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Fernanda Santos
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Managing editor @19thnews.bsky.social. Formerly New York Times staff writer, Washington Post contributing columnist, professor at Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and more. Immigrant. American. Chingona.
The federal government is careening toward a shutdown. Here's our helpful explainer on how that could impact lower-income families and federal workers, by @amandabecker.bsky.social and @candicenorwood.bsky.social @19thnews.org
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How a government shutdown could impact federal workers and lower-income families
The 19th explains what a looming shutdown could mean for health care, nutrition and early-education benefits for thousands of families.
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September 30, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Reposted by Fernanda Santos
“Deportation without due process—that would be the new normal set by Mario Guevara’s removal from the US,” Benavidez explained.
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Journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation after US appeals court decision - Committee to Protect Journalists
New York, September 19, 2025—The Committee to Protect Journalists and Free Press express outrage that journalist Mario Guevara faces imminent deportation back to his native El Salvador after the Board...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
One in four eligible voters in Arizona is Latino yet it's only this year that the state is poised to send its first Latina to Congress, Adelita Grijalva, who has pledged to defend reproductive and immigrant rights when both are under threat. Check out our story: 19thnews.org/2025/09/adel...
Why Tuesday’s special election in Arizona marks a milestone for Latinas in politics
Adelita Grijalva is poised to step up amid concerns over reproductive and immigrant rights in a state where a Latina has never been elected to Congress.
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September 19, 2025 at 9:20 PM
An insightful conversation with @milleridriss.bsky.social, an expert on violent extremism, about the ways that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — and how national security officials need to do something about it. By @jazzmyth.bsky.social @19thnews.org
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Want to stop political violence? Start by addressing hostile sexism.
In her new book, an expert on violent extremism lays out evidence that gender-based bigotry fuels hate — so national security officials need to do something about it.
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September 18, 2025 at 12:45 PM
My main job is as managing editor of @19thnews.org, but once a writer, always a writer. Check out my profile for ELLE of María Corina Machado, Venezuela's opposition leader, who has been in hiding in her own country since Maduro's reelection.
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María Corina Machado on Leading the Venezuelan Opposition in Hiding
After Venezuela quashed dissent, opposition leader María Corina Machado went underground. In a rare interview from hiding, she shares why she’s not giving up.
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September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
This piece by @19thnews.org' @amandabecker.bsky.social captures the generational angst (anger?) around the presidential election results and how one 26yo woman chose to manage it:
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Kat Abughazaleh’s punk-rock House bid
The 26-year-old Chicagoan is betting that empathy and righteous anger can remake Democratic politics.
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September 16, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Quite an experience to lead the @19thnews.org newsroom on inauguration day and focus our expertise and unique sensibilities on the measures that most impact the communities at the center of our coverage. Here's one piece, on the actions against transgender people: 19thnews.org/2025/01/trum...
On day one, Trump pits his administration against transgender people
His administration will likely run into legal trouble as it implements policies on federal identity documents and housing in federal prisons.
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January 21, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Day 2. 10 degrees in NYC. First post here. Hit the gym, had my coffee and now plotting our coverage at @19thnews.org. Bring it on!
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM