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Steve Mencher

@menschmedia.bsky.social
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I'm a writer and media producer with decades of experience making change in the world.

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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
My 2016 documentary is just as relevant in 2026. Watch on @Maryland Public Television Saturday, July 18 at 9:30 PM, with repeats on the 19th at 1:30 AM and 9:30 PM on MPT2, then Sunday August 23rd at 5:30 PM. LMK what you think!
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dennisgoris.bsky.social )
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Black Catholic Messenger @blackcatholicmessenger.org · 26/05/2026
In his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas", Pope Leo condemned the Vatican's role in the slavery—a first for the world's largest Christian church. The remarks come in the wide-ranging document on AI, human dignity, and the dangers of new technologies. www.blackcatholicmes...
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Black Catholic Messenger @blackcatholicmessenger.org · 19/04/2026
The mental health crisis in the United States is inextricably linked to the nation's twin scourges of mass incarceration and police brutality, and it will take principled action to stem the tide. Harlan McCarthy writes that the time is now—or else. www.blackcatholicmes...
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Black Catholic Messenger @blackcatholicmessenger.org · 04/04/2026
A recent pilgrimage to DC prompted reflections on the Black freedom struggle, and how the continued fight in America aligns with the empowered Jesus who raises resistant Black fists on the Cross. Tulio Huggins reflects on his capital experience. www.blackcatholicmes...
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Black Catholic Messenger @blackcatholicmessenger.org · 28/03/2026
Martin University, cofounded by the Black Catholic Benedictine priest Boniface Hardin, is officially up for sale in Indianapolis at $3.5M. The predominantly Black institution closed abruptly in December after years of financial turmoil and low enrollment. www.blackcatholicmes...
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Global Center for Climate Justice @centerforcj.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
In our latest newsletter issue, guest authors from Canada to Iran invite us to consider our responsibilities as ancestors. Read more at: www.climatejusticecenter.org/newsletter Feat: @menschmedia.bsky.social, Erfan Rashidi, Moah Christensen, Feyalise Matasar, Abiola Durodola, and Olya K-Mehri
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Reading about Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta today made me think about the interview she gave 6 years ago in Point Reyes Station for KRCB, where I was news director. She wasn't ready to reveal her terrible secret. But she did educate me and our viewers about our times and her life.
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Bullard Center for Environmental & Climate Justice @bullardcenter.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Environmental racism names policies harming people by race or color. Dr. Robert D. Bullard centers lived experience in "Confronting Environmental Racism." The frame reads We Speak for Ourselves. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. wrote the foreword and coined the term in 1982. Buy: a.co/d/00vk6oUa.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Thanks to @bullardcenter.bsky.social and @drrobertbullard.bsky.social for highlighting this work.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Don’t know if Zuckerberg will let this stay up, but feeling pretty good about BlueSky www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...
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BREAKING: Here’s the 60 Minutes Segment Trump and CBS News Executives Don’t Want You to See
Hours before it was set to air last night, CBS News executives pulled the segment, but Canada’s Global TV app received it prior to broadcast.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Still figuring out how to get some engagement here on #BlueSky. Here's a recent story, from me, about Walter Murch, film and sound guy extraordinaire. #movies, #cinema, #films, www.nextavenue.org/walter-murch... @waltermur.bsky.social @nextavenue.bsky.social
Director Walter Murch confers with his young star, Fairuza Balk, in his movie "Return to Oz."
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
And why does this guy still have a job, WaPo? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Trump’s boat strike playbook was written by Obama
The former president’s “double tap” attacks were not unlawful. Neither are the current one’s.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Yep, WaPo - George Soros is the problem - www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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How George Soros changed criminal justice in America
The liberal funder has spent tens of millions of dollars swinging dozens of district attorney races, drawing a backlash from the right.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Yeah, #WaPo, the problem isn’t hunger and lack of medical care, just greedy immigrants. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Welfare fraud is far too common
People who want better social services should be more upset about what’s happening in Minneapolis.
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Ed Markey @edmarkey.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks. My message to you is simple: I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.
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Norman Solomon @normansolomon.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Unwitting self-satire from alarmed editorial board of Jeff Bezos's Washington Post. Next mayor of Seattle is a socialist! She wants city to run some grocery stores! She doesn't own a car! @pdamerica.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ninaturner.bsky.social @rickperlstein.bsky.social
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Opinion | Seattle’s coming socialist experiment
The mayor-elect has little experience but plenty of bad ideas.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 17/11/2025
Thanks WaPo- just who we need to hear from on tech - former VP of Palantir. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | A suspicion from 2016 is becoming Democrats’ monster
The Democratic Party is falling behind while Trump accelerates technology innovation.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Graft? Self dealing? No problem. Are you aching for me to cancel, WaPo? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Shocked by Trump’s profiteering? Here’s some perspective.
There are periods in American history when graft was the rule, not the exception.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Really WaPo? Platforming Charles Murray who even sneaks in a reference to his notorious book Bell Curve?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | I’m an academic who found religion. Cue the incredulous reactions.
In university and policy settings, religious belief is often derided. I sought spiritual nourishment.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
Oh the horror! WaPo - real or parody? wapo.st/3X77tQH
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Opinion | Zohran Mamdani’s success is a warning
How did a socialist with almost no governing experience become New York’s mayoral frontrunner?
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Yes … www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...
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Opinion | The Thread Tying Together Everything Trump Does
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Satire, right WaPo? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | In defense of the White House ballroom
Donald Trump vs. the NIMBYs
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
NY Times, or parody pitchbot. You decide. "Others say is was time for a change." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...
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A Pile of Rubble: After 123 Years, the East Wing Is Gone
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
The craven and compromised Washington Post, which I still subscribe to, is wrong, as it often is these days. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Democrats just marched into a shutdown trap
Progressive Democrats, like the Freedom Caucus, are urging their party in a dangerous direction.
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...
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The Washington Post Fired Me — But My Voice Will Not Be Silenced.
I spoke out against hatred and violence in America — and it cost me my job.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
hub.jhu.edu/2025/09/09/j... Arghh
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Grant program brings range of perspectives to contemporary topics and issues
Projects co-led by scholars from JHU, the American Enterprise Institute earn support via program designed to enhance collaboration, deepen insights, promote intellectual pluralism
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gayeallyn.bsky.social @gayeallyn.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Liz (or Lizzie) Kim 김혜성 💫 @lizzielizliz.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Essential reading. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...
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Emergency-Gate: Focus on Challenging the Premise of Trump’s Power
*neighborhood in southeast Baltimore
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Here's a story I produced 15 years ago for @aarp.org for the 5th anniversary of Katrina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GQ...
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New Orleans: Katrina Five Years Later - A Livable Community Emerges from the Flood
YouTube video by Steve Mencher
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Mark Zaid, Esq @markzaidesq.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Note the headwinds researchers face in the field. www.nextavenue.org/evidence-is-...
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 05/08/2025
Inside this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/magazine?utm...
The cover of the August 11, 2025, issue of The New Yorker, by the artist Amy Sherald.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 30/07/2025
let me sum this piece up for you: “hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”
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Opinion | I might lean left — but Marjorie Taylor Greene is winning my respect
The congresswoman, who represents my district, has shown genuine political courage lately.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Oh for a "Washington Post Pitchbot" account. This could be a contender: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | I might lean left — but Marjorie Taylor Greene is winning my respect
The congresswoman, who represents my district, has shown genuine political courage lately.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
This is not a gift link. You should have to pay for this stupidity. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...
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Opinion | The Trump Presidency Takes a Better Turn
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Pr Carlos Moreno - IAE Paris1 Sorbonne University @carlosmorenofr.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
I’m honored to share this interview in Beijing Planning Review — “Conversation with Carlos Moreno: Paradigm Shift towards Proximity and Quality of Life” Many thanks to Fan Li and Yang Chen for this thoughtful dialogue. #UrbanTransformation #Proximity
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Beijing Planning Review - Conversation with Carlos Moreno: Paradigm Shift towards Proximity and Quality of Life - July 2025 - Carlos Moreno
Cet entretien publié dans Beijing Planning Review présente la vision de Carlos Moreno sur la "ville du quart d’heure". Il y décrit les fondements du concept, ses principes clefs (écologie, proximité, ...
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Probably no need to be a megaphone for the administration, eh, Washington Post? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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Opinion | Harvard flouted the rules. Now, it’s getting a hard lesson.
Hosting foreign students is a privilege that comes with obligations.
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Jake @seexreadxwrite.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
I believe the #Orioles will make a huge run and make the playoffs in the year of our Lord 2025.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Kind of reminiscent of reviewing Leni Riefenstahl's films as art without any context.Thumbs down from me - www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Column | Trump wanted a military spectacle. Instead, he got a history lesson.
The parade must go on, and the Army sidestepped a major crisis of image and messaging.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 15/06/2025
This Friday column didn’t age that well… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...
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In an Anxious Moment for the Nation, Historians Say This One Is Different
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Rep. Jamie Raskin @raskin.house.gov · 12/06/2025
The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects. We the People.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
A senator's warning before his arrest open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...
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A senator's warning before his arrest
On Sen. Alex Padilla's detention by the Trump regime — and the speech that put him in the crosshairs
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Trump's civil war open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... The indispensable Timothy Snyder
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Trump's civil war
And our new birth of freedom
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Jen🇺🇸🏴‍☠️ @jen.sheshed.rocks · 10/06/2025
The Time is Now 🔥🔥 #SheShed #HonorYourOath #CountryOverParty
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The story of a life, well told by @marthasjones.bsky.social - A privilege to interview her about it, and learn more than I could know about lives on the color line. Thanks @nextavenue.bsky.social for featuring this work. www.nextavenue.org/baltimore-hi...
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
In case you missed it #ScottPelley tells the truth in inspiring #graduation address. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-cbs-...
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Watch CBS News' Scott Pelley Warn Graduates About the Threats Facing American Democracy
The 60 Minutes correspondent never mentioned Trump by name, but his call to defend democratic institutions was apparently too much for the MAGA crowd to handle.
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Steve Mencher @menschmedia.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
What George Saunders said re: the Librarian of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
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Opinion | George Saunders: Shame on the White House
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