Equinox Pod

Dear Readers: Climate change isn’t just threatening our future. It’s erasing our past. The story you’re about to read begins with a Climate Central investigation into the threats facing Jamestown. It led me back to my own research on disappearing Indigenous sites along the Gulf Coast — places that preserve histories thousands of years older than the United States itself. This kind of reporting tak...

We need to face hard truths about how our crimes in the Middle East will come back to us. The media is failing us on that front. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mesoscalenews.com/subscribe

Twice in less than five years I've had police bust through my door with guns raised. The first time because I wouldn't be silent while DeSantis lied about COVID, lies that led to the preventable deaths of tens of thousands of Americans. The second time was for refusing to stay quiet about the manufactured hysteria around the murder of a podcaster in Utah a few weeks ago. This time the police showe...

Chaya Raichik (of Libs of Tiktok) put me on her public hit list of people she's calling “Charlie's Murderers.” I spent most of today at the police station reporting death threats because of it. Those threats have escalated and my family is in danger. While MAGA adds people like me to lists of people to “hunt down,” the lives of the people they’re targeting (for the crime of not mourning a white su...

As someone who was fired for refusing to manipulate public health data to suit a political narrative, I am deeply disturbed—but not surprised—by the removal of Dr. Erika McEntarfer from her post as Commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Dr. McEntarfer is a highly respected economist and public servant whose only “offense” was doing her job—reporting accurate employment data that happened...

I joined a WPI Conference Panel featuring with John Kirlakou, Ted Blickwedel, and Jackie Garrick for Whistleblowers of America, where we discussed how whistleblowers can take control of their story. Listen to the episode! This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.mesoscalenews.com/subscribe

More than 1,000 inmates are currently battling wildfires as part of California’s Conservation Fire Camp Program . California’s prisoners make up 30% of the state’s entire fighting force , though sentencing and prison reforms have cut the number of participants in half since last year. Participants are low-risk inmates who are paid a maximum of $26 a day and get two days off their prison sentence f...

In 2018, Cameron Herrin was street racing when he hit a 24-year-old woman and her baby, who both died. Herrin was speeding at 102 mph down Bayshore Blvd in Tampa - which boasts the second-longest continuous sidewalk in America - when the car he was racing swerved left to avoid the victims and then Herrin swerved right, striking and killing both of them. The other driver pleaded guilty and was sent...

You can hear this podcast and check out all of our nominees at DataHeroAwards.org. Dr. Theresa Chapple has dedicated the last 13 months to combating misinformation about COVID-19, building her science communication skills to teach the public about Covid-19 prevention approaches, and advocating for data-driven public policy to address the pandemic. Since June, she's worked with 27 school districts...

Click here to see Dr. Amber Schmidkte’s nomination page at DataHeroAwards.org. The Specialists Cohort (Georgia) Click here to listen to the early release of our interview with Dr. Amber Schmidtke At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic Dr. Amber Schmidtke recognized there was a large gap between the way that scientists communicate and how non-scientists receive information. So she made it her missio...