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- Federal immigration agents waited three minutes to call 911 after one of their officers shot Renee Macklin Good in Minneapolis. After a brief medical assessment, they left her bleeding in her car. Agents didn’t give her CPR and turned away the help of a man who said he was a doctor.
- Reposted by APM ReportsA company allegedly used to launder money stolen from the government in the Feeding Our Future fraud case owns at least five houses where taxpayer-funded group homes operate. Those group home businesses have collected millions of dollars from the government.
- In Season 1, the Sold a Story podcast dispelled one of the big myths about learning to read: that schools didn't need to teach kids how to sound out letters. Host Emily Hanford says new myths are popping up to take its place. Catch up at soldastory.org.
- Early in her teaching career, Margaret Goldberg was skeptical of the science of reading. Today, she is working with neuroscientist Reid Lyon to bring it into more classrooms. Lyon and Goldberg joined host Emily Hanford for a live conversation. New in the Sold a Story podcast feed today.
- Politically prominent Nevada GOP activist and donor Robert Beadles has taken credit for hiring a private investigator who tracked Reno's mayor 3 years ago, ending a yearslong legal saga to unmask him as the client despite his attempts to remain anonymous. By @tabithamueller.bsky.social:
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- Teachers, parents and community members: We've added new discussion guides to help you talk about the podcast Sold a Story: soldastory.org/discuss
- By our @carmela.bsky.social. More at soldastory.org.
- In the past three years, 26 states have enacted laws to better align reading instruction with scientific research. We updated our map to include Missouri. More: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- For decades, the federal government has surveyed high school students — and repeatedly followed up with them as adults. The goal was to gather data on their educational choices and careers so researchers could draw connections between them.
- The Trump administration tried to kill the largest reading experiment ever funded by the U.S. Department of Education’s research arm — just months before the yearslong study was complete. The administration agreed to finish the research only after it was sued.
- Episode 14: The Cuts Listen at soldastory.org.
- In 2017, the Tubbs Fire in Santa Rosa, California, exposed a new threat to public health: Wildfires can contaminate drinking water with toxic chemicals that federally mandated testing is not designed to catch.
- NAEP is one of the few education initiatives Trump has vowed to preserve. But the administration has slashed staff responsible for keeping tests up to date. And the board overseeing the assessment has eliminated more than a dozen tests, citing “cost efficiencies.” www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- New episode of Sold a Story. 𝟭𝟰: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝘂𝘁𝘀 The Trump administration is slashing government funding for science and dismantling the Dept of Ed. We look at what the cuts mean for the science of reading — and the effort to get that science into schools. Listen: www.apmreports.org/episode/2025...
- Synthetic opioids such as fentanyl have accelerated overdoses for Black men ages 55 to 74, who have suffered disproportionately for decades. Read: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Four Minneapolis police trainers were accused of using excessive force in civil lawsuits the city settled before they received their current assignments, according to a review of federal court documents. Story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Nursing homes are designed to care for patients with physical infirmities. But nationwide, 1 in 5 residents has been diagnosed with a serious mental illness — conditions few of the facilities are equipped to handle. By @egawthrop.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Explore the database of nursing homes in the story. For each one, see: • Percent of residents with a serious mental illness • Number of abuse-related citations • Nurse staffing rating www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Every two weeks for the past three years, a police officer has boarded a plane near his home in Sydney, Australia, to commute to work – in Bethel, Alaska. A story with @sgsmly.bsky.social at KYUK. www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
- The school reform program Success for All, first developed in the 1980s, has been declining in popularity for the past two decades — even though a mountain of research shows it gets great results, especially when it comes to elementary reading skills. Read why: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Here's @katereports.bsky.social on the impact of her reporting on Illinois hospitals. Full story: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Some people say antidepressants left them with debilitating symptoms for years — even decades — after going off the medications. Their ranks are growing online as they push for recognition and research. www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- A growing number of people who take SSRIs are saying they've suffered difficult withdrawal symptoms from long-term use, including dysphoria and sexual dysfunction. Listen at @npr.org: www.npr.org/2025/06/27/n...
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- Lawmakers have strengthened Illinois’ longstanding sexual abuse survivors law in an effort to ensure patients receive critical care after sexual assault. Reporting by @katereports.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- Emily: "One of the words I really like is orangutan." Kid: 😒
- Alaska’s Legislature adjourned last week without addressing an issue that many residents of coastal, Native villages see as urgent: expanding access to commercial fishing careers. Read: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- A federal judge on Thursday ruled that the lawsuit against educational publisher Heinemann and three of its top authors was invalidated by a legal doctrine that bars claims of “educational malpractice.” Read: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
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- EdReports says that it has “always” checked for the science of reading in its reviews of instructional materials. But its track record in that area is uneven. Read @clpeak.bsky.social: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0... Watch: www.youtube.com/shorts/QIxpB...
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- Minnesota cities outside of the Twin Cities have been more lenient in allowing buildings to pass inspections despite knowledge of substandard living conditions. With @mprnews.org: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- New episodes of the Sold a Story podcast: soldastory.org
- Many schools rely on EdReports when they decide which reading programs to buy. But the organization has given high marks to programs that use strategies debunked by cognitive science. And it hasn't endorsed other programs despite studies showing they work. Read: www.apmreports.org/story/2025/0...
- March 6 is #ProtectMyPublicMedia Day, a national day of action with the goal to celebrate public media and advocate for public media funding. Learn more: www.americanpublicmedia.org/action
