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Elisha Brown
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I write a newsletter called Reproductive Rights Today for States Newsroom.

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Elisha Brown @elishabrown.bsky.social · Feb 1
Lord have mercy, lot of new followers! About me:

• I write a repro newsletter for @statesnewsroom.com + I report

• Based in Durham, NC and raised in the Sandhills of SC

• Essential beat read: Killing The Black Body by Dorothy Roberts

• Open to feedback, tips, etc:
ebrown@statesnewsroom.com
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susanrinkunas.com
Former race and ethnicity reporter Emmanuel Felton wrote, “I’m among the hundreds of people laid off by The Post. This comes six months after hearing in a national meeting that race coverage drives subscriptions. This wasn’t a financial decision, it was an ideological one.”
Jeff Bezos’ Washington Post Cuts 30% of Staff, Laying Off More Than 300 Employees Including Amazon Beat Reporter
The Washington Post, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, is enacting layoffs that will eliminate "hundreds" of jobs.
variety.com
February 4, 2026 at 5:14 PM
elishabrown.bsky.social
hi hello we have author pages on our dot com now! that means i actually exist: www.newsfromthestates.com/author/elish...
Elisha Brown | News From The States
Elisha Brown is the Reproductive Rights Today newsletter author at States Newsroom.She is based in Durham, North Carolina, where she previously worked as a reporter covering reproductive rights, regio...
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 3, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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sofiaresnick.bsky.social
So far in 2026, nearly 200 anti-abortion bills have been introduced in 29 states, via @elishabrown.bsky.social www.newsfromthestates.com/article/bill...
Bills cracking down on abortion pills advance in states that already ban most abortions
Even though many legislative sessions only just convened across the country this month, efforts to restrict access to abortion pills are in full swing, particularly in states that already ban abortion...
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 3, 2026 at 3:40 PM
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janenorman.bsky.social
SEARING DECISION AGAINST KRISTI NOEM ON TPS: Temporary legal status allowed for now for 350,000 Haitians as judge blasts Kristi Noem - @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social for @statesnewsroom.com DC www.newsfromthestates.com/article/temp...
Temporary legal status allowed for now for 350,000 Haitians as judge blasts Kristi Noem
WASHINGTON — A federal judge late Monday blocked the termination of temporary protections for roughly 350,000 Haitians from taking effect, a move that prevents the Trump administration from acting to ...
www.newsfromthestates.com
February 3, 2026 at 2:03 AM
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mcbridetd.bsky.social
BREAKING... and Thank God...

5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release - ABC News abcnews.go.com/amp/US/5-yea...
5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos, father board plane for Minneapolis after detention center release
A federal judge on Saturday ordered that the pair be released.
abcnews.go.com
February 1, 2026 at 3:28 PM
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minnesotareformer.com
Feds arrest journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for filming protest at St. Paul church minnesotareformer.com/briefs/feds-...
Feds arrest journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for filming protest at St. Paul church • Minnesota Reformer
Federal agents arrested independent journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort for covering a protest at Cities Church in St. Paul, where a pastor is also an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enf...
minnesotareformer.com
January 30, 2026 at 3:53 PM
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cingraham.bsky.social
Check out the first paragraph in that screenshot. That's how you frame a story.
madisonmcvan.bsky.social madi mcvan @madisonmcvan.bsky.social · 13d
Border Czar Tom Homan: ‘I’m staying ‘til the problem is gone’
minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/29/h...
January 29, 2026 at 4:37 PM
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kingdollar.bsky.social
In 1970, North Carolina led all of its neighbors in median household income. Since then, it’s grown the least of all of them.
North Carolina’s economy has boomed. Why hasn’t its median income? • NC Newsline
North Carolina’s economy has seen explosive growth since 1970, rising to eleventh in GDP in the nation. But its income growth has lagged behind the rest of the country.
ncnewsline.com
January 29, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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coloradonewsline.com
President Donald Trump touted the coming generation of “Trump Account children” Wednesday as the administration aims to deflect attention from rising food prices and a deadly federal immigration crackdown that in recent weeks took the lives of two U.S. citizens in Minneapolis.
Trump tries to shift attention away from woes with glitzy Trump Accounts rollout | Colorado Newsline
The day-long U.S. Treasury Department event in Washington, D.C., brought together big names from corporate America and entertainment.
coloradonewsline.com
January 28, 2026 at 10:09 PM
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arkansasadvocate.com
Lawsuit says Arkansas’ near-total ban on abortion violates state’s constitution arkansasadvocate.com/2026/01/28/l...
Lawsuit says Arkansas’ near-total ban on abortion violates state’s constitution | Arkansas Advocate
Arkansas’ near-total abortion ban faced its first legal challenge Wednesday with a lawsuit from four women and a physician who argue the ban should be struck down in its entirety.
arkansasadvocate.com
January 28, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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minnesotareformer.com
Alex Jeffrey Pretti, 37, was an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital before he was shot and killed by federal agents Saturday morning on Nicollet Avenue. Family and friends, as well as former coworkers and teachers, described him as generous and kind-hearted.
Alex Pretti 'had a way of lighting up every room he walked into' • Minnesota Reformer
His parents described him as “a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans” he cared for as a nurse.
minnesotareformer.com
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
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juliametraux.bsky.social
The Trump administration formally withdrew federal guidance that required pharmacies to dispense methotrexate. Chronically ill people may face more challenges in getting this drug for their health. My latest for @motherjones.com. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS will allow pharmacies to boycott lifesaving drugs used in medication abortion
Misoprostol and methotrexate do more than end pregnancies—but anti-abortion pharmacists can now refuse to offer them and still get federal funds.
www.motherjones.com
January 28, 2026 at 7:20 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Eleanor Holmes Norton, the 18-term delegate for the District of Columbia in Congress, announces her retirement
1/2 CONGRESSWOMAN For Immediate Release ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON NORTON ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT AT END OF TERM "With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states -for 33 years." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) announced today that she will retire at the end of this term. "I've had the privilege of representing the District of Columbia in Congress since 1991. Time and again, D.C. residents entrusted me to fight for them at the federal level, and I have not yielded," Norton said. "With fire in my soul and the facts on my side, I have raised hell about the injustice of denying 700,000 taxpaying Americans the same rights given to residents of the states for 33 years. "The privilege of public service is inseparable from the responsibility to recognize when it's time to lift up the next generation of leaders. For D.C., that time has come. With pride in all we have accomplished together, with the deepest gratitude to the people of D.C., and with great confidence in the next generation, I announced today that I will retire at the end of this term." Norton's unrelenting advocacy has produced prolific and transformative results for the District. Her major legislative accomplishments include the revitalization of entire sections of the city - the Wharf, Capitol Riverfront, CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON 2/2 For Immediate Release NOMA, Walter Reed and St. Elizabeths West campus for the Department of Homeland Security, and most recently the transfer of the RFK Stadium site to the District of Columbia. The D.C. Tuition Assistance Grant Program, or DCTAG, which Norton established, makes up the difference up to $10,000, between in state and out of state tuition at public universities for D.C. residents. The program helps thousands of D.C. students, who lack the type of robust public university system that residents of states enjoy, attend college each year. "Although I've decided not to seek reelection, I will never falter in my commitment to the residents I have long championed. I will continue to serve as D.C.'s Warrior on the Hill until the end of my current term." A civil rights leader who helped plan the 1963 March on Washington, an accomplished attorney who argued and won at the Supreme Court, the first woman to lead the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and a tenured professor at Georgetown Law before she was elected to Congress, Norton plans to continue to find ways to serve the District of Columbia after her current term ends. Her legacy is one of tireless service marked by an unrelenting focus on the well-being of those she represents. As Norton transitions into this new phase of service, her role as a champion for the people of D.C. will remain as vibrant and vital as ever. Norton concluded, "Thank you to my constituents for choosing and trusting me to fight for you in Congress 18 times. I will leave this institution knowing that I have given you everything I have. And while my service in Congress is ending, my advocacy for your rights, your dignity, and your capacity to govern yourselves is not." ###
January 27, 2026 at 4:15 PM
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kimberlyeatkins.bsky.social
Here's what's wrong with comparing ICE's terror to the Third Reich: the white nationalism at its core is uniquely American. And ending it requires all of us—white folks too— to let go of the lies about American exceptionalism that we’ve been fed. My column:
www.bostonglobe.com/2026/01/26/o...
Don’t look to Germany for an analogy. The Minneapolis nightmare is uniquely American. - The Boston Globe
In order to defeat the white nationalism that is at the core of ICE’s assault on American democracy, we have to see it and treat it as what it is.
www.bostonglobe.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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alondra.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 "At least 63 times since 2007, data from some of the 28 human genomic repositories that the N.I.H. controls was improperly released to researchers, used for unapproved purposes or made vulnerable to theft..." (Gift Link) www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’
www.nytimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:19 PM
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alicemiranda.bsky.social
More info on how those pardons exactly one year ago invigorated the more militant wing of the anti-abortion movement. www.politico.com/news/2025/03...
January 22, 2026 at 2:56 PM
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arianalfigueroa.bsky.social
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials placed an asylum seeker who is eight months pregnant on a deportation flight Wednesday afternoon, even though she was in medical distress, her attorneys told States Newsroom.

www.newsfromthestates.com/article/aclu...
ACLU says pregnant immigrant in medical distress deported through Atlanta airport
WASHINGTON — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials placed an asylum seeker who is eight months pregnant on a deportation flight Wednesday afternoon, even though she was in medical distres...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 21, 2026 at 10:51 PM
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alannavagianos.bsky.social
NEW: @natabortionfed.bsky.social sent a security alert to clinics in the Washington, D.C. area, warning of possible unrest & violence connected to an extremist group’s plans to protest outside the HHS building tomorrow.

“This is the beginning of a new chapter of violence."
Abortion Clinics Sound The Alarm As Extremist Group Prepares For Anti-Abortion Protest
Advocates described what comes next as the “perfect storm” of anti-abortion unrest.
www.huffpost.com
January 21, 2026 at 6:35 PM
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kelciemmorris.bsky.social
My first day of trial coverage in Missouri includes one of the wildest things I’ve ever heard said in a court of law.
Missouri leans on disputed mental health claims in defense of strict abortion laws • Missouri Independent
Two women who had abortions in Missouri testified about the regret they felt after the procedure as part of the state's argument for informed consent laws.
missouriindependent.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:45 PM
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madisonmcvan.bsky.social
hey, y'all. my name is madi and i'm a reporter for the minnesota reformer. i cover the trump administration's impact on minnesotans, which means i've been out on the streets covering ICE in the twin cities. let me walk you through how we got here:
January 21, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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phillewis.bsky.social
Harris County, Texas, is the deadliest place in the United States for Black mothers to give birth
This Texas County Is the Deadliest Place in the U.S. for Black Mothers to Give Birth
Health care advocates struggle to figure out why this Texas county has some of the nation’s highest rates of maternal and infant mortality.
capitalbnews.org
January 16, 2026 at 3:39 AM
elishabrown.bsky.social
Another child left without a mother because of an abortion ban. This time, in North Carolina, @propublica.org reports. www.propublica.org/article/nort...
A Pregnant Woman at Risk of Heart Failure Couldn’t Get Urgent Treatment. She Died Waiting for an Abortion.
In a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
www.propublica.org
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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azmirror.com
Critics say the EEOC deal with the Christian Employers Alliance attacks reproductive rights and fear the agency will rewrite regulations for pregnant workers

story via @elishabrown.bsky.social
EEOC deal lets Christian businesses ignore abortion accommodation, gender identity rules | Arizona Mirror
EEOC agrees to exempt Christian business group from abortion accommodation and gender identity workplace protection rules
azmirror.com
January 14, 2026 at 3:55 PM
elishabrown.bsky.social
New: The EEOC reached an agreement this month with a Christian business group to ignore regulations that allowed employees to receive abortion-related accommodations and barred workplace discrimination based on gender identity. www.newsfromthestates.com/article/feds...
Feds strike deal with Christian business group over abortion, gender-related worker protections
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission reached an agreement this month with a Christian business group to ignore regulations that allowed employees to receive abortion-related accommodations...
www.newsfromthestates.com
January 13, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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minnesotareformer.com
The Trump administration seems intent on blocking local prosecutors from even bringing charges against the ICE officer minnesotareformer.com/2026/01/09/m...
Minnesota prosecution of ICE officer faces new political obstacles under Trump • Minnesota Reformer
The Trump administration made its opinion known almost immediately after an ICE agent shot and killed a woman in Minneapolis on Wednesday: The officer acted heroically in defending himself from Renee ...
minnesotareformer.com
January 9, 2026 at 3:12 PM