Nicole Carr
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social
Digital Expat. Journalist. Speaker. Morehouse College Visiting Asst.journalism prof. 🌎trotting+ Searching for the ancestors with my own legacies 👧🏽👧🏽👦🏾
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Nicole Carr
@nicolefcarr.bsky.social
· Mar 16
The historic Black press and the attempt to criminalize journalists
I've long thought about the potential for U.S. journalists to be jailed in America for doing our jobs. We should remember how the government came after Black journalists in the not-so-distant past.
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It's Black Press Day. And the historic Black press understood what it was like to be targeted, surveilled, charged with crimes, even jailed. As similar threats loom, we should take a look at this history. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe to Fortify here: nicolefcarr.substack.com/p/the-histor...
Last year I began to raise alarms about to potential for the federal government to start arresting journalists for doing our jobs,knowing that the historic Black press had faced this.Today, Don Lemon is in fed custody after a bogus arrest for bearing witness.Resharing from March 2025: bit.ly/45F4LH2
January 30, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Last year I began to raise alarms about to potential for the federal government to start arresting journalists for doing our jobs,knowing that the historic Black press had faced this.Today, Don Lemon is in fed custody after a bogus arrest for bearing witness.Resharing from March 2025: bit.ly/45F4LH2
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(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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January 28, 2026 at 1:04 AM
(CNN) - The fast-growing measles outbreak in South Carolina is now the largest in the United States since the disease was declared eliminated in this country more than two decades ago.
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This is not a new post. I wrote this newsletter almost a year ago. It’s about why it’s often so difficult for media to cover white supremacy. It’s leads with a a story about a fired (now REHIRED) ICE agent. Worth resharing today…: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
January 28, 2026 at 2:31 PM
This is not a new post. I wrote this newsletter almost a year ago. It’s about why it’s often so difficult for media to cover white supremacy. It’s leads with a a story about a fired (now REHIRED) ICE agent. Worth resharing today…: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
This is constantly on my mind (and has always been on my mind as a mother of Black children)-
The way that we function-or do not-for the love and protection of our children.
The way that we function-or do not-for the love and protection of our children.
Another person is murdered by ICE and you gotta go about your Saturday morning with your kid because you can't just break down completely for them.
January 24, 2026 at 4:55 PM
This is constantly on my mind (and has always been on my mind as a mother of Black children)-
The way that we function-or do not-for the love and protection of our children.
The way that we function-or do not-for the love and protection of our children.
This morning feels like a good time to reshare a piece I wrote last year about ICE Enforcement, children and the “othering” of humanity that distorts our narratives.
“What about the children now?”
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“What about the children now?”
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What about the children now?
They routinely shout about protecting children and families. But a party that backs violent, dehumanizing ICE enforcement tactics has yet to decry how gov't is traumatizing kids at home and school.
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January 22, 2026 at 12:04 PM
This morning feels like a good time to reshare a piece I wrote last year about ICE Enforcement, children and the “othering” of humanity that distorts our narratives.
“What about the children now?”
open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
“What about the children now?”
open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
The bats$&it racist rhetoric is a feature, not a bug. I’m not reposting that filth.
January 21, 2026 at 4:27 PM
The bats$&it racist rhetoric is a feature, not a bug. I’m not reposting that filth.
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Grateful for this unexpected mention in the National Book Club Conference email blast. The great Walter Mosley is the featured author. And I’m the new author who’s just giving thanks for all the good things happening while we are in the midst of extreme chaos. Soon: nationalbookclubconference.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:23 PM
Grateful for this unexpected mention in the National Book Club Conference email blast. The great Walter Mosley is the featured author. And I’m the new author who’s just giving thanks for all the good things happening while we are in the midst of extreme chaos. Soon: nationalbookclubconference.com
1985 Atlanta: The Klan was burning crosses on Stone Mountain and in front of the AKA sorority house at Georgia Tech, following the King holiday. This was the year my AKA chapter was chartered. My first doc incl. this history has been selected for the 2026 Black History Film Festival: bit.ly/4qtNwko
January 18, 2026 at 5:12 PM
1985 Atlanta: The Klan was burning crosses on Stone Mountain and in front of the AKA sorority house at Georgia Tech, following the King holiday. This was the year my AKA chapter was chartered. My first doc incl. this history has been selected for the 2026 Black History Film Festival: bit.ly/4qtNwko
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ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
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Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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January 15, 2026 at 10:36 AM
ICE is holding Native Americans hostage as a bargaining chip to raid reservations, saying they won't release them until the tribes give up sovereignty.
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
www.startribune.com/ice-detainin...
Watch what’s unfolding w the gov’t raid on a WaPo reporter’s home + remember this piece that I wrote last year.It covers a few ways the feds attempted to criminalize the historic Black press. Reminder: The human guardrails to protect these journalists are seemingly no longer in place: bit.ly/3NkLh4g
January 14, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Watch what’s unfolding w the gov’t raid on a WaPo reporter’s home + remember this piece that I wrote last year.It covers a few ways the feds attempted to criminalize the historic Black press. Reminder: The human guardrails to protect these journalists are seemingly no longer in place: bit.ly/3NkLh4g
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...in which I end the interview by saluting a few people I think are journalism badasses: @nickimayonews.bsky.social, @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, Jason Strother, and my fellow Boston journalist Meghan Irons.
January 13, 2026 at 1:13 PM
...in which I end the interview by saluting a few people I think are journalism badasses: @nickimayonews.bsky.social, @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, Jason Strother, and my fellow Boston journalist Meghan Irons.
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More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
Why Afro-Venezuelans Oppose U.S. Intervention in Venezuela
More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
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January 12, 2026 at 9:48 PM
More than half of Venezuelans identify as having African ancestry, the highest rate of the world’s Spanish-speaking nations.
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
https://capitalbnews.org/us-attack-venezuela-afro-venezuelans/
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Black people have been telling you.
That’s it.
That’s all.
That’s it.
That’s all.
January 8, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Black people have been telling you.
That’s it.
That’s all.
That’s it.
That’s all.
Cooking with my 5502 Peruvian Spice blend from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. ✨ An escape before I return to writing amid the insanity.
January 10, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Cooking with my 5502 Peruvian Spice blend from the National Museum of African American History and Culture. ✨ An escape before I return to writing amid the insanity.
Those of who said this years ago were labeled as alarmists or a tad bit insane, despite the evidence before us all…
This is why we have been using the word fascism.
If you all think Trump will peacefully and voluntarily leave, you aren't paying attention and are suffering from a severe failure of imagination.
They're playing for all the marbles now, folks.
If you all think Trump will peacefully and voluntarily leave, you aren't paying attention and are suffering from a severe failure of imagination.
They're playing for all the marbles now, folks.
January 10, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Those of who said this years ago were labeled as alarmists or a tad bit insane, despite the evidence before us all…
We still haven’t gotten the investigative report that reveals these people’s identities.
Let’s clearly label the illegitimate Army, white supremacists and trained LE, cause trust and believe, this ain’t it. This ain’t the normal F-ups we report on day in, day out.
Let’s clearly label the illegitimate Army, white supremacists and trained LE, cause trust and believe, this ain’t it. This ain’t the normal F-ups we report on day in, day out.
I think it is probably a bad idea to put clearly unhinged, angry psychopaths in federal law enforcement positions.
January 10, 2026 at 2:32 AM
We still haven’t gotten the investigative report that reveals these people’s identities.
Let’s clearly label the illegitimate Army, white supremacists and trained LE, cause trust and believe, this ain’t it. This ain’t the normal F-ups we report on day in, day out.
Let’s clearly label the illegitimate Army, white supremacists and trained LE, cause trust and believe, this ain’t it. This ain’t the normal F-ups we report on day in, day out.
I give plenty of historical references and context to this white lie in my forthcoming book, The Price of Exclusion. You can pre-order here, read, and wonder whether we’re examining text from 2026, 1926, or 1826: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
January 10, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I give plenty of historical references and context to this white lie in my forthcoming book, The Price of Exclusion. You can pre-order here, read, and wonder whether we’re examining text from 2026, 1926, or 1826: www.harpercollins.com/products/the...
110 new subscribers have joined the Fortify newsletter community in the past week.
Thank you.
Please enjoy the intersection of history, current events and Black storytellers as I prepare the first post of the new year. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
Thank you.
Please enjoy the intersection of history, current events and Black storytellers as I prepare the first post of the new year. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
110 new subscribers have joined the Fortify newsletter community in the past week.
Thank you.
Please enjoy the intersection of history, current events and Black storytellers as I prepare the first post of the new year. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
Thank you.
Please enjoy the intersection of history, current events and Black storytellers as I prepare the first post of the new year. Read/Listen/Share/Subscribe: open.substack.com/pub/nicolefc...
You know what’s funny about Dokoupil?
We’ve all worked with one.
And we’ve all watch people elevate that one into some pseudo-intellectual class disguised as…objective, of good faith and smart.
We’ve all worked with one.
And we’ve all watch people elevate that one into some pseudo-intellectual class disguised as…objective, of good faith and smart.
New CBS News anchor Tony Dokoupil closing the broadcast from MN last night.
January 9, 2026 at 3:47 PM
You know what’s funny about Dokoupil?
We’ve all worked with one.
And we’ve all watch people elevate that one into some pseudo-intellectual class disguised as…objective, of good faith and smart.
We’ve all worked with one.
And we’ve all watch people elevate that one into some pseudo-intellectual class disguised as…objective, of good faith and smart.
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GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
GERMAN PRESIDENT STEINMEIER:
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
“.. the United States has broken with the values that it helped to establish ..
“.. we have now moved beyond the stage where we can lament the lack of respect for international law or the erosion of the international order; we are far beyond that, I believe.”
Our alma mater needs to stop legitimizing and honoring this man.
January 9, 2026 at 12:22 AM
Our alma mater needs to stop legitimizing and honoring this man.
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An afternoon offering: How should reporters cover law enforcement shooting civilians? @stacykess.bsky.social talks to two veteran journalists, @justinfenton.bsky.social and @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, for advice and perspective.
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How reporters should cover law enforcement shootings - The Word
Two veteran journalists discuss how journalists can best report situations like the Wednesday’s ICE officer shooting Minnesota resident Renee Nicole Good
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January 8, 2026 at 9:17 PM
An afternoon offering: How should reporters cover law enforcement shooting civilians? @stacykess.bsky.social talks to two veteran journalists, @justinfenton.bsky.social and @nicolefcarr.bsky.social, for advice and perspective.
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Given what we’ve witnessed over the past 6-9 months, it’s disingenuous to assume these folks are “legitimate” law enforcement, much less LE that’s being properly trained or ppl who concern themselves with protocol and the law.
ICE officers approached vehicle in manner counter to training, DHS official tells NBC News
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January 8, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Given what we’ve witnessed over the past 6-9 months, it’s disingenuous to assume these folks are “legitimate” law enforcement, much less LE that’s being properly trained or ppl who concern themselves with protocol and the law.