Sophie Hurwitz
@hurwitz.bsky.social
reporting fellow at Grist and Inkstick Media | [email protected], Signal @shurwitz.18
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NEW: Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
Sidewalk Arrests Seize New Yorkers in ICE’s Latest Surge
Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 PM
NEW: Activists and legal advocates are tracking seemingly random detentions of immigrants on the streets in what they say is a campaign of ethnic profiling.
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
www.thecity.nyc/2025/11/26/i...
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Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
The US Military Wants to Fix Its Own Equipment. Defense Contractors Are Trying to Shoot That Down
A push by military contractors could alter pending legislation that would have empowered servicemembers to repair equipment. Lobbyists are pitching a subscription service instead.
www.wired.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Scoop: Provisions of the NDAA that would ensure military members’ right to repair their own equipment are set to be removed from the funding act, replaced by language that will require the military to pay subscription fees to defense contractors via “data-as-a-service.”
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
www.wired.com/story/subscr...
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ICYMI: I wrote about what it's like to have gotten my autism diagnosis, fallen in love and built a life during a time roughly concurrent with our evolving understanding of autism, and what it means to stand firm in that knowledge and self-determination in a time when the state seeks to tear it down
I will not give up that which I have tasted
Promotion of the myth
www.welcometohellworld.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
ICYMI: I wrote about what it's like to have gotten my autism diagnosis, fallen in love and built a life during a time roughly concurrent with our evolving understanding of autism, and what it means to stand firm in that knowledge and self-determination in a time when the state seeks to tear it down
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This holiday season, between the recent upending of SNAP benefits and increasing economic uncertainty, people are hungry. Queer groups are stepping in to make sure their communities get fed.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
How Queer Organizers Feed Their People, from New York to Atlanta
About 42 million Americans depend on monthly SNAP benefits. Halting those electronic payments hurt childhood nutrition and distressed family budgets
rewirenewsgroup.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:13 PM
This holiday season, between the recent upending of SNAP benefits and increasing economic uncertainty, people are hungry. Queer groups are stepping in to make sure their communities get fed.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
Really proud of this piece from Priyanka Bansal. I hope you'll give it a read.
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I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
What Happens When You Don’t Belong Anywhere?
More than 50 Bhutanese men with criminal records have been deported back to the country they fled — and swiftly deported out of it.
nymag.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:10 PM
I wrote about the double-triple punishment given to an immigrant who had served his sentence for a serious crime, who was deported to a country where he was likely to be persecuted, and then quickly ejected from that country & rendered stateless.
nymag.com/intelligence...
nymag.com/intelligence...
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Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
U.S. ready to cut support to Scouts, accusing them of attacking 'boy-friendly spaces'
Documents show the U.S. military is planning to sever all ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts.
www.npr.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 AM
Congress requires DOD to facilitate Scouts activities but the Secretary can ignore the law in cases where it is “detrimental to national security." Hegseth is preparing to do so because the scouts have become too inclusive of girls.
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
www.npr.org/2025/11/25/n...
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After 15 weeks, Boeing workers approved a company contract offer that was only slightly better than the one they had already overwhelmingly rejected.
@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
inkstick.substack.com/p/during-st-...
@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
inkstick.substack.com/p/during-st-...
During St. Louis Strike, Boeing Had Money and Time on Its Side
After 15 weeks, Boeing workers approved a company contract offer that was only slightly better than the one they had already overwhelmingly rejected.
inkstick.substack.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:35 PM
After 15 weeks, Boeing workers approved a company contract offer that was only slightly better than the one they had already overwhelmingly rejected.
@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
inkstick.substack.com/p/during-st-...
@hurwitz.bsky.social reflects on the recent Boeing strike in St. Louis:
inkstick.substack.com/p/during-st-...
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Trump's "administration is weakening or eliminating key provisions of the bedrock environmental law that protect vulnerable species from extractive activities."
EPA "scaling back the Clean Water Act and threatening drinking water for millions."
#USA #Animals #Water #Climate #FossilFuels
EPA "scaling back the Clean Water Act and threatening drinking water for millions."
#USA #Animals #Water #Climate #FossilFuels
Dismantling the Endangered Species Act will hurt a lot more than just wildlife
The Trump administration's proposed rollbacks open the door for more drilling, mining, and logging.
grist.org
November 26, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Trump's "administration is weakening or eliminating key provisions of the bedrock environmental law that protect vulnerable species from extractive activities."
EPA "scaling back the Clean Water Act and threatening drinking water for millions."
#USA #Animals #Water #Climate #FossilFuels
EPA "scaling back the Clean Water Act and threatening drinking water for millions."
#USA #Animals #Water #Climate #FossilFuels
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For many environmental advocates, the COP30 climate negotiations ended this weekend in disappointment.
In part, experts say, that’s because of the United States, which had been noticeably absent from the summit.
In part, experts say, that’s because of the United States, which had been noticeably absent from the summit.
Can the world address climate change without the US?
Even with Trump's America absent, COP30 ended in a weak deal—and a win for petrostates.
www.motherjones.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:14 PM
For many environmental advocates, the COP30 climate negotiations ended this weekend in disappointment.
In part, experts say, that’s because of the United States, which had been noticeably absent from the summit.
In part, experts say, that’s because of the United States, which had been noticeably absent from the summit.
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@tkbarnes.bsky.social reports: “Raytheon was allowed to claim about half a million dollars in tax refunds for jobs it did not create due to a loophole in its economic development contract with Buncombe County.”
Exclusive: We Followed the Money to Raytheon in North Carolina
We got hundreds of pages of public records about a controversial deal to offer tens of millions of state and local subsidies to a new Raytheon/Pratt & Whitney plant in Asheville.
inkstick.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:48 PM
@tkbarnes.bsky.social reports: “Raytheon was allowed to claim about half a million dollars in tax refunds for jobs it did not create due to a loophole in its economic development contract with Buncombe County.”
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As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
What newsroom organizers learned from the years-long strike at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The importance of coordination, how digital news consumption patterns limit the effectiveness of public shame, and more.
www.niemanlab.org
November 24, 2025 at 8:23 PM
As the striking journalists return to the newsroom, both sides expect it’ll be a rocky reunion. www.niemanlab.org/2025/11/what...
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For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The HHS released the names of the authors of it's report on transgender healthcare, plus their post-publication peer review.
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The HHS released the names of the authors of it's report on transgender healthcare, plus their post-publication peer review.
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
Reposted by Sophie Hurwitz
NEW:The largest AI data center in the world is being built in a rural pocket of Louisiana's bible belt once dubbed the White Gold Capital of the South
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
Meta’s AI Data Center Sparks a Divide Among the Faithful in the Bible Belt
In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build America's biggest AI complex very differently.
capitalbnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NEW:The largest AI data center in the world is being built in a rural pocket of Louisiana's bible belt once dubbed the White Gold Capital of the South
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
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Really terrific reporting here from @hurwitz.bsky.social @inkstickmedia.com that dives into the breakup of the US's largest LGBTQ rights group/ centrist Dem funder and Northrop Grumman, the world's largest weapons manufacturer and a supplier to the Israeli military.
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Really terrific reporting here from @hurwitz.bsky.social @inkstickmedia.com that dives into the breakup of the US's largest LGBTQ rights group/ centrist Dem funder and Northrop Grumman, the world's largest weapons manufacturer and a supplier to the Israeli military.
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A picket line in St. Louis becomes a window into America’s shrinking defense jobs — and the growing debate over who they serve.
inkstickmedia.com/will-st-loui...
inkstickmedia.com/will-st-loui...
Will St. Louis Continue to be Known as Fighterland, USA?
As Boeing machinists strike, St. Louis confronts its deep reliance on defense jobs and the future of “Fighterland, USA.”
inkstickmedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A picket line in St. Louis becomes a window into America’s shrinking defense jobs — and the growing debate over who they serve.
inkstickmedia.com/will-st-loui...
inkstickmedia.com/will-st-loui...
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How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
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"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
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Interviewed some former HRC employees about how speaking out on Gaza alienated them from America’s highest-revenue gay-rights group.
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is no longer sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
By: @hurwitz.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
By: @hurwitz.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interviewed some former HRC employees about how speaking out on Gaza alienated them from America’s highest-revenue gay-rights group.
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NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
If anyone wants to take absurdly glamorous photos of me while I talk about my most regrettable situationships I AM available
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If anyone wants to take absurdly glamorous photos of me while I talk about my most regrettable situationships I AM available
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I have gone to 2 dif concerts at dif venues 2 nights in a row that were bands from out of town (Greensboro, North Carolina and Melbourne, Australia) congratulating New York for Zohran Mamdani and saying NYC politics contributed to people paying attention to their local politics
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I have gone to 2 dif concerts at dif venues 2 nights in a row that were bands from out of town (Greensboro, North Carolina and Melbourne, Australia) congratulating New York for Zohran Mamdani and saying NYC politics contributed to people paying attention to their local politics
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...