Gabrielle Birkner
@gabibirkner.bsky.social
Features editor + fellowship director @Chalkbeat • Co-founder, @Modern Loss • Mother • Author • Los Angeles pedestrian • Keeping it real, always.
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“I plead for his release because I truly need his help.”
Trump’s ICE Tries to Deport Man Caring for Terminally Ill Wife
Duwayne Baugh is his wife’s prime caregiver as she battles a rare and aggressive cancer. But a years-old gun charge has the legal permanent resident in ICE detention, facing deportation to a country…
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September 25, 2025 at 7:33 PM
“I plead for his release because I truly need his help.”
I hadn't known about Sarah McBride's grief journey. 💔 www.washingtonpost.com/gender-ident...
From ‘unwavering ache’ to advocacy: Sarah McBride’s journey breaking barriers as a transgender woman
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December 2, 2024 at 9:41 PM
I hadn't known about Sarah McBride's grief journey. 💔 www.washingtonpost.com/gender-ident...
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We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Mr. Patel said. “Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped….
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A New Trump Administration Will ‘Come After’ the Media, Says Kash Patel
Donald Trump, who has already promised to use the Justice Department to “go after” his political adversaries, is expected to install Mr. Patel in a senior role if he returns to power.
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December 1, 2024 at 1:20 AM
We will go out and find the conspirators, not just in government but in the media,” Mr. Patel said. “Yes, we’re going to come after the people in the media who lied about American citizens, who helped….
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This Thanksgiving, a thank you to the undocumented. www.latimes.com/california/s...
Column: A thank you to the undocumented on the eve of Trump's deportation storm
I’ve spent my career trying to sway skeptics that people here illegally are no different from native-born citizens. That nearly all embody the immigrant spirit.
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November 28, 2024 at 8:49 PM
This Thanksgiving, a thank you to the undocumented. www.latimes.com/california/s...
“Many of you could be where we are—on the street—but for some simple and not uncommon twist of fate. This is part of your rejection, this fear that it could be you.” www.esquire.com/news-politic...
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
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November 28, 2024 at 8:25 AM
“Many of you could be where we are—on the street—but for some simple and not uncommon twist of fate. This is part of your rejection, this fear that it could be you.” www.esquire.com/news-politic...
After living with his grandparents in China until age 5, Ocean Lin was reunited with his parents in NYC. "We were family, and we were strangers," writes Ocean, now a high school junior and a @chalkbeat.org Student Voices Fellow. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024...
I am my parents’ American Dream. That comes with opportunities and burdens.
Student Voices Fellow Ocean Lin was born in the U.S. but lived with his grandparents in China until age 5. Returning to New York City, he felt pulled between two worlds.
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November 20, 2024 at 7:58 PM
After living with his grandparents in China until age 5, Ocean Lin was reunited with his parents in NYC. "We were family, and we were strangers," writes Ocean, now a high school junior and a @chalkbeat.org Student Voices Fellow. www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024...
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About 1,000 children of the 7,600 kids living in migrant shelters whose families got notices to leave city shelters since the end of June — have left the public school system, representatives of the city’s Office of Asylum Seekers disclosed at a City Council hearing Tuesday.
One in Six Children in Migrant Shelters With Time Limits Have Left the City School System
At a City Council hearing, migrants testified that disruption is a constant for families and kids subject to 60-day caps on stays.
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November 20, 2024 at 12:51 AM
About 1,000 children of the 7,600 kids living in migrant shelters whose families got notices to leave city shelters since the end of June — have left the public school system, representatives of the city’s Office of Asylum Seekers disclosed at a City Council hearing Tuesday.
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Linda McMahon was not a name I had on my bingo card for education secretary a day ago. The WWE co-founder and billionaire Trump donor served a year on the Connecticut State Board of Education more than a decade ago (and once aspired to be a teacher).
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Ready for a fight? Trump to pick wrestling exec Linda McMahon to head education department
President-elect Trump is expected to pick the co-chair of his transition team to lead the education department. She has little experience in education and may be asked to dismantle the agency.
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November 20, 2024 at 1:33 AM
Linda McMahon was not a name I had on my bingo card for education secretary a day ago. The WWE co-founder and billionaire Trump donor served a year on the Connecticut State Board of Education more than a decade ago (and once aspired to be a teacher).
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talked to elizabeth olsen at length about death, his three daughters, the long-delayed todd solondz movie “love child” that she’s desperate to make, marvel-as-insurance, starring in olsen twin music videos at age 4 & a lot more www.vulture.com/article/eliz...
‘We’re All Going to Die, and I Think About It a Lot’
His Three Daughters star Elizabeth Olsen on why she keeps doing movies about grief and dying and why she’s decided, “Marvel, done.”
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November 19, 2024 at 6:11 PM
talked to elizabeth olsen at length about death, his three daughters, the long-delayed todd solondz movie “love child” that she’s desperate to make, marvel-as-insurance, starring in olsen twin music videos at age 4 & a lot more www.vulture.com/article/eliz...
LAUSD, reaffirming its sanctuary district status, plans to train teachers/staff to respond if feds "request information about students, families, and staff, and/or are attempting to enter school property." www.latimes.com/california/s...
LAUSD poised to declare immigrant sanctuary, affirm LGBTQ+ rights as it braces for Trump
LAUSD board members will consider resolutions on immigration sanctuary, LGBTQ+ protection and accelerating the teaching of current events at Tuesday's meeting.
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November 19, 2024 at 2:17 AM
LAUSD, reaffirming its sanctuary district status, plans to train teachers/staff to respond if feds "request information about students, families, and staff, and/or are attempting to enter school property." www.latimes.com/california/s...
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good for him! work-life balance is so important
November 18, 2024 at 2:58 AM
good for him! work-life balance is so important
1 in 8 public school students in NYC experienced homelessness last year. That's 146,000 children. Via @chalkbeat.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024...
One in eight NYC students experienced homelessness last year, analysis shows
A record high of more than 146,000 students lived in temporary housing during the 2023-24 school year.
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November 18, 2024 at 9:51 PM
1 in 8 public school students in NYC experienced homelessness last year. That's 146,000 children. Via @chalkbeat.bsky.social www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2024...