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Photojournalist based in Austin, Texas www.ilanapl.com

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Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared. ProPublicaโ€™s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texasโ€™ abortion ban.

Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublicaโ€™s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.

(Published Feb. 2025)

17.02.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2015 ๐Ÿ” 1141 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 81 ๐Ÿ“Œ 86
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On Saturday, Jan. 24, federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti.

Our photojournalists @cengizyar.com and @peterdicampo.bsky.social were on the ground in Minneapolis, covering events in the days surrounding Prettiโ€™s death. This is what they witnessed.

Read more: https://propub.li/3ZjL7wH

08.02.2026 00:01 ๐Ÿ‘ 822 ๐Ÿ” 340 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 17 ๐Ÿ“Œ 11
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Stolen Revolution by Yeganeh Torbati, Bozorgmehr Sharafedin: 9780385550314 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A moving, harrowing, and compulsively readable portrait of the lives of Iranians across five decades, tracing the promise of the 1979 revolution, its betrayal by forces of autocracy, and a peopleโ€™s...

& preorder @yjtorbati.bsky.socialโ€™s book! www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/737493...

08.02.2026 23:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I expected the cuts would be bad but I'm honestly stunned and sickened seeing how many great journalists the Washington Post just lost. People who nailed huge investigations, documented war zones, exposed horrific crimes, dropped all at once for failures they did not cause.

04.02.2026 16:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 5503 ๐Ÿ” 1207 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 174 ๐Ÿ“Œ 68

Seems as though they have laid off their entire photography staff. Photojournalists donโ€™t just take photos, we report, we pitch, we take photos while our lives and safety are under threat. We explore our neighborhoods, restaurants and sports with a creative eye. Photojournalists do it all.

04.02.2026 19:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 433 ๐Ÿ” 143 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 7 ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
Article excerpt: In my few days in Minnesota, Iโ€™ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments Iโ€™ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world. I watched heavily armored federal units roll through quiet neighborhoods. In a grocery store parking lot, angry residents screamed at agents, demanding they leave the city. Masked and armed government agents pointed weapons toward me and some protesters during an encounter in the middle of the afternoon. Curious guests in a hotel elevator wondered why I was carrying around a medical pack and gas mask. Local residents thanked me for being there to witness the situation. A drunk man at a hotel bar cursed at me, saying the media was at fault. The wars weโ€™ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home.

Article excerpt: In my few days in Minnesota, Iโ€™ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments Iโ€™ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world. I watched heavily armored federal units roll through quiet neighborhoods. In a grocery store parking lot, angry residents screamed at agents, demanding they leave the city. Masked and armed government agents pointed weapons toward me and some protesters during an encounter in the middle of the afternoon. Curious guests in a hotel elevator wondered why I was carrying around a medical pack and gas mask. Local residents thanked me for being there to witness the situation. A drunk man at a hotel bar cursed at me, saying the media was at fault. The wars weโ€™ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home.

"In my few days in Minnesota, Iโ€™ve been witness to countless scenes that remind me of moments Iโ€™ve seen during previous trips covering conflicts around the world," photojournalist @cengizyar.com writes. "The wars weโ€™ve carried out as a nation abroad have come home."

More: https://propub.li/4acxEeY

03.02.2026 14:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1028 ๐Ÿ” 451 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21 ๐Ÿ“Œ 34
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ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.

The Marshall Project's analysis of ICE data obtained by the Deportation Data Project found the Trump administrationโ€™s revival of family detention has swept thousands of children into ICE custody. At least 3,800 children under age 18, including 20 infants, have been booked since Trump took office.

25.01.2026 22:21 ๐Ÿ‘ 35 ๐Ÿ” 23 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

I suppose this is nitpicking, but to the headline writers: ICE is NOT border patrol.

25.01.2026 17:40 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Residents Iโ€™ve spoken to are furious and want the agents out of their city. Iโ€™ve seen tense encounters in grocery story parking lots, housing developments, and neighborhoods. I've covered unrest around the world and the anger among protesters here is among the most intense I've ever experienced.

24.01.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 269 ๐Ÿ” 44 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Iโ€™ve been in Minneapolis the last few days reporting on the ICE raids happening across the city. This morning federal agents shot and killed a man, identified by the AP as Alex Pretti. This marks the third shooting by federal agents since Operation Metro Surge started in Minnesota last month.

24.01.2026 22:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 645 ๐Ÿ” 185 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 11 ๐Ÿ“Œ 16
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2026 Nick Oza Visual Fellowship โ€“ Altavoz Lab The 2026 Nick Oza Visual Fellowship is a documentary photography program by Altavoz Lab honoring Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Nick Oza. This fellowship supports visual storytellers rooted in their...

The inaugural Nick Oza Visual Fellowship open call launches on Jan. 18.

16.01.2026 17:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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The FBI searched a Washington Post reporterโ€™s home as part of an investigation into classified material, people familiar with the matter said. It is exceedingly rare for federal agents to search a journalistโ€™s home. trib.al/tKsg85n

14.01.2026 16:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 2796 ๐Ÿ” 1291 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 479 ๐Ÿ“Œ 197
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ICE Threw Thousands of Kids in Detention, Many For Longer Than Court-Prescribed Limit Former immigration staffers argue ICE is choosing to detain families for prolonged periods to speed deportations and compel them to leave.

โ€œSometimes my daughter doesnโ€™t want to leave our room because she is so sad and just wants to leave this prison so badly. She cries and cries about all of this. I am so worried that I barely eat," one mother detained in Texas said.

18.12.2025 17:02 ๐Ÿ‘ 13 ๐Ÿ” 9 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I'm selling prints of some Arizona, Sinaloa and California landscapes, and flora and fauna! Check out the online print store here: caitlinohara.darkroom.com

05.12.2025 02:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Wait, my auntโ€™s fb declarations arenโ€™t legally bulletproof?? Shocking

13.11.2025 18:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Always read Grayson Haver Currin

12.11.2025 04:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Please join us in Austin this Saturday for the Night of Photojournalism, where Adriana Loureiro, John Moore @perla-trevizo.bsky.social @ilanapl.bsky.social & others will be presenting their work. Tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/night-of-p...

11.11.2025 14:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. Thatโ€™s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

โ€œYou have made progress.โ€
โ€œYou are not a danger to yourself or others.โ€

The denial letter from Geneva Mooreโ€™s insurer directly contradicted her therapistโ€™s words. Cut off from her treatment program, Moore slid into a monthslong downward spiral.

(Published Dec. 2024)

08.11.2025 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 604 ๐Ÿ” 202 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 13 ๐Ÿ“Œ 17

A specific photographer, in fact. Gorgeous work from @maddiemcgarvey.bsky.social

07.11.2025 08:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Opinion | The Pressure of Poverty in Appalachia

"Most of all, I recognized Ms. McGarveyโ€™s project as an act of witnessing, documenting one familyโ€™s life in its daily tenderness, ordinary suffering and full complexity." www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

06.11.2025 21:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Night of Photojournalism Presented by CatchLight Live and Dysturb in partnership with The Texas Tribune Festival

Really looking forward to this event next weekend in Austin with @perla-trevizo.bsky.social and Adriana Loureiro Fernรกndez, among others. Don't miss it. www.eventbrite.com/e/night-of-p...

04.11.2025 21:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Insurers Continue to Rely on Doctors Whose Judgments Have Been Criticized by Courts In dozens of cases ProPublica reviewed, judges found that some doctors working for these companies engaged in โ€œselective readingsโ€ of medical evidence and โ€œshut their eyesโ€ to medical opinions opposin...

Judge Andrew Oldham sounded frustrated by the UnitedHealthcare lawyer arguing 15-year-old Emily Dwyer no longer needed residential treatment.

Unitedโ€™s approach, the judge said, essentially boiled down to โ€œWeโ€™ll just gamble with her life.โ€

(Published Dec. 2024)

27.10.2025 03:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 860 ๐Ÿ” 319 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 29 ๐Ÿ“Œ 13
A capuchin monkey stares out judgmentally from a wall of leaves.

A capuchin monkey stares out judgmentally from a wall of leaves.

Hey friends. I'm doing a holiday printsale over on ashponders.darkroom.com. Please take a look, I make images of pretty things like monkeys who are disappointed in you and rainbows that aren't. If you can buy a print, do!

18.11.2024 21:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 25 ๐Ÿ” 16 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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ICE Is Cracking Down on Chicago. Some Chicagoans Are Fighting Back.

more harrowing work from Chicago photojournalist @jamiekelterdavis.bsky.social
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/u...

15.10.2025 21:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to survive a Republican power grab Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his jobโ€”and plotting a progressive revival.

Spent some time shadowing Greg Casar (and Dolores Huerta!) during the redistricting fight. His predicament embodied the party's: a rising generation of leaders, caught between a defiant old guard and an opposition willing to change the rules to stop them www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

23.09.2025 13:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 127 ๐Ÿ” 45 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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How to survive a Republican power grab Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his jobโ€”and plotting a progressive revival.

Texas Democrat Greg Casar spent his summer fighting for his jobโ€”and plotting a progressive revival.

Over a tumultuous but pivotal week in August, @timothypmurphy.bsky.social tagged along as Casar juggled the dictatorial present and an uncertain future.

23.09.2025 17:38 ๐Ÿ‘ 174 ๐Ÿ” 38 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Her Mental Health Treatment Was Helping. Thatโ€™s Why Insurance Cut Off Her Coverage. Providers, patients and even some federal judges say progress-based insurance denials harm patients at key moments of mental health treatment.

Insurers sometimes deny coverage citing lack of progress, labeling patientsโ€™ conditions as chronic.

Yet if they do make progress, insurers have also used that to argue patients no longer need treatment.

Doctors are left to walk a tightrope.

(Published Dec. 2024)

20.09.2025 21:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 548 ๐Ÿ” 193 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 20 ๐Ÿ“Œ 12
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Opinion | Israel Says It Killed a Hamas Commander. It Killed a Pulitzer-Winning Journalist. The killing of Anas al-Sharif marks an ominous new phase of the war in Gaza.

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com

โ€œThis is truly a war with no limits,โ€ our columnist Lydia Polgreen writes of the war in Gaza, โ€œand soon there may be no journalists left to document its horror.โ€

22.08.2025 06:30 ๐Ÿ‘ 954 ๐Ÿ” 360 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 47 ๐Ÿ“Œ 22
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A fight to save an Austin middle school puts families at odds with Texas over how to rate schools Legislators have a chance this summer to replace the STAAR test. What they come up with will decide the fate of schools like Dobie Middle School, where low test scores have pushed the Austin district ...

Legislators have a chance this summer to replace the STAAR test. What they come up with will decide the fate of schools like Dobie Middle School, where low test scores have pushed the Austin district to intervene.

30.07.2025 17:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Gaza's children are starving, the U.N. and relief organizations warn Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."

Hunger and disease continue to stalk Palestinians in Gaza, and aid organizations are warning that children are at greatest risk of starvation. A U.N. worker has described people as "walking corpses."

25.07.2025 15:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 286 ๐Ÿ” 130 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 34 ๐Ÿ“Œ 23