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Jon Collins

@jcollins.bsky.social
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Journalist, currently @MPRNews. '25 Nieman fellow. Co-creator of Peabody-winning 74 Seconds podcast. Victory gardener. Minneapolis. Joncollinsjournalism.com

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Keri Blakinger @keribla.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
BREAKING: Christa Pike is now awake and talking, per her attorneys:
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NPR @npr.org · 07/10/2026
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried. n.pr/4zauALa
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Over 1,000 children are buried at juvenile detention centers nationwide
Researchers uncovered the graves of more than 1,000 children next to juvenile detention facilities in 29 states. At one Maryland gravesite, 230 Black boys are buried.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
“ICE never left. Things became less public, became less of a spectacle, but immigrants are still being targeted and persecuted,” Barham said. “And from rumors I'm hearing, things I've seen, I suspect that they're about to amp up again.” story via Cait Kelley www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Harrowing story of a couple separated by federal immigration agents: “They threw him to the ground like he was some kind of hardened criminal...They put a knee on his back and started kicking and beating him while he was already on the ground.” Via Regina Medina www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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Minneapolis family shares story of ‘violent’ ICE detainment and 10 months of separation
About 3,700 people were arrested by federal law enforcement in Minnesota during Operation Metro Surge. For one family, the resulting family separation has caused financial and emotional stress.
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Billy Hanlon @bhanlon15.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
MPR: 'Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic' 'Operation Metro Surge officially ended in Minnesota, but attorneys say federal agents have simply adapted and shifted tactics since last winter' www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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Catch, release, catch: Inside ICE's new 'farce' tactic
Multiple immigration detainees in Minnesota have been ordered released by federal judges only for them to be immediately re-detained by immigration officers at the doors of the Whipple Federal buildin...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Icymi, I spoke to author @brian-goldstone.bsky.social about his Pulitzer-winning book, ‘There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America.' It's amazing journalism that illuminates the tension at the heart of our society -- many people aren't paid enough to live. share.google/1DZNPcBxv98S...
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‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings security
The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Oops. The correct tag is @brian-goldstone.bsky.social!
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Aaron Mendelson @amendelson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"There Is No Place For Us" is one of the best works of nonfiction I've read in a long time — if you're considering reading it, this interview by @jcollins.bsky.social with author @briangoldstone.bsky.social is a good starting point
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"There are so many languishing in a manufactured invisibility...The ending for those millions of men, women and children remains to be written. [I hope] readers will not just finish the book feeling sad, but they will feel empowered to demand that the suffering end." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings security
The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@briangoldstone.bsky.social: "These circumstances are not God-given; they are not somehow natural. This isn't a Greek tragedy where these families are just struck with this unforeseen malady. Each of the circumstances documented in the book are utterly preventable." www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings security
The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@briangoldstone.bsky.social on the 'working homeless:' "It explodes our ideas about meritocracy — it explodes the American dream. If in the richest nation on the planet, a full-time job or multiple jobs still can't get you a roof overhead, then what is going on?" www.mprnews.org/story/2026/1...
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‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings security
The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
It was a huge honor to talk with @briangoldstone.bsky.social, author of the amazing and heartbreaking "There is No Place for Us." I have a little review tacked onto the top of our conversation, but it's a stunning work that exposes the suffering we tolerate among our fellow citizens. (1)
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So grateful to @jcollins.bsky.social for this interview. It was an especially raw conversation, coming just a day after I learned that Maurice had died. "They are working and working and working some more, and it still isn't enough... There are so many languishing in a manufactured invisibility."
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‘There is No Place for Us’ tests America's promise that hard work brings security
The Pulitzer Prize-winning nonfiction narrative “There Is No Place for Us: Working and Homeless in America” follows five families around Atlanta as they seek to keep a roof over their heads and their ...
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Beth Hawkins @bethhawkins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
ICYMI 👇 And new today: MN lawmakers read it and have vowed action
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After 74 Investigation, Minnesota Senators Seek Law Regulating Autism Therapy
Lawmakers target private-equity firms that are turning huge profits by providing applied behavior analysis to children as young as 2.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 02/10/2026
The Minneapolis City Council narrowly approved an ordinance to require human safety monitors in driverless rideshare vehicles on a 7-6 vote. It's not enough support to overcome a veto, which Mayor Jacob Frey has said he will give.
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Minneapolis council approves robotaxi regulation, mayor pledges veto
Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey plans to veto an ordinance narrowly approved by the Minneapolis City Council today that would require human monitors in driverless rideshare vehicles.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'd just like to remind people fighting in my comments that a significant portion of accounts posting inflammatory statements on whatever side are likely bots. That's just gonna become more and more true. It's not worth boiling your blood about it.
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Will Sommer @willsommer.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Ben Shapiro’s Daily Wire is quietly shooting a pro-ICE movie that dramatizes the Renee Good killing. We got the script. My latest False Flag for @thebulwark.com www.thebulwark.com/p/daily-wire...
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The Daily Wire Is Quietly Shooting a Pro-ICE Movie. We Got the Script.
Locals aren’t happy about the film’s take on the ICE shooting of Renée Good.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good’s brother Brent Ganger: ”I stand here with fierce determination to do what is right for my sister, for her children, and our country. That is to insist on accountability. What happened to her on Jan. 7th and what’s happened to far too many people in the last year is not what America is about.”
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Attorney Antonio Romanucci on Renee Good lawsuits: "We will work tirelessly to ensure that the rule of law does prevail. That democracy doesn't die. That our country moves forward under its principles, and we will ensure that our civil rights are preserved in the name of Renee Good."
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good family attorneys sue fed officials/agents under the KKK Act. Attorney Ben Berkman: "Renee's death was the predictable result of a coordinated campaign by senior administration officials, a campaign to silence Somali and Hispanic Minnesotans and to silence anyone who dared to raise their voice."
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Becca Good: "No child show grow up without a parent. No one should lose their sister or their daughter. No one should have to live without their soulmate...True accountability and change is the only way to make sure no family has to go through what we have."
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Becca Good spoke publicly: ”I'm devastated by how many other lives have been destroyed, in this the darkest of times. From so many families dealing with the loss of their owned loved ones, to everyone who has to witness it, the pain of this moment extends so far beyond our family." (cont)
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 29/09/2026
The claim says Williams didn’t threaten or resist agents on Jan. 7 but was held down, slammed into the ground and choked. During the drive to Whipple Federal Building, Williams says agents laughed about Renee Good’s killing earlier that morning and said, “hopefully we don’t have to kill you, too.”
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Roosevelt High teacher files federal claim over violent detention by agents
Roosevelt High School teacher Quentin Williams has filed a claim against the federal government alleging agents violently detained him, falsely accused him of assault and violated his civil rights.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The Roosevelt High School teacher who was tackled, choked and charged with felony by feds on school grounds just hours after Renee Good's killing has taken a preliminary step in filing a lawsuit against the federal government. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Roosevelt High teacher files federal claim over violent detention by agents
Roosevelt High School teacher Quentin Williams has filed a claim against the federal government alleging agents violently detained him, falsely accused him of assault and violated his civil rights.
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Texas Tribune @texastribune.org · 28/09/2026
Breaking: The Texas Tribune has identified the ICE agent who witnesses say fired through an open van window and killed 52-year-old Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston nearly three months ago.
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ICE agent who shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston identified
The federal government has withheld his identification, even as major state and local law enforcement agencies across the country typically identify officers involved in shootings on the job soon afte...
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Brian Goldstone @brian-goldstone.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
This story brought me back to Kara, one of the mothers in my book, There Is No Place for Us. She was homeless with her four kids while driving for DoorDash. They had to pee in bottles so bathroom stops wouldn't make her late. After gas, she earned $6.50 an hour—75 cents less than the minimum wage.
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MPR News @mprnews.org · 26/09/2026
Adam Abdullah first spoke with MPR News on Sept. 8, during one of the 10-minute calls he was allowed each day from the prison at the U.S. naval base.
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Man arrested in St. Paul among 8 deported to Somalia from Guantanamo Bay
U.S. immigration authorities on Thursday deported a group of eight Somali men who’d been held for about a month at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Among them was Adam Abdullah, 31, who has no criminal record an...
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Minnesota Reformer @minnesotareformer.com · 24/09/2026
International human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of ICE for the first time in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump administration’s immigration operations.
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Amnesty International calls for abolition of ICE for the first time in new report • Minnesota Reformer
International human rights organization Amnesty International has called for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in a new report alleging human rights abuses in the Trump adminis...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New Wind. It's got some great stuff but moves in a more poppy direction. This new reissue includes an expanded version by Ian MacKaye. It puts the record squarely in the post-hardcore era.
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Robert Downen @robertdownen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‼️ Weeks before midterms, Texas election officials have discovered that an unknown number of voter registration applications havent been processed due to an error by the DPS. The Texas Association of County Elected Officials say number could be "tens of thousands" - much of them in urban areas.
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Error means unknown number of Texas voter registrations haven’t been processed yet
It’s unknown how many prospective voters have been affected.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The Minneapolis council committee voted to delay approval of a proposed new contract for the city's BCR program, which provides unarmed mental health responders for people in crisis. Council members want to see the actual contact and a plan to prevent service gaps. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Minneapolis plans new provider for behavioral crisis response program
Minneapolis plans to change providers and expand its behavioral crisis response program, raising questions about the transition and compliance with court-ordered reforms.
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Drew Harwell @drewharwell.com · 23/09/2026
Five cops in Indianapolis were just criminally charged with abusing Flock to spy on their ex-wives, their wives' ex-partners and women they met on duty. Audit was triggered by us at the @washingtonpost.com, the prosecutor said. From last month: wapo.st/4yfNHng
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I almost got run over three times today. People are wild during a waxing gibbous.
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Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 23/09/2026
A federal judge on Wednesday said she’ll hear high-stakes oral arguments next week in the controversial “Broadview Six” case against a group of immigration protesters.
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Judge sets high-stakes arguments in ‘Broadview Six’ sanctions request for Oct. 1
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Good context here.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A committee of the Minneapolis City Council will be hearing more about the proposed contract this afternoon. You can watch it live here! www.youtube.com/live/905TqWt...
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September 23, 2026 Public Health, Safety & Equity Committee
YouTube video by cityofminneapolis
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This BCR program, which provides an alternative to armed police, is key to Minneapolis' consent decree with the state Department of Human Rights. It was also part of the federal consent decree until that was dropped by the Trump admin. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Minneapolis plans new provider for behavioral crisis response program
Minneapolis plans to change providers and expand its behavioral crisis response program, raising questions about the transition and compliance with court-ordered reforms.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If the council approves the contract, the new provider, Arizona-based Community Bridges, will get $5.9 million over two years starting in January. (4) www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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Minneapolis plans new provider for behavioral crisis response program
Minneapolis plans to change providers and expand its behavioral crisis response program, raising questions about the transition and compliance with court-ordered reforms.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Minneapolis' BCR program has been heralded for its nonviolent responses, successful de-escalation and freeing up cops to focus on more urgent calls. They're dispatched by 911. I wrote about them a couple years ago (3): www.mprnews.org/story/2024/0...
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Minneapolis at forefront of alternatives to policing, mental health crisis response
Since 2021, the city of Minneapolis has expanded its Behavioral Crisis Response unit to include dozens of staff working 24/7.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Canopy Roots, the Black-owned company that helped launch the city's BCR program says they hope the new provider will take on their 60 or so employees. (3)
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
City leaders are expanding the scope of the program to send responders to more "livability" calls. They'll also base more crisis responders out of city firehouses. (2) share.google/S6pGIS0n6kXk...
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Minneapolis plans new provider for behavioral crisis response program
Minneapolis plans to change providers and expand its behavioral crisis response program, raising questions about the transition and compliance with court-ordered reforms.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Minneapolis city leaders have chosen a new company to run the city's pioneering crisis response teams, which were created in the wake of George Floyd's killing to provide unarmed mental health responders to people in crisis. (1) share.google/S6pGIS0n6kXk...
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Minneapolis plans new provider for behavioral crisis response program
Minneapolis plans to change providers and expand its behavioral crisis response program, raising questions about the transition and compliance with court-ordered reforms.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
They finally found what AI is good for. www.forbes.com/sites/thomas...
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Massive AI-Fueled Hack Hit 100 Companies In Days
Anthropic, DeepSeek and Moonshot AI agents carried out a wide-ranging cyberattack, obtaining 600,000+ credit card numbers in just a few days. It’s a worrying new milestone in cybercrime.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Gift link: "[T]he bullet, which was lodged near his spine, was not removed at the hospital where he was taken because a doctor said that agents from Immigration and Customs Enforcement were in a hurry to transport him." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/21/u...
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Man Shot by ICE Agent Says His Car Was Struck Twice Before He Was Shot (Gift Article)
A Venezuelan immigrant, Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, was shot in Austin, Texas, on Sunday after a traffic stop. The shooting prompted calls from local officials for a transparent investigation.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20/09/2026
BREAKING: An ICE agent shoots and wounds a man in Austin, Texas, officials say.
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ICE agent shoots and wounds man in Austin, Texas, officials say
A local official says a federal immigration agent has shot and wounded a man in Austin, Texas. City Councilmember Mike Siegel says the Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer rammed the man’s car then got out of his federal vehicle and opened fire at least five times.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 19/09/2026
Journalists from CNN, MS NOW and Politico were denied entry to the White House on Saturday. First Amendment experts condemned President Trump’s ban on the news outlets as unconstitutional. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/09...
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
She wanted the second line of her obituary to acknowledge her role as a shop steward for SAG-AFTRA, the union that represents NPR's editorial workers. She wanted the line to say that her "proudest achievement" was helping convince NPR to increase its paid parental leave. www.npr.org/2026/09/18/n...
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Editor Rose Friedman, who helped shape NPR's cultural coverage, dies at 38
Friedman was in her early 20s when she landed her first position as an editorial assistant at NPR. She became an editor and reporter, and a co-creator of the annual Books We Love reading guide.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
A federal immigration agent who shot and wounded a man in north Minneapolis this winter pleaded not guilty in federal court in St. Paul on Friday to charges of lying to the FBI. www.mprnews.org/story/2026/0...
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ICE agent pleads not guilty to lying to FBI charge; bail set at $75,000
Federal immigration agent Christian Castro is also facing state assault charges stemming from the Jan. 14 shooting of a Minneapolis man.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"A Microsoft executive called the training of artificial intelligence models the 'largest theft of labor in human history,' [and] 'an astonishing theft of unprecedented proportions.'" www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
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Microsoft exec called AI the ‘largest theft of labor’ in history, court records show
The quote headlined an unsealed document in the New York Times’s copyright case against Microsoft and OpenAI.
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Jon Collins @jcollins.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"Last month, masked and armed Border Patrol agents escorted a group of contractors through the reservation to do survey work at the planned wall site." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/17/u...
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For a Border Tribe, Trump’s Wall Is a Betrayal: ‘They Want to Erase Us’
An escalating confrontation on Native land southwest of Tucson threatens to upend decades of uneasy cooperation between the Tohono O’odham Nation and the United States.
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