Kris Vera-Phillips☑️ (she/her)

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📺 Journalist | 💻 @Cronkite_ASU faculty & PhD student | 📓 @aaja VP of Journalism Programs | Past: @capradio @KPBSnews @MedillSchool
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Jay Pharaoh was SNL's Obama.

But it was a whole different deal doing his Obama impression...in front of President Obama.

Boston Public Radio is live from the GBH studio at the Boston Public Library nearly every Tuesday and Friday. Can't make it in person? Join us on the livestream: https://www.youtube.com/gbhnews/ #comedy #funny #SNL

“In general, farmworkers, migrant populations are often invisible. They experience multiple forms of harm and violence,” Cynthia Choi, co-executive director of Chinese for Affirmative Action.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/half-moon-bay-shooting-victims-families-lived-farms-left-homes-income-rcna68246

Half Moon Bay shooting victims’ families who lived on farms left without homes or income

A week after tragedy rocked their community, victims’ families and survivors of the deadly shooting in Half Moon Bay, California, are still in crisis mode, an advocate who visited the community told NBC News.

NBC News

#StopAAPIHate now.

"The shooting came after thousands of people had gathered for Lunar New Year Festival in Monterey Park, a small city of about 60,000 people that has a large Asian population … about 10 miles east of Los Angeles."

https://t.co/0PvQh7nh74

Possible suspect in L.A. mass shooting found dead in van, sources say

A man the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department described as “possibly” being a suspect in a mass shooting at a Lunar New Year celebration is dead, law enforcement sources said.

NBC News

“My ancestors, many of yours, endured the horrors of the Indian boarding school assimilation policies carried out by the same department that I now lead,” Secretary Deb Haaland sad. “This is the first time in history that a United States cabinet secretary comes to the table with this shared trauma. That is not lost on me, and I’m determined to use my position for the good of people.”

https://www.azmirror.com/2023/01/21/survivors-descendants-of-federal-indian-boarding-schools-share-experiences/

Loved this Fresh Air interview with Reservoir Dogs creator Sterlin Harjo. Incredible insights on death, culture and community.

But Terry Gross describes the line: “… in a galaxy far far away” - as Star Trek? 🙄 #LLAP #StarTrek #StarWars

https://www.npr.org/2022/12/27/1145596961/reservation-dogs-co-creator-says-the-show-gives-audiences-permission-to-laugh

'Reservation Dogs' co-creator says the show gives audiences permission to laugh

Sterlin Harjo says society has a tendency to be "very precious with Native people." His irreverent series follows four teens on a reservation. <em>Originally broadcast Sept. 19, 2022.</em>

Fresh Air

Perfect storm? Severe weather and an antiquated scheduling system led to canceled #Southwest flights, luggage held hostage and families separated from loved ones over the holidays. #travel #airlines

https://www.wsj.com/articles/southwests-troubles-mount-as-airline-scraps-more-than-half-its-flights-11672084678

Southwest CEO Says More Cancellations Ahead as Airline Tries to Recover

Carrier’s current plan is to keep its announced flight cuts in place through Thursday

WSJ
@markp93 Rattlesnake can’t play golf in #Arizona. Video from TopGolf Scottsdale. (Go to about 3:31 into the video)
#snake #golf
https://youtu.be/5MiQ6658YkU
Rattlesnakes Can't Play Golf [Ep. 72]

YouTube

Via NPR - Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people.
A new database tool illustrates this, estimating that younger white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — like Black, Latino and Indigenous people.
https://n.pr/3B4TK2r

#representationmatters #black #latino #missingpersons #indigenous #racialbias #race

Racial bias affects media coverage of missing people. A new tool illustrates how

The database tool estimates that younger, white women will get increasingly more news coverage than other racial groups — such as Black, Latino and Indigenous people.

NPR
Pockets: Articles of Interest #3 - 99% Invisible

Womenswear is littered with fake pockets that don’t open, or shallow pockets that can hardly hold more than a paperclip. If women’s clothes have pockets at all, they are often smaller and just fit less than men’s pockets do. And when we talk about pockets, we are talking about who has access to the tools

99% Invisible