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Reporters, a bit of advice on something I learned the hard way: Don’t let anyone tell you something isn’t a story when you know it is. I’ve fallen into this trap. Years later, I still regret not telling stories I should have. 1/

The real reason Texas can't control its border: it needs the migrants too badly. For 8 months, I've investigated undocumented construction workers, the bosses hiring them, and the politicians who look the other way: texasmonthly.com/news-politics/…

An entire family wiped out by Israel’s airstrike on a building in Ayto, Zagharta yesterday where they had taken refuge in. They had fled from the village of Aitaroun, Southern Lebanon as it was heavily bombarded.

Imagine being a parent forced to choose which of your children to save. And then having to explain that decision to the world.

Put on headphones and please try to listen through this piece We've tried to capture what Palestinians in Gaza hear daily - the constant buzz of Israeli drones punctuated by explosions, gunfire, sirens - and the stress these sounds put on minds and bodies theguardian.com/world/ng-inter…

Would be interesting if Sinwar were killed in this seemingly chance encounter, with less than a handful of guards, and not underground surrounded by hostages as Israeli government sources regularly told the media.

The Biden administration will provide temporary protected status to Lebanese immigrants to shield them from deportation, per DHS announcement. The administration had previously offered a different form of protection for Lebanese immigrants in July. dhs.gov/news/2024/10/1…

So incredibly grateful to Bernie Sanders for this powerful call for accountability. It's been a year since Israeli forces targeted us twice with tank fire, killing Issam Abdallah - عصام العبدالله of Reuters and wounding six other clearly marked journalists. We want justice.

Deeply moving conversation with Lubnan Baalbaki, director of Lebanon's Philharmonic Orchestra about watching family home blown up by Israeli army in his village of Adeysseh, on border, 'like watching your parents die a second time..." In Arabic with subtitles. Daraj Media

Birth certificate. Eyeglasses. Cell phone. Teddy bear. Sewing machine. Hep C medication. Breast pump. Bible. Urns of ashes. ProPublica spoke with people across the US about what they lost during encampment sweeps. Please spend time with this. projects.propublica.org/homeless-encam…

The Israeli military has demolished hundreds of buildings in Lebanese border villages, our new The New York Times investigation shows. We counted at least 1,085 buildings destroyed/badly damaged, flattening one village and reducing entire neighborhoods to rubble: nyti.ms/3C4sAfr

This is a very hard read. But read it. Read every word and understand the tremendous suffering that Palestinian journalists have endured to keep eyes on Gaza. Wael al-Dahdouh will always be my hero in journalism. theguardian.com/world/2024/oct…

Wrote about how thoughtful many Arab American and pro-Palestinian voters are being about their votes. If Trump wins by a slim margin, it’s not going to be their fault, as many liberal commentators would like you to believe. 1/2 vox.com/policy/381550/…

WELL ITS HERE Y'ALL. I am READY. My house is CLEAN, i have PREPPED FOOD, i have a tv corner PREPARED, i have MANY PROTEIN SHAKES AND NESPRESSO PODS. 2022 was *stressy* day for me, and this one isn't gonna be fun, but it's gonna be better. Take care of yourselves, reporters!

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I'm joining the exodus — you can find me in bluer skies at @ massarah.bsky.social

Some of the truest words I've ever read, from Sam Robinson detroitonemillion.substack.com/p/detroit-one-…

Post-election analyses about the Dems' presidential campaign reminded me of complaints I’ve heard about newsrooms. So I broke down 5 of the most frequent criticisms I’ve heard about the Dems, what journalists can learn from them, and how to do better: electionsos.com/resource/5-eng…

Day 1. No one wants to be a refugee.