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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

As his final act in office, Gov. Murphy declined to sign key immigrant rights protections into law, fearing it would open the state up to federal action. Advocates say this leaves swaths of families vulnerable as ICE enforcement escalates nationwide. njurbannews.com/2026/01/20/m...

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Advocates say Murphy’s final-hour veto leaves New Jersey immigrant communities at risk

Gov. Murphy used a pocket veto on two major NJ immigrant-protection bills, signing only one. Advocates warn of vulnerability as ICE enforcement escalates.

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Antonia Marrero @antoniamarrero.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

“… it’s savvy of @mayor.nyc.gov to invite influencers into a privileged space…But wouldn’t it be equally smart if *our* outlets were centered in announcements…Community, ethnic & independent media are not asking for special treatment.” @taylorjung.bsky.social HT @bdlimm.bsky.social CC @wbai.org

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Who Gets Press Access in Mamdani's NYC? - Epicenter NYC

Mayor Mamdani’s ‘new media’ strategy prioritizes content creators while locking out the community outlets that serve NYC neighborhoods.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

My latest, for @chalkbeat.org: El Puente, a leading environmental justice organization in Brooklyn, is fighting for its future after losing a $3M EPA grant due to cuts by the Trump administration. Decades of youth leadership and community work are at risk.

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Youth programs at risk after Brooklyn nonprofit loses EPA grant to Trump DEI cuts

Brooklyn’s El Puente lost vital federal grants, jeopardizing its youth advocacy program. These cuts threaten environmental justice and community programs across the city.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral primary win is inspiring hope and action across the river in NJ. Organizers and young voters see his campaign as a blueprint for change. They're pushing local leaders to listen to working families. By Priyanka Bansal, edited by me: njurbannews.com/2025/07/02/m...

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Mamdani’s Win Sparks Hope For Many New Jerseyans

Zohran Mamdani’s NYC win sparks progressive energy in New Jersey, fueling hopes for housing, transit, and political change.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

The New Jersey Institute for Social Justice released its landmark report on Juneteenth, providing sweeping policy proposals to enact reparations in NJ. It also provided a detailed history on why NJ is called “the slave state of the North.” My latest: njurbannews.com/2025/06/19/n...

njurbannews.com

New Jersey Council Recommends Reparations Policies In Historic Report

On Juneteenth, NJ’s reparations council released a report urging action to address the legacy of slavery and racial injustice in the state.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Burning water, insufficient food, toxic air. These are the conditions people faced inside a Newark immigrant detention facility leading up to last week's protests. My latest:

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey mayor is arrested at ICE detention center where he was protesting its opening, acting US attorney says.

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60 Minutes @60minutes.bsky.social · 07/04/2025

60 Minutes found no criminal record for 75% of the Venezuelan migrants the U.S. sent to a mega-prison in El Salvador. cbsn.ws/4lC4Vp5

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities

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'Segregated facilities' are no longer explicitly banned in federal contracts

The Trump administration cut a clause from federal contracting rules that had been on the books since the 1960s: Companies are no longer explicitly prohibited from having segregated facilities.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Over two years later, a state grand jury has decided not to criminally charge officers that killed #NajeeSeabrooks. His killing sparked a watershed movement in NJ, where advocates + communities pushed for police reform and non-law enforcement crisis emergency response programs.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

After seven years, my time at NJ Spotlight News has come to an end. I'm leaving with immense gratitude for the stories I've told and the people I've met. I'm excited for what's next and remain passionate about social justice reporting.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Mahmoud Khalil's case is, unfortunately, not unique. Families are showing up to NJ's detention center, only to find out their loved ones are no longer there. It's becoming more difficult for families and lawyers to locate detainees. My latest: www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/03/ice-...

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Families of ICE detainees say hard to locate loved ones in system | NJ Spotlight News

Families say lack of information distressing amid already heightened concern over threats of deportation, arrests under Trump administration.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

Expired food. Drinking water from their hands. Conditions are deteriorating at New Jersey's only immigrant detention center. Advocates are sounding the alarm as plans move forward for a new facility that will quadruple the state's detention capacity.

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NJ advocates slam plans for new immigrant ICE detention center | NJ Spotlight News

Advocates fear what a new immigrant detention facility in Newark would mean for ICE arrests and detentions in New Jersey.

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

“I was yelled at, intimidated by men with guns on their hips,” she said. “One man got right in my face and screamed that my attitude was fucking shit.” (From a reporter attempting to re-enter her own country.)

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

The next time someone calls a reporter "biased" or an activist — especially someone who is a woman, a person of color, LGBTQ+, an immigrant, and/or disabled — ask them to articulate the difference between bias and expertise: longreads.com/2018/03/29/i...

Then she asked me a question I hadn’t considered before. What is the difference between a bias and expertise?

In a previous newsroom she worked in, there were a few people who had pilots’ licenses. When a plane crash happened, those people were looked to as experts. Similarly, newsrooms seek to hire people with military experience, seeing that as expertise as opposed to bias. Many news outlets sent reporters to cover Hurricane Maria who were either Puerto Rican or had lived in Puerto Rico. Ho believes she’s a better business reporter because she worked in banking for three and a half years.

So why do we consider some lived experiences — being a woman, being a person of color, being queer, having had an abortion — biases, and others expertise?

From: https://longreads.com/2018/03/29/is-journalism-a-form-of-activism/

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

being neurodivergent means figuring out every day (maybe every hour) what scrunched up position you're going to work in

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

ICE announced it will turn Delaney Hall into NJ's next detention center. Geo Group is the company which responded to ICE's original RFP. It also filed a complaint against NJ, which is currently battling CoreCivic over its law that (effectively) bans detention centers.

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ICE expands detention capacity with Delaney Hall Facility in New Jersey

The facility will expand ICE’s detention capacity in the Northeast, enhancing the agency’s ability to manage the region’s growing enforcement and removal operations.

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David Folkenflik @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

News: NPR chief diversity officer Keith Woods to retire, amid broad attack on DEI He told colleagues today that he has been planning his retirement since 2023 but delayed after home destroyed last year by Helene. It follows PBS's ouster of DEI execs. www.npr.org/2025/02/26/n...

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NPR's chief diversity officer to retire, with DEI in the political spotlight

Chief Diversity Officer Keith Woods announced he'll retire after a 46-year career in journalism and 15 years at NPR, as the issue he has championed takes center stage in political discourse.

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Benjamin Hulac @bhulac.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Rep. Jeff Van Drew told reporters this afternoon he's undecided about to vote in his party's budget deal. That's scheduled for tonight. Van Drew on the fence not a good sign for passage. What this proposal means for NJ --> www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/02/cong... @njspotlightnews.bsky.social

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GOP advances plans to slash social programs | NJ Spotlight News

Medicaid is in the crosshairs for Republicans in Congress, who are forging ahead with plans to cut taxes for the wealthy and corporations.

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Teen Vogue @teenvogue.com · 25/02/2025

Youth subcultures used flamboyant fashion and jazz to reject Nazi conformity. Read more here ⤵️

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During World War II, These Teens Used Music and Fashion to Resist the Nazis

Get to know the Zazous, the Swing Kids, and the Edelweiss Pirates.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

The 3/1 deadline approaches for the DOJ to find institutions to criminally prosecute for "illegal DEI" practices. But law experts say it's not clear what criminal laws these programs violate. “DEI has basically...been turned into...a not-so-subtle racial slur,” said David Lopez, former EEOC counsel.

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‘Chilling effect’ of Trump’s attacks on DEI programs? | NJ Spotlight News

Federal pressure to end diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives raises questions about the future of anti-discrimination programs.

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CJ Fogler @cjzero.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

SERENAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

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Bolts @boltsmag.org · 08/02/2025

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy launched a clemency initiative last year focused on people with excessive sentences, those convicted of now-legal offenses, and abuse survivors. It doesn’t automatically review cases—eligible people must still apply. boltsmag.org/new-jer...

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For Abuse Survivors, a New Path to Release from New Jersey Prisons

Governor Phil Murphy commuted the sentences of three women convicted for killing abusers. Now advocates also want a legislative fix, and point to reforms in New York and Oklahoma.

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate confirms Russell Vought as White House budget director, putting Project 2025 architect at helm of powerful office.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

Immigrant advocacy orgs say reports of ICE sightings are spreading anxiety, esp. b/c some reports aren't real or are old. Some ways to help: people can provide as much info as possible, report tips directly to advocates who can verify ICE encounters, and attend "know your rights" workshops

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Social media reports of ICE sightings in NJ spark fear | NJ Spotlight News

Multiple sightings of ICE officers in NJ have been reported on social media since President Trump launched his mass deportation plan.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

New WH press sec Karoline Leavitt today: "This administration believes that birthright citizenship is unconstitutional."

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

otter being down while trying to report on today's news is just 🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Breaking - 6 state AG's, including NJ, announced a lawsuit against the federal funding freeze, calling it unconstitutional because Congress holds the purse strings. The freeze has jeopardized social programs across the country, the AG's said.

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

Hi, are you slouching? Have you had something high in protein or a glass of water today?

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

lots of new followers here! if you like my stories and want to see more, follow me elsewhere - 📷: _tayjung ⏰: tayreporting

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Ventura County strawberry workers are harvesting in heavy smoke from the Hughes Fire. We remind workers their employers have to provide them with respirator masks if the AQI exceeds 150. Stay safe! #WeFeedYou

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Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴 @wamsleylab.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

This exec order directly targets #highered To receive federal grants, orgs must certify they don't operate "illegal" DEI programs. Private sector will be "encouraged" to end DEI via "civil compliance investigations". Targets include higher ed institutions with >1bn endowment. #edusky #academicsky

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Ending Illegal Discrimination And Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity – The White House

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:Section 1. Purpose.

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drew xolaya costley (they/she) @drewcostley.northsky.social · 21/01/2025

NEW: Today, @veritenews.org is launching What Was Lost, a series that examines the emotional and cultural toll Hurricane Katrina had on New Orleans through stories of the items people lost. The series starts with a story from our editor-in-chief, Terry Baquet. veritenews.org/what-was-los...

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What Was Lost - 20 Years After Katrina

As we approach the 20th anniversary of Katrina, the Verite team wants to recount the stories behind all that the historic hurricane took from the city.

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Joseph Cox @josephcox.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

A bug in Cloudflare (and just the nature of how CDNs work) let an attacker learn the broad location of Discord, Signal, Twitter users by just sending them an image, according to a security researcher. It works because check which data center cached the image www.404media.co/cloudflare-i...

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Cloudflare Issue Can Leak Chat App Users' Broad Location

A security researcher made a tool that let them quickly check which of Cloudflare's data centers had cached an image, which allowed them to figure out what city a Discord, Signal, or Twitter/X user mi...

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Karen K. Ho @karenho.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

The fires in Los Angeles are a major reminder again to stock up on high-filtration masks and get a HEPA air purifier. I like Levoit, Coway and Blue Air ones. You can also get them gently used on FB Marketplace, new from a store, or make a Corsi-Rosenthal box. And don't forget to unwrap the filters.

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✨🤎 esmeralda grand 🤎✨ @abra-cadouglas.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

billionaires Stewart and Linda Resnick managed to seize control of a big chunk of california's water supply. they own wonderful pistachios, pom pomegranate juice, fiji, and more brands you recognize. one billionaire couple owns almost all the water in california!!!

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Meet the California couple who uses more water than every home in Los Angeles combined

How megafarmers Lynda and Stewart Resnick built their billion-dollar empire.

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

New Jerseyans on both sides of the aisle have been angry about NYC's new congestion pricing toll, saying it will impact everyday people trying to get to work. But just who, and how many, will be impacted? Well, the answer isn't that simple. www.njspotlightnews.org/2025/01/who-...

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Who will pay for congestion pricing? | NJ Spotlight News

Studies behind NYC toll plan say small sliver of NJ commuters will be charged

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

nothing like a news org throwing up a paywall on emergency info during an unprecedented natural disaster

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Taylor Jung 鍾永春 @taylorjung.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

City officials approved the 76ers arena earlier today despite public protest. Here is why Chinatown families are against the project:

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