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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

NEW from me: A Q&A for the @bostonglobe.com magazine with the one and only Felix Contreras, creator of NPR's Alt.Latino and curator of Latin and Latin American music for the widely popular Tiny Desk. #HispanicHeritageMonth #HHM www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/08/m...

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From the (tiny) desk of NPR’s Felix Contreras - The Boston Globe

‘Latin music isn’t a genre; it’s a conversation about identity happening in real time, across borders and across cultures.’

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WIRED @wired.com · 02/09/2026

Meet the AI police who can make or break careers—in publishing and beyond. www.wired.com/story/pangra...

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Pangram Has Emerged as the Gold Standard of AI Detection. Should You Trust It?

Meet the AI police who can make or break careers—in publishing and beyond.

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A powerful incumbent, a crowded open seat, a lawmaker facing federal charges, and a 41-vote rematch make these the legislative races to watch in Massachusetts on Tuesday. MY LATEST @globeopinion.bsky.social column: www.bostonglobe.com/2026/09/01/o... #Massachusetts #mapoli #bospoli

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The four races I’m watching Tuesday night - The Boston Globe

A powerful incumbent, a crowded open seat, a lawmaker facing federal charges, and a 41-vote rematch make these the legislative races to watch on Tuesday.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

PLYMOUTH, Mass. (AP) — Judge tells Lindsay Clancy jury to keep deliberating after it says it is unable to come to a unanimous decision.

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Mike Masnick @masnick.com · 30/08/2026

Lack of transparency is definitely a problem here, but many of the examples are people saying shit they would have said anyway. But THIS example looks like someone changing his tune on Steyer right after Steyer gave him a bunch of money...

In February, Mr. Greene said that Mr. Steyer “isn’t the progressive champion you might think” because of his investments in detention facilities.

In May, around the same time that he received $21,500 from Mr. Steyer’s campaign, Mr. Greene shifted his support to Mr. Steyer. He called Mr. Steyer “the most progressive viable candidate in the race,” adding that it was “my opinion.”

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest is on #DollyParton, motherhood, and my diamond engagement ring: Dolly Parton never became a mother, and yet she mothered millions anyway — and showed the rest of us that a legacy doesn’t require descendants. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/28/o... #Dolly

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On Dolly Parton, motherhood, and my diamond engagement ring - The Boston Globe

She never became a mother, and yet she mothered millions anyway — and showed the rest of us that a legacy doesn’t require descendants.

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 27/08/2026

DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover. Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing. 👂 Listen to the full episode:

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The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building

Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

My NEW @globeopinion.bsky.social column: Why is Rachael Rollins casting Michelle Wu as Boston’s Trump? In the Suffolk DA’s race, Rollins is tying Kevin Hayden to the mayor to court voters frustrated with the Wu administration. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/18/o...

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Why is Rachael Rollins casting Michelle Wu as Boston’s Trump? - The Boston Globe

In the Suffolk DA’s race, Rollins is tying Kevin Hayden to the mayor to court voters frustrated with the Wu administration.

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

My new @globeopinion.bsky.social column is about the new immigrant protections law that Mass. Governor Maura Healey signed last week. Healey called it "the strongest law in the country" — but is it? www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/18/o...

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The truth about the ICE law Healey just signed - The Boston Globe

What the PROTECT Act actually does — and doesn’t do.

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Jazmine Ulloa @jazmineulloa.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

On the week of the El Paso shooting anniversary, caught up with @marcelagarcia.bsky.social and my former newsroom family at the @bostonglobe.com to talk about the city, returning home, and the stories that shaped the book. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/07/o...

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El Paso is the country’s overlooked immigration anchor - The Boston Globe

Jazmine Ulloa, a former Boston Globe reporter, discusses her new book about how El Paso, not Ellis Island, is the country's true immigration gateway.

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 05/08/2026

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com Nicaragua’s regime already oversees virtually every institution capable of influencing electoral outcomes, writes Gioconda Belli. “So why abandon even the fiction of free elections?”

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Opinion | What Do Dictators Fear Most? Just Ask Nicaragua.

Nicaragua shows what happens when even dictators fear a rigged election.

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

MY LATEST is on the border lesson Trump is missing in #Ceuta: The president seized on the brief migration surge in Spain to warn of an ‘invasion’ at the US-Mexico border, but the reality is far more complicated. @globeopinion.bsky.social www.bostonglobe.com/2026/08/03/o...

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The border lesson Trump misses in Ceuta, Spain - The Boston Globe

Trump seized on a brief migration surge in Spain to warn of an “invasion” at America’s southern border. The reality is far more complicated.

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Jonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Legislative experience and lived experience are better qualifiers for office than self-funding and privileged family connections. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/28/o...

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Tram Nguyen is being outspent. Don’t count her out. - The Boston Globe

Tram Nguyen is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections.

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 28/07/2026

65,765 people were in ICE detention as of July 11, in ICE's first data since April. Arrests hit a record 1,474 a day, and the largest group in custody has no criminal history at all. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

My @globeopinion.bsky.social latest: Tram Nguyen is being outspent in the MA-06 race. Don’t count her out. The Vietnamese immigrant is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections. www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/28/o...

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Tram Nguyen is being outspent. Don’t count her out. - The Boston Globe

Tram Nguyen is betting that women voters, her refugee story, and a legislative record can beat money and political connections.

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Gregg Gonsalves @gregggonsalves.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

In the @bostonglobe.com from colleagues @ryanenos.bsky.social and @stevelevitsky.bsky.social, in a very welcome show of support for #Yale faculty, students and alumni who are fighting to keep our leaders from caving to Mr. Trump. #YaleDontCave www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/27/o...

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Yale shouldn’t cut a deal with Trump - The Boston Globe

Yale should resist rather than negotiate away its independence.

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Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

It is genuinely bizarre that we’ve become acclimatized to right wingers throwing a tantrum every time a black person (particularly a black woman) is cast in something, but are also supposed to pretend that this is not racism but related to some other substantive concern.

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EL PAÍS @elpais.com · 25/07/2026

Siete periodistas asesinados en siete meses en México: “Los matan porque se puede”. El crimen más reciente revela la impunidad que impera en delitos contra la prensa y expone la vulnerabilidad de los comunicadores, sobre todo, en medios locales al interior del país

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Siete periodistas asesinados en siete meses en México: “Los matan porque se puede”

El crimen más reciente, el de Alejandro Leyva Aguilar en Oaxaca, revela la impunidad que impera en delitos contra la prensa y expone la vulnerabilidad de los comunicadores, sobre todo, en medios locales al interior del país

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The Boston Globe @bostonglobe.com · 24/07/2026

The past of the ICE agent who fatally shot a man in Biddeford, Maine was full of red flags. But the agency, which was undertaking a massive push to expand the ranks of US immigration agents, hired him anyway. trib.al/gx1jMh9

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How David Brouillette’s resume helped him get hired at ICE, despite warning signs - The Boston Globe

The Maine native showed red flags long before the deadly shooting of a 25-year-old Colombian immigrant in Biddeford.

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

This is unconscionable. The Choice Facing Some Immigrants: Pay $1.8 Million in Fines or Leave. "Tens of thousands of immigrants have received letters to pay up or leave, as the government enlists debt collectors and seizes tax refunds." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/u...

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Trump Administration Pressures Some Immigrants to Self-Deport With Fines Up to $1.8 Million (Gift Article)

Tens of thousands of immigrants have received letters to pay up or leave, as the government enlists debt collectors and seizes tax refunds.

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David S. Bernstein @dbernstein.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

In which my wise friend @marcelagarcia.bsky.social explains why she (and many other Latinos) are rooting for her home country’s colonizers against Argentina in the World Cup final. mailchi.mp/bostonglobe/...

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¡Mira! 👀 Why many Latinos are not rooting for Argentina

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

What a graphic. @cnn.com $NVDA $TSLA $AEO

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

New meme just dropped

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 15/07/2026

Angie Durán Guerrero, the sister of 25-year-old Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero, demanded justice for her brother, a Colombian citizen who was fatally shot by an ICE officer in Maine. Read more: wapo.st/3QUNIN5

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Marcela Garcia @marcelagarcia.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

"Serrano specializes in game theory. ... If his students’ first error in judgment was trying to game a game theorist, their second was assuming no one else would think to do the same — “a very basic strategic mistake,” he said." 🫠 www.bostonglobe.com/2026/07/15/m...

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Brown professor says students used AI to cheat — and made this ‘very basic strategic mistake’ - The Boston Globe

Economics professor Roberto Serrano believes AI can be useful, but “the line should be drawn if a user of AI essentially is choosing to become an idiot and stop thinking,” he said.

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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

AOC on Susan Collins touting the money she got for body cameras and ICE training in the DHS bill. “Senator Collins wrote the blank check to allow these officers to conduct themselves in the way that they have in Maine in the first place, and she's the one who's poured resources into it.”

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 15/07/2026

President Trump on Wednesday criticized his administration’s directive to halt ICE officers from conducting most vehicle stops after two fatal shootings, immediately throwing the policy into question a day after it went into effect.

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Trump Pressures ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After Agency Pulls Back

Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered its officers on Tuesday to halt most vehicle stops across the country after they shot two people over the past week.

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molly conger @socialistdogmom.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

stop. if you think the existence of a warrant is part of the conversation in any way, you cannot, by definition, argue that it makes any difference whether the guy they killed had a warrant or not. because right guy or wrong guy, an arrest warrant isn't a death sentence.

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Travis @travtufts.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

“It’s not just that ICE is arresting so many immigrants: it’s that its tactics have become so reckless and that it’s deploying so much firepower to apprehend immigrants with either minor records or no records at all.” 7(!) cars swarmed to detain 1 man at my last court watch.

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Leah Greenberg ❌👑 @leahgreenberg.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

A report on the ground from the ICE shooting in Biddeford that should make every parent in this country lose their minds:

Cecelia Humiston, 22, lives on Chapel Street. She was asleep with her two-year-old son when she woke up to the sounds of a commotion on surrounding streets.

When she went to investigate, she saw what appeared to be a person lying on the ground on Pool Street.

She remembers hearing an older woman with a distressed family, yelling, “You took her dad, you took her dad!”

“They were with a little girl, she couldn't have been older than three,” Humiston said. “She was still in her Bluey pajamas.”

Humiston described law enforcement as “rude,” and said they barricaded family’s car from leaving. Another yelled at the little girl, who was trying to smell flowers.

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

counterpoint: the dead should make it harder for me to speak ill of them

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Quinta Jurecic @qjurecic.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It’s been six months since the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. Here is how the federal government has stonewalled investigations, and how Minnesota law enforcement is attempting to push for accountability anyway

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The Death of Renee Good Has Yet to Be Properly Investigated

Six months after she and Alex Pretti were shot on the streets of Minneapolis, little has come of the probes into their killings.

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