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Robert Gerhardt
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Photojournalist | Journalist, Blind Magazine | Freelance Arts Writer, New York Amsterdam News | Former Columnist, Hong Kong Free Press | Member FCC HK | Member NPPA
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month.

#CAIR #Florida

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Florida governor declares Muslim civil rights group a terrorist organization
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has designated one of the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy groups in the U.S. a “foreign terrorist organization,” following a similar step by Texas last month.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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The U.S. State Department is instructing its staff to reject visa applications from people who worked on fact-checking, content moderation or other activities the Trump administration considers "censorship" of Americans' speech.

#StateDepartment #Visa #Trump

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State Department to deny visas to fact checkers and others, citing 'censorship'
The order is focused on applicants for H-1B visas, which are frequently used by tech companies and is part of a campaign by the Trump administration against online content moderation.
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December 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements

The government is pushing hard to raise turnout in an election overshadowed by a deadly fire and public anger over safety lapses and official accountability.

#HongKong #election #China

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Hong Kong Holds Vote as Officials Move Against ‘Anti-China’ Elements
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December 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists

The authorities accused “some foreign media” of smearing the government’s response to a fire at a high-rise complex, saying: “Do not say you have not been warned.”

#HongKong #China

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China’s National Security Office in Hong Kong Summons Foreign Journalists
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December 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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‘Don’t say we didn’t warn you’: China’s national security office in Hong Kong summons international media

Senior journalists from several major outlets were summoned by the Office for Safeguarding National Security

#HongKong #freepress #pressfreedom #China #media

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China's nat. sec office in Hong Kong summons international media
China's national security agency in HK summoned international media representatives for a "regulatory talk" on Saturday, saying some had spread false information and smeared the gov't in recent report...
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December 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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National Parks Now Free on Trump’s Birthday, but Not on Black Holidays

Donald Trump’s war on Black history continues.

#Trump #nationalparks

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National Parks Now Free on Trump’s Birthday, but Not on Black Holidays
Donald Trump’s war on Black history continues.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:29 AM
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San Diego Agrees to Pay $30 Million to Family of Teen Killed by Police

Konoa Wilson was 16 when he was fatally shot. The settlement, one of the largest in a police killing, surpasses the $27 million paid to the family of George Floyd.

#SanDiego #police

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San Diego Agrees to Pay $30 Million to Family of Teen Killed by Police
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December 6, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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White House Escalates Trump Attacks on Press With ‘Media Offenders’ Website and Tipline

#WhiteHouse #Trump #media #freepress #pressfreedom

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White House Launches ‘Media Offenders’ Site and Tipline
The website marks the latest escalation of Trump’s attacks on the media.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights

The lawsuit said the Defense Department’s new set of rules for journalists “violates the Constitution’s guarantees of due process, freedom of speech and freedom of the press.”

#NYTimes #Pentagon #freepress

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New York Times Sues Pentagon Over First Amendment Rights
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December 4, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The Hong Kong Fire: A Crisis in the National Security Era

The authorities quickly arrested critics demanding accountability, signaling an expansive use of the security law to silence dissent over nonpolitical tragedies.

#HongKong #HongKongFire

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The Hong Kong Fire: A Crisis in the National Security Era
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December 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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2025 in Reuters Pictures

A Visual Chronicle of the Year’s Most Memorable Moments

#photojournalism #photography

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2025 in Reuters Pictures
A Visual Chronicle of the Year’s Most Memorable Moments
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December 1, 2025 at 3:13 AM
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White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories

Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism

#Trump #WhiteHouse #journalism #journalists #freepress #pressfreedom

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White House launches website to excoriate media for ‘biased’ stories
Trump administration lists reporting it objects to in latest escalation of attacks on US journalism
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December 1, 2025 at 12:21 AM
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Don McCullin: Wars have left me with no faith in humanity

The celebrated photographer has said the conflicts he has seen over his 60-year career have led him to believe his life’s work has been a waste of time

#photojournalism #war

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Don McCullin: Wars have left me with no faith in humanity
The celebrated photographer has said the conflicts he has seen over his 60-year career have led him to believe his life’s work has been a waste of time
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November 25, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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Oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre dies at 111 years old

Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN.

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Oldest living survivor of Tulsa Race Massacre dies at 111 years old | CNN
Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, died at 111 years old Monday, her grandson Ike Howard told CNN.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:49 AM
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January

Greene, who was elected in 2020, positioned herself as a die-hard Trump supporter until a series of recent ruptures with the president

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #Georgia

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January
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November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Al Rockoff’s War Is Still Being Fought

Rockoff, who risked his life to photograph the brutality of the Khmer Rouge, has struggled ever since. Now he says his historic negatives have been taken from him.

#photojournalism #Cambodia #KhmerRouge

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Al Rockoff’s War Is Still Being Fought
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal

Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

#Signal #immigration #FBI #ICE #NYPD

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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Human Drama Affects Many at U.S. Immigration Facility

A security guard’s reaction at the sight of a family’s anguish produces a heart-wrenching image

#Immigration #ICE

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Human Drama Affects Many at U.S. Immigration Facility - Nieman Reports
A security guard’s reaction at the sight of a family’s anguish produces a heart-wrenching image, captured by Carol Guzy
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Trump called her work ‘genius’. Now this artist documents his deportation push

#Immigration #ICE

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Trump called her work ‘genius’. Now this artist documents his deportation push
Courtroom sketch artist Isabelle Brourman is the only person documenting the daily drama unfolding in New York City's immigration courtrooms.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Scrappy and underpaid, LA’s independent reporters risk it all to cover the ICE beat

Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year

#LA #journalism #journalists #freepress #pressfreedom

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Scrappy and underpaid, LA's independent reporters risk it all to cover the ICE beat
Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year—more than double the city's 2020 BLM protest total, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges

The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.

#HBCU #college #education

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MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges
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November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year

#Bangladesh #SheikhHasina

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity
Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year
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November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

#HongKong #JimmyLai #freepress #pressfreedom #China #Beijing

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The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai
How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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He Patrolled the Neighborhoods Where His Sons Were Drawn into Violence

Despite Adlone Morris's best attempts, he couldn't keep his sons from joining a gang as teenagers. Now they all work to make Detroit safer.

#Detroit

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He Patrolled the Neighborhoods Where His Sons Were Drawn into Violence
Despite Adlone Morris's best attempts, he couldn't keep his sons from joining a gang as teenagers. Now they all work to make Detroit safer.
www.thetrace.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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‘Never Forgot Me’: How a Monk’s Supporters Helped Him Survive Prison

U Pyinya Zawta fled political persecution in Myanmar and has settled in Buffalo.

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/n...
‘Never Forgot Me’: How a Monk’s Supporters Helped Him Survive Prison
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November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM