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Sanjana Karanth

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Senior HuffPost reporter and WGAE comrade. Chicago 'til I die. She/her. sanjana.karanth@huffpost.com

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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today is my last day at HuffPost. Like many others, I was hit by mass layoffs at BuzzFeed. I've done my best to hold power to account and tell complex stories with care, and I'm going to keep doing that. So please keep sending me tips! Contact: mattshuham@protonmail.com, 646-397-4678 (cell/Signal)
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Levi Kalish @kalish.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
After 3 years, it's my last day at HuffPost. I was laid off as part of the larger cuts at BuzzFeed. I'm not sure what comes next but I'm proud of our union for holding it down. If you’re an editor or lit agent looking for someone to write about trans rights and politics, hmu at levikalish@proton.me
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Nancy Levine Stearns @nancylevinestearns.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Hey @buzzfeed.com. Pay laid-off employees the PTO they earned.
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HuffPost Union @huffpostunion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
If possible, please consider donating to the talented reporters, editors and designers impacted by this decision. Solidarity forever ✊ www.gofundme.com/f/support-hu...
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Donate to Support HuffPost Workers Impacted By Job Cuts, organized by HuffPost Union
This month, as part of a wider BuzzFeed reorganization under new owners… HuffPost Union needs your support for Support HuffPost Workers Impacted By Job Cuts
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Terrible decisions by out-of-touch executives are hurting a group of talented, kind and dedicated journalists today. I hope you’ll consider supporting them & bringing them to your teams.
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Nathalie Baptiste 🇭🇹 @nhbaptiste.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today is officially my last day at HuffPost. So thankful for my union, this would be so much scarier without them 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
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Writers Guild of America East @wgaeast.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Solidarity with @huffpostunion.bsky.social ❤️‍🩹 10 members were laid off today from the Video team, National reporting desk, and Visuals team: journalists covering the communities most vulnerable right now. Shame on management.
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HuffPost Union @huffpostunion.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
A statement from the HuffPost Union @wgaeast.bsky.social on today's layoffs.
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Jessica Schulberg @jessicaschulberg.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Today is my last day at HuffPost. After 11 years, I was laid off as part of the 33% cuts at BuzzFeed. My team, the National desk, was cut from 7 reporters to 3, after being cut from 14 to 7 just over a year ago
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Brandi Buchman @brandibuchman.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
A must read from @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com www.huffpost.com/entry/lebano...
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'Nobody's Spared From This Conflict': Lebanon's People Are In Survival Mode
Israel's bombing has killed thousands, displaced more than a million and rendered health care barely accessible for Lebanon's women and children.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🚨NEW: Declarations filed in the lawsuit against the rushed attempt to deport 600 Guatemalan children reveals the chaotic way the Trump admin carried out the operation. Children were taken out of bed after midnight to be rushed onto planes. One girl "was so scared she vomited."
7. At all of the shelters visited in the middle of the night, ProBAR staff witnessed children who had been pulled out of their beds. They were confused and scared. At Hands of Healing Los Fresnos, one young girl was extremely distraught, crying and repeatedly saying that she could not go back to Guatemala. At New Hope McAllen, one young girl was so scared that she vomited and asked to speak with a clinician. At Urban Strategies Alamo, one young teenager was scared that he might end up murdered like one of his family members. At Compass Connection in Harlingen, an attorney was able to meet with only one child. None of these children’s parents in their home country had requested their return. ProBAR’s client and named Plaintiff ARMD was at Compass Connection, but he was transported to a plane without notifying me as his attorney of record.
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Jen Bendery @jbendery.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
25 countries demand Israel end its destruction of Gaza as aid teams say they've reached the "death phase" www.huffpost.com/entry/25-cou... via @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com
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25 Countries Demand Israel End Its Destruction Of Gaza That Aid Teams Say Is In 'Death Phase'
The joint statement comes as Palestinians face worsening starvation, daily massacres at "aid sites" and the ongoing blockade of humanitarian assistance.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Reporter: Mr. President, do you still think Jerome Powell is a numbskull? Trump: *walks away*
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Masked US Regime Officers Arrest Opposition Official After He Asked To See Warrant
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 17/06/2025
As foreign policy talks continue to swirl around Israel's war against Iran, UN leaders are warning of the civilian toll that's already begun in both countries ― and stressing that the conflict must not lead the world to forget about Gaza's destruction.
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UN Officials Plead For End Of Israel-Iran War As Gaza Continues To Suffer
Several UN agencies are warning of the civilian toll in both Israel and Iran, and stressing the public not to forget about the continued destruction of Gaza.
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evy kwong @evystadium.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
to be clear, research shows “nonlethal” tools are not safe—and can be deadly
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
"Gaza’s blood banks [are] almost empty...because of the extreme malnutrition most Palestinians face, prospective donors [are] already anemic. So medical staff began giving blood themselves—at least those who were not yet malnourished" @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/blood-...
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Doctors In Gaza Give Their Own Blood To Save Their Patients
Israeli forces have repeatedly fired on starving Palestinians trying to get food aid, further overwhelming Gaza's decimated health care system.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 03/06/2025
wow -- @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com chokes up while talking about how the Trump administration is killing kids who relied on USAID to get life-saving medicine
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed @akbarshahidahmed.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
"HuffPost heard from > a dozen health care workers 'They cannot heal people without supplies+medicines. And no matter how skilled they are in caring for the horrific wounds caused by bombs, the human body cannot heal without food'" Vital @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com: www.huffpost.com/entry/childr...
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'Let The Children Eat': Israel Is Starving Gaza To Death, Doctors And Experts Warn
Israel's continued blockade of food and humanitarian assistance has led to Palestinian children facing illness and death from severe acute malnutrition.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 14/05/2025
NEW: As Israel continues to block lifesaving food and humanitarian aid, doctors and experts are desperately trying to get the world to see the crisis for what it is -- that Palestinians are being intentionally starved to death. Bearing the brunt of malnutrition is Gaza's children.
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'Let The Children Eat': Israel Is Starving Gaza To Death, Doctors And Experts Warn
Israel's continued blockade of food and humanitarian assistance has led to Palestinian children facing illness and death from severe acute malnutrition.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 30/04/2025
A federal judge just ordered ICE to release (on bail) Mohsen Mahdawi, the Columbia student and green card holder from the West Bank who was detained at his citizenship interview this month for what his lawyers say was his pro-Palestinian advocacy. To Trump, he said today: "I am not afraid of you."
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 03/04/2025
Wow, only 15 Senate Democrats voted to block nearly $9 billion in weapons packages to Israel. Both measures failed, which was expected to happen given the party's divide on the issue. What's surprising is that there were four *fewer* Democrats who voted yes this time than in November.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 03/04/2025
Schiff says he plans to vote no on the JRDs, because blocking the sale of 20,000-pound bombs to Israel "do not get us closer to peace." He mentioned Palestinians protesting Hamas, but not the Israelis protesting Netanyahu to stop bombing Gaza. And again, Gaza has not received *any* aid for a month.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 03/04/2025
The Senate is voting today on whether to block $8.8 billion in weapons sales to Israel, including more than 35,000 one-ton bombs. The effort's being led by @sanders.senate.gov. This could serve as an important test for Dems, given their voters increasingly support ending the weapons transfers.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 01/04/2025
NEW: A federal court ruled today that Mahmoud Khalil's lawsuit can proceed in New Jersey -- a win for the Columbia graduate after the Trump admin argued for his case to be heard in Louisiana, where ICE agents took him without charge and where he still remains.
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Khalil v. Trump | American Civil Liberties Union
Whether a legal permanent resident of the U.S. can be arrested and detained on the basis of their political speech and advocacy.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 01/04/2025
Sorry but would it kill politicians to care about immigrants without attaching their humanity to how useful and talented they are? When that standard of capitalism isn’t even applied to Americans born here?
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 01/04/2025
Harvard University's president has signaled compliance with the WH after facing funding threats if the school didn't implement policies the govt says combat antisemitism but that critics say restrict academic freedom. Just like Columbia, which also caved.
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Trump Administration To Review Billions In Federal Funding To Harvard
The White House made a similar threat to Columbia University, which recently caved and implemented policies that restrict academic freedom for more funding.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 31/03/2025
Since publishing this last week, the number of academics who signed on to the call for boycotting Columbia has risen from around 1,400 to about 1,750. More than 350 additional signatories in just a few days.
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At Least 1,400 Academics Call To Boycott Columbia For Free Speech Crackdown
The academic boycott comes as immigration agents continue to target students who have exercised their free speech rights by speaking out against Israel.
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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
I took a look at the SAVE Act, Trump's voting executive order, and what Republicans want for millions of Americans who simply *don't have* documents proving their citizenship. www.huffpost.com/entry/proof-...
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Millions Of Voters Risk Disenfranchisement Under Republican Proposal
Republicans have dodged questions on what happens to voters who don’t have the right paperwork.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 23/03/2025
Source in Gaza says that Nasser Hospital has been bombed, and front of the facility is on fire. Nasser has been one of the more active hospitals treating the hundreds of casualties this past week.
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Matt Shuham @mattshuham.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
As always @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com is a must-read journalist covering what Israel is doing to Palestinians in Gaza with full American political, financial, and arms support. This story has details from multiple eyewitness doctors on the ground:
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 21/03/2025
NEW: Israel’s ceasefire-breaking carpet bombing this week has thrown Gaza’s barely functioning hospitals back into chaos — leaving them scrambling to save lives without enough medicine, water and power. Doctors recount the nightmare of Tuesday’s massacre:
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‘The Bodies Were Everywhere’: Doctors In Gaza Recount The Night Israel Killed Hundreds
Israel's ceasefire-breaking airstrikes threw hospitals back into chaos in what the U.N. calls one of the largest single-day child death tolls in the last year.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/03/2025
weird thing about this framing is that this "personal best" is the second lowest for a president at this stage in their administration. the first is trump in his first term.
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shruti rajkumar @shruti-rajkumar.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
NEW: A coalition of 16 states joined Texas in a lawsuit claiming that a federal rule that prohibits discriminating against disabled people is unconstitutional. My first freelance piece for @prismreports prismreports.org/2025/03/13/s...
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Legal threat to Section 504 sets precedent for civil rights attacks, advocates say
Texas v. Becerra targets the Section 504 disability law after the Biden administration included gender dysphoria as a protected disability
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
New from Columbia admin: International students & scholars have same academic freedom as all Columbians—as well as responsibilities that go with them "Imperative" that schools "affirm" these principles Now 4 uni-wide admin emails since Mahmoud Khalil's arrest. None have explicitly addressed it.
Columbia-wide email entitled "Columbia's Commitment to Our International Community" referencing support for international students and scholarsColumbia-wide email entitled "Columbia's Commitment to Our International Community" referencing support for international students and scholars
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 13/03/2025
SCOOP: 12 Jewish organizations -- including some pro-Israel groups -- expressed extreme concern to DHS today over Mahmoud Khalil's unlawful abduction, as well as the Trump administration's crackdown on free speech and immigration disguised as fighting antisemitism. www.huffpost.com/entry/jewish...
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Jewish Americans Are Sick Of Trump Exploiting Them
The community is uniting against Mahmoud Khalil's abduction, demanding the government stop its free speech crackdown disguised as fighting antisemitism.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 12/03/2025
“It simply cannot be the case that you can be disappeared at night off the streets of New York City simply because the current U.S. government ... dislikes what you have to say" - Ramzi Kassem, one of Mahmoud Khalil's attorneys. From me and @saraboboltz.bsky.social: www.huffpost.com/entry/lawyer...
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Lawyers For Mahmoud Khalil Fight To Release Him From ICE Detention
The Columbia graduate's attorneys argued for his return to New York, after federal agents quietly sent the detained Palestinian activist to Louisiana.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 10/03/2025
A judge has ruled the U.S. cannot deport Mahmoud Khalil pending his attorney's habeas corpus petition. He is still detained at the Jena/LaSalle ICE detention facility in Louisiana though, as far as we know. Faculty, advocates, students, and community leaders have all called for his release.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 10/03/2025
School faculty, Jewish community leaders and immigration activists are getting ready to speak about ICE arresting and detaining Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian green card holder who helped lead the anti-war protests at Columbia last year. My pre-presser story here: www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-...
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Trump Confirms ICE Arrested Palestinian Columbia Graduate Over Political Speech
"This is the first arrest of many to come," the president said of Mahmoud Khalil, a green card holder abducted by immigration agents and sent to Louisiana.
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Prem Thakker ツ @premthakker.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
NEWS: Last night, the Department of Homeland Security detained a Palestinian who helped lead the Columbia encampment. Agents told him his visa was revoked. He said he had a green card. They were confused—then said that was revoked too. His attorney demanded a warrant. Agents hung up instead.
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BREAKING: DHS Detains Palestinian Student from Columbia Encampment, Says Advocates
Agents told him his student visa was revoked. But he had a green card. Agents then said that was revoked too.
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Sanjana Karanth @sanjanakaranth.huffpost.com · 25/02/2025
Over the past two weeks, a whopping six Palestinian infants froze to death in Gaza due to the lack of proper shelter, heating, warm clothes and electricity. Israeli officials are accused of not sending as many tents and fuel as was agreed upon in the ceasefire deal. www.huffpost.com/entry/palest...
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At Least 6 Palestinian Babies Freeze To Death As Gaza Families Look For Shelter
Palestinians, especially children, are trying to survive Gaza's winter without sturdy tents, warm clothes, heating or electricity.
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