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Editor, social/platforms @Chalkbeat • Made in America with parts from Mexico • @denverpost, @EWScrippsCo, @ONA board alum • Rebel with a cause • She/her

 Albuquerque, NM
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“How have you managed to work in journalism this long?”
A photo of crustaceous deep sea creature. The caption says “this creature has adapted to the crushing pressure and oppressive darkness.” Same tbh.

ALT A photo of crustaceous deep sea creature. The caption says “this creature has adapted to the crushing pressure and oppressive darkness.” Same tbh.

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Karen Attiah
@KarenAttiah15 Sep 2025
Some news: I've been fired from the Washington Post. But my work will continue anyway. api.omarshehata.me/substack-…
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Chalkbeat@Chalkbeat10 Sep 2025
At least three people are in critical condition after a shooting at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County, Colorado, according to the local sheriff’s office. This is a developing story and will be updated. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…

Students shot at Evergreen High School in Jefferson County: What we know so far

“This is the scariest thing you could ever think that could happen. I know we always say 'not again,' and here we are.”

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Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco10 Sep 2025
Utah Speaker Mike Schultz confirms Charlie Kirk is dead.
Brigham Tomco
@BrighamTomco10 Sep 2025
Someone just shot at Charlie Kirk at his Utah Valley University "Prove Me Wrong" tour stop. The crowd saw Charlie Kirk fall out of his chair.
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adam mahoney (he/him)@AdamLMahoney2 Sep 2025
Late Friday after the story pubbed, the EPA confirmed that arsenic, barium, chromium, lead, & other hazardous materials like cancer-causing nitrobenzene were found in soot following the explosion. The agency maintains the position that the toxins are not a threat to human health.
adam mahoney (he/him)@AdamLMahoney29 Aug 2025
NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty. The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-o…
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Valerie Gonzalez@ValOnTheBorder2 Sep 2025
NEW: Two internal emails obtained by AP indicate a policy shift that now allows ICE to show up, interview, and arrest some parents trying to reunite with their children. Advocates say it’s using kids as bait; the government says it’s necessary vetting. apnews.com/article/immigrati…

ICE is showing up to interview parents hoping to reunite with their children who entered US alone

President Donald Trump's administration has started requiring parents seeking to reunite with their children who crossed into the U.S. alone to attend interviews with immigration officers.

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Chalkbeat@Chalkbeat13 Aug 2025
For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

‘They’ve given her a lot of hope’: A NYC school fights to educate an undocumented teen under Trump

For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them.

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Anvee Bhutani@AnveeBhutani13 Aug 2025
Earlier this year, I interviewed the @StanfordDaily Editor in Chief who told me they had an editor resign and a surge of article takedown requests as students tried to avoid potential repercussions. They’re now suing the Trump administration for violating First Amendment rights.
George Porteous@georgedporteous6 Aug 2025
Today, @StanfordDaily is the plaintiff in a federal lawsuit by @TheFIREorg against the Trump administration, whose targeting of non-citizens has chilled our staff members' First Amendment rights. When student journalists fear deportation for doing their jobs, democracy suffers.
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Keri Blakinger@keribla6 Aug 2025
amazing headline, 10/10 no notes
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Brittny Mejia@brittny_mejia22 Jul 2025
I spent time with Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and unable to speak. He was working at a car wash when ICE raided it. Diaz is a DACA recipient, allowing him to live and work in the U.S., but ICE arrested him and held him for weeks in El Paso. latimes.com/california/story…

Deaf, mute and terrified: ICE arrests DACA recipient and ships him to Texas

Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and communicates using sign language, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City. He could not communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says...

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Karen Attiah
@KarenAttiah22 Jul 2025
So.. officially, I'm the last Black staff columnist left in the Washington Post's opinion section.
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@Phil_Lewis_18 Jul 2025
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has ended key support for Black farmers and will no longer use the term “socially disadvantaged,” saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination capitalbnews.org/usda-ends-d…

USDA Ends Key Support for Black Farmers Amid Trump Anti-DEI Orders

The agency will no longer use the term "socially disadvantaged," saying it has sufficiently addressed historic discrimination.

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@Phil_Lewis_17 Jul 2025
The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a severe blow to 1,500 local public stations, as well as PBS and NPR variety.com/2025/politics/ne…

Senate Votes to Strip $1.1 Billion From Public Broadcasting in Blow to PBS and NPR

The Senate voted early Thursday to strip $1.1 billion in funding from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, in a severe blow to NPR and PBS.

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Chalkbeat@Chalkbeat17 Jul 2025
Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are challenging a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from Head Start. chalkbeat.org/2025/07/16/adv…

Trump wants to ban undocumented children from Head Start. Advocates are fighting back in court.

Several state Head Start associations and parent groups are challenging a Trump administration effort to bar undocumented children from Head Start.

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Chalkbeat@Chalkbeat17 Jul 2025
The Trump administration’s budget bill takes aim at schools that serve students of color. These colleges and universities have been underfunded for years. chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…

Colleges and universities with the most students of color face cuts and challenges

The Trump administration’s budget bill takes aim at schools that serve students of color. These colleges and universities have been underfunded for years.

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Chalkbeat@Chalkbeat1 Jul 2025
Trump administration throws a $7 billion wrench into school budgets chalkbeat.org/2025/07/01/tru…

Trump administration throws a $7 billion wrench into school budgets

The Education Department is holding back funding previously approved by Congress for teacher training, English learners, migrant education, and after-school programming. Advocates worry the Trump...

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Chalkbeat@Chalkbeat1 Jul 2025
The Trump administration cut more than $1 billion in federal funding for school mental health. Now, a group of attorneys general is fighting back. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

Lawsuit challenges Trump administration’s $1 billion cut to school mental health funding

The Trump administration cut more than $1 billion in federal funding for school mental health. Now, a group of attorneys general is fighting back.

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Norah Rami@thenorahtorious17 Jun 2025
excited to share my first byline with @Chalkbeat! chalkbeat.org/2025/06/17/man…

Students are often bored in math class. Are they underestimating themselves?

A new RAND study finds that students who feel confident in math and understand it are more engaged. Their ideas about themselves as math learners frequently form at an early age.

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Advocates call on Michigan lawmakers to condemn ICE detention of Detroit student chalkbeat.org/detroit/2025/0…

Detroit teen fights for release from immigration detention to finish high school in the U.S.

The Western International student was 3.5 credits away from graduation before his arrest, his attorney says.

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Amid Trump’s funding threats, a rural school district in Colorado looks to remove LGBTQ policy protections chalkbeat.org/colorado/2025/…

A Colorado district looks to remove LGBTQ policy protections amid Trump’s funding threats

The Montezuma-Cortez district in southwestern Colorado is poised to remove protections based on sexual orientation and gender identity from its nondiscrimination policy.

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Their student was detained by ICE. Now this school is rallying to get him back. chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025/0…

NYC school rallies to bring back their student detained by ICE

‘They thought no one would miss him. That was a mistake.’ Now, this Bronx school community is rallying around a student detained by ICE.

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