erika owens

got confirmation my ballot made it through the mail to philly! US citizens living abroad can (and should!) still vote. details by state here: www.fvap.gov/citizen-voter some states let you vote by email (or even fax)

UK/US political difference - living in the UK for two years, our house has been canvassed by labour party volunteers twice, just for a temperature check on interests and concerns. TWICE! in the US, i don't think i ever experienced a dem party door knock that was not about voting

omg, @thecurrent.org, this is perfect! "I used to live in England And everyone would always ask me 'How’s London?' Even though I didn’t live in London I never understood that Geography's not that hard Just look at a map Sometimes Americans are dumb" www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMYf...

humble request for people who send newsletters to stop using the "re-send to unopened" option.

NEW: H-2A worker Carlos Vargas Moreno experienced a catastrophic heat stroke when his employer, Florida Orange Gold, subjected him to unsafe working conditions. The same company was cited two years prior for the heat-related death of H-2A worker Carmen Sebastian Hernandez Mosqueda.

just wrapping up my master's program, and the staff is on strike because of appalling program and staffing cuts while the university sits on a £3B endowment. solidarity also to the other universities in the UK also on strike www.ucuedinburgh.org.uk/blog/five-we...

An update from last week (and even from when this graphic was made): we've received $4,058 in donations and pledges so far — THANK YOU!

I have been working on this story in one way shape or form since the Guardian investigations team got a leak of deportation manifests in the first months of the Trump admin In the data were records of kids as young as a few weeks old loaded onto flights.

amazing to see someone talking sense on immigration on the top of the homepage of the guardian! i hope to see many more stories like this, and that the government will listen. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

This letter is now at nearly 90,000 signatures. Please add your name.

1/2 🧵 I got some professional news! Last week I began my new role as interim editor at Investigate Midwest. I’m thrilled to be working on an investigative nonprofit with such an important mission and focus on big agribusiness and institutions. Corporate media is broken. mailchi.mp/investigatem...

YOU'RE INVITED — On Aug. 29–30, join The TRiiBE for a FREE two-day community summit exploring memory, land and belonging. ✨ Day 1 includes a fireside chat with Mayor Brandon Johnson exploring the Great Migration and what environmental justice means today. RSVP today: luma.com/bi38i7u4

"mi bisabuela!!!!" (few other things i remember from high school as well, or as frequently, as that)

Newsletter nerds! Social media geeks! People who want to run MKULTRA but for subliminally encouraging a love for government transparency! Still time to apply for our engagement lead role. Remote! Benefits! Employee discounts at the Swag Store! Lots of PDFs!

we need prism! let's keep showing up for movement journalism!

Congratulations Andy Burnham. This is your chance for a reset in Government.

We’ve revamped our pitch guidelines to help us surface the best ideas faster! 📢 Have a data story you're obsessed with telling? We want to hear it. pudding.cool/pitch/

ooh, this is extremely relevant to my interests. (and if it is to yours as well, always happy to chat about these complicated feelings!)

Over 6000 signatories in just a few hours. I am hoping we could make a massive statement with this. This is the kind of thing you need to get your mum to sign 👇

Hi aspiring authors! 👋 Want thoughts on theme/structure? grammar feedback? some secret third thing? Bidding starts at $5 for 25 pages of customizable editing help via @romancingthevote.com Proceeds go to @voteriders.bsky.social and @scsjofficial.bsky.social And there’s tons more fun stuff 🧵

So grateful to @unsrapporteurfoaa.bsky.social for raising the erosion of people's willingness to assemble and form connections. In addition to surveillance, I fear gen AI is interrupting cooperation & that fear of social media harms also cut people off from our collective capacity as humans.

📣 Excited to announce a new design position on my team! Come work with us!

this piece was so great. really thorough overview of an issue, valuable on its own, and at the end: it's introducing a new investigative, public service series. hell freakin yeah!! www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

let's get this campaign across the finish line!

You have little over a week to apply for the 4th cohort of the Nonprofit News Business certificate program 👇 www.journalism.cuny.edu/j-plus/nonpr...

$5000 travel-writing grant for women journalists anywhere in the world. Got a story based in your hometown? Ori magazine publishes local writers as destination experts. Applications close June 3, 2026. #TravelWriting ori-mag.com/pages/ori-x-...

NEW — Three years into his term, The TRiiBE checks in with Mayor Brandon Johnson on some of the political challenges that he’s facing in his fight for working people. thetriibe.com/2026/05/prog...

If you're reading this, my cat and I have boarded a one-way flight out of the United States. The Trump administration wrongfully denied my work permit renewal; after months of demanding that they follow the law, we have run out of legal recourse, and I have no choice but to leave the country. (🧵)

Have reporting you want to do looking at how journalism has made good on its 2020 promises around diversity and equity? We want your pitches for our upcoming print and digital magazine: tinyurl.com/since2020pitch

EdSource Guild members have unanimously voted to authorize a strike. We've been negotiating a contract for 16 months, and now management unilaterally changed our health plans without negotiating with us. Please sign to tell EdSource you won't cross our picket line: actionnetwork.org/petitions/te...

Local data reporters/researchers: immigration data that the Guardian had to sue for is publicly available for download here github.com/guardian/I-2... And while you're at it, read @maanvisingh.bsky.social and @wcraft.bsky.social heartbreaking story on family separation using the I-213 data