Julia Lurie
@julialurie.bsky.social
Senior Reporter at MotherJones, 2022 Nieman Fellow at Harvard. Get in touch: jlurie@cir.org | Proton: julialurie@proton.me | Signal: julialurie.11
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Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Genesis, a then-20-year-old, pregnant Amazon employee, says her manager wrote her up for sitting down and taking breaks.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
Shortly thereafter, she says, her higher-ups gave her an ultimatum: Do your job the way we want you to do it, without the chair or without the breaks, or go on unpaid leave.
When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 6:51 PM
When Genesis found out she was pregnant, she asked her managers at Amazon for a chair to sit on and extra breaks. She wound up with cut hours and no paid maternity leave—and homeless. Now, she and other pregnant Amazon warehouse workers are speaking up. My latest:
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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NEW from @julialurie.bsky.social: “They basically told me you can keep doing your job the way we want you to do it without the chair or without the breaks or you can go on unpaid leave.”
A pregnant Amazon employee asked for a chair to sit on—and wound up homeless
"You're just a number to them."
www.motherjones.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
NEW from @julialurie.bsky.social: “They basically told me you can keep doing your job the way we want you to do it without the chair or without the breaks or you can go on unpaid leave.”
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Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
October 13, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Last year, we wrote about survivor Taylor Cadle. When she was 12, she told police she’d been raped. They said she was lying and charged her with false reporting. She then took the extraordinary measure of recording the next act of abuse.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
Now, Taylor has legal counsel and filed a lawsuit.
Update: Paul Dama was released from immigration detention on Thursday night! This is him and his sister Cecelia
September 28, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Update: Paul Dama was released from immigration detention on Thursday night! This is him and his sister Cecelia
This summer, I wrote about Paul Dama, a Boko Haram survivor and award-winning restaurant manager who had been detained by ICE.
Yesterday, after 3+ months in custody, Paul was granted asylum (!!) He's still in detention - DHS has until Oct 23 to appeal.
Yesterday, after 3+ months in custody, Paul was granted asylum (!!) He's still in detention - DHS has until Oct 23 to appeal.
Journalist. Boko Haram survivor. Award-winning restaurant manager. ICE detainee.
He fled Boko Haram and helped build an award-winning restaurant. Now he’s facing deportation.
Paul Dama left Nigeria after being kidnapped in 2018. His detention feels like "a second kidnapping," says his sister.
www.motherjones.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This summer, I wrote about Paul Dama, a Boko Haram survivor and award-winning restaurant manager who had been detained by ICE.
Yesterday, after 3+ months in custody, Paul was granted asylum (!!) He's still in detention - DHS has until Oct 23 to appeal.
Yesterday, after 3+ months in custody, Paul was granted asylum (!!) He's still in detention - DHS has until Oct 23 to appeal.
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This is the story you have to read today www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
The Baby Died. Whose Fault Is It?
When her son died in utero, a venture capitalist went to extremes to punish her surrogate.
www.wired.com
September 3, 2025 at 1:35 PM
This is the story you have to read today www.wired.com/story/the-ba...
So, so impressed by this reporting
For 6 months, I’ve followed ELLIS, a Bronx HS for newcomers, to understand what it means to educate immigrant students in Trump’s second term.
Proud to share the 1st of 2 stories about ELLIS, Bridget, an undocumented teen, & the fight to keep her education alive.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
Proud to share the 1st of 2 stories about ELLIS, Bridget, an undocumented teen, & the fight to keep her education alive.
www.chalkbeat.org/newyork/2025...
‘They’ve given her a lot of hope’: A NYC school fights to educate an undocumented teen under Trump
For Bridget and Marta, ELLIS Prep often felt like the only public institution with its arms open in a city and country that seemed not to want them.
www.chalkbeat.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:09 PM
So, so impressed by this reporting
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This is just 9 minutes long and so worth watching. Heartrending and so infuriating.
Watch: A mother’s journey through a devastating adoption system
Utah agencies offer moms in crisis airfare, housing, and stipends—with little state oversight.
www.motherjones.com
July 12, 2025 at 11:04 PM
This is just 9 minutes long and so worth watching. Heartrending and so infuriating.
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Love that @julialurie.bsky.social turned her great reporting on Utah's troublesome adoption system into a fantastic, if enraging, PBS News Hour segment last night: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Watch: A mother’s journey through a devastating adoption system
Utah agencies offer moms in crisis airfare, housing, and stipends—with little state oversight.
www.motherjones.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Love that @julialurie.bsky.social turned her great reporting on Utah's troublesome adoption system into a fantastic, if enraging, PBS News Hour segment last night: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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I missed this great piece by @julialurie.bsky.social last week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside the scrappy network of volunteers protecting their neighbors from ICE
On the ground with the Fuerza rapid response team in Waltham, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
June 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I missed this great piece by @julialurie.bsky.social last week! www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Don't miss @julialurie.bsky.social's latest, in which she went to a small city outside of Boston to see how immigrant communities are documenting—and shielding themselves from—Trump's deportation force
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Inside the scrappy network of volunteers protecting their neighbors from ICE
On the ground with the Fuerza rapid response team in Waltham, Massachusetts.
www.motherjones.com
June 18, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Don't miss @julialurie.bsky.social's latest, in which she went to a small city outside of Boston to see how immigrant communities are documenting—and shielding themselves from—Trump's deportation force
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Breaking: The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ kids. In February, the program received an average of 2,100 calls and texts per day. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's program for LGBTQ youth
"This is a death sentence potentially to thousands of youth across the United States."
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June 18, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Breaking: The Trump administration is shutting down the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ kids. In February, the program received an average of 2,100 calls and texts per day. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration is now detaining children indefinitely. "We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202... From @julialurie.bsky.social
"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
www.motherjones.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The Trump administration is now detaining children indefinitely. "We don’t know when, if ever, they will be able to reunite with their family.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202... From @julialurie.bsky.social
1/ I spent the past few weeks talking to immigration experts, asking what stories they think deserve more attention right now. Again and again, they said: Children are quietly stuck in immigration facilities, with no end in sight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:58 PM
1/ I spent the past few weeks talking to immigration experts, asking what stories they think deserve more attention right now. Again and again, they said: Children are quietly stuck in immigration facilities, with no end in sight www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Enraging new piece by @julialurie.bsky.social on immigrant children who are stuck in federal custody after the Trump administration rolled out a series of new screening rules that make it nearly impossible for undocumented people to become their sponsors: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
"The children are being used as bait"
Thousands of kids are stuck in immigration facilities—with no end in sight.
www.motherjones.com
May 12, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Enraging new piece by @julialurie.bsky.social on immigrant children who are stuck in federal custody after the Trump administration rolled out a series of new screening rules that make it nearly impossible for undocumented people to become their sponsors: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
ICMYI: The Trump admin is planning to cut funding for the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ youth. In February, the service received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth
In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:36 PM
ICMYI: The Trump admin is planning to cut funding for the national suicide hotline's service for LGBTQ youth. In February, the service received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
My story with @raeoflion.bsky.social about a botched rape investigation was included in this general excellence submission—and we won! Proud to be part of this team, and thankful to our sources for trusting us with their stories.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
April 11, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My story with @raeoflion.bsky.social about a botched rape investigation was included in this general excellence submission—and we won! Proud to be part of this team, and thankful to our sources for trusting us with their stories.
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
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“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Rejected at her door, ICE nabs a Maryland woman in her car after smashing her window
Video shows a U.S. ICE agents breaking the window of a Maryland woman, Elsy Noemi Berrios, after failing to detain her at home.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com
April 9, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“Mommy, no. Mommy.”
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Daughter captures the moment masked ICE agents smash the window of her mother's car in order to take her into custody.
The government claims the 52-year old seamstress is an associate of the MS-13 gang.
www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/lo...
Last fall, @raeoflion.bsky.social and I wrote about how a Florida sheriff's office botched the investigation of a rape report by a 12-year-old named Taylor Cadle. Now, it seems, the sheriff's office is filtering Taylor's name from social media comments www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
Florida police appear to bury comments about a botched rape investigation
First, the Polk County Sheriff's Office didn't believe Taylor Cadle. Now her name is disappearing from comments on its social media accounts.
www.motherjones.com
February 5, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Last fall, @raeoflion.bsky.social and I wrote about how a Florida sheriff's office botched the investigation of a rape report by a 12-year-old named Taylor Cadle. Now, it seems, the sheriff's office is filtering Taylor's name from social media comments www.motherjones.com/criminal-jus...
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This is an infuriating follow-up to @julialurie.bsky.social and @raeoflion.bsky.social's great story about Taylor Cadle, who, as a 12-year-old, was raped by her adoptive father, accused of lying, forced to apologize—and then filmed her abuser in the act when he did it again bit.ly/41dks6B
Florida police appear to bury comments about a botched rape investigation
First, the Polk County Sheriff's Office didn't believe Taylor Cadle. Now her name is disappearing from comments on their social media accounts.
bit.ly
February 5, 2025 at 5:16 PM
This is an infuriating follow-up to @julialurie.bsky.social and @raeoflion.bsky.social's great story about Taylor Cadle, who, as a 12-year-old, was raped by her adoptive father, accused of lying, forced to apologize—and then filmed her abuser in the act when he did it again bit.ly/41dks6B
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December 21, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Deeply moved by my colleagues at @cir-union.bsky.social who organized a fundraiser following my termination at @motherjones.com. As I navigate an unexpected period of transition, your support – no matter what the size – would mean the world to me. Every penny helps.
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"Taylor is one of hundreds of victims alleging sexual assault who have been charged with false reporting nationwide."
@julialurie.bsky.social @raeoflion.bsky.social @motherjones.com #longreads
@julialurie.bsky.social @raeoflion.bsky.social @motherjones.com #longreads
Police didn’t believe a 12-year-old who said she'd been raped. Then she hit record.
“If I didn’t find the evidence for them, I wasn’t too sure they would find it.”
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December 23, 2024 at 4:01 PM
"Taylor is one of hundreds of victims alleging sexual assault who have been charged with false reporting nationwide."
@julialurie.bsky.social @raeoflion.bsky.social @motherjones.com #longreads
@julialurie.bsky.social @raeoflion.bsky.social @motherjones.com #longreads
I'm wildly grateful to work at an org that invests in the deep digging that is investigative reporting—the countless interviews, FOIA requests, reporting trips, late nights combing through documents, calls with fact checkers and editors and lawyers to make sure that the reporting is rock solid
December 20, 2024 at 8:13 PM
I'm wildly grateful to work at an org that invests in the deep digging that is investigative reporting—the countless interviews, FOIA requests, reporting trips, late nights combing through documents, calls with fact checkers and editors and lawyers to make sure that the reporting is rock solid
Thanks so much for having me, @kuer.org
Utah has a particular drive to make sure children are in strong family environments.
As @julialurie.bsky.social @motherjones.com found, it's a noble impulse that can lead to situations where the ends can justify the means. #adoption
As @julialurie.bsky.social @motherjones.com found, it's a noble impulse that can lead to situations where the ends can justify the means. #adoption
There’s a dark side to Utah’s faster and easier adoptions
Utah’s unique adoption laws have attracted pregnant women from across the country to the state, according to a new Mother Jones investigation. Many are enticed by free lodging and cash stipends.
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December 16, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Thanks so much for having me, @kuer.org