Reid Cramer

Public policy type, family man, fermenter, and Philadelphia homeboy. @reidcramer

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

On a recent reporting trip to Tijuana...

I found that for some #Haitian #migrants... the American dream has evaporated.

My latest on @npratc. 📻

https://t.co/mgActZZaCu

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

With #immigration and the #border top of mind in this election, I took a look at how @KamalaHarris approached those things in California as DA, AG, Senator. @nprpolitics @KQED
https://t.co/buo8rVjQGH

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

@erdanton I'd like to pitch you a story on the legacy of folk music tied to a new Smithsonian Folkways release of Sonya Cohen Cramer - You've Been a Friend to me. Any interest? how should I proceed?

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

Sonya's version of Townes Van Zandt's No Place to Fall has been brilliantly animated by The Mark of Nancy (Mark Lerner and Nancy Howell). With musical support by Elizabeth Mitchell and Daniel Littleton, it's a captivating combination. https://t.co/NPIsCZzu2t

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

How one record label unites Albert Einstein and Bernie Sanders – The Forward https://t.co/aTUJE6TzoU

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

I wrote about Sonya and the new album, "You've Been a Friend to Me," in my OUR LAND newsletter. See the second item:

https://t.co/0lmGxI7vad

But I'd like to make it easy for everyone to hear the beautiful music she left behind. So here are songs available on YouTube.... 2/

[David Corn @DavidCornDC]

Here's a weekend thread to make your life better.

Nine years ago, my friend Sonya Cohen Cramer died of cancer at the age of 50. She was wonderful in many ways—including as a singer. Her voice was stunning. Smithsonian Folkways just released an album of her songs.... 1/

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

Today on @TheWorld, my story on the ups & downs of the Central American Minors program... a safe & legal way for kids from the Northern Triangle to reunite w parents in the US. It's small. But is it scaleable? Will it survive a court challenge and the Nov. election?
@KQEDnews

[Smithsonian Folkways @Folkways]

Today, we’re sharing Sonya Cohen Cramer and Pete Seeger’s recording of the anti-war song “When I Was Most Beautiful,” a translation of a Japanese poem by Noriko Ibaragi that Sonya’s uncle Pete originally set to music in 1969.

Listen here: https://t.co/QS6RvYg639

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

Sonya Cohen Cramer Honored With “Crankie” Video Ahead of First-Ever Collection at Smithsonian @NYStateMusic https://t.co/rsit3NjAxC

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

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[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

@KQEDnews @ICEgov @COLBYLENZ @c_c_w_p @CACorrections @anoop_alc @aaaj_alc @DOJ_EOIR @cahn_rose @the_ILRC @ABAesq @ImmDefense @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov ICE told me they do exercise discretion in who to prosecute, “in a way that best protects against the greatest threats to the homeland.”

DOJ did not respond to my requests for comment. 11/

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

@KQEDnews @ICEgov @COLBYLENZ @c_c_w_p @CACorrections @anoop_alc @aaaj_alc @DOJ_EOIR @cahn_rose @the_ILRC @ABAesq @ImmDefense @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov Sandra spent a year in ICE detention before an immigration judge ruled she was not deportable and let her go home to her family.

But ICE lawyers are appealing. They want to send her to Mexico, and keep her locked up until they do. 12/

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

@KQEDnews @ICEgov @COLBYLENZ @c_c_w_p @CACorrections @anoop_alc @aaaj_alc @DOJ_EOIR @cahn_rose @the_ILRC @ABAesq @ImmDefense @TheJusticeDept @DHSgov Sandra says she’s trying to stay focused on rebuilding her life, rather than fretting about ICE’s effort to deport her.

She told me: “I think as human beings, we want to believe that something good is going to come out.” 13/13
https://t.co/8tNL0hERk4

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

I put on my raincoat, picked up my ballot and walked down to my local drop box to VOTE. 🗳️Californians, you have until 8pm tonight to do the same! You can even go to a voting center today and REGISTER TO VOTE and then VOTE -- same day! ☔️Then you can look for a🌈!

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

Sharing this song and moving video piece composed by my friend Dick Connette (Sonya Cohen Cramer's longtime musical collaborator) and sung beautifully by Ana Egge - This Time https://t.co/JanZSOPfE3 via @YouTube

[Reid Cramer @ReidCramer]

@drvolts Congrats @drvolts. From I’m a long time reader. My daughter wants to pitch you a story on the battle to Stop Line 3 in Minnesota. What’s the best way for her to connect?

[Tyche Hendricks @tychehendricks]

On the day the Trump administration aimed to end the #2020Census count... and as the timeline for the final push is tied up in court... I talk with @RadioDevin about why the census is so important. @TheBayKQED @KQEDnews

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

Donald Trump is not pretending to be anything other than what he is: someone who will not condemn white supremacists.

[Heather McGhee @hmcghee]

The election results won’t be clear on Nov 3. Trump will claim victory, GOP will try to stop counting, Nazis will bring guns. The movement has a plan, but what will the media, the Congress, big business do? This is not a drill.