Alejandro Figueroa

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Alejandro Figueroa

Alejandro Figueroa

@alejandro_rfig

Food & Agriculture reporter for @OPB | @scrippsjschool alum | De la isla 🇵🇷 send news tips: [email protected] Note: I’m not active on here

Portland, OR Katılım Ağustos 2018
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grist
grist@grist·
Ethylene oxide is a serious health risk when inhaled. In 2022, the EPA identified Puerto Rico as a hotspot for the chemical. We dig into what that means for residents in our special report. (This story is a collaboration between Grist and @cpipr) grist.org/accountability…
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OPB KMHD Creators
OPB KMHD Creators@OPBKMHDCreators·
The content creators at Oregon Public Broadcasting and KMHD Jazz Radio are proud to announce we’re forming a union with SAG-AFTRA. We believe this is a crucial next step in ensuring OPB and KMHD continue to support great storytelling and storytellers.
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Ira Glass
Ira Glass@iraglass·
Yes this week for the first time ever we’re putting out an extra podcast. It’s not a full show. It’s a story about things happening right now that we worried might not hold for a few weeks, and it seemed better to get it out now.
This American Life@ThisAmerLife

Our producer, @chanajoffewalt, had a series of conversations with a man in Gaza over the course of one week. They're so immediate – and particular to this moment in the war in Gaza – that we're bringing them to you now, outside of our regular schedule. bit.ly/3Ty3Cvq

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Latino USA@LatinoUSA·
In 2023 we celebrate 30 years of being on the air and as part of that celebration, we bring you a conversation with labor leader @DoloresHuerta. Dolores, now 93, tells us what keeps her going, what she hopes her lasting legacy will be, and more. latinousa.org/2023/11/17/dol…
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Latino USA
Latino USA@LatinoUSA·
Years in the making, it finally happened: @Maria_Hinojosa sits down with @VP Harris in Miami, Florida, for a one-on-one interview. The two discuss everything from immigration and climate anxiety to critiques of the Democratic Party and more. Listen ↘️ latinousa.org/2023/11/03/kam…
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The New York Times@nytimes·
Tracy Chapman won song of the year at the Country Music Awards on Wednesday for “Fast Car,” a folk ballad that topped the country charts more than three decades after it was first released, thanks to a cover by the singer Luke Combs. nyti.ms/40AfChM
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grist@grist·
Research from the American Farm Bureau Federation suggests that nationwide, natural disasters caused $21.5 billion in agricultural losses last year. Only about half of those were protected by insurance. grist.org/agriculture/no…
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Civil Eats
Civil Eats@CivilEats·
Indigenous tribes in the U.S. have been fighting for the return of ancestral lands for access to traditional foodways through organizing and advocacy work, coalition building, and legal procedure—and increasingly seeing success. #fromthearchives buff.ly/3cA9IFY
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Civil Eats@CivilEats·
.@k8tertottz spoke with @GCNFoundation Executive Director Arlene Mitchell about a survey the foundation ran to capture the state of school meal programs across 139 countries. How does the U.S. stack up to other programs around the world? How it can improve?civileats.com/2023/10/03/how…
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Atsuko Okatsuka
Atsuko Okatsuka@AtsukoComedy·
I’m on @ThisAmerLife this week with a story about whether my Grandma kidnapped me or not (she did)
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This American Life@ThisAmerLife

.@AtsukoComedy moved suddenly from Japan to the U.S. when she was eight years old, and has long joked that it was because her grandmother kidnapped her from her dad. But she'd never talked to anyone in her family about what had actually happened. bit.ly/3ZzLK4s

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Dánica Coto@danicacoto·
Activists and environmental groups including the Sierra Club sue Puerto Rico’s government over the planned location of dozens of renewable energy projects meant to ease the US territory’s power woes: apnews.com/article/puerto…
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Tyler Buchanan
Tyler Buchanan@Tylerjoelb·
If true, Ohio Republicans really reinstated a defunct August election (that cost the state millions) just to have the race basically called within 25 minutes of polls closing Would be a striking rebuke from the Ohio citizenry
Dave Wasserman@Redistrict

I've seen enough: in a major victory for the pro-choice side, Ohio Issue 1 (a measure to raise the threshold to pass a state constitutional amendment to 60%) fails.

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@cpipr @washingtonpost @DoloresHuerta @Maria_Hinojosa @VP @k8tertottz @GCNFoundation @WYSO