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Lovely to discover a neighborhood coffee shop, isn’t it? And there are gorgeous murals everywhere here.
June 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Lovely to discover a neighborhood coffee shop, isn’t it? And there are gorgeous murals everywhere here.
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We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“I Have Lost Everything”: The Toll of Cities’ Homeless Sweeps
Cities often take belongings — including important documents and irreplaceable mementos — when they conduct sweeps of homeless encampments. ProPublica gave notecards to people across the country so…
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June 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
We asked people who lived in homeless encampments that were cleared out in city “sweeps” to write about what object was the hardest for them to lose.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
“They took my baby pictures and my moms obituaries,” a 29-year-old in California wrote.
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Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
April 24, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Trump has ordered the US government to move forward with plans to mine the ocean floor an area nearly every other country considers off-limits to industrial exploitation. His executive order sidesteps a decades-old international treaty ratified by every major coastal nation except the United States.
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The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The staff of a program that helps millions of poor families keep the electricity on, in part so babies don’t die from extreme heat or cold, have all been fired.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
The office overseeing the enforcement of child support payments nationally has been hollowed out.
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🌊 From monitoring ocean health and seafood safety to providing critical forecasts and weather alerts, federal funding supports vital research that protects the public. Dive into #NOAAfunded research led by Scripps Oceanography. ⬇️ #BehindEveryBreakthrough @noaa.gov @ucsandiego.bsky.social
At UC San Diego, NOAA Collaboration Provides Backbone for Global Environmental Intelligence
Learn more about how NOAA support is critical for providing environmental intelligence necessary to keep the public safe, fisheries healthy, and Americans at large better prepared for extreme weather ...
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April 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
🌊 From monitoring ocean health and seafood safety to providing critical forecasts and weather alerts, federal funding supports vital research that protects the public. Dive into #NOAAfunded research led by Scripps Oceanography. ⬇️ #BehindEveryBreakthrough @noaa.gov @ucsandiego.bsky.social
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The EPA is firing employees focused on children’s health simply because their job descriptions include DEI. These 10 regional children’s health coordinators have worked closely with schools and local institutions to prevent and address environmental hazards that put kids at risk.
April 24, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The EPA is firing employees focused on children’s health simply because their job descriptions include DEI. These 10 regional children’s health coordinators have worked closely with schools and local institutions to prevent and address environmental hazards that put kids at risk.
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Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
With CDC injury prevention team gutted, 'we will not know what is killing us'
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
www.npr.org
April 21, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Workers who track data on car crashes, drownings, traumatic brain injury, falls in the elderly, and other perils lost their jobs. Advocates worry life-saving work will stop.
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Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
March 14, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Walz: I think they hate public education because it’s easier to run an authoritarian government if you don’t have a population that knows.
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NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
The Trump Administration Said These Aid Programs Saved Lives. It Canceled Them Anyway.
The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts...
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March 1, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW: The axing of some 10,000 programs has consigned untold numbers of children and refugees to death, officials say. Documents and interviews reveal that the State Department appears to have made the cuts without the careful review it described in court.
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
By Brett Murphy and @annamaria.bsky.social
On my easel today:
February 12, 2025 at 5:44 PM
On my easel today: