Mary Hudetz
@maryhudetz.bsky.social
Investigative reporter at ProPublica focused on tribal communities in the Southwest.📍Albuquerque, N.M.
Apsaalooke (Crow) to the end of time
All contact info here: https://www.propublica.org/people/mary-hudetz
Apsaalooke (Crow) to the end of time
All contact info here: https://www.propublica.org/people/mary-hudetz
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RISKY BUZZWORDS: Indian Health Service officials have flagged the words, “immunizations” and “vaccines” for additional scrutiny, requiring approval from public information officers for them to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients. @maryhudetz.bsky.social
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:35 PM
RISKY BUZZWORDS: Indian Health Service officials have flagged the words, “immunizations” and “vaccines” for additional scrutiny, requiring approval from public information officers for them to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients. @maryhudetz.bsky.social
Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.
The Indian Health Service Is Flagging Vaccine-Related Speech. Doctors Say They’re Being Censored.
Officials have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations.
www.propublica.org
November 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Major measles outbreaks have repeatedly cropped up in the Southwest this year. Yet at IHS hospitals in the region, agency officials deemed “measles” and “immunizations” a "medium risk" in internal agency emails.
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
Staffers, including doctors, now need to get approval to use them in public messaging
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I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.
November 2, 2025 at 1:23 PM
I'm seeing a whole lot less outrage for the journalists of color who have been systematically discarded at places like NBC and CBS (and across journalism, really) than the response to Jimmy Kimmel's 5-day suspension.
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NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
U.S. Postal Service Cuts Funding for a Phoenix Mail Room Assisting Homeless People
The loss of support comes at a time of uncertainty for one of Arizona’s largest homeless services providers as the Trump administration calls for reducing and restructuring homelessness assistance grants.
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October 27, 2025 at 12:00 PM
NEW: For years, the Phoenix nonprofit Keys to Change has run a mail room for thousands of homeless people.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
Now the U.S. Postal Service is cutting its $24,000 investment, leaving the organization to raise the extra money to keep it open.
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This seems really bad and should be getting more attention nationally. Hundreds airlifted from storm-battered Western Alaska villages in historic evacuation, by @adn.com
Hundreds airlifted from storm-battered Western Alaska villages in historic evacuation
The Alaska Airlines Center arena at the University of Alaska Anchorage will shelter 300 displaced residents starting Wednesday evening, the American Red Cross said.
www.adn.com
October 16, 2025 at 3:24 PM
This seems really bad and should be getting more attention nationally. Hundreds airlifted from storm-battered Western Alaska villages in historic evacuation, by @adn.com
“The storm killed at least one person in the village of Kwigillingok with a few people still missing after it brought feet of storm surge to small and vulnerable communities on Alaska’s west coast.”
The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’s cuts.
Lack of weather data due to Trump’s budget cuts impacted forecast for deadly Alaska storm | CNN
The forecast for the powerful and deadly storm that battered small communities in western Alaska over the weekend was likely made worse by a lack of weather data triggered by the Trump administration’...
www.cnn.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:43 AM
“The storm killed at least one person in the village of Kwigillingok with a few people still missing after it brought feet of storm surge to small and vulnerable communities on Alaska’s west coast.”
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An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
An ICE agent threw a mom to the ground.
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
You know how she can file a complaint with DHS?
SHE CAN'T. Trump closed that office.
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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September 23, 2025 at 7:48 PM
👋 Whether it’s via truck or @wmata.com train, we mean it when we say: *We want to meet people where they are.*
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The federal government’s reported plans to link pregnant people’s use of acetaminophen — the pain-relief drug sold under the brand name Tylenol — as a cause of autism could worsen their health and stigmatize one of the few treatments pregnant people have for reducing pain and fever, doctors warn.
Linking Tylenol to autism could harm pregnant people’s health, doctors warn
Acetaminophen is one of the few drugs that pregnant people can safely use to relieve pain or fever — conditions that, if left untreated, can increase the risk of birth defects and premature delivery.
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September 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
The federal government’s reported plans to link pregnant people’s use of acetaminophen — the pain-relief drug sold under the brand name Tylenol — as a cause of autism could worsen their health and stigmatize one of the few treatments pregnant people have for reducing pain and fever, doctors warn.
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He wanted to die. His wife fought for him. A psychiatrist was their last hope.
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www.propublica.org/article/ment...
“Just Let Me Die”: After Insurance Repeatedly Denied a Couple’s Claims, One Psychiatrist Was Their Last Hope
After a North Carolina man attempted suicide twice, his wife tried to get him help at an inpatient clinic. But their insurance provider refused to cover the treatment, deeming it “not medically necess...
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September 10, 2025 at 12:13 PM
He wanted to die. His wife fought for him. A psychiatrist was their last hope.
www.propublica.org/article/ment...
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Introducing: our new resources hub!
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Resource Hub
Featured articles and resources by the Trans Journalists Association.
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August 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Introducing: our new resources hub!
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
Looking for all of our timely guidance on how to accurately cover trans communities? Trying to understand complex political messaging about governmental efforts to limit trans rights, or spot misinformation on a deadline?
It's all in one place now 👇
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I love working at ProPublica. I would love it more if it could guarantee us just cause protections. Go union.
Members in Chicago, Seattle, Berkeley and across the country are lunching out to show support for Just Cause protections that apply to every ProPublica Guild worker, every time.
August 12, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I love working at ProPublica. I would love it more if it could guarantee us just cause protections. Go union.
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NV public health officials are investigating how two women became critically ill after receiving injections at a Las Vegas longevity conference promising pathways to an "unlimited lifespan." The doctor who ran the booth isn't licensed in Nevada. My story: www.propublica.org/article/pept...
A Las Vegas Festival Promised Ways to Cheat Death. Two Attendees Left Fighting for Their Lives.
Authorities are investigating why two women fell ill at the Revolution Against Aging and Death Festival. They both received peptide injections, an alternative therapy promoted by Robert F. Kennedy Jr....
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July 29, 2025 at 3:50 PM
NV public health officials are investigating how two women became critically ill after receiving injections at a Las Vegas longevity conference promising pathways to an "unlimited lifespan." The doctor who ran the booth isn't licensed in Nevada. My story: www.propublica.org/article/pept...
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The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
NEW: On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been taken away.
These are their stories.
The Men Trump Deported to a Salvadoran Prison
On March 15, President Donald Trump’s administration sent more than 230 Venezuelan immigrants to a maximum-security prison in El Salvador. Last week, the men were released as suddenly as they’d been t...
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July 23, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The immensity of this reporting cannot be overstated.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
@propublica.org made an archive of reported, fact-checked info on each of the individuals sent to prison in El Salvador.
Trump admin knew that only *six* had been convicted of violent offenses.
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NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
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Today on @nprfreshair.bsky.social: Our @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social discusses “The Price of Remission,” where he investigates why a single pill of the cancer treatment he takes costs roughly the same as a new iPhone.
🎧 Listen below.
🎧 Listen below.
How much are we willing to pay for life-saving medications?
ProPublica health care reporter David Armstrong has multiple myeloma. He says a single pill of his prescription costs the company just 25 cents to make — but costs him about the same as a new iPhone.
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May 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Today on @nprfreshair.bsky.social: Our @davidarmstrongx.bsky.social discusses “The Price of Remission,” where he investigates why a single pill of the cancer treatment he takes costs roughly the same as a new iPhone.
🎧 Listen below.
🎧 Listen below.
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You may have seen various headlines/tweets this weekend implying that 50K noncitizens are registered to vote in Arizona, and that counties are starting to remove them.
That is incorrect.
"The story is wrong," Maricopa County Recorder's Office says... 🧵
That is incorrect.
"The story is wrong," Maricopa County Recorder's Office says... 🧵
April 14, 2025 at 9:45 PM
You may have seen various headlines/tweets this weekend implying that 50K noncitizens are registered to vote in Arizona, and that counties are starting to remove them.
That is incorrect.
"The story is wrong," Maricopa County Recorder's Office says... 🧵
That is incorrect.
"The story is wrong," Maricopa County Recorder's Office says... 🧵
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tired: putting callouts for sources on social media
wired:
wired:
February 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
tired: putting callouts for sources on social media
wired:
wired:
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Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
February 25, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Remarkable resignation letter from the Justice Department's chief information officer in the immigration review division — a disabled veteran.
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
Obtained by @propublica.org's Brett Murphy:
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Leonard Peltier has had his sentence commuted and will be released from prison to home confinement
Statement from President Joe Biden | The White House
I am issuing pardons to Gerald G. Lundergan and Ernest William Cromartie. I am also commuting the life sentence imposed on Leonard Peltier so that he
www.whitehouse.gov
January 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Leonard Peltier has had his sentence commuted and will be released from prison to home confinement
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Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
December 7, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Let me tell you a story – one of the more haunting I’ve seen in 20 years of journalism. It’s about greed, death and denial. It took two years to unravel one doctor’s myth, a hospital’s complicity in creating it, and a documented trail of suspicious deaths…🧵
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Introducing myself here! I write about the South for @propublica.org often about race, gender & the welfare of children. Investigative narratives are my 1st love.
Here is my latest in our series about segregation academies with the great @mrsimon22.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Here is my latest in our series about segregation academies with the great @mrsimon22.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars
North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:45 PM
Introducing myself here! I write about the South for @propublica.org often about race, gender & the welfare of children. Investigative narratives are my 1st love.
Here is my latest in our series about segregation academies with the great @mrsimon22.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
Here is my latest in our series about segregation academies with the great @mrsimon22.bsky.social
www.propublica.org/article/segr...
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The trust that so many of you place in our investigative journalism sincerely means a lot. Thank you for your support! We'll keep doing the work.
November 15, 2024 at 1:27 PM
ProPublica has surpassed 150k followers on Bluesky 🎉
The trust that so many of you place in our investigative journalism sincerely means a lot. Thank you for your support! We'll keep doing the work.
The trust that so many of you place in our investigative journalism sincerely means a lot. Thank you for your support! We'll keep doing the work.