Justin Allen

reader, writer, media hacker. californian in chicago.
lit | music | film | digital

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

As the Trump administration sues California to strike down a landmark environmental justice ruling regulating oil and gas wells, here are the public schools at risk. My latest for @edsource
https://t.co/pr9gju3Rhz

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

There's been a sharp upturn in many states in student loan defaults since last year. The South is particularly hard-hit. Texas, Georgia, Louisiana and North Carolina saw an over 90% increase in defaults since September '25.

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

So how's the economy doing for regular people? One in five student loan holders is in default, in California and nationally. Over $17 billion in student loans are in default in California alone, reports @EdSource
https://t.co/mjUf2gVFNU

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

With mass literacy under attack, I worry that the drive to learn new things is dying with it. I don’t want to live in a world where people’s interests are determined solely by algorithms. Read widely, explore libraries, eagerly seek out music, books & films you’d never heard of.

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

See how children detained by ICE in California were moved across the country on this interactive map
https://t.co/zFj90XG5Wp

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

U.S. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has detained more than 650 children in California under President Donald Trump’s second term. Most arrests happened in California communities, not the border, and involved minors who attended school in the state.
https://t.co/4ZdfKoi9hh

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

Social media companies are facing growing pressure over young people’s use of their platforms, as California and other states consider or enact age-based restrictions. A new Pew Research poll suggests public opinion is shifting as well.
https://t.co/yS1AmLwl5r

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

“Gambling has become a more common leisure activity than reading a book.” This is just unimaginably bleak.

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

Thrilled that my brother Preston's feature-length documentary about homelessness in Sacramento, Unhoused Neighbors, will be shown at this year's San Antonio International Film Festival!
https://t.co/XmGO4Z3AZv
@unhoused_film
#SAFILM

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

Worth a read: From deleted government records to disappearing music, our digital culture can be erased overnight. The Internet Archive’s Mark Graham and Chris Freeland explain what it will take to save it.
https://t.co/ariXAxjFmq

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed his eighth and final budget last week, with $128 billion for schools and community colleges. But there are concerns about future shortfalls in the event of a market crash, and conflicts over how to prepare.

https://t.co/HTqEyW4FKy

[The NewsGuild-CWA @newsguild]

ON STRIKE: Unionized staff at @EdSourceGuild, the largest education newsroom in California, are on strike today, May 14th.

Workers are protesting unilateral changes to healthcare benefits and management’s lack of progress toward a fair contract.

https://t.co/fBmGlHefaA

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

The state no longer ranks so far behind other states Californians think of as their peers, but in public school funding, there's still signs of room for growth.
My latest for @EdSource with @SunnyMonkeyXie
https://t.co/KEhsJNkoZ2

[Jason Koebler @jason_koebler]

I wrote about being inundated with AI writing at every turn, unwittingly turning my brain into the AI police, and how shitty AI writing is randomly showing up in my real life outside of the internet

https://t.co/yQLz1uqZfh

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

Report from @jfenster and me in the 74 on California's rise in education funding and where it can do more

[The 74 @The74]

Amid a surging state economy and higher income taxes on the wealthy, California’s funding per student has risen from the bottom to 13th-highest in the nation. Via @EdSource https://t.co/9BO6GYhNFP

[The 74 @The74]

Amid a surging state economy and higher income taxes on the wealthy, California’s funding per student has risen from the bottom to 13th-highest in the nation. Via @EdSource https://t.co/9BO6GYhNFP

[Lex Vaughn @AlexaVaughn]

YIKES: The Seattle Times rejected a union request to not replace workers with AI saying "Journalism doesn't mean journalists." https://t.co/5vNVHzRCjY

[Justin Allen @_justinallen_]

California's ranking in per-student funding has jumped in recent years - but there's more to the story. A deep dive from me and John Fensterwald.
@jfenster @EdSource
https://t.co/B1CG862WQr

[Long Beach Post @LongBeachPost]

How many California schools are in the 3,200-foot buffer zone where the state bans new drilling?
https://t.co/OPuoXUZfF8

[EdSource @EdSource]

How many California schools are in the 3,200-foot buffer zone where the state bans new drilling?

TAKE A LOOK: https://t.co/v0kAseLRvQ