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Francisco Goldman's writing has meant so much to so many of us. Read this interview with him in Public Books. It covers so much of interest to anyone thinking about the U.S.-Latin America nexus, and American, Latino, and Latin American literature.
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🚨 @ProPublica is hiring a senior editor for our Local Reporting Network to lead 5 projects at newsrooms around the country.

About the gig:
🙋🏾‍♀️5+ years in accountability reporting/editing req'd
📌Remote Friendly in US
💰$150K-$195K +benefits

Apply: grnh.se/c34695126us

Port-au-Prince security crisis has made it virtually impossible for supplies to reach at least 58,000 children suffering from severe wasting in the metropolitan area, head of UNICEF tells United Nations Security Council. Estimated 15K children suffering from malnutrition at risk of death.

Her mother was already dead when she was born nytimes.com/2024/04/22/wor…

New: Senate Veterans’ Affairs Chair Calls for More Mental Health Care Providers in Rural Areas propublica.org/article/vetera…

Wow: The State Department is going to ban aid to an IDF unit — only after ProPublica reported that for months it ignored an internal human rights panel recommending such action.

But what if the story was never published?
And how can the U.S. send $26 billion more to Israel now?

Apply!

Every year Lena V. Groeger and I each teach a class, and getting to spend time with the Data Institute students is always one of the most inspiring and rewarding things I get to do.

The Data Institute began because Sisi Wei & Lena V. Groeger saw an equity gap in training for data journalism. The intensive, free workshop has helped nearly 100 journalists since 2016, and this year’s program is July 8-19 in DC. Apply by April 25: cjddatainstitute.org

The change comes after reporting from ProPublica, The Texas Tribune and Military Times revealed that hundreds of soldiers charged with offenses like sexual assault and domestic violence left the Army without facing courts-martial. propublica.org/article/us-arm…

In a huge breakthrough in workplace safety, #OSHA has just posted details of 860K worker injuries and illnesses occurring in 2023 in establishments with 100+ workers.

My gratitude to the dedicated OSHA_DOL staff who made this happen. 1/
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This is an incredibly painful story to read. Damning reporting from Nicole Carr & Mike Jordan. that shows the secret thoughts of some powerful and successful people, including that “insidious belief that ‘black’ people are beneath them and not worthy of being hired”

New: Blinken has known for months his own experts concluded multiple Israeli units should be disqualified from U.S. aid for flagrant human rights abuses.

And for months, he's sat on those recommendations. 'They've been sitting in his briefcase.' propublica.org/article/israel…

When I was a kid, my dad gave me the talk: and by that I mean, he sat me down and told me the story of Prop 187. It’s hard to overstate how profoundly that law changed Latino life in California. Is the same about to happen in Texas?

For The Atlantic:

theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

The Data Institute began because Sisi Wei & Lena V. Groeger saw an equity gap in training for data journalism. The intensive, free workshop has helped nearly 100 journalists since 2016, and this year’s program is July 8-19 in DC.

Apply by April 25! cjddatainstitute.org

What a loss to the Miami Herald alumni community. Al Chardy, the reporter who broke the Iran-Contra affair, a great reporter and kind soul, died at 72.
miamiherald.com/news/local/obi…

Milwaukee! Journal Sentinel's Public Investigator team wants to know what you think we should be reporting on!🔎 Join Quinn Clark, Gina Castro and I for a community listening session TOMORROW at Cactus Club
📰 All ages welcome! Free food will be served.

For many, the deaths of 6 men in the collapse of Scott Key Bridge is a reminder of the dangers that immigrant workers face every day. So I recently spent time with construction workers in Baltimore to hear about the hard but necessary jobs they do. NPR
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