Russell Contreras
@russcontreras.bsky.social
Senior Race and Justice Reporter for Axios. Houston born, New Mexico-based. #ColumbiaMFA #UH #race #journalism #writing #history #immigration #latino https://www.axios.com/authors/rcontreras
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You’re right. I will delete above post. I did read it through the second paragraph but couldn’t read the whole article. I subscribed and read it all and you do call out his remarks later on in the article.
December 6, 2025 at 6:51 PM
You’re right. I will delete above post. I did read it through the second paragraph but couldn’t read the whole article. I subscribed and read it all and you do call out his remarks later on in the article.
Guardrails against racist, xenophobic or dehumanizing rhetoric have all but vanished on the American right. What was once disqualifying — or the exclusive domain of online trolls — is now a fixture of national political discourse www.axios.com/2025/12/06/t...
How Trump flipped America's race conversation
Language that once was disqualifying is now a fixture of national political discourse.
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December 6, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Guardrails against racist, xenophobic or dehumanizing rhetoric have all but vanished on the American right. What was once disqualifying — or the exclusive domain of online trolls — is now a fixture of national political discourse www.axios.com/2025/12/06/t...
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On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
Dec. 6, 1915 | Supreme Court Rules American Women With Foreign Husbands Lose Citizenship
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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December 6, 2025 at 2:00 PM
On this day in 1915, the Supreme Court upheld a law providing that an American woman could be stripped of citizenship upon marriage to a foreign husband. U.S. men marrying foreign women were permitted to keep their citizenship.
FYI: The Wong Kim Ark case established the Birthright Citizenship clause and led to the dramatic demographic transformation of the U.S.
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The 1898 moment: How one Asian American transformed the U.S.
The Wong Kim Ark case affirmed that American-born people of Asian descent were U.S. citizens.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:23 PM
FYI: The Wong Kim Ark case established the Birthright Citizenship clause and led to the dramatic demographic transformation of the U.S.
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Antisemitism in the U.S. has hardened into a "durable" new normal as fewer Americans feel any obligation to push back, according to a sweeping new survey shared first with Axios www.axios.com/2025/12/04/a...
Exclusive survey: "Allies" abandon Jews as antisemitism surges
Americans tuning out rising antisemitism.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Antisemitism in the U.S. has hardened into a "durable" new normal as fewer Americans feel any obligation to push back, according to a sweeping new survey shared first with Axios www.axios.com/2025/12/04/a...
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@russcontreras.bsky.social always does great work; see his piece on empathy & politics, featuring one of my favorite questions from @prri.org's 2025 American Values Survey: "Around 80% of U.S. adults said empathy was a moral value that underpinned a healthy society."
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Empathy is the new Christian battleground
Some call empathy "toxic" as others says it's core to Jesus' teachings
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December 3, 2025 at 7:12 PM
@russcontreras.bsky.social always does great work; see his piece on empathy & politics, featuring one of my favorite questions from @prri.org's 2025 American Values Survey: "Around 80% of U.S. adults said empathy was a moral value that underpinned a healthy society."
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SCOOP: From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump — whom he called "Your Excellency" — and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime Trump pal Roger Stone.
Scoop: The letter behind Trump's pardon of Honduras' ex-president for drug trafficking
The surprise announcement of Juan Orlando Hernandez's looming pardon is a window into the unorthodox, norm-shattering way President Trump grants clemency.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:26 AM
SCOOP: From a U.S. prison cell, Honduras' ex-president secured a likely pardon for drug trafficking thanks to a letter he penned praising President Trump — whom he called "Your Excellency" — and a persistent lobbying campaign by longtime Trump pal Roger Stone.
AI is upending everything, including retirement planning, @axios.com's @megmorrone.bsky.social reports www.axios.com/2025/11/29/a...
AI is upending retirement planning
The stock market bubble and AI job replacement could disrupt our golden years.
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November 30, 2025 at 5:34 PM
AI is upending everything, including retirement planning, @axios.com's @megmorrone.bsky.social reports www.axios.com/2025/11/29/a...
Conservatives ranging from evangelical pastors to Elon Musk have started framing empathy not as a virtue but as a vulnerability on immigration, racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights.
Others say empathy is central to Christianity and the teachings of Jesus www.axios.com/2025/11/30/c...
Others say empathy is central to Christianity and the teachings of Jesus www.axios.com/2025/11/30/c...
Empathy is the new Christian battleground
Some call empathy "toxic" as others says it's core to Jesus' teachings
www.axios.com
November 30, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Conservatives ranging from evangelical pastors to Elon Musk have started framing empathy not as a virtue but as a vulnerability on immigration, racial justice and LGBTQ+ rights.
Others say empathy is central to Christianity and the teachings of Jesus www.axios.com/2025/11/30/c...
Others say empathy is central to Christianity and the teachings of Jesus www.axios.com/2025/11/30/c...
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Congrats to @russcontreras.bsky.social for making Trump's new recommended reading list, honoring his reporting on attempts to deport TPS recipients.
With gratitude to Trump for boosting this article, wouldn't have found it otherwise!
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With gratitude to Trump for boosting this article, wouldn't have found it otherwise!
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November 30, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Congrats to @russcontreras.bsky.social for making Trump's new recommended reading list, honoring his reporting on attempts to deport TPS recipients.
With gratitude to Trump for boosting this article, wouldn't have found it otherwise!
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With gratitude to Trump for boosting this article, wouldn't have found it otherwise!
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Black and Latino men are trading in hoodies and sneakers for quarter-zip sweaters, tailored suits and fedoras — a sharp, self-assured look that signals dignity, intentionality and a reimagined masculinity in the post-COVID era
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How men of color are redefining style and masculinity with quarter zip sweaters and suits
Hashtags like #BlackDandy, #WellDressedBlackMen, and #DandyStyle are booming on TikTok and Instagram.
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November 29, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Black and Latino men are trading in hoodies and sneakers for quarter-zip sweaters, tailored suits and fedoras — a sharp, self-assured look that signals dignity, intentionality and a reimagined masculinity in the post-COVID era
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Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
Native American actress gave ICE agents her tribal ID. They called it 'fake,' she says
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November 27, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Indigenous actor Elaine Miles of "Northern Exposure" was detained by ICE at a Redmond bus stop. When she showed them her Tribal ID, they told her it was fake.
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Tues. Dec. 9 @ 3:00 PM ET, join us as we break down PRRI data on Americans’ immigration attitudes and trends shaping the national debate. Featuring @laura-e-alex.bsky.social, @melissadeckman.bsky.social, @russcontreras.bsky.social, and Diana Orces, Ph.D.
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November 26, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Tues. Dec. 9 @ 3:00 PM ET, join us as we break down PRRI data on Americans’ immigration attitudes and trends shaping the national debate. Featuring @laura-e-alex.bsky.social, @melissadeckman.bsky.social, @russcontreras.bsky.social, and Diana Orces, Ph.D.
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The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has bought a barn outside Drew, Mississippi, where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955.
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Emmett Till Interpretive Center acquires Mississippi barn where Till was tortured
Shonda Rhimes–backed purchase saves critical Till site
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November 24, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The Emmett Till Interpretive Center has bought a barn outside Drew, Mississippi, where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed in 1955.
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Latinos feel historic levels of pessimism about their place in the U.S., their economic stability and the impact of President Trump's second-term policies, a new Pew Research Center survey found. It marks some of the bleakest assessments by Latinos in nearly two decades
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Most Latinos say they're worse off under Trump's second term, per Pew
Latino pessimism is at its worst in nearly 20 years, Pew says.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Latinos feel historic levels of pessimism about their place in the U.S., their economic stability and the impact of President Trump's second-term policies, a new Pew Research Center survey found. It marks some of the bleakest assessments by Latinos in nearly two decades
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China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice #poverty apple.news/ADJAWWSAZQoK...
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice — Guardian US
Despite the US’s economic success, income inequality remains breathtaking. But this is no glitch – it’s the system
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
China has brought millions out of poverty. The US has not – by choice #poverty apple.news/ADJAWWSAZQoK...
A new Netflix documentary attempts to cast doubt over the authorship of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photo — an image that helped define the horrors of the Vietnam War
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Netflix film challenges authorship of Vietnam War-era AP photo "Napalm Girl"
Film challenges a story the world believed for 50 years.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A new Netflix documentary attempts to cast doubt over the authorship of the Pulitzer Prize-winning "Napalm Girl" photo — an image that helped define the horrors of the Vietnam War
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Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.
Mayoral control is dead. Long live mayoral control?
Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.
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November 23, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Teachers unions and left-wing coalitions have long resisted mayoral control of urban school districts. But Chicago and Boston are testing that position, as cities like New York and Indianapolis also explore changing who’s in charge.
A new documentary narrated and executive-produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social , Oscar-nominated star of "Killers of the Flower Moon," tackles the Blackfeet Nation's fight to restore buffalo to their land www.axios.com/2025/11/22/p...
PBS to air Lily Gladstone–narrated film on Blackfeet buffalo return after decades-long fight
"Buffalo are at the heart of who we are as Blackfeet," Gladstone told Axios.
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November 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
A new documentary narrated and executive-produced by @lilygladstone.bsky.social , Oscar-nominated star of "Killers of the Flower Moon," tackles the Blackfeet Nation's fight to restore buffalo to their land www.axios.com/2025/11/22/p...
Artificial intelligence is struggling to understand accented English and non-standard dialects, creating problems that can cascade into biased hiring, grading or clinical records www.axios.com/2025/11/22/a...
AI's listening gap is fueling bias in jobs, schools and health care
AI can mishear — and misjudge — millions of Americans.
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November 22, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Artificial intelligence is struggling to understand accented English and non-standard dialects, creating problems that can cascade into biased hiring, grading or clinical records www.axios.com/2025/11/22/a...
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress after her acrimonious split with President Trump, the Georgia Republican announced in a post on Friday evening www.axios.com/2025/11/22/m...
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene resigning from Congress
Greene was one of Trump's earliest allies and among his most loyal supporters in Congress
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November 22, 2025 at 1:56 AM
US Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress after her acrimonious split with President Trump, the Georgia Republican announced in a post on Friday evening www.axios.com/2025/11/22/m...
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Re-upping because this is a damn good piece.
If you read one thing today, make it my former colleague Krista Johnson’s essay on how poverty shaped her reporting.
What childhood poverty taught me about covering education
"The condition of poverty is rarely reflected in the reporting I see — or even the reporting I do," writes Louisville Courier Journal education reporter Krista Johnson.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Re-upping because this is a damn good piece.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A new book revives the often-overlooked story of boxing legend Joe Louis and his fight against racial segregation in the U.S. Army during World War II www.axios.com/2025/11/15/b... #boxing
The boxing champ who took on segregation during WWII — and won
Book uncovers Joe Louis's hidden civil rights legacy
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November 15, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A new book revives the often-overlooked story of boxing legend Joe Louis and his fight against racial segregation in the U.S. Army during World War II www.axios.com/2025/11/15/b... #boxing