Russell Contreras
@russcontreras.bsky.social
Senior Race and Justice Reporter for Axios. Houston born, New Mexico-based. #ColumbiaMFA #UH #race #journalism #writing #history #immigration #latino https://www.axios.com/authors/rcontreras
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has bought a barn outside Drew, Mississippi, where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955.
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Emmett Till Interpretive Center acquires Mississippi barn where Till was tortured
Shonda Rhimes–backed purchase saves critical Till site
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November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has bought a barn outside Drew, Mississippi, where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955.
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Latinos feel historic levels of pessimism about their place in the U.S., their economic stability and the impact of President Trump's second-term policies, a new Pew Research Center survey found. It marks some of the bleakest assessments by Latinos in nearly two decades
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Most Latinos say they're worse off under Trump's second term, per Pew
Latino pessimism is at its worst in nearly 20 years, Pew says.
www.axios.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Latinos feel historic levels of pessimism about their place in the U.S., their economic stability and the impact of President Trump's second-term policies, a new Pew Research Center survey found. It marks some of the bleakest assessments by Latinos in nearly two decades
www.axios.com/2025/11/24/p...
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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice #poverty apple.news/ADJAWWSAZQoK...
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice — Guardian US
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice #poverty apple.news/ADJAWWSAZQoK...
A new Netflix documentary attempts to cast doubt over the authorship of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photo — an image that helped define the horrors of the Vietnam War
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Netflix film challenges authorship of Vietnam War-era AP photo "Napalm Girl"
Film challenges a story the world believed for 50 years.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A new Netflix documentary attempts to cast doubt over the authorship of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photo — an image that helped define the horrors of the Vietnam War
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Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.
Mayoral control is dead. Long live mayoral control?
Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.
A new documentary narrated and executive-produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social , Oscar-nominated star of "Killers of the Flower Moon," tackles the Blackfeet Nation's fight to restore buffalo to their land www.axios.com/2025/11/22/p...
PBS to air Lily Gladstone–narrated film on Blackfeet buffalo return after decades-long fight
"Buffalo are at the heart of who we are as Blackfeet," Gladstone told Axios.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A new documentary narrated and executive-produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social , Oscar-nominated star of "Killers of the Flower Moon," tackles the Blackfeet Nation's fight to restore buffalo to their land www.axios.com/2025/11/22/p...
Artificial intelligence is struggling to understand accented English and non-standard dialects, creating problems that can cascade into biased hiring, grading or clinical records www.axios.com/2025/11/22/a...
AI's listening gap is fueling bias in jobs, schools and health care
AI can mishear — and misjudge — millions of Americans.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Artificial intelligence is struggling to understand accented English and non-standard dialects, creating problems that can cascade into biased hiring, grading or clinical records www.axios.com/2025/11/22/a...
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress after her acrimonious split with President Trump, the Georgia Republican announced in a post on Friday evening www.axios.com/2025/11/22/m...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning from Congress
Greene was one of Trump's earliest allies and among his most loyal supporters in Congress
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November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress after her acrimonious split with President Trump, the Georgia Republican announced in a post on Friday evening www.axios.com/2025/11/22/m...
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Re-upping because this is a damn good piece.
If you read one thing today, make it my former colleague Krista Johnson’s essay on how poverty shaped her reporting.
What childhood poverty taught me about covering education
"The condition of poverty is rarely reflected in the reporting I see — or even the reporting I do," writes Louisville Courier Journal education reporter Krista Johnson.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Re-upping because this is a damn good piece.
Axios is looking for a reporter to cover the Denver suburbs. Come work with us! #journalismjobs @axios.com
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Reporter, Axios Denver Suburbs
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November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Axios is looking for a reporter to cover the Denver suburbs. Come work with us! #journalismjobs @axios.com
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[email protected] is looking for a reporter in Colorado Springs. Come work for us!! @nabjlaofficial.bsky.social @aajaofficial.bsky.social #journalismjobs
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Reporter, Axios Colorado Springs
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November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
[email protected] is looking for a reporter in Colorado Springs. Come work for us!! @nabjlaofficial.bsky.social @aajaofficial.bsky.social #journalismjobs
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A new book revives the often-overlooked story of boxing legend Joe Louis and his fight against racial segregation in the U.S. Army during World War II www.axios.com/2025/11/15/b... #boxing
The boxing champ who took on segregation during WWII — and won
Book uncovers Joe Louis's hidden civil rights legacy
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November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A new book revives the often-overlooked story of boxing legend Joe Louis and his fight against racial segregation in the U.S. Army during World War II www.axios.com/2025/11/15/b... #boxing
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Every reader deserves to see themselves reflected in the pages of a book. Join us this Giving Tuesday in our work to recruit and keep underrepresented literary agents in publishing. Read more and help us change the industry for good at the link in our bio ❤️
#givingtuesday #literaryagentsofchange
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November 14, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Every reader deserves to see themselves reflected in the pages of a book. Join us this Giving Tuesday in our work to recruit and keep underrepresented literary agents in publishing. Read more and help us change the industry for good at the link in our bio ❤️
#givingtuesday #literaryagentsofchange
#givingtuesday #literaryagentsofchange
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the playbook for crime, from cheap deepfake scams and AI-written ransomware to mass identity hijacks and critical-infrastructure hacks www.axios.com/2025/11/14/a... #ai
AI is reinventing crime and cops aren't ready
AI-powered crimes surge as law enforcement lags.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Artificial intelligence is rewriting the playbook for crime, from cheap deepfake scams and AI-written ransomware to mass identity hijacks and critical-infrastructure hacks www.axios.com/2025/11/14/a... #ai
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Only 31% of Latinos now say it's a good time to be Latino in America.
Down from 67% in June 2022.
Trump erased a decade of Republican gains in 10 months.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social sits down with @russcontreras.bsky.social to discuss the latest @axios.com poll:
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Down from 67% in June 2022.
Trump erased a decade of Republican gains in 10 months.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social sits down with @russcontreras.bsky.social to discuss the latest @axios.com poll:
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The Economy Trumps Everything: Inside the Latest Latino Polling with Russell Contreras
In a revealing conversation with Axios reporter Russell Contreras, Mike dives into the latest polling data that confirms what many have been saying all along: IT'S THE ECONOMY, STUPID.
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November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Only 31% of Latinos now say it's a good time to be Latino in America.
Down from 67% in June 2022.
Trump erased a decade of Republican gains in 10 months.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social sits down with @russcontreras.bsky.social to discuss the latest @axios.com poll:
open.substack.com/pub/thelatin...
Down from 67% in June 2022.
Trump erased a decade of Republican gains in 10 months.
@mikemadrid.bsky.social sits down with @russcontreras.bsky.social to discuss the latest @axios.com poll:
open.substack.com/pub/thelatin...
Fewer than half of Americans now say religion is an important part of their daily lives, a 17 percentage point drop since 2015, which ranks among the largest declines in the world, according to a new Gallup poll www.axios.com/2025/11/13/g...
U.S. faith levels plummet to lowest on record
The U.S. is rapidly becoming more secular.
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November 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fewer than half of Americans now say religion is an important part of their daily lives, a 17 percentage point drop since 2015, which ranks among the largest declines in the world, according to a new Gallup poll www.axios.com/2025/11/13/g...
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A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God.
Meet chatbot Jesus: Churches tap AI to save souls and time as pews get more empty
Chatbots answer prayers and algorithms write sermons.
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God.
A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God www.axios.com/2025/11/12/c...
Meet chatbot Jesus: How churches are using AI to save souls
Chatbots answer prayers and algorithms write sermons.
www.axios.com
November 12, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A new digital awakening is unfolding in churches, where pastors and prayer apps are turning to artificial intelligence to reach worshippers, personalize sermons, and power chatbots that resemble God www.axios.com/2025/11/12/c...
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Dozens of white clergy are signing up to run as Democrats in 2026, as progressive faith leaders push back on the political dominance of the Christian right www.axios.com/2025/11/09/c...
"Shocking" number of white clergy run as Democrats in 2026
"We're tracking about 30 white clergy who are running for office as Democrats around the country."
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November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dozens of white clergy are signing up to run as Democrats in 2026, as progressive faith leaders push back on the political dominance of the Christian right www.axios.com/2025/11/09/c...
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked apple.news/AoggXQT_GQ5q...
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked — Guardian US
Fifteen-year-old Pedro Elias Garzon Delvaux was captured looking suave in a picture outside the Paris museum on the day of a crown jewels heist
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November 10, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Who is ‘fedora man’? Dapper French teenager in viral Louvre heist photo unmasked apple.news/AoggXQT_GQ5q...
Dozens of white clergy are signing up to run as Democrats in 2026, as progressive faith leaders push back on the political dominance of the Christian right www.axios.com/2025/11/09/c...
"Shocking" number of white clergy run as Democrats in 2026
"We're tracking about 30 white clergy who are running for office as Democrats around the country."
www.axios.com
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Dozens of white clergy are signing up to run as Democrats in 2026, as progressive faith leaders push back on the political dominance of the Christian right www.axios.com/2025/11/09/c...
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Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia and his wife mourn death of their baby daughter
Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia and his wife mourn death of their baby daughter
Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia posts on social media that his baby daughter died on Oct. 26. He thanks Dodgers and Toronto Blue Jays players and fans for their support.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Dodgers pitcher Alex Vesia and his wife mourn death of their baby daughter
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I don't think enough people understand how much we're living in an AI-enabled panopticon now.
"According to documents obtained by FOIAball, the Ole Miss-Georgia matchup was one of at least two games last year where the school used a Department of Homeland Security information-sharing platform to keep a watchful eye on attendees."
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Crazy reporting from @foiaball.com:
Scoop: Inside DHS's vast college football surveillance effort
If you go to a college football game, the feds have cameras on you.
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November 6, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I don't think enough people understand how much we're living in an AI-enabled panopticon now.
Nearly 2 in 3 Latinos say it's a bad time to be Latino in the U.S. — a spike in pessimism since just last year and a total reversal from three years ago — according to a new @axios.com @ipsosgroup.bsky.social Latino Poll in partnership with @noticiastelemundo.com www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
"A bad time to be Latino": Pessimism surges in new Axios-Ipsos poll
Latinos' overall sense of optimism, safety and belonging has plunged across several measures since President Trump took office.
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November 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Nearly 2 in 3 Latinos say it's a bad time to be Latino in the U.S. — a spike in pessimism since just last year and a total reversal from three years ago — according to a new @axios.com @ipsosgroup.bsky.social Latino Poll in partnership with @noticiastelemundo.com www.axios.com/2025/11/06/l...
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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
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“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
Mexico's president was groped on the street. Now she's waging war on rampant sexual harassment
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president, is pushing measures against sexual harassment after she was groped by a stranger on the street.
www.latimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum was groped Tuesday by a man on the street who kissed her neck and touched her chest.
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...
“If they do this to the president," she said, "what must happen to all the young women women?"
She's calling for new measures to end harassment
www.latimes.com/world-nation...