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Lauren Sandler

@laurensandler.bsky.social
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Journalist, author, jaywalker. Books: THIS IS ALL I GOT, ONE AND ONLY, RIGHTEOUS. Next up: AMERICAN PROPHECY. Thought I'd finally join Twitter.

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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
THIS IS ALL I GOT is “an intimately reported story that possesses the narrative urgency of great fiction, fueled both by authentic rage at the brutality of American governing systems–the lack of a safety net for the most vulnerable–and by a novelist’s attunement to character, dialogue, and place.”
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
"They estimated 64,260 deaths due to traumatic injury during this period, about 41% higher than the official Palestinian Health Ministry count. The study said 59.1% were women, children and people over the age of 65. It did not provide an estimate of Palestinian combatants among the dead."
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Gaza war toll likely significantly undercounts deaths, says study
An official Palestinian tally of direct deaths in the Israel-Hamas war likely undercounted the number of casualties by 41% through the middle of 2024 as the Gaza Strip's healthcare infrastructure unravelled, according to a study published on Thursday.
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David Sirota @davidsirota.com · 09/01/2025
NEWS: Amid the climate crisis, California has preserved a costly tax loophole for fossil fuel giants as the state faced deficits & cuts to wildfire preparedness — including cuts to LA’’s fire department.
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How Big Oil Hindered The Fight Against L.A.’s Wildfires
California’s oil and gas companies avoided paying billions of dollars in taxes that could have been used to fight the inferno.
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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Incarcerated people make up a third of CA’s firefighting force, earning “between $2.90 and $5 a day … slightly more when actively fighting a fire.” When compared to professionals: 4x more likely to be injured. 8x more likely to suffer from smoke inhalation. www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-...
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The History of California's Inmate Firefighter Program
The initiative, which finds prisoners working as first responders and rescuers, dates back to the 1940s
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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Jimmy Carter, a visionary on ending fossil fuels, put solar panels on the White House. Big Oil-backed Ronald Reagan ousted Carter in 1980 and ripped them out Tonight, as Carter lies in in state in the Capitol, a climate-fueled wildfire is destroying Reagan's former hometown of Pacific Palisades
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Nina Turner @ninaturner.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
Musk’s wealth in 2012: $2 Billion Musk’s wealth in 2024: $447 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2012: $18 Billion Bezos’s wealth in 2024: $249 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2012: $44 Billion Zuckerberg’s wealth in 2024: $224 Billion Minimum wage in 2012: $7.25 Minimum wage in 2024: $7.25
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
“Dissidents are born out of this choice: either assert their authentic selves or accept the authoritarian’s mafioso bargain, safety and protection…. “a blend of boldness and despair in the same mind and the same person.”” @galbeckerman.bsky.social wrote exactly what I’ve needed for 2025.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Went to Sunset Blvd. last night for my 50th (belated), to find that in this 2024 production, washed-up, forgotten Norma Desmond is now... 40.
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Books Against Borders @againstborders.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Rest in Power Nikki Giovanni. Here is her iconic conversation with James Baldwin in full. www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4OP...
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James Baldwin and Nikki Giovanni "A Conversation". Full Broadcast Video
YouTube video by LoVetta Jenkins (Chatty Passenger)
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
"Officers were ordered to take Mangione alive."
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
It’s a weird day for me on this site as an ardent supporter of trans rights — and Jesse Singal’s cousin.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
That Emma Goldman aphorism about revolution? THIS IS IT.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Cosign.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Undoubtedly the soundtrack to my new book.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
You can't understand vociferous Christian support for Israel unless you understand its role in the last days. Preparing the Kingdom for Jesus drives education policy. Climate change events prove the end is nigh. I cannot emphasize enough how much end-times thinking is driving US politics.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
For obvious reasons, it’s the perfect day to watch @brettstory.bsky.social’s UNION, a character-driven, suspenseful David and Goliath film about NY workers organizing at Amazon. Streaming through Tuesday only. Up for a Gotham award. See if it changes how you shop.
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Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Texas’ maternal mortality committee will skip over analyzing deaths from 2022 and 2023. Those just so happen to be the first two years after the state passed a total abortion ban. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
washingtonpost.com
Texas committee won’t examine maternal deaths in first years after abortion ban
The largest state with an abortion ban, Texas can offer broader insight into the impact of abortion laws than any other state in the country.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
When I started reporting on the Christian Right 25 years ago, this rhetoric existed at the fringes. Now it's in charge of the US Dept. of Defense.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I've been waiting for this one.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
I just delivered my draft of AMERICAN PROPHECY: ONE FAMILY, TWO NATIONS, AND A WORLD ON FIRE. It's the story of an influential Christian nationalist pastor, his leftist kids, and how we have ended up at this moment in history. A marathon ending (for now) in a sprint, and feeling worth it.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Nothing quite like silencing Jews for our views on Israel and Palestine, especially when Germany does it.
nytimes.com
Nan Goldin Challenges Germany on What Artists Can Say About Israel
A speech by the artist at an exhibition of her work was followed by protests from her supporters and an uproar in the news media.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
I've been thinking a lot in the wake of the election about this remarkable @nybooks.com essay by Marilynne Robinson, about what Democrats and liberals miss when we disregard veterans and military families in the political discourse. A missing piece in so much *what happened* hand-wringing.
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Agreeing to Our Harm | Marilynne Robinson
We ignore at our peril the rage that animates Trump voters and threatens Biden’s chances this fall.
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
This weekend I moderated a conversation with Lana Wilson about her nuanced and humane film AFTER TILLER. It's a model of a different way to tell stories about abortion and the people committed to providing it -- and it made me want to go to medical school. You can watch it for free on Tubi.
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After Tiller (2013)
After Tiller intimately explores the highly controversial subject of third-trimester abortions in the wake of the 2009 assassination of practitioner Dr. George Tiller. The procedure is now performed b...
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Lauren Sandler @laurensandler.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Instantly regret not choosing the handle Frau Blüchsky.
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