Christina Prignano Deering
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Senior editor, multimedia @bostonglobe. @massinc, @commonwealthmag, @poynter #WLA alum. Always: Rhode Islander ⚓️
Boston, MA
Joined November 2009
To put the horror at Brown in some additional context: Providence is exceedingly unused to gun violence. It is a city of almost 200,000 people with only *two* homicides this entire year, until tonight, down from 11 last year.
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I've been reporting in East Africa on the impact of President Trump's USAID cuts, and I find that not only are children dying in large numbers but the pace is accelerating as stockpiles run out and people grow weaker. I also obtained an internal Trump administration memo stating
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In desperate villages in southwestern Uganda, not only are aid cuts killing children every day, but the death toll is accelerating.
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Political violence begets political violence. It makes political violence look doable, and even like the last available option. It is truly evil.
In the last few years we've seen: - The plot to kidnap Gretchen Whitmer - The Storming of the Capitol and pipe bombs left at the RNC and DNC - The break-in to kidnap Nancy Pelosi and the brutal on Paul Pelosi - Multiple assassination attempts against Trump - The assassination
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A journalist for 24 years, this is probably the most important article I've ever published. We saw the famine in Gaza with our own eyes. Together with Yarden Michaeli. @YardenMichaeli
https://t.co/lls9iv6xPh
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Today in @washingtonpost we published a portion of the known names of 18,500+ Gazan children killed in the war, in Arabic and English. We could only fit 18% of the names on these 2 pages – it would have taken 5 more pages to list them all:
In the @washingtonpost today, we have published every one of the 18,500 known names of children killed by Israel’s military operations in Gaza.
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Tufts student: Video shows masked agents arresting Rumeysa Ozturk https://t.co/877Lz33fS1 via @BostonGlobe
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Within seconds, five officers surrounded a Tufts PhD student from Turkey, and she was pleading with them, according to a security camera recording of the arrest obtained by the Globe.
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BREAKING: Federal immigration authorities have detained a Tufts graduate student — a Turkish national in the US on a visa. Community activists said that she was on her way to an Iftar dinner when she was apprehended. It appears to be the first known instance of a student involved
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Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national in the US on a student visa, was transferred to Louisiana despite a federal judge ordering ICE not to remove her from Massachusetts without prior notice.
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1/ New @BostonGlobe project: The Green Book's legacy in New England. Though long out of publication, pieces of New England history live in its pages. We mapped the listings, highlighting places such as Western Lunch Box, Slade's, and The Pates Hotel. https://t.co/P3Ml8w96nf
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.@BostonGlobe is tracking the CDC pages that are gone -- mostly related to LGBTQ+, racial disparities, contraception, HIV prevention, but also stuff like preventing child abuse:
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Dozens of pages on the website of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention focused on LGBTQ issues, HIV, racial disparities, and contraception were down on Friday.
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Via @washingtonpost: ICE arrests are lower so far than they were when Trump took office in 2017. Gift link:
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The number of suspects arrested — several hundred per day — has been outpaced by the psychological impact of the attention on ICE operations.
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When I moved to MA from FL in 2022, I was wowed by the lack of transparency on Beacon Hill compared to Tallahassee. For the last year, @MattPStout, @emmaplatoff, @lauracrimaldi, + I worked to bring some sunlight to the Golden Dome. Here's what we learned: https://t.co/l9ea6xkJoa
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The Globe’s state politics team spent a year investigating the Massachusetts Legislature. Here are some of the most surprising findings.
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What did investigators miss in the Sandra Birchmore case? https://t.co/PzO8Mcw9bi via @BostonGlobe
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Sandra Birchmore’s family spent years trying to make someone look more closely at the circumstances of her death.
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John Boehner, Steward board member, appears before federal grand jury https://t.co/TPggdhp38E via @BostonGlobe
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Several Steward board members have been summoned or subpoenaed to answer questions as part of the sprawling federal probe.
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NEW: The @BostonGlobe, through a massive records request, obtained hundreds of never-before-seen special education settlements from across Mass. Together, they tell a disturbing tale of secrecy and inequity. W/ the herculean efforts of @neena_hagen: https://t.co/5UPIgsvwHh
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Hundreds of Massachusetts parents of students with special needs have been forced to sign nondisclosure agreements to secure the free and appropriate education their children are legally entitled to.
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Today was record setting in Boston (81° shattering old record of 76° set 2 years ago in 2022) Climate change signals extend beyond setting records, also trends. Our last 80° is now 6 days later than it was in 1872 Today also set record for latest 80° reading on record in Boston
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Interesting income split on #MCAS Question 2 results in Massachusetts, via @neena_hagen @mandy_mclaren @ryanhuddle
https://t.co/GY08ybur4L
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Donald Trump gained vote share from 2020 in almost all towns across Massachusetts, a few notable shifts: Lawrence: 2020: 25% 2024: 40% Chelsea: 2020: 21% 2024: 30% New Bedford: 2020: 37% 2024: 45%
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NEW: Mass. voters have approved a ballot measure giving @massauditor the power to investigate the Mass. Legislature, the @AP is projecting
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