naomi bethune
@naomibethune.bsky.social
john lewis writing fellow @theprospect ☆ umb ‘25 ☆ tips: nbethune@prospect.org, message for signal
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i'm reporting on the foster care system with my colleagues, with a focus on how cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP affect families and kids. if you're interested in sharing your story, please fill out the form below-- it can be anonymous!
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i'm reporting on the foster care system with my colleagues, with a focus on how cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP affect families and kids. if you're interested in sharing your story, please fill out the form below-- it can be anonymous!
tinyurl.com/TAP-fostercare
Experience With The US Foster System
What have you gone through in the US foster care system? How has your connection to the system affected your health, access to medical care, emotional well-being, education, or other areas of life? Ho...
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December 19, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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i'm reporting on the foster care system with my colleagues, with a focus on how cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP affect families and kids. if you're interested in sharing your story, please fill out the form below-- it can be anonymous!
tinyurl.com/TAP-fostercare
i'm reporting on the foster care system with my colleagues, with a focus on how cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP affect families and kids. if you're interested in sharing your story, please fill out the form below-- it can be anonymous!
tinyurl.com/TAP-fostercare
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Amazon sold a case of Kleenex to Denver Schools for $36.91, while Pittsburgh Schools paid $57.99. @naomibethune.bsky.social reports on the ways that Amazon gouges prices and cons schools: trib.al/3lIkIbI
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
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December 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Amazon sold a case of Kleenex to Denver Schools for $36.91, while Pittsburgh Schools paid $57.99. @naomibethune.bsky.social reports on the ways that Amazon gouges prices and cons schools: trib.al/3lIkIbI
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Amazon has conned school districts out of tens of millions of dollars with AI-fueled pricing and bunk claims of competitive bidding. @naomibethune.bsky.social argues that it’s time for school districts to end their contracts: trib.al/fWPnG3J
Amazon Has Been Conning School Districts out of Millions - The American Prospect
Amazon Business is billed as a convenient one-stop shop for schools. Reality is more expensive.
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Amazon has conned school districts out of tens of millions of dollars with AI-fueled pricing and bunk claims of competitive bidding. @naomibethune.bsky.social argues that it’s time for school districts to end their contracts: trib.al/fWPnG3J
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Canada's PM Mark Carney sailed through the FIFA World Cup draw without incident. But thanks to the American positioning on the USMCA, the weeks ahead don't look calm.
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Can Canada Rescue North America? - The American Prospect
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has a grueling mission ahead to preserve the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Canada's PM Mark Carney sailed through the FIFA World Cup draw without incident. But thanks to the American positioning on the USMCA, the weeks ahead don't look calm.
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Ending the SAVE student loan program and forcing 8 million people into repayment will juice the affordability crisis even further. Borrowers told me they will have to cut their budgets, find new side gigs, and don't get what the public policy point of this is.
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GOP Forcing Eight Million Student Loan Borrowers Into Repayment - The American Prospect
The most affordable of all the federal repayment programs is ending sooner than planned after Trump conspired with red-state attorneys general to kill it.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Ending the SAVE student loan program and forcing 8 million people into repayment will juice the affordability crisis even further. Borrowers told me they will have to cut their budgets, find new side gigs, and don't get what the public policy point of this is.
New from me in @prospect.org:
New from me in @prospect.org:
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Black immigrants have been disproportionately targeted and incarcerated by ICE — some in facilities that reportedly torture detainees. @naomibethune.bsky.social reveals how anti-Black racism intersects with Trump’s deportation campaign: trib.al/aUtTCx7
The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants - The American Prospect
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
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December 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Black immigrants have been disproportionately targeted and incarcerated by ICE — some in facilities that reportedly torture detainees. @naomibethune.bsky.social reveals how anti-Black racism intersects with Trump’s deportation campaign: trib.al/aUtTCx7
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Recent political changes and Trump’s escalating immigration crackdown has exacerbated the discrimination against Black people, regardless of immigration status. @naomibehune.bsky.social writes the struggles of Black immigrants and African Americans are intertwined. trib.al/0oNmRBz
The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants - The American Prospect
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
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December 13, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Recent political changes and Trump’s escalating immigration crackdown has exacerbated the discrimination against Black people, regardless of immigration status. @naomibehune.bsky.social writes the struggles of Black immigrants and African Americans are intertwined. trib.al/0oNmRBz
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Naomi Bethune writes that we shouldn’t ignore the Black immigrants being impacted by Trump’s immigration crackdown. When it comes to immigration activity “Black people, regardless of immigration status, are vulnerable.”
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The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants - The American Prospect
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
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December 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Naomi Bethune writes that we shouldn’t ignore the Black immigrants being impacted by Trump’s immigration crackdown. When it comes to immigration activity “Black people, regardless of immigration status, are vulnerable.”
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Trump’s ICE raids are targeting Black immigrants, and sweeping up citizens too. ICE is empowered to racially profile individuals and putting all people of color at risk. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/KIKowje
The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants - The American Prospect
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
trib.al
December 12, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump’s ICE raids are targeting Black immigrants, and sweeping up citizens too. ICE is empowered to racially profile individuals and putting all people of color at risk. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/KIKowje
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Black immigrants make up 5.4% of the undocumented population in the U.S., but around 20% of immigrants facing removal. Race is a factor in immigration enforcement just as it's a factor in criminal justice—in fact, the two are related. Great piece by Naomi Bethune:
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The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants - The American Prospect
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
prospect.org
December 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Black immigrants make up 5.4% of the undocumented population in the U.S., but around 20% of immigrants facing removal. Race is a factor in immigration enforcement just as it's a factor in criminal justice—in fact, the two are related. Great piece by Naomi Bethune:
prospect.org/2025/12/12/v...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/v...
how do black immigrants experience the intersections of the u.s.'s criminal and immigration legal systems? i explore the foundations and manifestations of xenophobic, anti-black racism in policing, incarceration and deportation in my latest piece. you can read it here:
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The Vulnerability of Black Immigrants - The American Prospect
Black immigrants are more likely to be deported, in part because of their contact with the criminal justice system.
prospect.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:52 PM
how do black immigrants experience the intersections of the u.s.'s criminal and immigration legal systems? i explore the foundations and manifestations of xenophobic, anti-black racism in policing, incarceration and deportation in my latest piece. you can read it here:
prospect.org/2025/12/12/v...
prospect.org/2025/12/12/v...
i'm reporting on the foster care system with my colleagues, with a focus on how cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP affect families and kids. if you're interested in sharing your story, please fill out the form below-- it can be completely anonymous!
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Experience With The US Foster System
What have you gone through in the US foster care system? How has your connection to the system affected your health, access to medical care, emotional well-being, education, or other areas of life? Ho...
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December 9, 2025 at 5:46 PM
i'm reporting on the foster care system with my colleagues, with a focus on how cuts to programs like Medicaid and SNAP affect families and kids. if you're interested in sharing your story, please fill out the form below-- it can be completely anonymous!
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TAP reporters @naomibethune.bsky.social and @emmarjanssen.bsky.social and I are gathering info for upcoming stories about the foster care system. Do you have experience working with or going through the system? We'd love to hear about it. Anonymous is OK.
Please share!
Please share!
Experience With The US Foster System
What have you gone through in the US foster care system? How has your connection to the system affected your health, access to medical care, emotional well-being, education, or other areas of life? Ho...
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December 8, 2025 at 6:43 PM
TAP reporters @naomibethune.bsky.social and @emmarjanssen.bsky.social and I are gathering info for upcoming stories about the foster care system. Do you have experience working with or going through the system? We'd love to hear about it. Anonymous is OK.
Please share!
Please share!
A spike in unemployment amongst Black women is typically an indicator of an impending recession. Unemployment always exasperate affordability concerns, but for Black women, these issues are also impacted by misogynoir. You can read more here:
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To Be Black, Female, and Unemployed - The American Prospect
How unemployment in the Trump era shapes Black women’s lives when maternal care and food choices are in the mix
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December 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A spike in unemployment amongst Black women is typically an indicator of an impending recession. Unemployment always exasperate affordability concerns, but for Black women, these issues are also impacted by misogynoir. You can read more here:
prospect.org/2025/12/04/b...
prospect.org/2025/12/04/b...
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I loved this piece by my brilliant colleague @naomibethune.bsky.social about the outsized unemployment rate among Black women and the alarm rippling through the community. It’s an important story and everyone should read it.
To Be Black, Female, and Unemployed - The American Prospect
How unemployment in the Trump era shapes Black women’s lives when maternal care and food choices are in the mix
prospect.org
December 4, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I loved this piece by my brilliant colleague @naomibethune.bsky.social about the outsized unemployment rate among Black women and the alarm rippling through the community. It’s an important story and everyone should read it.
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During the Reagan administration, Black women, typically single mothers, were dubbed “welfare queens” and scapegoated by the politicians who called for welfare reforms. Republicans revived the trope again during the 2025 shutdown. From Naomi Bethune:
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The ‘Welfare Queen’ Is Back, but She Never Quite Left - The American Prospect
The stereotype of the welfare queen, typically a single Black mother, was employed to rationalize the pause in SNAP benefits, and it proved effective.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:00 PM
During the Reagan administration, Black women, typically single mothers, were dubbed “welfare queens” and scapegoated by the politicians who called for welfare reforms. Republicans revived the trope again during the 2025 shutdown. From Naomi Bethune:
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China usually buys half of U.S. soybeans, but now they're buying from Brazil and Argentina. America’s reliance on soybeans has exposed deeper issues with a food system running a $47 billion deficit. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/ZP6sgfi
America Bet the Farm on Soybeans. Then Came Trump.
Collapsing soybean exports reveal an agricultural sector rife with longstanding problems.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
China usually buys half of U.S. soybeans, but now they're buying from Brazil and Argentina. America’s reliance on soybeans has exposed deeper issues with a food system running a $47 billion deficit. From Naomi Bethune: trib.al/ZP6sgfi
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PragerU says that it wants to go “toe-for-toe” with PBS Kids. Will teachers allow their students to “learn” from this right-wing propaganda? From @naomibethune.bsky.social:
PragerU Wants to Capitalize on PBS Defunding
The right-wing educational resource is available for classrooms in ten states and wants to go ‘toe-to-toe’ with PBS Kids. Will teachers go for what the company has described as indoctrination?
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August 15, 2025 at 6:30 PM
PragerU says that it wants to go “toe-for-toe” with PBS Kids. Will teachers allow their students to “learn” from this right-wing propaganda? From @naomibethune.bsky.social:
With the CPB annocuning today that it will be shutting down, it’s essential to think of the children and families who stand to be impacted.
Read more about how this unprecedented loss in federal funding for local stations will harm America’s kids:
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Read more about how this unprecedented loss in federal funding for local stations will harm America’s kids:
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How Public Media Cuts Hurt Kids
Essential education programming for children in underserved communities is threatened by the proposed elimination of Corporation for Public Broadcasting funding.
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August 1, 2025 at 7:08 PM
With the CPB annocuning today that it will be shutting down, it’s essential to think of the children and families who stand to be impacted.
Read more about how this unprecedented loss in federal funding for local stations will harm America’s kids:
prospect.org/culture/2025...
Read more about how this unprecedented loss in federal funding for local stations will harm America’s kids:
prospect.org/culture/2025...
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Instead of using funds to support Americans at risk of homelessness, FEMA has opted to fund Alligator Alcatraz, the detention center some have compared to concentration camps. From @naomibethune.bsky.social:
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FEMA Withholds Homelessness Grants While Building Migrant Prison Camps
The resetting of priorities will have tragic consequences.
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July 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Instead of using funds to support Americans at risk of homelessness, FEMA has opted to fund Alligator Alcatraz, the detention center some have compared to concentration camps. From @naomibethune.bsky.social:
https://trib.al/dw8dwUa
https://trib.al/dw8dwUa