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Sylvie Sturm
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Reporter at @sfpublicpress.bsky.social & Civic, UCSF Synapse managing editor, proud 🇨🇦 ssturm@sfpublicpress.org
50,000 came out to the #NoKings protest in #SanFrancisco
October 19, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My latest episode of Civic from San Francisco Public Press: As federal research funds stall over ideology, I unpack the fight and what’s at stake for researchers, vets and you. civic.simplecast.com/episodes/how...
#federalcuts #shutdown #trumpadministration #veteransadministration #scienceresearch
October 14, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Trump’s “One Big Beautiful Bill” cuts $1T from Medicaid.
In San Francisco, that could slash Medi-Cal home care hours, and push patients & caregivers into crisis.
My new Civic episode digs into the local impact.
Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
#Medicaid #Medi-Cal #SanFrancisco
September 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Fear and anxiety mount for more than 100,000 San Franciscans who rely on Social Security to survive as upheaval under the Trump administration makes it harder to access benefits.

Listen to my report on Civic by @sfpublicpress.bsky.social at
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August 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
The #Trump administration plans to cut 83,000 #VA jobs, many of them held by vets helping other vets.

In this episode of Civic by @sfpublicpress.bsky.social, I speak with workers, policy critics, and #veterans whose lives have been upended.

Listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/s...
May 15, 2025 at 4:26 PM
SF's solution for street conditions is more arrests
Jails are full
Shelter + treatment fall short
Who benefits & who doesn't in this Civic episode
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#SanFrancisco #Homelessness
@jackiefielder.bsky.social @thegubbioproject.bsky.social @sfpublicdefender.bsky.social
April 29, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Article and Civic podcast on @sfpublicpress.bsky.social website.

1000s Are Mobilizing Against Mass Deportation

#SanFrancisco's immigrant communities are facing a crisis as #deportation threats loom.

Hear from those affected & resistance organizers & get a historical perspective.
March 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
NEW EPISODE of Civic from @sfpublicpress.bsky.social
1000s Are Mobilizing Against Mass Deportation

#SanFrancisco's immigrant communities are facing a crisis as #deportation threats loom.

Hear from those affected & resistance organizers & get a historical perspective. Listen at tiny.cc/3d9c001
March 5, 2025 at 10:32 PM
This week marks 3 years since Russia invaded Ukraine.

With no end in sight and as the US votes against calls for Russia’s withdrawal, we revisit conversations aired on April 7, 2022 with San Francisco residents deeply connected to Ukraine.

Their reactions remain as powerful and urgent as ever.
February 27, 2025 at 6:11 PM
In the latest episode of “Civic,” I learn about the emboldened, in-your-face anti-abortion crusaders of Gen Z.
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January 22, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Many #LGBTQ Latin Americans face stigma in substance use recovery programs. A new support group in San Francisco offers a more welcoming environment. Find out what inspired its founders in my latest episode of Civic at sfpublicpress.org
@sfpublicpress.bsky.social
December 18, 2024 at 6:30 PM
San Francisco's Latinx residents suffered widespread depression & anxiety from COVID-related trauma. Now there’s an app for that. I dig into their grassroots solutions in this episode of Civic for @sfpublicpress.bsky.social
#SanFrancisco #Latinx #UCSF #MentalHealth #Research
November 22, 2024 at 7:11 PM