Disability and aging reporter @19thnews. Opinions are my own. Send tips to: sluterman@19thnews.org or slooterman.18 on Signal.
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Voters in nursing homes are guaranteed the right to vote. They don’t always get it.
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She was tackled, held down and punched as the president of the United States called her “scum,” “low-class,” and “a fat guy.” No one has been charged.
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Noah Adams, a longtime host of NPR’s “All Things Considered” whose quiet baritone and empathetic ear brought listeners stories not often heard on U.S. airwaves, has died. He was 84. nyti.ms/4i6f8Kv
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RIP Caryle Murphy, who reported from inside occupied Kuwait in 1990, hiding from Iraqi troops. She would roll a typewritten story into a tube, dress as a jogger, run past an embassy and throw the tube over the wall to get the story out. @amcovarrubias washingtonpost.com/obituarie…
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The total amount spent by Rs on trans-themed ads in 2024 was around $215 million. By next month I bet that much has been spent on trans-themed ads in Texas alone.
In NC-11, GOP nominee Jennifer Balkcom is airing an almost entirely AI-generated ad hitting opponent Jamie Ager for hosting drag performers at his farm in 2019.
No AI disclaimers on the ad, which features fake footage of Ager dancing with a drag queen.
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Dia de la Muerte display at NPR to remember loved ones who’ve left us. Susan and Noah co-host again.
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I just learned Danny Saenz died earlier this week. May his memory be a blessing.
Disabled Texans stage a protest in the Texas capitol rotunda to call for a pay raise for community attendants who care for them in their home. Danny Saenz, 59, shown foreground, says the current salary of $8 an hour is too low to keep qualified attendants.
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I know a couple people who just burned out under the weight of being The Disability Reporter and left journalism. Technically I should think of other journalists covering disability as competition, but really we’re working on different parts of the same group project.
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Is AOC the first potential 2028er to discuss Neurodivergence and #Neurodiversity? I know Tim Walz has talked about it with his son (I interviewed him about it in my next book) and Tina Smith has. She and Zohran Mamdani met with #ActuallyAutistic students in New York in Sept.
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Three years ago, Maria Alejandra Valero Brinez experienced a stillbirth when she was 8 months pregnant.
Now, she is 5 months pregnant and has been detained since August. She says she is having abnormal bleeding and not getting medical care she needs.
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