Rebecca Lee Sanchez

Scavenger, Stone, Storyteller. Freelance journalist. Formerly Photo Editor @NBCNews, @MSNBCPhoto. Columbia Adjunct. PhD @ EGS. #ICFJGlobal #cuj13 RT≠endorsement

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

.@POTUS : "Those brown kids will reflect a larger and larger portion of America's workforce." AMEN, SISTER. We're coming for you, America.

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

Just breaking my dissertation delirium & silence on here 2blast @ImmortalTech’s 4th Branch because it’s still relevant, still 🔥 & still necessary 4 people 2turn off the screens & READ, READ, READ. Thank u @ImmortalTech 4the daily inspo in this struggle.
https://t.co/v7YFNIdqDw

[Noticias Telemundo @TelemundoNews]

"El régimen se desató (...) Parace un país que está en guerra", dijo el activista cubano Abraham Jiménez en una entrevista con @JulioVaqueiro sobre la represión a los manifestantes en #Cuba.

Más detalles de lo que está pasando en la isla 👉🏻 https://t.co/Wpptu134OE

[erika 🇨🇺 @erikaisajerk]

“...in the pageantry of patriotism, everything becomes permissible.” My amazing sister @RBecksLee and the fam @ruddyroye with :khaled voice: another one. An incredible collaboration. (If you sign up for a free account you’ll be able to read this article.)

[The New York Review of Books @nybooks]

What @ruddyroye and @RBecksLee saw among Trump’s supporters in Miami and Washington, D.C. A project with @eyebeamnyc https://t.co/X5EUQutcTY

[Max Abelson @maxabelson]

"Against the silver light of an impenetrably clouded sky was a small orange glow." Beautiful collaboration between @ruddyroye and @RBecksLee in @NYBooks https://t.co/OAPeat1WcA

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

ride or die.

[Ruddy Roye @ruddyroye]

It is an honour seeing with this one @RBecksLee

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

Jennifer Holliday.

JENNIFER HOLLIDAY.

that is all.

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

“Democracy is not a state. It is an act...Voting and participating in democratic process are key. The vote is the most powerful nonviolent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it bc it is not guaranteed. You can lose it.” https://t.co/0hsKdSrC0p

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

Trump floats election 'delay' amid claims of voting fraud (from @AP) https://t.co/deIMMH3i7C

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

"Figures show that more than 90 percent of DACA participants have jobs. Nearly half are in school. Many do not speak the languages or know the cultures of their home countries." https://t.co/7nIb9d6m9i via @nbcnews

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

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[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

THIS.

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

Trump plans to expand the federal invasion of American cities https://t.co/KbLAThWZWn via @MotherJones

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

“nothing illustrates church’s aggressive pursuit of funds better than four dioceses that sued fed the govt to receive loans, even though they entered bankruptcy proceedings due to mounting clergy sex-abuse claims.” Imagine if they actually PAID taxes.

https://t.co/9khhGxXL3n

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

U.S. Supreme Court Deems Half of Oklahoma a Native American Reservation https://t.co/UNQXOJ9Jhx

[Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D. @MJ_Busta]

Brooo. ⁦@LatinostudiesUT⁩ asking the question that much of Miami/Cuban-America should be asking itself right now. 👏🏻👏🏻

(Real talk: Kind of sad a Miami-based institution isnt the one asking the question. That only proves its urgency here.) https://t.co/wlVgRJXwxN

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

“The hand around the neck is the hand around the neck.” Ladies and gentlemen, it *is* that simple.

NYPD officer charged with using banned chokehold (from @AP) https://t.co/kuXytmchYo

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

necessary.

[Michael J Bustamante, Ph.D. @MJ_Busta]

I was interviewed on the historical context of recent backlash (esp. from Latinos/Hispanics) to proposal for anti-racist education in Miami-Dade public schools. Listen/read here:

https://t.co/Pd0xQvncgh

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

NYPD Officer David Afandor (Badge #31730) CHOKED a young Black man until he was unconscious today in Far Rockaway Beach!! Doing this broke city and state law — and I demand Ofc. Afandor’s immediate firing and arrest!! #BlackLivesMatter

[Rebecca Lee Sanchez @RBecksLee]

INFORMATION THREAD. 📢a whole scroll of resources.📢

[ProPublica @propublica]

Want to investigate the police but don't know how to start? Use the same techniques as investigative journalists to access public records.

Here are some tips to hold law enforcement accountable & examine police conduct 👇