@terifinneman.bsky.social
Newspaper owner. Professor. Author. Podcaster. Into journalism, history, first ladies studies. See books “Press Portrayals of Women Politicians” and “Reviving Rural News.” Journalism History podcast founder.
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Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt are like any elderly couple trying to downsize, only their transition is a tad more complicated: The home they’re leaving is a 1,200-acre Virginia estate that once belonged to a Founding Father.
Selling a Founding Father’s estate, for this couple, means leaving home
Among the decisions Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt faced about Oak Hill was what to do with the Virginia mansion built by America’s fifth president, James Monroe.
wapo.st
November 13, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Gayle and Tom DeLashmutt are like any elderly couple trying to downsize, only their transition is a tad more complicated: The home they’re leaving is a 1,200-acre Virginia estate that once belonged to a Founding Father.
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Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
“I Don’t Feel Safe”: Black Memphis Residents Report Harassment by Trump’s Police Task Force
A pastor was pulled over for looking lost. A 72-year-old was marched out in his bathrobe due to mistaken identity. Memphis’ mayor welcomed the federal law enforcement surge, but some residents say the...
www.propublica.org
November 9, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Phillip Lewis, a 72-year-old cancer patient, said he was woken up and marched outside his home in his robe and underwear before federal officers even checked his ID.
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
He was not, it turned out, the man they were looking for.
By @wendicthomas.bsky.social & @kathsburgess.bsky.social
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees.
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
“Slow Pay, Low Pay or No Pay”: Trial Reveals How Insurers Try to Wield Power Over Doctors
Blue Cross authorized mastectomies and breast reconstructions for women with cancer but refused to pay the full doctors’ bills. A jury called it fraud and awarded the practice $421 million.
www.propublica.org
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 AM
Insurance companies aren’t just players in the fight with doctors over money; they’re also the referees.
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
They produce their own guidelines on when to pay claims. If a doctor appeals a denial, insurers make all the initial decisions.
(Published April)
By @tchristianmiller.bsky.social
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“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
“Biblical Justice, Equal Justice, for All”: How North Carolina’s Chief Justice Transformed His State and America
Paul Newby, a born-again Christian, has turned his perch atop North Carolina’s Supreme Court into an instrument of political power. Over two decades, he’s driven changes that have reverberated well be...
www.propublica.org
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
“I’m sure you’re aware of our connections with the Trump Administration,” the North Carolina Republican Party's communications director wrote in an email response to us. “I would strongly suggest dropping this story.”
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
We didn't. Read the story that he wanted dropped:
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The government has been closed for a full month — and federal workers who have missed two paychecks are now using credit cards to pay their bills and visiting food pantries to stock their kitchens.
After a month of the shutdown, workers face mounting bills, car repossessions
Missed paychecks and mounting bills are causing people to fall behind on rent and go hungry across the nation.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 2, 2025 at 3:00 AM
The government has been closed for a full month — and federal workers who have missed two paychecks are now using credit cards to pay their bills and visiting food pantries to stock their kitchens.
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Belarus continues to lock up anyone who criticizes the government. The Belarusian journalists Igor Ilyash and Katsiaryna Andreyeva, who are married, have both been detained for their work — showing how President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s repressive machine grinds on despite warming ties with the U.S.
He Stayed in Belarus for His Imprisoned Wife. Now He’s Locked Up, Too.
Two journalists, both in detention for their work, show how President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s repressive machine grinds on despite warming ties with the U.S.
nyti.ms
November 1, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Belarus continues to lock up anyone who criticizes the government. The Belarusian journalists Igor Ilyash and Katsiaryna Andreyeva, who are married, have both been detained for their work — showing how President Aleksandr Lukashenko’s repressive machine grinds on despite warming ties with the U.S.
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If your medication was made in a contaminated factory, the FDA won’t tell you.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Here’s What Happened When ProPublica Reporters Tried to Find Out Where a Popular Prescription Drug Was Made
We wanted to know where a widely used prescription drug that treats high cholesterol was manufactured and whether the factory had quality issues. The search led to a labyrinth of company names and dat...
www.propublica.org
October 31, 2025 at 1:30 AM
If your medication was made in a contaminated factory, the FDA won’t tell you.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
Even ProPublica reporters hit a dead end when trying to track down where a popular prescription drug (atorvastatin, which treats high cholesterol) was made and whether the factory had a troubled record.
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It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
NEW: NBC News confirms that the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, on the east side of the White House, has been destroyed as part of the demolition of the East Wing.
(📸 Getty Images)
(📸 Getty Images)
October 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
It's not lost on me that the part of the White House we are destroying is the part that has to do with women's history in the White House.
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The @nytimes.com climate section is profiling federal scientists who have been terminated and their work.
I spoke with tsunami expert Corina Allen, who worked to ensure tsunami alerts made it to the public. She was fired in February.
Read her story and others':
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
I spoke with tsunami expert Corina Allen, who worked to ensure tsunami alerts made it to the public. She was fired in February.
Read her story and others':
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
She Made Sure That Tsunami Warnings Reached the Public
www.nytimes.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The @nytimes.com climate section is profiling federal scientists who have been terminated and their work.
I spoke with tsunami expert Corina Allen, who worked to ensure tsunami alerts made it to the public. She was fired in February.
Read her story and others':
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
I spoke with tsunami expert Corina Allen, who worked to ensure tsunami alerts made it to the public. She was fired in February.
Read her story and others':
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/c...
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Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
www.propublica.org
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents.
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
They’ve had their necks kneeled on.
They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear.
At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them.
By @nicolefoy.bsky.social
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What a strange, bizarre story.
The Media School @ Indiana Univeristy [Ernie Pyle, '23*] demands school newspaper print *no news* in homecoming edition of the paper. When media advisor balks ("This is First Amendment stuff”), he's fired?
*didn't graduate
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
The Media School @ Indiana Univeristy [Ernie Pyle, '23*] demands school newspaper print *no news* in homecoming edition of the paper. When media advisor balks ("This is First Amendment stuff”), he's fired?
*didn't graduate
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU fires student media director after he refused to censor the IDS
Indiana University directed the IDS to stop printing news.
www.idsnews.com
October 15, 2025 at 2:34 AM
What a strange, bizarre story.
The Media School @ Indiana Univeristy [Ernie Pyle, '23*] demands school newspaper print *no news* in homecoming edition of the paper. When media advisor balks ("This is First Amendment stuff”), he's fired?
*didn't graduate
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
The Media School @ Indiana Univeristy [Ernie Pyle, '23*] demands school newspaper print *no news* in homecoming edition of the paper. When media advisor balks ("This is First Amendment stuff”), he's fired?
*didn't graduate
www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
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Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.
September 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Support independent media, now more than ever. Not just news and politics, but film, TV, fashion and other cultural criticism and commentary, from podcasts to apps to good old-fashioned web sites. Pay for it. Turn your adblocker off so they can keep the lights on. Share it.
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Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
(Published May 2025)
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
(Published May 2025)
The Price of Remission: This Cancer Drug Saves Lives — but Costs a Fortune. I Wanted to Know Why.
When I was diagnosed with cancer, I set out to understand why a single pill of Revlimid cost the same as a new iPhone. I’ve covered high drug prices as a reporter for years. What I discovered shocked ...
www.propublica.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Cancer drug Revlimid is one of the bestselling pharmaceutical products of all time, with total sales of over $100 billion.
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
(Published May 2025)
It’s also extraordinarily expensive, costing nearly $1,000 for each pill, even though that pill costs just 25 cents to make.
(Published May 2025)
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The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
August 30, 2025 at 10:05 PM
The way that housing co-ops work in Switzerland may seem foreign to many. But the central idea is simple: What if homeownership had no profit motive and no capital gains? Advocates say their model could reshape how the world thinks about affordable housing. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/r...
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UT-Dallas reversed course this week and will allow four kiosks on campus to distribute the student paper. This after an op-ed by editor Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, who wrote that UT-Dallas removed dozens in "another hostile step toward limiting the media available to its students." loom.ly/r8effko
UT Dallas Bans Newsstands, Another Blow to Freedoms at the School
The school's new policy dramatically limits the presence of local media on campus, something that's been happening too often.
loom.ly
August 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
UT-Dallas reversed course this week and will allow four kiosks on campus to distribute the student paper. This after an op-ed by editor Gregorio Olivares Gutierrez, who wrote that UT-Dallas removed dozens in "another hostile step toward limiting the media available to its students." loom.ly/r8effko
If your local weekly paper costs $1 a week or $52 a year, this is how much you are paying per day for local news. Think about it.
August 21, 2025 at 8:08 PM
If your local weekly paper costs $1 a week or $52 a year, this is how much you are paying per day for local news. Think about it.
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Data centers for AI and cloud computing don’t just use a lot of electricity – they also use enormous quantities of water as well, to cool down all those servers. buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much
In 2024, one data center in Iowa consumed 1 billion gallons of water, enough to supply all the state’s residences with water for five days.
theconversation.com
August 20, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Data centers for AI and cloud computing don’t just use a lot of electricity – they also use enormous quantities of water as well, to cool down all those servers. buff.ly/KtLcLZ2
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ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
As Facebook Abandons Fact-Checking, It’s Also Offering Bonuses for Viral Content
Meta decided to stop working with U.S. fact-checkers at the same time as it’s revamping a program to pay bonuses to creators with high engagement numbers, potentially pouring accelerant on the kind of...
www.propublica.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:00 AM
ProPublica identified 95 Facebook pages that regularly post made-up headlines designed to draw engagement — and, often, stoke political divisions.
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
The pages, most of which are managed by people overseas, have a total of more than 7.7M followers.
(Published Feb.)
The book (great content, loathe the cover) will finally be available at an affordable price in a few weeks. $23. Pre-order here and ask your local library to get it.
www.routledge.com/Reviving-Rur...
www.routledge.com/Reviving-Rur...
August 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The book (great content, loathe the cover) will finally be available at an affordable price in a few weeks. $23. Pre-order here and ask your local library to get it.
www.routledge.com/Reviving-Rur...
www.routledge.com/Reviving-Rur...
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Around 76% of high-performing women receive negative feedback compared to only 2% of men
fortune.com/2024/08/08/m...
fortune.com/2024/08/08/m...
About 76% of top-performing women encounter negative feedback compared to just 2% of men—and it’s making them want to quit
“We tend to relate to women in the workplace based on how they make the people around them feel, rather than the work that they're doing.”
fortune.com
August 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Around 76% of high-performing women receive negative feedback compared to only 2% of men
fortune.com/2024/08/08/m...
fortune.com/2024/08/08/m...
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Under pressure from the White House, the Smithsonian censored an exhibit that mentioned Trump’s impeachments, now inaccurately suggesting to visitors that he was never impeached at all (let alone twice). www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Smithsonian removes Trump from impeachment exhibit in American History Museum
A temporary placard, on display since 2021, described the president's historic impeachments. Officials said the exhibit was restored to an earlier version following a review of legacy content.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Under pressure from the White House, the Smithsonian censored an exhibit that mentioned Trump’s impeachments, now inaccurately suggesting to visitors that he was never impeached at all (let alone twice). www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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“In an era where false claims are the norm, it’s much easier to ignore the fact-checkers.”
— a poignant final line from a retiring critical journalist. Gift link. Worth your time. Thank you for your service @glennkessler.bsky.social
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— a poignant final line from a retiring critical journalist. Gift link. Worth your time. Thank you for your service @glennkessler.bsky.social
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Analysis | The Fact Checker rose in an era of false claims. Falsehoods are now winning.
Longtime Fact Checker Glenn Kessler takes stock as he departs The Washington Post.
wapo.st
July 31, 2025 at 2:36 PM
“In an era where false claims are the norm, it’s much easier to ignore the fact-checkers.”
— a poignant final line from a retiring critical journalist. Gift link. Worth your time. Thank you for your service @glennkessler.bsky.social
wapo.st/41kFq2G
— a poignant final line from a retiring critical journalist. Gift link. Worth your time. Thank you for your service @glennkessler.bsky.social
wapo.st/41kFq2G
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The Trump administration has frozen $108 million in federal funds for Duke University’s medical school and health care system, according to two administration officials.
Trump Administration Freezes $108 Million in Funds to Duke University
The university was accused of racial discrimination in its health care system, the latest high-profile school targeted and stripped of federal funding.
nyti.ms
July 30, 2025 at 2:00 AM
The Trump administration has frozen $108 million in federal funds for Duke University’s medical school and health care system, according to two administration officials.
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Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."
For women, the increase of AI use in the workplace may affect their careers: Harvard study
Women are using AI significantly less then men and it’s going to have a major impact on their careers, according to extensive research on the topic.
www.ctvnews.ca
July 26, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Every. Single. Story. about women not using AI as much as men portray it as bad for their future career prospects (without a shred of evidence) and a result of women being fearful little ladies rather than looking at AI's output and saying "this sucks, it's not going to help me."