Zurie Pope
@PopeZurie
He/ Him Reporter. Has appeared in @thenation, @OhioCapJournal, @Enquirer, @WashBlade, @TheBuckeyeFlame, and more Threads :https://www.threads.net/@zurie_pope
I'm proud to announce that, among hundreds of applicants, I was selected for the @IBWellsSociety's internship program. I am overjoyed to begin this next chapter of my life, and can't wait to learn more about investigative journalism. idabwellssociety.org/news/ida-b-wel…
L.A. woman faked immigration 'kidnapping' in scheme for donations, feds charge latimes.com/california/sto…
Two videos offer the first glimpse inside the detention site on the 10th floor of 26 Federal Plaza, where dozens of immigrants are being held for days at a time, according to an analysis by THE CITY of ICE data through the end of June. thecity.nyc/2025/07/22/vid…
Data compiled by the @CHIRLA shows that Latino neighborhoods were overwhelmingly targeted in Immigration Enforcement actions across LA, again raising concerns about racial profiling. latimes.com/california/sto…
Data compiled by the @CHIRLA shows that Latino neighborhoods were overwhelmingly targeted in Immigration Enforcement actions across LA, again raising concerns about racial profiling. latimes.com/california/sto…
Latino neighborhoods overwhelmingly targeted in immigration raids, rights group says latimes.com/california/sto…
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Contracts reveal the big business of building and operating Alligator Alcatraz miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
Declassified State Department documents show US asked El Salvador to promise not to torture deportees in order to pretend not to be violating non-refoulement and thus open up US officials to international prosecution justsecurity.org/117271/us-elsa…
"Migrants at a Miami immigration jail were shackled with their hands tied behind their backs and made to kneel to eat food from styrofoam plates “like dogs" according to a {Human Rights Watch} report." theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…
"The bitterness is still there. The anger about what happened to him is still there.” More than 200 men sent to El Salvador were released from CECOT and returned to Venezuela. @nlanard and I talked to relatives and friends waiting to be reunited with them. motherjones.com/politics/2025/…
Experts call for charges to be dropped against journalists 'arrested for doing their jobs' cincinnati.com/story/news/202…
I am so proud of my brave, brilliant colleagues @khadeeja_safdar and @joe_palazzolo, proud to live in a country where the founders put freedom of speech in the very first amendment, and proud to work at The Wall Street Journal. wsj.com/politics/trump… via @WSJ
I just spoke with Gov. Mike DeWine - he says his team is getting involved after KY police arrested Cincinnati journalists for covering an ICE protest. He is concerned & says he never wants to see press arrested. Video only on @WCPO @WEWS @OhioCapJournal wcpo.com/news/local-new…
My former boss @madeline_fening was arrested yesterday while doing her job. She was by all accounts cooperative. She, and photographer Lucas Griffith, deserve your full support. Freedom of the press means nothing when reporters can end up in handcuffs.
Citybeat reporter Madeline Fening has been booked into the Kenton County Detention Center with 5 charges.
That’s it. Congress has officially killed federal funding of PBS, NPR and local stations across the U.S. after decades of thwarted attempts.
BREAKING: $9 billion rescission package gets final passage in the House 216-213. This was close. Did not vote: Three members - 2 Rs, 1 D No votes: 2 Rs.
Support the @latguild and the @newsguild. The only surefire guarantee of a strong newsroom is a strong contract. Unions are the last line of defense against abuse and exploitation, and that's true in newsrooms, warehouses, hospitals, or any workplace.
NEW: L.A. County jails are handing inmates over to ICE for the first time in years. The transfers are being conducted in response to federal judicial warrants. latimes.com/california/sto…
Many Mexican immigrants swept up in L.A. raids are deeply rooted in U.S. latimes.com/california/sto…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered the release of 2,000 National Guard troops from their federal protection who had been sent to Los Angeles.
NEW: A Miami Herald Investigation: "Killer Train: Why are so many people being killed by Florida's High Speed Rail?" by @BrittanyWallman and Aaron Leibowitz, Shradha Dinesh, Susan Merriam, DanielRivero and Joshua Ceballos miamiherald.com/news/local/art…