Kat Stafford
@katstafford.bsky.social
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Global Race and Justice Editor | Reuters UofM Knight-Wallace Fellowship alum Past: AP investigative race writer Detroit girl Send tips: [email protected]
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Reuters/Ipsos poll: Some 58% of Americans think the president should send armed troops only to face external threats, a sign of unease as President Donald Trump increasingly deploys National Guard troops to police American cities. www.reuters.com/world/us/mos...
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This is not normal, folks. Or is this the new normal?
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Same in central Vermont. Worst drought in their recorded history and 80 there today.
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Michigan is known for its beautiful fall leaves/color display. It’s not the same this year. Some trees have already lost all their leaves without even a bit of color. I thought it was purely anecdotal at first. Clearly not. A very dry year for us. www.freep.com/story/news/l...
'It's a bummer': Why metro Detroit's fall colors are so disappointing this year
Southeast Michigan is seeing less of its typical bright fall colors to start fall 2025, due in part to less rainfall, experts say.
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kristinacooke.bsky.social
I spoke to a Venezuelan woman who was arrested in this raid and later released with her 4yo son. She said agents broke down their door, pointed guns at them and made sexualized remarks about Venezuelan women. When she returned to her apartment it was boarded up and all her possessions were gone.
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Love this: All three vocalists told Reuters that rapper and Kendrick Lamar’s music had particularly impacted their musical styles. “His (Lamar’s) flow is insane, cadence, his way of writing, his way of vocal producing, I learned a lot from that,” Korean American singer & songwriter EJAE said.
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it’s challenging being a Black-owned newsroom during this time of anti-DEI and political attacks, but we persevere. that’s what our ancestors did.

if you can, consider making a contribution — big or small — to fuel our reporting on Chicago.

if you know a $$$ person in your life, spread the word.
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So much happening in the world that I just paused and ruminated on the fact that it was 84 degrees today .. in October … in Michigan. Definitely not the norm for a Michigan fall.
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“The absence of Black journalists doesn’t just harm us, it impoverishes the entire profession,” NABJ President Errin Haines declared. “When our voices are missing, stories go untold, perspectives go unchallenged, and the truth remains incomplete.”
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Pew Finds Just 6% of Journalists Are Black as Crisis Grows with Recent Firings
BLACKPRESSUSA NEWSWIRE — the Black voice is too often invited in only to be pushed out when it dares to speak of the nation’s truths. Attiah, the Post’s only Black female opinion writer, said she was ...
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NEW — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker just announced today that “In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard.”

This comes about a week after Pritzker first mentioned plans to deploy 100 troops. We wrote about that in the article below.
CHICAGO – Today, Illinois Governor JB Pritzker released the following statement following a request the Illinois National Guard received from the Trump Administration’s Department of War: ​ 

“This morning, the Trump Administration’s Department of War gave me an ultimatum: call up your troops, or we will. It is absolutely outrageous and un-American to demand a Governor send military troops within our own borders and against our will. ​ 

“In the coming hours, the Trump Administration intends to federalize 300 members of the Illinois National Guard. They will pull hardworking Americans out of their regular jobs and away from their families all to participate in a manufactured performance -- not a serious effort the protect public safety. For Donald Trump, this has never been about safety. This is about control. This demand follows unprecedented escalations of aggression against Illinois citizens and residents. Yesterday, Kristi Noem’s and Greg Bovino’s masked agents threw chemical agents near an elementary school, arrested elected officials exercising their First Amendment rights, and raided a Wal-Mart. None of it was in pursuit of justice, but all of it was in pursuit of social media videos. ​ 

“I want to be clear: there is no need for military troops on the ground in the State of Illinois. State, county, and local law enforcement have been working together and coordinating to ensure public safety around the Broadview ICE facility, and to protect people’s ability to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights. I will not call up our National Guard to further Trump’s acts of aggression against our people. 

“In Illinois, we will do everything within our power to look out for our neighbors, uphold the Constitution, and defend the rule of law.”
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We should be teaching journalism hand-in-hand with history, too.
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Journalism that fails to infuse a historically informed lens is akin to covering the smoke but never asking who lit the fire. History-centered journalism should be the framework within every newsroom.
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Love this. Are there instructions on how to do this?
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Journalism that fails to infuse a historically informed lens is akin to covering the smoke but never asking who lit the fire. History-centered journalism should be the framework within every newsroom.
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More Black Press recommendations: @thetriibe.com is always a must read but especially in this moment to understand what is happening on the ground in Chicago. Historical context +framing.
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NEW — Darius Fitzgerald, a security guard, was in the midst of a 10-hour shift at a BP gas station in Chicago’s East Garfield Park on Wednesday when he saw a Black man being chased by two federal agents.

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Security guard describes federal agents chasing Black man in East Garfield Park • The TRiiBE
Agents were also seen choking a Black man; DHS denies allegations.
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karenattiah.bsky.social
Columbia canceled my class on race and media, but I'm teaching the people anyway.

Oct. 5 is the *last day* to register for my online live + recorded classes on Race, Media & International Affairs!

We have more than 500 students enrolled. Let's gooo!

www.resistancesummerschool.com/fall-2025-re...
Fall Registration for Race, Media & International Affairs with Karen Attiah — Resistance Study Series
A virtual, seven week beginner and intermediate course on the history of race, mass media, and the modern world order.
www.resistancesummerschool.com
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Whenever someone asks me what is one media outlet I read or check everyday, it’s hands down @capitalb.bsky.social. The depth, framing and coverage choices are so good and necessary in this moment. Please follow and support the Black Press. There are many others, too.
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"One thing that the Black press has always tried to do is help uplift each other’s stories,” @phillewis.bsky.social said. “We can’t wait on other outlets to share the stories that we find important. So we rely on each other.”

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New Media Guide Aims to Close Coverage Gaps for Missing Black People
Driven by WABJ's Phil Lewis and Black and Missing Foundation's Natalie Wilson, advocates say equitable reporting could save lives.
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Reuters travelled to northern Cameroon - where the U.S. had played a leading role in the malaria response for nearly a decade - to document how Trump's sudden cuts are contributing to delayed malaria diagnoses, inadequate treatment and a growing number of deaths.

www.reuters.com/business/hea...
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Assata Shakur chronicled her arrest & injustices facing Black Americans in her memoir “Assata: An Autobiography.”
In it, she wrote:
“It is our duty to fight for our freedom.
It is our duty to win.
We must love each other and support each other.
We have nothing to lose but our chains.”
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Assata Shakur, one of the most consequential Black political revolutionaries and writers of her time and enemy of the U.S. government until her last breath, died September 25.
Assata Shakur, who wrote and fought for Black liberation, dies at 78
She was a member of the Black Liberation Army and the FBI’s first Most Wanted woman.
19thnews.org
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“Severance" actor Tramell Tillman has won the Emmy for outstanding supporting actor in a drama series. He is the first Black man ever to win the award #Emmys
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Black journalists in particular have made the case for historically informed reporting for years. It’s crucial to understand the deep retrenchment and targeting of civil rights and “DEI.” Historians note any perceived racial progress has always been met with backlash in America.