alexis stephens
@pmjawn.bsky.social
communications at @propublica. thinking about cities, music, celeb gossip and the 76ers
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November 20, 2025 at 11:49 PM
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Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
November 21, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Watch our reporter Lizzie Presser discuss Tierra Walker's story on @msnowreports.bsky.social:
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
“What I want to be clear about is that this isn’t a bug in these [abortion ban] laws, this is a feature ... Anti-abortion activists have fought hard to keep health exceptions outside of these laws.”
This 100 percent tracks with what I see on a daily basis
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
This 100 percent tracks with what I see on a daily basis
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NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:08 AM
NEW:
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
In 2024, Tierra Walker was sick and getting sicker. She was also pregnant.
She knew abortion was illegal in Texas, but thought there was an exception for women like her, whose health was at risk. Doctors told her there was no emergency.
Then she died.
www.propublica.org/article/texa...
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thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
Donate to Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover, organized by Lexi McMenamin
More than half the team at Teen Vogue was laid off this week by our parent co… Lexi McMenamin needs your support for Help Laid-Off Teen Vogue Staffers Recover
www.gofundme.com
November 4, 2025 at 9:17 PM
thank you for the outpouring of support!
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
those of us laid off from Teen Vogue yesterday are now sharing our GoFundMe to help us cover our emergency expenses now that we've lost our incomes, as we get back on our feet.
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We take you behind the scenes of the reporting that exposed how Russell Vought quietly rewrote the playbook for the federal government.
Join our virtual discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. ET and submit a question:
Join our virtual discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. ET and submit a question:
ProPublica Event - The Shadow President
A conversation about ProPublica’s yearlong investigation into Russell Vought, the Project 2025 architect and Trump budget guru.
events.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 4:30 PM
We take you behind the scenes of the reporting that exposed how Russell Vought quietly rewrote the playbook for the federal government.
Join our virtual discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. ET and submit a question:
Join our virtual discussion on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. ET and submit a question:
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SCOOP
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Citing Trump Order on “Biological Truth,” VA Makes It Harder for Male Veterans With Breast Cancer to Get Coverage
A Department of Veterans Affairs memo obtained by ProPublica erects new roadblocks to care for veterans with the rare but deadly cancer. The agency cites no new science but relies on an executive orde...
www.propublica.org
October 29, 2025 at 11:15 AM
SCOOP
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
The admin is making it harder for male vets w/ breast cancer to get their care covered
The admin cites Trump order: “Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government”
I got the memo laying it all out
www.propublica.org/article/vete...
Sixers are 4-0, Tyrese Maxey and V. J. Edgecombe are so easy to root for, and I'm going to a game this weekend.
This feeling is so rare, so pure, so delicate. 🌹
This feeling is so rare, so pure, so delicate. 🌹
October 29, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Sixers are 4-0, Tyrese Maxey and V. J. Edgecombe are so easy to root for, and I'm going to a game this weekend.
This feeling is so rare, so pure, so delicate. 🌹
This feeling is so rare, so pure, so delicate. 🌹
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NEW: Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Joint Congressional Investigation Launched in Response to ProPublica’s Revelations on Detained Americans
Senators, House members and even a mayor expressed outrage and demanded accountability after our investigation detailed how at least 170 citizens have been held by immigration agents this year.
www.propublica.org
October 21, 2025 at 10:22 PM
NEW: Democrats in the House and Senate announced plans for a wide-ranging investigation into immigration agents’ detention of citizens after a ProPublica story found that more than 170 Americans have been held by immigration officials this year.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
Running, sleeping, eating well, and being healthy does not require tech. (I too am deprogramming myself about this)
The real cyborg future is just you being turned into a perpetual data feed by every company on the planet.
Reebok Launches Its First Fitness Smart Ring, Entering the Health Tech Market
The sportswear brand is breaking into health tech and prioritizing community in the fitness space.
www.cnet.com
October 17, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Running, sleeping, eating well, and being healthy does not require tech. (I too am deprogramming myself about this)
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Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children
Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.
southsideweekly.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Good reporting on the South Shore raid from South Side weekly here.
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
Confirms one thing I was told but didn't put in my own piece because I didn't have a second source and it seemed too insane: border agents segregated arrested residents by race
southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...
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Everything's coming up Philly...
The Birds are undefeated, the Phillies are in the playoffs, HBO's love affair with the Delco accent blazes on, and now @inquirer.com is a partner in the @propublica.org Local Reporting Network!
The Birds are undefeated, the Phillies are in the playoffs, HBO's love affair with the Delco accent blazes on, and now @inquirer.com is a partner in the @propublica.org Local Reporting Network!
ProPublica’s Local Reporting Network Selects Five New Partners for Its 50 State Initiative
ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.
www.propublica.org
October 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Everything's coming up Philly...
The Birds are undefeated, the Phillies are in the playoffs, HBO's love affair with the Delco accent blazes on, and now @inquirer.com is a partner in the @propublica.org Local Reporting Network!
The Birds are undefeated, the Phillies are in the playoffs, HBO's love affair with the Delco accent blazes on, and now @inquirer.com is a partner in the @propublica.org Local Reporting Network!
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1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 PM
1/ DEVELOPING: A journalist was rushed to New York-Presbyterian Hospital following another incident with an ICE agent at 26 Federal Plaza, an immigration court in NYC. The last I heard, he was getting X-rays for his lower back.
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NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
I Filmed the ICE Officer Who Shoved a Woman. It Felt Like the New Normal.
I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines. What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:21 PM
NEW: I arrived in the U.S. eight weeks ago to report on how the administration’s immigration crackdown was playing out from the front lines.
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
What I saw Thursday was the culmination of ICE’s aggressive behavior.
By @tilleckert.com
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8/ If you have tips about new ICE enforcement tactics in courts, my colleagues and I want to hear from you. Reach out to me on Signal (tilleckert.90) or via
propublica.org/tips.
propublica.org/tips.
How to Contact ProPublica or Send a Tip Securely — ProPublica
Our job is to hold people and institutions accountable. To do that, we need evidence.
propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
8/ If you have tips about new ICE enforcement tactics in courts, my colleagues and I want to hear from you. Reach out to me on Signal (tilleckert.90) or via
propublica.org/tips.
propublica.org/tips.
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5/ The Trump administration has continually escalated its immigration crackdown. And oversight groups that would typically keep them in check, such as the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, have been dismantled in DOGE’s sweep:
www.propublica.org/article/home...
www.propublica.org/article/home...
“They Don’t Care About Civil Rights”: Trump’s Shuttering of DHS Oversight Arm Freezes 600 Cases, Imperils Human Rights
The closure of the 150-person office, which protected the civil rights of both immigrants and U.S. citizens, strips Homeland Security of its internal guardrails as the Trump administration turns DHS i...
www.propublica.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
5/ The Trump administration has continually escalated its immigration crackdown. And oversight groups that would typically keep them in check, such as the DHS Office for Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, have been dismantled in DOGE’s sweep:
www.propublica.org/article/home...
www.propublica.org/article/home...
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A good ad on the DC Metro
September 23, 2025 at 7:28 PM
A good ad on the DC Metro
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I went on @slate.com's What Next podcast to discuss my ongoing H-2A visa series for @propublica.org. Listen to our convo about the perils of the program, tough choices facing foreign farmworkers, and the difficulties of clamping down on abuse and exploitation.
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
Trump’s Attack on Visas
Working illegally is riskier, but working legally is becoming impossible.
slate.com
September 23, 2025 at 3:48 PM
I went on @slate.com's What Next podcast to discuss my ongoing H-2A visa series for @propublica.org. Listen to our convo about the perils of the program, tough choices facing foreign farmworkers, and the difficulties of clamping down on abuse and exploitation.
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
slate.com/podcasts/wha...
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There are 600,000 of you who now follow us on Bluesky 🦋
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
September 16, 2025 at 1:15 AM
There are 600,000 of you who now follow us on Bluesky 🦋
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
As journalists ourselves, we understand that regularly reading stories about broken systems can take a toll, and we never take the community here for granted.
Thank you to all of you who care deeply about the work we do.
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This story — which asks what happened to all of those newsroom DEI jobs, committees, and promises from 2020 — is the hardest one I've ever worked on. I hope you'll spend some time with it today.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
From reckoning to retreat: Journalism’s DEI efforts are in decline
Diversity-related newsroom jobs haven't totally disappeared — but they also haven't stuck.
www.niemanlab.org
September 11, 2025 at 2:41 PM
This story — which asks what happened to all of those newsroom DEI jobs, committees, and promises from 2020 — is the hardest one I've ever worked on. I hope you'll spend some time with it today.
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/from...
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Aspiration Inc. is at the center of the alleged $28M no-show gig for LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard.
Back in 2021, years before Aspiration went bankrupt, @propublica.org revealed how the company appeared to inflate claims about the many millions of trees it had planted.
Back in 2021, years before Aspiration went bankrupt, @propublica.org revealed how the company appeared to inflate claims about the many millions of trees it had planted.
The Celebrity-Backed Green “Fintech” Company That Isn’t as Green as It Seems
Aspiration is among a group of companies that provide banking and financial services, and promise to help the environment. But so far its marketing is greener than its reality.
www.propublica.org
September 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Aspiration Inc. is at the center of the alleged $28M no-show gig for LA Clippers star Kawhi Leonard.
Back in 2021, years before Aspiration went bankrupt, @propublica.org revealed how the company appeared to inflate claims about the many millions of trees it had planted.
Back in 2021, years before Aspiration went bankrupt, @propublica.org revealed how the company appeared to inflate claims about the many millions of trees it had planted.
🔥 parade weekend stack 💎
Nightclubbing/ Night School at CUNY with Prof Goffe. #KingstonNoir Caribbean Literature. @huntercollege.bsky.social
August 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
🔥 parade weekend stack 💎
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The federal government is scaling back its role in preventing violent extremism.
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
ProPublica Event - Counterterrorism in the Trump Era
Join ProPublica for a conversation about recent changes to federal counter-extremism initiatives and their implications for domestic security and public safety.
events.propublica.org
August 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The federal government is scaling back its role in preventing violent extremism.
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
🗓️ On Thursday, Sept. 4, at 4 p.m. ET, join our journalists for a virtual conversation on how this shift is affecting domestic security and how states are responding.
📌 RSVP:
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What a shame. "WGBH … has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series 'American Experience' and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
As PBS Stations Confront Cuts, American History Takes a Hit
www.nytimes.com
August 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What a shame. "WGBH … has laid off the 13 people who worked on the history series 'American Experience' and announced that no new documentaries will be produced for the show until further notice." (gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/a...
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tomorrow the series i co-curated on hurricane katrina “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives” opens at MoMA (aug 27-sept 21).
as a survivor, my entire life has been shaped the storm. curation gives us the power to reclaim, reexamine, and reanimate. i hope to see you at the cinema.
as a survivor, my entire life has been shaped the storm. curation gives us the power to reclaim, reexamine, and reanimate. i hope to see you at the cinema.
When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives | MoMA
Film series. Aug 27–Sep 21, 2025. When the World Broke Open takes a cinematic look at New Orleans—a city of pleasure, politics, and pulsating prose that lives in the heart of anyone who’s seen its bea...
www.moma.org
August 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
tomorrow the series i co-curated on hurricane katrina “when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives” opens at MoMA (aug 27-sept 21).
as a survivor, my entire life has been shaped the storm. curation gives us the power to reclaim, reexamine, and reanimate. i hope to see you at the cinema.
as a survivor, my entire life has been shaped the storm. curation gives us the power to reclaim, reexamine, and reanimate. i hope to see you at the cinema.