Sophie Hurwitz
@hurwitz.bsky.social
reporting fellow at Grist and Inkstick Media | sophiehurwitz@gmail.com, Signal @shurwitz.18
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For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
If Condé Nast Can Illegally Fire Me, No Union Worker Is Safe
The Trump administration is making employers think they can ignore their legal obligations and trample on the rights of workers.
www.thenation.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:25 PM
For @thenation.com, I wrote about the Condé Nast Fired Four and what our fight means for the labor movement
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
www.thenation.com/article/acti...
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The HHS released the names of the authors of it's report on transgender healthcare, plus their post-publication peer review.
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
November 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The HHS released the names of the authors of it's report on transgender healthcare, plus their post-publication peer review.
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
More reporting to be done, but here are the hits from our previous work:
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NEW:The largest AI data center in the world is being built in a rural pocket of Louisiana's bible belt once dubbed the White Gold Capital of the South
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
Meta’s AI Data Center Sparks a Divide Among the Faithful in the Bible Belt
In rural Louisiana, white and Black churches see the company's plan to build America's biggest AI complex very differently.
capitalbnews.org
November 19, 2025 at 2:26 PM
NEW:The largest AI data center in the world is being built in a rural pocket of Louisiana's bible belt once dubbed the White Gold Capital of the South
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
I spent time w/ churches to explore how this might be the largest test to the South's social fabric in a generation capitalbnews.org/meta-richlan...
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This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
Trans News Initiative
A database and analysis of news coverage affecting trans communities.
transnewsinitiative.org
November 18, 2025 at 7:27 PM
This #TransgenderAwarenessWeek, we're launching the Trans News Initiative - a nearly yearlong project dedicated to tracking and analyzing news coverage of trans communities across the United States.
transnewsinitiative.org
transnewsinitiative.org
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Really terrific reporting here from @hurwitz.bsky.social @inkstickmedia.com that dives into the breakup of the US's largest LGBTQ rights group/ centrist Dem funder and Northrop Grumman, the world's largest weapons manufacturer and a supplier to the Israeli military.
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Really terrific reporting here from @hurwitz.bsky.social @inkstickmedia.com that dives into the breakup of the US's largest LGBTQ rights group/ centrist Dem funder and Northrop Grumman, the world's largest weapons manufacturer and a supplier to the Israeli military.
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A picket line in St. Louis becomes a window into America’s shrinking defense jobs — and the growing debate over who they serve.
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Will St. Louis Continue to be Known as Fighterland, USA?
As Boeing machinists strike, St. Louis confronts its deep reliance on defense jobs and the future of “Fighterland, USA.”
inkstickmedia.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A picket line in St. Louis becomes a window into America’s shrinking defense jobs — and the growing debate over who they serve.
inkstickmedia.com/will-st-loui...
inkstickmedia.com/will-st-loui...
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How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
Diane Wilson recognized Exxon’s playbook – and showed how local people can take on even the most entrenched industries
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:17 PM
How a Texas shrimper stalled Exxon’s $10bn plastics plant | Shilpi Chhotray
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"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
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Interviewed some former HRC employees about how speaking out on Gaza alienated them from America’s highest-revenue gay-rights group.
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is no longer sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
By: @hurwitz.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
By: @hurwitz.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interviewed some former HRC employees about how speaking out on Gaza alienated them from America’s highest-revenue gay-rights group.
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NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
If anyone wants to take absurdly glamorous photos of me while I talk about my most regrettable situationships I AM available
November 14, 2025 at 6:11 PM
If anyone wants to take absurdly glamorous photos of me while I talk about my most regrettable situationships I AM available
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I have gone to 2 dif concerts at dif venues 2 nights in a row that were bands from out of town (Greensboro, North Carolina and Melbourne, Australia) congratulating New York for Zohran Mamdani and saying NYC politics contributed to people paying attention to their local politics
November 13, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I have gone to 2 dif concerts at dif venues 2 nights in a row that were bands from out of town (Greensboro, North Carolina and Melbourne, Australia) congratulating New York for Zohran Mamdani and saying NYC politics contributed to people paying attention to their local politics
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“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
November 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
“The government is allowed to post real death threats on social media but you’re not allowed to post sarcastic death threats on social media” is actually a pretty apt distillation of power and violence
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:24 PM
"There are people that make cupcakes for a living at a local bakery that have, like, a sign up that says ‘no to genocide.' How can you call yourself the Human Rights Campaign and say nothing?" inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:56 PM
NEW for @inkstickmedia.com: I spoke with former Human Rights Campaign employees & activists with @genderlib.com @adalahjustice.bsky.social about the 2-year campaign for America's largest LGBT advocacy group to divest from the arms manufacturer Northrop Grumman. inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Interviewed some former HRC employees about how speaking out on Gaza alienated them from America’s highest-revenue gay-rights group.
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is no longer sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
By: @hurwitz.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
By: @hurwitz.bsky.social
inkstickmedia.com/largest-lgbt...
Largest LGBTQ+ Rights Group in US Parts with Arms Manufacturers
Following two years of activist pressure, Human Rights Campaign is not sponsored by the weapons manufacturer Northrop Grumman.
inkstickmedia.com
November 14, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interviewed some former HRC employees about how speaking out on Gaza alienated them from America’s highest-revenue gay-rights group.
One new-model F-15 earns Boeing just under $100 million. Before this new contract, the lowest-paid workers producing those planes made $17/hour -- and told me they could make more $$ driving for Uber than building warplanes. inkstickmedia.com/the-boeing-s...
November 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
One new-model F-15 earns Boeing just under $100 million. Before this new contract, the lowest-paid workers producing those planes made $17/hour -- and told me they could make more $$ driving for Uber than building warplanes. inkstickmedia.com/the-boeing-s...
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It's impossible to describe the evil of what occurred at CECOT to men sent on flimsy evidence of gang membership by Trump
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Trump sent men to torture in El Salvador, report confirms
The Human Rights Watch found that Venezuelans shipped to El Salvador by the United States were beaten almost every day.
www.motherjones.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:02 PM
It's impossible to describe the evil of what occurred at CECOT to men sent on flimsy evidence of gang membership by Trump
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
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I’m thrilled to see Tales of Militant Chemistry discussed in @grist.org; thank you to @hurwitz.bsky.social for talking with me about Kodak-branded streetwear, the circular economy, and the chemical currents that make film’s military histories environmental histories. @ucpress.bsky.social
Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak’s dark environmental past is coming to light.
A snapshot of Kodak's history includes cameras, military contracts, and a legacy of environmental damage in the communities it is a part of.
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#Environment #Nature #Photography #Military
A snapshot of Kodak's history includes cameras, military contracts, and a legacy of environmental damage in the communities it is a part of.
grist.org/accountabili...
#Environment #Nature #Photography #Military
Buoyed by a retro revival, Kodak's dark environmental past is coming to light
A snapshot of Kodak’s long history includes cameras, military contracts, and decades of pollution and environmental degradation.
grist.org
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
I’m thrilled to see Tales of Militant Chemistry discussed in @grist.org; thank you to @hurwitz.bsky.social for talking with me about Kodak-branded streetwear, the circular economy, and the chemical currents that make film’s military histories environmental histories. @ucpress.bsky.social
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Mamdani "inherits a world-leading experiment in retrofitting buildings to slash emissions, open questions about how to transition to cleaner power sources, and a patchwork of adaptation efforts," writes @alexckaufman.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... 🔌💡
NYC’s next mayor Zohran Mamdani has a big climate policy to-do list
The mayor-elect did not talk a lot about climate change on the campaign trail. But the city has major electrification plans that he can help accelerate.
www.canarymedia.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Mamdani "inherits a world-leading experiment in retrofitting buildings to slash emissions, open questions about how to transition to cleaner power sources, and a patchwork of adaptation efforts," writes @alexckaufman.bsky.social: www.canarymedia.com/articles/pol... 🔌💡
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EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administrations says the U.S. is in a state of "armed conflict" with 24 cartel groups
The groups don't even know it. The list is secret -- even from members of Congress
For more on Trump's secret fantasy wars, see my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
The groups don't even know it. The list is secret -- even from members of Congress
For more on Trump's secret fantasy wars, see my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
Trump Has a Secret List of 24 “Designated Terrorist Organizations.” We Got Some of the Names.
The U.S. claims it is engaged in “armed conflict” with Tren de Aragua, Ejército de Liberación Nacional, and Cártel de los Soles, among others.
theintercept.com
November 8, 2025 at 12:08 PM
EXCLUSIVE: The Trump administrations says the U.S. is in a state of "armed conflict" with 24 cartel groups
The groups don't even know it. The list is secret -- even from members of Congress
For more on Trump's secret fantasy wars, see my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
The groups don't even know it. The list is secret -- even from members of Congress
For more on Trump's secret fantasy wars, see my latest @theintercept.com
theintercept.com/2025/11/07/t...
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check it out
November 6, 2025 at 7:18 PM
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The data center industry says "people would be more supportive if they simply knew more about companies’ ongoing sustainability efforts." So, concerns about pollution and water consumption are apparently solvable with ... "education."
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
The data center industry says "people would be more supportive if they simply knew more about companies’ ongoing sustainability efforts." So, concerns about pollution and water consumption are apparently solvable with ... "education."
Reposted by Sophie Hurwitz
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
The Data Center Backlash Is Swallowing American Politics
Activists on both the left and the right are pushing back against rampant AI development.
heatmap.news
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 PM
my latest: i spent weeks investigating how frustrations about data centers were about to swallow american politics…
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!
…and then the 2025 election happened, proving the electoral impacts are already here.
read and share my deep dive on the bipartisan AI techlash shaping our elections before our eyes!