Lara Witt
@femmfeministe.bsky.social
Editor-in-Chief of @prismreports.org | Co-founder of the Movement Media Alliance and Media Against Apartheid and Displacement | lara@prismreports.org
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Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
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🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
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Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
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November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Social media and many of the places where we get perspectives are a mess with manipulation, conspiracy, and misinformation. Radicals hoping to fight oppression have to be mindful of where we listen and why. I wrote about this and more for @prismreports.org. prismreports.org/2025/11/20/a...
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Thousands in NYC are training to protect non-citizens from masked agents and the potential deployment of federal troops--a move at the core of the authoritarian agenda of the administration. @cosecha.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @cmsandynurse.bsky.social
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Volunteers prep for potential military deployment in New York City
Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race
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November 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Thousands in NYC are training to protect non-citizens from masked agents and the potential deployment of federal troops--a move at the core of the authoritarian agenda of the administration. @cosecha.bsky.social @maketheroadny.bsky.social @cmsandynurse.bsky.social
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"Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building." Read @femmfeministe.bsky.social and @mayaschenwar.bsky.social's urgent appeal to keep progressive media alive -- and thriving -- during these terrible times.
The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
"Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building." Read @femmfeministe.bsky.social and @mayaschenwar.bsky.social's urgent appeal to keep progressive media alive -- and thriving -- during these terrible times.
"No COP discussion or agreement has ever suggested addressing root causes of climate change and ecological destruction—colonialism, imperialism—through demilitarization."
ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
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ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
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COP28 must address militarization
As the earth approaches climate tipping points, world leaders must consider the world’s largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels: the U.S. military
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November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"No COP discussion or agreement has ever suggested addressing root causes of climate change and ecological destruction—colonialism, imperialism—through demilitarization."
ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
prismreports.org/2023/11/28/c...
ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
prismreports.org/2023/11/28/c...
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"The right knows that funding media is important."
"Progressive foundations have an opportunity to recognize their unique responsibility here."
"Rigorous, principled, independent nonprofit and community-based news is an essential part of progressive movement building."
#USA #Media
"Progressive foundations have an opportunity to recognize their unique responsibility here."
"Rigorous, principled, independent nonprofit and community-based news is an essential part of progressive movement building."
#USA #Media
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration.
prismreports.org
November 20, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations, writes Hassan Herzallah. After all the loss, the waiting, & the silence of two years, Gazans are trying to rebuild not just their homes, but the meaning of life itself.
Gaza, where love and loss share the same breath
Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations
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November 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Weddings in Gaza used to be a time for celebration. But now, weddings that people once dreamed of only exist in their imaginations, writes Hassan Herzallah. After all the loss, the waiting, & the silence of two years, Gazans are trying to rebuild not just their homes, but the meaning of life itself.
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November 19, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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Perfectly put by @femmfeministe.bsky.social and @mayaschenwar.bsky.social:
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November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Perfectly put by @femmfeministe.bsky.social and @mayaschenwar.bsky.social:
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I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
November 19, 2025 at 4:34 PM
I went home to Southeast L.A. to cover the immigration raids there. And this week I've covered the raids in my adopted home of NC. Nothing--and I mean NOTHING--will give you hope like speaking to immigrant organizers and locals fighting back.
Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.
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North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
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November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
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“I wished for death every moment. [...] I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew & laughing.”
Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
Testimonies reveal rape and torture in Israeli prisons
Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates and experts say
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November 18, 2025 at 7:59 PM
“I wished for death every moment. [...] I could hear the soldiers outside speaking Hebrew & laughing.”
Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
Testimonies reveal rape & torture in Israeli prisons, @laubast.bsky.social reports. Israel’s carceral regime inflicts systemic sexual violence on Palestinians, advocates & experts say.
🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
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It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism, write @femmfeministe.bsky.social & @mayaschenwar.bsky.social in an op-ed. With the folding of Teen Vogue into Vogue & the loss of newsroom diversity, marginalized voices face new obstacles amid cutbacks & right-wing pressure.
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:56 PM
It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism, write @femmfeministe.bsky.social & @mayaschenwar.bsky.social in an op-ed. With the folding of Teen Vogue into Vogue & the loss of newsroom diversity, marginalized voices face new obstacles amid cutbacks & right-wing pressure.
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Movement journalism isn't just a nice thing to have: It's essential to expose injustice, uplift movements, and share visions for our collective futures.
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
The Right Funds Its Media. Can Progressive Philanthropy Meet the Moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
truthout.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Movement journalism isn't just a nice thing to have: It's essential to expose injustice, uplift movements, and share visions for our collective futures.
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
Amazing @femmfeministe.bsky.social and I wrote about why resourcing journalism is important, especially right now!
truthout.org/articles/the...
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Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports. A lack of media coverage & international pressure leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark after el-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces.
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide
A lack of media coverage and international pressure leaves many in Sudan in the dark after el-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces
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November 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports. A lack of media coverage & international pressure leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark after el-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces.
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Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.
For children of immigrants, Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis
The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families
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November 17, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families, with long-term consequences for their mental well-being.
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““The sheriff issued an order giving us 24 hours to leave the park. They only give you an hour to get all your things out. I bought that trailer. Now I have nothing. I’m starting over at 67.”
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on the eviction of Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents after legal battle.
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on the eviction of Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents after legal battle.
Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents evicted after yearlong legal battle
Hundreds of residents were given 24 hours to leave their homes in October after a judge ruled against them in September
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November 18, 2025 at 3:18 PM
““The sheriff issued an order giving us 24 hours to leave the park. They only give you an hour to get all your things out. I bought that trailer. Now I have nothing. I’m starting over at 67.”
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on the eviction of Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents after legal battle.
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on the eviction of Li’l Abner Mobile Home residents after legal battle.
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The media company publishing this report "Hebrew Ventures LLC" is the same media company that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to pay to coordinate a MAGA influencer trip to Israel. Hebrew Ventures LLC has not registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
November 18, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The media company publishing this report "Hebrew Ventures LLC" is the same media company that the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs agreed to pay to coordinate a MAGA influencer trip to Israel. Hebrew Ventures LLC has not registered under the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
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International scholarships offer a lifeline to students in Gaza. But some worry it could lead to ‘forced academic exile,’ Athar Ihab Abu Samra reports. Some Palestinian students choose between survival & staying in their homeland.
Scholarships offer Gaza students a lifeline. Some worry it could lead to ‘exile.’
Besides individual opportunities to leave, some educators say Gaza also needs support rebuilding academia within the Strip
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November 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
International scholarships offer a lifeline to students in Gaza. But some worry it could lead to ‘forced academic exile,’ Athar Ihab Abu Samra reports. Some Palestinian students choose between survival & staying in their homeland.
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It is the norm.
This piece makes it sound totally normal that the police gets to decide whether or not to "work with" Mamdani as mayor, and it continues, as nearly all the paper's coverage, to wield normative terms like "moderate" and left" in a prejudicial way. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/16/n...
The N.Y.P.D. Prepares for Mayor Mamdani and a New Era in Public Safety
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November 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
It is the norm.
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‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
November 15, 2025 at 6:12 AM
‘Death remains my intimate shadow partner. It has been with me since birth, always hovering close by. I understand one day we will finally waltz together into the ether. I hope when that time comes, I die with the satisfaction of a life well-lived, unapologetic, joyful, & full of love.’
—Alice Wong
—Alice Wong
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A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
November 15, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A real loss. Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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Very grateful for my sources at @avac.org, @prep4allnow.bsky.social, and Physicians for Human Rights for helping me understand just how far reaching this crisis goes. And all while a game-changing drug comes to market.
In under a year, the Trump administration has threatened decades of progress in global fight against HIV/AIDS, @byadamrhodes.bsky.social reports. From defunding federal programs to slashing global aid, few have done as much damage to public health as Trump has.
Trump has threatened decades of progress in global fight against HIV/AIDS
From defunding federal programs to slashing global aid, few have done as much damage to public health as Trump has
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November 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Very grateful for my sources at @avac.org, @prep4allnow.bsky.social, and Physicians for Human Rights for helping me understand just how far reaching this crisis goes. And all while a game-changing drug comes to market.
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“Since its inception, the philanthropic sector has largely served to uphold the status quo. The majority of institutions are designed to preserve power, not to disrupt it.”
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Palestine nonprofits at ‘financial crossroads'
Some nonprofits that have been defunded are shifting away from foundations and toward fundraising efforts grounded in community and shared politics
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November 14, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“Since its inception, the philanthropic sector has largely served to uphold the status quo. The majority of institutions are designed to preserve power, not to disrupt it.”
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
Pro-Palestine nonprofits are at ‘financial crossroads’ after losing funding during genocide, @nicolefroio.bsky.social reports.
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I’m investigating university partnerships with ICE for @prismreports.org with support from the lovely editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social
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November 14, 2025 at 5:32 PM
I’m investigating university partnerships with ICE for @prismreports.org with support from the lovely editor @tinavasquez.bsky.social
📲 Send me a message on Signal at julesthejourno.09 or email me at julesthejourno@proton.me
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