Melvis Acosta
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“Rap music has provided opportunities for artists coming from marginalized backgrounds to express their hopes, their aspirations, but also their frustrations [and] their political views,” says Chad Williams.

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Listen to the Trump-referencing Clipse track Universal Music allegedly tried to censor
To stay in Trump's good graces, the label reportedly demanded cuts to the duo's collab with Kendrick Lamar—so they left.
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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams ends his reelection campaign.
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Happy Hispanic Heritage Month!
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Protesters were tear gassed, shot with pepper spray bullets and some detained by ICE officers outside of a facility in suburban Broadview Friday morning. blockclubchi.co/3VslkAr
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moments ago, ice agents again came out of the broadview detention/“professing” facility to escort a silver suv out of the lot.

one of the agents picked up and threw congressional candidate kat abughazaleh to the ground.
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"You're taking advantage of people who are still trying to recover.”

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the US government has proposed a $4.7 billion canal project that many warn could put the Ninth Ward at risk of flooding all over again. [Published in partnership with @capitalb.bsky.social]
The threat that could destroy 20 years of progress in the Lower Ninth
Past storms nearly erased New Orleans' Lower Ninth Ward. A new federal project may finish the job.
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“You're taking advantage of people who are still trying to recover.”

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the residents of the Ninth Ward are still fighting for survival. The latest threat? A $5 billion canal project that could drown them all over again.

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Rappers are spitting fire bars about gentrification this year. First Kendrick on “Chains & Whips” and now Pusha on “Community.”
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A growing number of states are passing laws that require companies to sell wheelchair parts to wheelchair users so they can fix it themselves or bring it to a mechanic to fix it for them.

My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Wheelchair users are finally winning the right to repair
State laws are forcing private equity–backed firms—which can make buyers wait months—to allow DIY fixes.
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“We’re seeing ICE agents abduct our neighbors…and render people to a torture camp,” Jon Rodney says. “In this moment when we talk about language, I think what should ultimately guide us is shared humanity.”

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Anti-immigrant language is rising—even on the left
Data shows Trump's dehumanizing rhetoric spreading beyond just his supporters.
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For my last story as a fellow at @motherjones.com, I got to do what I love most: Talk to regular people about the impacts federal policy has on their day-to-day lives. I'm so grateful to the people who shared their worries and stories of student debt with me. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Interest on student loans for low-income borrowers is about to skyrocket
As Trump guts the SAVE program, "I feel like we're holding our breath while watching a train crash."
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From Hawaii to New York, the advocacy model is keeping girls out of prison. It’s saving money. It’s improving public safety.

Inside a revolutionary way to end the incarceration of girls.
A revolutionary way to end the incarceration of girls
A new criminal justice wave has formed in Hawaii and California. Where will it go next?
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To meet its mass deportation goals, the Trump administration is stripping thousands of immigrants of their lawful status.

@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social talked to Temporary Protected Status holders from Venezuela, many of whom fled violence and death threats, now "feeling persecuted all over again."
Trump is making thousands of rule-abiding immigrants undocumented
Inside the largest delegalization campaign in modern US history.
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Did someone RAT him out?
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A Chuck E. Cheese employee in full costume was arrested by Tallahassee officers for credit card fraud

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A police officer arrests Chuck E Cheese while children watch in the background
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When the Golden State Killer was arrested in 2018, law enforcement suggested that the nightmare for his survivors was finally over.

My latest investigation is about a new nightmare that emerged for the survivors who cops dismissed. www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Evidence in her brutal 1979 rape pointed to the Golden State Killer. The police didn’t want to hear about it.
How one woman's quest for closure unleashed its own kind of nightmare.
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“We were kidnapped”: On Friday, more than 200 Venezuelans who disappeared to a megaprison in El Salvador started their journey home.

The horror stories are already emerging.

@isabelaalhadeff.bsky.social and @nlanard.bsky.social spoke with some of their families and here's what they said happened👇