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Shaheen Pasha

@profpasha.bsky.social
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Former Dow Jones, CNNMoney, Reuters journo. Assoc teaching prof at Penn State, co-founder/chief education officer @prisonjourn & mom of 3 kids who run my life.

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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
I met my BFF 33 years ago. We met in HS, went to the same college, been through everything together. She now has Stage 4 cancer. Amid this, her job of 20 years laid her off. I’m raising money for her living expenses, bills and treatment. Please consider donating. www.gofundme.com/f/help-natas...
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Donate to Help Natasha Bhalla Fight Stage 4 Cancer, organized by Shaheen Pasha
I first met Natasha Bhalla in high school over 30 years ago. We became insepara… Shaheen Pasha needs your support for Help Natasha Bhalla Fight Stage 4 Cancer
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The final article of our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @pennlive.com 8-part series uncovers a second lawsuit for sexual abuse against the same chaplain at ICE’s Moshannon detention facility by 2 separate detained women. He still works there. An enraging must read. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...
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Women claim sexual abuse by chaplain at Pa. ICE facility
Two incarcerated women at the Moshannon Valley Processing Center say Chaplain Mark Melhorn used his position to sexually assault them.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
The 7th story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social & @pennlive.com 8-part series on Moshannon Detention Facility by me and @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social looks at how visitation can be weaponized for immigrant detainees and their families. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/06...
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Husband of Pa. ICE facility detainee struggles with separation, visiting rules: ‘We just have to wait’
It takes all day for Justin Jones to get to see his husband through a piece of plexiglass at Moshannon Valley Processing Center, illustrating the challenges loved ones face.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 29/05/2026
The U.S. and Iran have reached a tentative agreement to end their months-long war in the Middle East, senior officials on both sides said, but it requires approval from President Trump and his counterparts in Tehran.
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U.S., Iran nearing deal to end war and reopen Strait of Hormuz
Negotiators have reached an agreement to end the conflict, but it requires approval from President Donald Trump and Iranian leadership.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Female detainees shared stories of medical negligence, mistreatment & sexual assault at Moshannon Detention Center with Congress members at an unannounced oversight visit. Mine and @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social latest for @pennlive.com @pennstateuniv.bsky.social www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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Women in Pa. ICE detention facility call out for help from lawmakers, who were ushered away
The Congress members got inside the Moshannon Valley Processing Center for an unannounced visit for the first time after previously being shut out.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
This is a must read and must watch by my friend @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social. Take a long walk in the shoes of a man protesting the conditions of detainees at ICE facility Moshannon. The sixth in our 8 part series for @pennlive.com and @pennstateuniv.bsky.social www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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‘Pilgrimage of Dignity’: Man walks 130 miles to highlight conditions at Pa. ICE facility
Jaime Martinez spent eight days in April trekking from Pittsburgh to Moshannon Valley Processing Center. PennLive videoed some of the journey.
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Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Immigration Judge Tamar Wilson repeatedly shouted over Rony’s attorney and ultimately stormed out of the courtroom. “Yes, running away is a great idea. That’s very professional, your honor,” the lawyer said. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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Mom separated from teen son in ICE detainment: ‘I would trade places with him’
Adelia Mejia came to the United States in hopes of a better education for her children. Now, her son Rony is facing deportation in a Pa. detention facility.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
This was a hard one for all of us watching this 18-year-old kid in ICE detention and his mother’s pain. I went and hugged my kids after returning from our reporting trip to WV. The fourth story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social @pennlive.com series on Moshannon: www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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Mom separated from teen son in ICE detainment: ‘I would trade places with him’
Adelia Mejia came to the United States in hopes of a better education for her children. Now, her son Rony is facing deportation in a Pa. detention facility.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
The third story in our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social and @pennlive.com series tackles how this small coal mining town wound up housing the biggest ICE center in the Northeast. So proud of our students. Check it out! www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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How a small Pa. coal town became home to one of ICE’s largest detention centers
Advocates point to hundreds of jobs and the tax revenue, but opponents of the ICE facility say it's not worth it.
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Rebecca Nagle @rebeccanagle.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Alligator Alcatraz could shut down soon, following the resistance of the Miccosukee Tribe and environmental orgs, who condemned the construction in traditional villages and ceremonial areas. nativenewsonline.net/currents/all...
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“Alligator Alcatraz” May Close After Months of Tribal Resistance in the Everglades
The controversial immigration detention center dubbed “Alligator Alcatraz” could soon shut down — a dramatic reversal following months of resistance led by the Miccosukee Tribe, Native advocates, and…
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 14/05/2026
Breaking News: The Supreme Court ruled that a widely used abortion medication, mifepristone, could continue to be prescribed by telehealth and sent to patients by mail.
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Supreme Court Allows Abortion Pill Access by Mail to Continue
A federal appeals court ruling against the Food and Drug Administration would have restricted access by mail to mifepristone.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
The second article in our 8-part series for @pennlive.com went live today. Our @pennstateuniv.bsky.social students profiled a beautiful young couple whose dreams in the U.S. shattered after the husband was detained by ICE for 3 months. Please meet Juan & Nicole. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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Immigrant to Pa. followed the law, but then a lawyer’s error changed everything
He spent roughly three months in ICE custody at the Moshannon center. It cost him and his wife thousands of dollars and their trust in the U.S. justice system.
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The disabled people raising concerns are outlining fears of being left without care. IMO there would be more home aides if the pay went up, and breaking up the shifts wouldn't be as much of a problem. But that's not going to happen with Medicaid cuts. www.thecity.nyc/2026/05/06/d...
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Disabled New Yorkers Oppose Bill to End 24-Hour Shifts for Home Aides
The battle over the “No More 24” bill has pit workers’ rights against the needs of people who rely on round-the-clock care.
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Josh Vaughn @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Today, the first of an 8-part series on Moshannon Valley Processing Center and ICE produced by my students at Penn State went live. I’m so incredibly proud of their work. www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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Abuse claims, protests, surround Moshannon Valley’s ICE prison
Tucked away in Clearfield County, Moshannon Valley Processing Center is the largest ICE facility in the entire northeast.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
This entire series was reported and written by our amazing journalism students @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. As their professors for this indepth reporting class, @joshuapvaughn.bsky.social and I are over the moon. Next story out on Wednesday!
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
My friend @JoshuaPVaughn.bsky.social & I led an indepth reporting class this semester @pennstateuniv.bsky.social. Our students tackled ICE & its largest detention facility in the Northeast. Today the first of an 8-part series was published in @PennLive.com So proud! www.pennlive.com/news/2026/05...
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A Pa. county hosts one of ICE’s largest detention centers, a site of controversy and complaints
Despite protests, county officials say they have little authority over Moshannon and cannot dictate how the prison is run, or how ICE operates it.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Come learn more about the amazing work we do @prisonjournalism.bsky.social on Sept. 17 at our "Meeting the Moment" virtual Event. It's free to attend and you'll get a glimpse into our world & what's to come! RSVP now! www.eventbrite.com/e/prison-jou...
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Prison Journalism Project: Meeting the Moment (Virtual Event)
Now more than ever, who tells the story matters. Learn how PJP is equipping incarcerated writers to reshape the narrative, Sept 17.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 27/08/2025
President Trump on Wednesday followed through on his threat to impose a 50% tariff on nearly all goods arriving from India, punishing the country for buying Russian oil. Follow live updates.
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Trump Administration: Latest News and Live Updates
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
So unbelievably proud of our team!
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster. Story via The Associated Press.
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For these incarcerated students, online school has been a disaster
Florida shifted to virtual learning for youth in juvenile detention — and parents and students say it's been a disaster.
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Bellisario Grad Ed @bellisariograded.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
CONGRATS to faculty @profpasha.bsky.social and grad alum @yhuang.bsky.social on being named Jennifer McGill Fellows in @aejmc.bsky.social's Institute for Diverse Leadership in Journalism and Communication!
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Jon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
More than 150 university presidents have signed a letter decrying the Trump administration. The statement — signed by Harvard, Princeton, Brown and other leading universities — denounces the White House’s ‘undue government intrusion.’
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Over 150 US university presidents sign letter decrying Trump administration — Guardian US
Statement signed by Harvard, Princeton and Brown leaders denounces White House’s ‘undue government intrusion’
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
People will not get their kids diagnosed for fear of being put on a registry and that will result in kids not getting appropriate services. And with the psychos afraid of autism being passed to future generations, this will be a first step towards eugenics. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/rfk...
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RFK Jr.'s autism study to amass medical records of many Americans
The autism study is planning to link confidential data "with broad coverage in the U.S. population" in one place for the first time.
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NPR @npr.org · 29/03/2025
The order calls for the removal of "divisive race-centered ideology" from the Smithsonian's museums and research centers. It also calls on the Secretary of the Interior to restore public monuments, statues and other markers that have been removed or changed since 2020.
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Trump wants to restore statues and monuments. Will that happen?
The President's executive order on "restoring truth and sanity to American history" calls on the Department of the Interior to ensure that any monuments, statues or memorials under its jurisdiction "d...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...
The biggest reason government officials aren't giving any specifics about the criteria by which these arrests and deportations are selected, is that the criteria is "pro-Israel think-tanks and advocacy organizations created lists of troublesome individuals and gave them to us."
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
I would have signed this in a heartbeat as a Columbia alumnus. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We call on Columbia to stand up to authoritarianism | Open letter
How Columbia responds to this attack will determine whether universities remain independent or end up serving as extensions of an authoritarian state
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
I remember how proud I was the day I got into Columbia. I will never forget how ashamed I am today of my alma mater.
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Yukari Kane @yukarikane.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
This piece has got to be one of the best expressions I've ever read on what prison trauma feels like and the struggle to keep one's empathy from a writer who has been in prison since he was 15 yrs old. It will be required reading for us at PJP @prisonjournalism.bsky.social.
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Will There Be Anything Left of Me When I Leave This New Mexico Prison?
If you let it, the system will scrape away all that’s left of your empathy.
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Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) - Trump administration plans to cut over 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
"All those hard cases doing hard time melt like butter on a summer sidewalk when they visit the felines, feed them, watch them chase the birds and bees, and when they make toys to entice the cats to play with them."
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When Kittens Came to My Prison, I Had Not Petted One in 15 Years
I had not touched a cat in 15 years when an orange kitten wandered over to sit with me in the grass.
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Zelenskyy left White House without signing US-Ukraine critical minerals deal Trump had demanded.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
I hate when I come out of teaching a journalism class, see the latest embarrassment coming out of the government and want to go back to blissful ignorance.
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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
It's Friday. Close that tab you never look at. Close those articles you'll never read. Make a plan for something fun offline this weekend. And don't forget to drink a big glass of water today.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
PJP's @profpasha.bsky.social talks about the importance of prison journalism and why incarcerated people deserve their stories to be just as loud as everyone else.
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Why we need prison journalism | Shaheen Pasha | TEDxPSU
YouTube video by TEDx Talks
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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Friendly reminder that, as I wrote for @motherjones.com, "school choice" often ends up hurting disabled kids as private schools don't have to follow IEPs/504s. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Project 2025's plan to dismantle public education—and screw over disabled kids
Nearly nine million students rely on DOE-backed disability accommodations.
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Switchboard Magazine @switchboardmag.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Our inaugural issue is live! Head to our website to plug in for cinematic true stories that are as astonishing as they are real! From the swamps of Florida to colonial India and beyond, get ready to be captivated by extraordinary worlds and fascinating people. SwitchboardMagazine.com
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Albert Samaha @samaha.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
For the inaugural issue of @switchboardmag.bsky.social I wrote about a road trip across Lebanon to excavate family secrets: www.switchboardmagazine.com/january-issu...
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Last Summer In Lebanon — Switchboard Magazine
A deeply personal journey of a secret son who spends the summer crisscrossing Lebanon in a van with sisters who never knew he existed in a country he had never before visited. It's a story of about fa...
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Yukari Kane @yukarikane.bsky.social · 29/01/2025
Hi. Just wanted to introduce myself. @profpasha.bsky.social and I started PJP at the beginning of the pandemic, and it felt like another historical moment when so many people's experiences would go unheard.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Wonder what it was like for incarcerated ppl inside SCI-Huntingdon when Luigi Mangione joined their prison population? Our writer @prisonjournalism.bsky.social has the scoop prisonjournalismproject.org/2025/01/23/l...
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When Luigi Mangione Came to Our Prison
A dispatch from SCI Huntingdon in Pennsylvania, which was briefly part of the biggest crime story in the nation.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We did it, y'all! Thank you! TY! A note from @yukarikane.bsky.social and @profpasha.bsky.social: "We’re truly blown away. Because of your support, we achieved something extraordinary during our end-of-year campaign. Together, we raised over $50,000 from over 300 individual donors." Read ⤵️
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Thank You for Believing in the Power of Storytelling
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Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
1. A teacher in Ohio who has worked at the same public school for 34 years was suspended without pay and threatened with termination for offering four books in her classroom library that contained LGBTQ characters. She's fighting back.
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Ohio teacher suspended for including four books with LGBTQ characters in her classroom library
Karen Cahall has been a teacher in the New Richmond School District in Ohio for 34 years.
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
We created @prisonjourn so ppl inside could have a seat at the table in talks about the criminal legal system. We've since published 2300+ stories from almost 800 writers. Help us unlock stories by these writers today with a tripled donation thru Dec. 13. tinyurl.com/ycyuc7s4
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Okay so I finally went to see #WickedMovie and yes it is amazing and they were all unbelievable in their roles. Serious hats off. What a kickass film.
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a blurry picture of a person in a cape flying in the air
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Our co-founders ( @profpasha.bsky.social & yukarikane.bsky.social) appeared on the podcast "It's All Journalism" to discuss how PJP helps incarcerated people find their voice. Check it out: itsalljournalism.com/647-prison-j...
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647. Prison Journalism Program helps incarcerated individuals find their voice
Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha, co-founders of the Prison Journalism Project, discuss the challenges of creating and implementing a journalism curriculum in order to help incarcerated people find th…
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
So proud to join the board of advisors for the upcoming Switchboard Magazine! Think cinematic true stories, straight to your inbox. @SwitchboardMag is launching January 20th, 2025! Get your monthly fix of non-fiction and sign up to their newsletter now! SwitchboardMagazine.com
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Shaheen Pasha @profpasha.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
My amazing cofounder @yukarikane.bsky.social and I were featured in the podcast "It's All Journalism" to talk about our work with incarcerated writers @prisonjournalism.bsky.social. Check it out! itsalljournalism.com/647-prison-j...
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647. Prison Journalism Program helps incarcerated individuals find their voice
Yukari Kane and Shaheen Pasha, co-founders of the Prison Journalism Project, discuss the challenges of creating and implementing a journalism curriculum in order to help incarcerated people find th…
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Timothy Edgar @timothy-edgar.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Great list from @jacklgoldsmith.bsky.social on the *specific* executive power issues that will almost certainly arise in Trump 2.0 administration.
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Subscribe to Prison Journalism Project’s weekly newsletter, The Inside Story, and every Sunday you'll receive highlights of our writers’ best work. prisonjournalismproject.org/newsletter/?...
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Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social · 25/11/2024
Now through Dec. 31, your donation to PJP’s end-of-year campaign, will go twice as far because every gift you make will be matched. As a thank you, you'll receive Commissary To Table: A Collection of Recipes by Incarcerated Writers. prisonjournalismproject.fundjournalism.org/prisonjourna...
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/11/2024
Breaking News: The Biden administration will propose that Medicare and Medicaid cover obesity medications, a change President-elect Trump would need to endorse.
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Obesity Drugs Would Be Covered by Medicare and Medicaid Under Biden Proposal
The proposed rule could give millions of Americans access to the new drugs; it would also put pressure on the federal budget.
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