jill (she/her)
now @ wnyc. journalist & audio producer mainly covering mental health, the environment, labor & justice
www.jillmwebb.com
- i wrote about how the music industry supports #Palestine despite threats of blacklisting: verystrangeweather.substack.com/p/how-the-mu... #music
- in Maine:
- Video shows ICE leaving behind an infant and broken glass after arresting a man with no criminal history. “There was a car seat in the back... There were broken glass shards all over it... There was just this tiny peanut of a baby. He was crying.” My latest: www.pressherald.com/2026/01/28/i...
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- Reposted by jill (she/her)I wrote about my childhood friend Alexi Pretti. Please read it and share it and remember him as a human being. @theverge.com
- wrote about the possibility of a U.S. general strike friday, the current history of general strike organizing & what's going on in MN: verystrangeweather.substack.com/p/about-that... #generalstrike #minneapolis
- #JOURNOREQUEST For those protesting and observing in Minnesota, how are you handling childcare? Are you organizing child-watching duties with other families? I want to hear about it -- DM or email me at jillmargotwebb@gmail.com #minneapolis
- Reposted by jill (she/her)Greg Ketter, owner of DreamHaven Books in Minneapolis, walks through a cloud of tear gas during protests that rocked the city on January 24 in the wake of the shooting of Alex Pretti by ICE agents. A video of the bookseller has since gone viral. (Theia Chatelle)
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- Reposted by jill (she/her)The 5-year-old arrested by ICE In Minnesota is detained at Dilley. We reported on conditions there in the below article. Parents said the food was contaminated with mold and worms & that children were so under so much stress that they were hitting their own faces & wetting themselves.
- Wrote about the intersection of art and birth control for my latest: impulsemagazine.com/symposium/th...
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- Reposted by jill (she/her)A ban on sending books and magazines to prisoners in Arkansas prisons goes into effect Feb. 1, putting into place the strictest regulations in the country on sending outside publications to the incarcerated
- Reposted by jill (she/her)“The most wealthy and powerful tech CEOs are still staying silent as ICE floods America’s streets, but now some researchers and engineers working for them have chosen to break rank.” Great @laurengoode.bsky.social story:
- Reposted by jill (she/her)Men don’t call a woman a fucking bitch when they’re afraid for their lives—they say it when they hate us. They say it when they’re punishing us. jessica.substack.com/p/ice-shooti...
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- Reposted by jill (she/her)Dr. Janell Green Smith, a midwife who advocated for Black maternal health, dies of childbirth complications
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- Last freelance piece of 2025: I wrote about the push to make U.S. college students climate literate for @theprogressivemag.bsky.social: progressive.org/latest/the-p...
- Reposted by jill (she/her)Are these the same companies that told us the robot could do it?
- One of my favorite stories I reported this year. Proposed changes to the #EndangeredSpeciesAct and park staffing cuts are putting the endangered coastal bird in danger:
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- Updates on the @sbworkersunited.org strike 27 days in: verystrangeweather.substack.com/p/27-days-in...
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- i wrote about the role of benefit concerts and how artists have been censored for speaking out about Palestine on stage: verystrangeweather.substack.com/p/together-for…
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- spoke with the @dreamdefenders.bsky.social about their C.R.E.A.M. (Class Ruins Everything Around Me) pledge for @npquarterly.bsky.social: nonprofitquarterly.org/if-class-rui...
- It has historically not been easy to support Palestinian resistance as a musician, even in seemingly progressive environments like benefit concerts. I get into it on my substack: verystrangeweather.substack.com/p/together-f...
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- Want to know what’s going on with the Starbucks strike? I wrote about the #redcuprebellion for NPQ. As of this morning, 2000 Starbucks employees are striking across 65 cities:
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- Reposted by jill (she/her)NBC News has reportedly eliminated its NBC BLK, NBC Asian America, NBC Latino and NBC OUT teams
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- i got to write about a very cool form of community ownership for @shelterforce.bsky.social: shelterforce.org/2025/10/09/t...
- Reposted by jill (she/her)a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall
- I wrote about book bikes and how they’re powering literacy-focused missions across the U.S. for @publisherswkly.bsky.social 📚 🚲 www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
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- Reposted by jill (she/her)New PEN America statement: “The firing and suspension of multiple journalists after the fatal shooting of Charlie Kirk should alarm anyone who cares about free speech and a free press. Taken together, these measures risk creating a chilling effect that extends beyond those directly targeted..."
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- ☕ ATTN QUEER BARISTAS ☕ I'm working an article about why queer people gravitate toward jobs in the coffee business & what they think of "queer people make better coffee" memes. If your interested in sharing your experience for a story or have hot takes on this, DM or email jillmargotwebb@gmail.com!
- September is #SuicidePreventionAwarenessMonth — don't forget to include construction industry workers in these conversations!
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