovery is uneven.

#APrecariousState explores why—and what it will take to move forward.

Premieres Thurs Oct 2, 7 p.m. on ABC throughout MN.

https://precariousstate.com
#COVID19 #GeorgeFloyd

life at the lake 🌞🌲💫 #MNsummer

Opinion | You May Not Be Trump’s Target This Time. But You Could Be Next.

They came for the foreign aid workers, justice department, public health institutions, universities and researchers, law firms, media organizations, not to mention longtime immigrants. Now it is nonprofits too. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/o...

lucky lucky lucky ❤️

I do feel as though we’ve lost the plot…

Trump tariffs create national disaster for tiny Lesotho When Limpho Lefalatsa first learned she had lost her job at a Lesotho garment factory after 12 years due to U.S. President Donald Trump's decision to hit her tiny African homeland with a crippling tariff on its exports, she was in shock.

"Nteboheleng Hlapane, has a message for [Trump].

"I just pray to God that he touches your soul," who can no longer afford the inhaler her son needs to treat his asthma. "Think about other people...suffering because of your selfishness, your cruelty.""

www.reuters.com/world/africa...

Channeling our inner @chuckumentary.bsky.social, got to chase the aurora until 2am with my dad last night 🌲💫 #Minnesota #NorthernLights

Headshot of Keshia Pollack Porter. Text reads: Announcing the next dean of the Bloomberg School: Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD ’06, MPH. Dr. Pollack Porter currently serves as the Bloomberg Centennial Chair and Professor in the Dept. of Health Policy and Management, a position she has held since 2022.

"Our aim was to find someone with distinguished academic credentials, proven administrative experience, and exceptional leadership qualities, who would honor the Bloomberg School’s storied history while fostering innovation and collaboration around a shared and ambitious vision for the school’s future at a moment of unique challenge for higher education and the field of public health. I am delighted to report that we found the perfect leader in Keshia Pollack Porter.” Ronald J. Daniels, President of Johns Hopkins University

Announcing the next dean of @jhu.edu Bloomberg School of Public Health, Keshia Pollack Porter!

A champion for public health, Dr. Pollack Porter has distinguished herself as a leader in advancing policy change that promotes safe, healthy environments.

hub.jhu.edu/2025/05/27/b...

*gates of heaven open*

Assembled choir of angels: Norm!

Grateful to have seen so many incredible places on earth - from the deserts of #Namibia through #Cambodia treasures and from the forests of #Washington to the views from my little hut in #Lesotho. Earth has some cool things goin on 🌍🌲 #EarthDay

The Cost of Defunding Harvard If you or someone you love has cancer, cardiovascular disease, dementia, Parkinson’s disease, or diabetes, you have likely benefitted from the university’s federally funded discoveries in care and tre...

I saw firsthand the impact of stop-work-orders/terminations at USAID & now Harvard. My new @NewYorker piece is on the serious implications for the lives of millions across the world and the US – including for my own family and very possibly your own. 🧵
www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...

Pope Francis exemplified the person I imagine Jesus is; may he rest in peace knowing he made the world a little bit better. 🩵

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Again Rated #1 by Peers in U.S. News & World Report | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health The School has held the #1 spot since the rankings began in 1994. The School has also been named by peers as a leader in five specialty areas within public health this year.

We are proud to again be named the #1 public health school in the nation by our peer schools and programs, as measured by @usnews.com

Read more details, including this year's rankings of specialty areas within public health: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/johns-h...

‘Only job I know’: tiny Lesotho’s garment workers reel from Trump’s 50% tariffs Impoverished African country is hit with highest tariff rate at 50%, overturning decades of global trade policy

Trump #tariffs will gut employment in Lesotho (where the GDP is around $916 per year). It is truly devastating for many who are the primary support for families and extended families:

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

31 years after the Genocide against the Tutsi, Rwanda is a place of resilience, beauty, and hope. I’ve been deeply moved by the warmth of its people and the strength of its spirit. Today, I remember the lives lost and honor a nation that continues to inspire. #Kwibuka31

Lesotho HIV programmes collapse after USAID decision The US funding cuts have sparked fear of a surge in new infections as antiretroviral medicines become harder to get.

Here is what killing #USAID funding does--it kills #Basotho who are HIV positive. Pulling funding with no warning to a program that serves 350,000 HIV+ in #Lesotho and leaving them without access to life-saving meds.

Callous.
Uncaring.
Immoral.

www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...