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Robert Gerhardt
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Photojournalist | Journalist, Blind Magazine | Freelance Arts Writer, New York Amsterdam News | Former Columnist, Hong Kong Free Press | Member FCC HK | Member NPPA
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January

Greene, who was elected in 2020, positioned herself as a die-hard Trump supporter until a series of recent ruptures with the president

#MarjorieTaylorGreene #Georgia

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Marjorie Taylor Greene Says She Plans to Resign in January
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November 22, 2025 at 2:10 AM
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Al Rockoff’s War Is Still Being Fought

Rockoff, who risked his life to photograph the brutality of the Khmer Rouge, has struggled ever since. Now he says his historic negatives have been taken from him.

#photojournalism #Cambodia #KhmerRouge

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Al Rockoff’s War Is Still Being Fought
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November 21, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal

Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings

#Signal #immigration #FBI #ICE #NYPD

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The FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists, records reveal
Exclusive: Agency accessed private conversations of New York ‘courtwatch’ group that was observing public hearings
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November 21, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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Human Drama Affects Many at U.S. Immigration Facility

A security guard’s reaction at the sight of a family’s anguish produces a heart-wrenching image

#Immigration #ICE

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Human Drama Affects Many at U.S. Immigration Facility - Nieman Reports
A security guard’s reaction at the sight of a family’s anguish produces a heart-wrenching image, captured by Carol Guzy
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November 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Trump called her work ‘genius’. Now this artist documents his deportation push

#Immigration #ICE

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Trump called her work ‘genius’. Now this artist documents his deportation push
Courtroom sketch artist Isabelle Brourman is the only person documenting the daily drama unfolding in New York City's immigration courtrooms.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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Scrappy and underpaid, LA’s independent reporters risk it all to cover the ICE beat

Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year

#LA #journalism #journalists #freepress #pressfreedom

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Scrappy and underpaid, LA's independent reporters risk it all to cover the ICE beat
Law enforcement physically attacked 72 journalists covering immigration in LA this year—more than double the city's 2020 BLM protest total, according to the U.S. Press Freedom Tracker.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges

The donations to over a dozen schools come as the Trump administration is directing more funds to the historically Black institutions, too.

#HBCU #college #education

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MacKenzie Scott Gives $700 Million to Historically Black Colleges
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November 18, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity

Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year

#Bangladesh #SheikhHasina

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Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for crimes against humanity
Hasina sentenced in absentia by court in Dhaka over deadly crackdown on student-led uprising last year
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November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
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The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai

How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.

#HongKong #JimmyLai #freepress #pressfreedom #China #Beijing

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The Campaign to Free Jimmy Lai
How a globe-trotting attorney is trying to win the release of the famed Hong Kong publisher.
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November 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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He Patrolled the Neighborhoods Where His Sons Were Drawn into Violence

Despite Adlone Morris's best attempts, he couldn't keep his sons from joining a gang as teenagers. Now they all work to make Detroit safer.

#Detroit

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He Patrolled the Neighborhoods Where His Sons Were Drawn into Violence
Despite Adlone Morris's best attempts, he couldn't keep his sons from joining a gang as teenagers. Now they all work to make Detroit safer.
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November 15, 2025 at 8:00 PM
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‘Never Forgot Me’: How a Monk’s Supporters Helped Him Survive Prison

U Pyinya Zawta fled political persecution in Myanmar and has settled in Buffalo.

#Myanmar #WhatsHappeningInMyanmar

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‘Never Forgot Me’: How a Monk’s Supporters Helped Him Survive Prison
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November 15, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Pioneering U.S. Street Photography, With Vienna in the Background

Lisette Model’s candid and cruel portraits spawned an American genre. But the key to understanding her might lie in Europe, where she was born.

#photography

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Pioneering U.S. Street Photography, With Vienna in the Background
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November 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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The Tragic Loss of Teen Vogue

Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.

#magazine #journalism #media #teenvogue

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What the closure of Teen Vogue means for journalism.
Condé Nast folded a beloved magazine that treated youth and feminism as political topics, not trends.
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November 13, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Kansas county to pay more than $3m over police raiding local newspaper

Marion county agrees to apologize over 2023 raid that led to national outcry over press freedom, said newspaper’s editor

#Kansas #newspaper #freepress #pressfreedom

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Kansas county to pay more than $3m over police raiding local newspaper
Marion county agrees to apologize over 2023 raid that led to national outcry over press freedom, said newspaper’s editor
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November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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Silenced: The War on Journalism

A gripping look at journalism’s ultimate sacrifice, told through stories of courage, loss and unwavering conviction.

#journalism #freepress #pressfreedom

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Silenced: The War on Journalism
A gripping look at journalism’s ultimate sacrifice, told through stories of courage, loss and unwavering conviction.
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November 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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The Wall Street Journal has pleaded not guilty to the allegedly unlawful firing of Hong Kong journalist Selina Cheng, who has accused the paper of sacking her for taking up leadership of the Hong Kong Journalists Association.

#WSJ #HongKong #freepress #pressfreedom

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Wall St Journal pleads not guilty in press union head's unlawful dismissal case
The Wall Street Journal has pleaded not guilty to the allegedly unlawful firing of journalist Selina Cheng, who has accused the paper of sacking her for taking up a union role.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media

#Chicago #ICE #freepress #pressfreedom

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Judge will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against protesters and media
A judge said Thursday she will order federal agents in Chicago to restrict using force against peaceful protesters and media, saying current practices violate their constitutional rights.
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November 6, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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US boat strikes are crimes against humanity, says former ICC prosecutor

#Trump #ICC

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US boat strikes are crimes against humanity, says former ICC prosecutor
The Trump administration has sought to justify the strikes by saying it is in an armed conflict with drugs gangs.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:53 PM
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My latest piece for the New York Amsterdam News on the current exhibition of the work of Malian photographer Seydou Keïta on view at the Brooklyn Museum:

#Photography #Mali #BrooklynMuseum

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Now on view: “Seydou Keïta: A Tactile Lens” at the Brooklyn Museum
A new exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum is the most expansive North American exhibition of the Malian photographer Seydou Keïta’s work.
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November 6, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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White House Limits Reporters’ Access to Press Secretary’s Office

The move broke from generations of precedent and added to the Trump administration’s growing list of restraints on the news media.

#WhiteHouse #freepress #pressfreedom

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White House Limits Reporters’ Access to Press Secretary’s Office
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November 1, 2025 at 4:22 AM
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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures

At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy. He reflects on pain, pride and regret

#photojournalism #war

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‘It’s been a cesspit, really, my life’: war photographer Don McCullin on 19 of his greatest pictures
At 90, McCullin has spent seven decades recording conflict and tragedy – while escaping snipers, mortar fire and capture. He reflects on pain, pride and regret
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October 29, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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ICE in courts: How two photojournalists are dealing with the trauma of documenting immigrant detentions at Federal Plaza

#ICE #photojournalism

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ICE in courts: How two photojournalists are dealing with the trauma of documenting immigrant detentions at Federal Plaza | amNewYork
Almost every day for five months, photojournalists David Dee Delgado and Carol Guzy have entered 26 Federal Plaza with cameras in hand.
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October 29, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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A U.S. colonel has gone public with his concern that official findings about the 2022 killing of a Palestinian American reporter were soft-pedaled to appease Israel.

#Israel #freepress #pressfreedom #ShireenAbuAkleh

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...
U.S. Assessment of Israeli Shooting of Journalist Divided American Officials
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October 27, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour

Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’

#ICE #SamiHamdi #freepress #pressfreedom #freespeech

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ICE detains British journalist after criticism of Israel on US tour
Trump ally Laura Loomer took credit for Sami Hamdi’s detainment in move denounced as ‘affront to free speech’
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October 26, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work

Trump administration altering program that was a lifeline for pioneering non-profits helping reduce gun violence

#Trump #GunViolence #grants

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Gun violence prevention groups disqualified from grants built around their work
Trump administration altering program that was a lifeline for pioneering non-profits helping reduce gun violence
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October 26, 2025 at 12:47 PM