Katie Maxwell
@katiemaxwell.bsky.social
Environmental Professional | she/her(s) | MEM ‘25 @dukeenvironment.bsky.social
My takeaway: Educators are committed to continuing to teach food literacy despite massive funding cuts to SNAP-Ed and FoodCorps under the current administration.
“We’re committed to seeing this one through for the children at the center of our work,” said a FoodCorps spokesperson.
“We’re committed to seeing this one through for the children at the center of our work,” said a FoodCorps spokesperson.
What’s at Stake for School Food-Literacy Programs
SNAP-Ed will be terminated in October, adding to federal cuts impacting food literacy and nutrition education in schools.
civileats.com
September 24, 2025 at 3:17 AM
My takeaway: Educators are committed to continuing to teach food literacy despite massive funding cuts to SNAP-Ed and FoodCorps under the current administration.
“We’re committed to seeing this one through for the children at the center of our work,” said a FoodCorps spokesperson.
“We’re committed to seeing this one through for the children at the center of our work,” said a FoodCorps spokesperson.
Chicago Midway is my home airport, and I almost always fly Southwest domestically. This near miss is absolutely terrifying. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
Southwest Airlines plane aborts landing to avoid colliding with private jet at Chicago Midway Airport | CNN
A Southwest Airlines plane and a private jet that entered the runway without authorization experienced a close call at Chicago Midway International Airport on Tuesday morning, the Federal Aviation Adm...
amp.cnn.com
February 26, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Chicago Midway is my home airport, and I almost always fly Southwest domestically. This near miss is absolutely terrifying. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/02/...
I'm excited for my friends and classmates @dukeenvironment.bsky.social working on this project to build toilets and shelters in Gaza. “It’s Not All Conflict”: Speaking with an Israeli and a Palestinian Working Together to Aid Gaza indyweek.com/news/durham/...
“It’s Not All Conflict”: Speaking with an Israeli and a Palestinian Working Together to Aid Gaza
The founders of Clean Shelter met the day after October 7 in a virtual dialogue group. Now they’re running a humanitarian organization that’s built over 1,000 toilets and shelters for displaced Palest...
indyweek.com
February 24, 2025 at 1:52 AM
I'm excited for my friends and classmates @dukeenvironment.bsky.social working on this project to build toilets and shelters in Gaza. “It’s Not All Conflict”: Speaking with an Israeli and a Palestinian Working Together to Aid Gaza indyweek.com/news/durham/...
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Wired’s coverage these last two weeks has been exceptional. Truly the best kind of reporting. A worthy place for your subscription dollars.
DOGE operative Marko Elez got the ability to alter US Treasury payment system code on Feb 1, WIRED's sources say.
For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.
Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
For days, Trump officials fed members of Congress and the press a different story.
Elez is out now for posts reading "I was racist before it was cool" and "normalize Indian hate."
The US Treasury Claimed DOGE Technologist Didn’t Have ‘Write Access’ When He Actually Did
Sources tell WIRED that the ability of DOGE's Marko Elez to alter code controlling trillions in federal spending was rescinded days after US Treasury and White House officials said it didn't exist.
www.wired.com
February 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Wired’s coverage these last two weeks has been exceptional. Truly the best kind of reporting. A worthy place for your subscription dollars.
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Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
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Gutting USAID threatens billions of dollars for U.S. farms, businesses
U.S. businesses that sold goods and services to USAID are in limbo, including American farms dealing in rice, wheat and soybeans.
wapo.st
February 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Farmers slammed. “American farms… supply about about 41 percent of the food aid that the agency sends around the world.” And “hundreds of tons of American-grown wheat stranded in Houston alone.”
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this is a 5 alarm fire alert. This could decimate all the clean energy we worked to pass under Biden.
The Army Corps has confirmed to me that it has frozen renewables permitting. Their statement raises far more questions than answers about the permitting sitch in the federal government right now.
Story TK.
Story TK.
February 5, 2025 at 7:50 PM
this is a 5 alarm fire alert. This could decimate all the clean energy we worked to pass under Biden.
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@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
Health Programs Shutter Around the World After Trump Pauses Foreign Aid (Gift Article)
Lifesaving treatment and prevention programs for tuberculosis, malaria, H.I.V. and other diseases cannot access funds to continue work.
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2025 at 2:33 PM
@USAID is enduring an unlawful shutdown, purge, and dismantling.
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...
It’s thrown its vital work into turmoil—based on spurious, absurd, and willfully slanted attacks.
Here's what’s real: the massive and growing harm now being caused.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/01/h...