Roger Burks

Humanitarian writer, producer and strategist. Proud Kansas Jayhawk. All tweets and views my own.

[Roger Burks @Loudmind]

I work in humanitarian communications and storytelling, creating content grounded in evidence, empathy and the real-world impact of policy decisions. I aim for clarity over noise and dignity over division.

[Roger Burks @Loudmind]

@StephenM Adhering to constitutional precedent is not self-obliteration, Stephen. The 6-3 decision avoids a legal catastrophe. Ending it would have left 255k children per year stateless and vulnerable without fixing root causes. Punitive measures on infants don't solve border challenges.

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@ksorbs That is a complete mischaracterization of the ruling. The 6-3 decision avoids a legal catastrophe. Ending it would have left 255k children/year stateless and vulnerable without fixing root causes. Punitive measures on infants don't solve our immigration challenges.

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@SenRandPaul Introducing an amendment is the right legal path to debate this, Senator, unlike executive overreach. However, ending it would leave 255k children/year stateless and vulnerable without fixing root causes. Punitive measures on infants don't protect the integrity of citizenship.

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@GregAbbott_TX The 14th Amendment's meaning has been clear since 1898, Governor. The 6-3 ruling avoids a legal catastrophe. Ending it would have left 255k children/year stateless and vulnerable without fixing root causes. Punitive measures on infants isn't reform. Policy belongs with Congress.

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@BasedMikeLee False equivalence, Senator. Serving on the Supreme Court isn’t a foundational right protected by the 14th Amendment – citizenship is.

The 6-3 ruling avoids a crisis. Ending it would have left 255k children / year stateless and denied legal identity. Policy belongs with Congress.

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I met Hodan in Ethiopia in April while gathering stories about #PROSPECTS.

She is a mother learning electrical work so she can support her children and open a path for herself.

Her goal? “I want to be known as the woman who brings electricity.”

Inspiring.

#WorldRefugeeDay

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@HouseGOP I’m also cheering @USMNT. But this is such a perfect little artifact of the moment: loud, incurious, needlessly combative, and proudest of itself when it’s saying the least. Weird choice, pretending the rest of the world is wrong about the name of the most popular sport on Earth.

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My grandmother hinted at a darkness in our family history. Genealogy helped me understand why.

Some stories disappear, but the feelings they leave behind do not.

New Substack essay, "The Silence Had a History" — https://t.co/631Gl4o1LQ

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@pastormarkburns How does blessing a 22-foot golden image of a living leader reconcile with the Second Commandment's prohibition of graven images?

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@Franklin_Graham @realDonaldTrump Respectfully, reposting something publicly is still an endorsement. When you’re the President, intent matters – but so does judgment. Dismissing concern as “nothing” avoids the real issue: how casually sacred imagery is used in political messaging.

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@GeraldoRivera Do you understand that this is no longer about "that's just who he is?" Are you really pardoning outright blasphemy as well as excusing him for his pathological lies? One of the reasons that our country - and the world - is in this predicament is because of habitual apologists.

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Something is being chased.

I wrote this more than a decade ago. It came back to me this week.

It’s an #Easter story – just not the kind you expect: https://t.co/iiRb4mF9W5

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@StephenM Birthright citizenship isn’t a loophole – it’s the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, upheld since United States v. Wong Kim Ark. U.S.-born citizens don’t “seize” anything – they live, work, pay taxes, and vote like everyone else. Stop with the fear-based rhetoric.

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@RepNancyMace With all due respect, you and your congressional colleagues have several ways to stop this madness and restore sanity to our country. You just have to have the courage to do so. The executive branch is out of control - please do your constitutional duty of checks and balances.

[UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency @Refugees]

"Behind every statistic is a life."

From refugee to High Commissioner for Refugees, @BarhamSalih's message to the world.

via @UN_News_Centre

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Happy #StPatricksDay. I’ve been tracing one Irish thread in my family history – beginning near Slemish Mountain and carrying across generations, through fateful journeys and chance meetings. I wrote a short reflection on how families take shape over time: https://t.co/JNhzoppWZy

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30 years ago during my @PeaceCorps service in #Togo, a farmer named Felix knocked on my door and said something I’ve never forgotten.

That moment still shapes how I listen.

Curious what conversations from service stayed with other #RPCVs.

Full article: https://t.co/UiEtZPf5vx

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@StephenM Birthright citizenship is grounded in the 14th Amendment and has been affirmed by the Supreme Court for more than a century. Children born on U.S. soil are citizens under our Constitution. We can debate immigration policy – but constitutional rights are not a recent invention.

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I wrote about the earliest memory I can still replay clearly – a church basement, a rattling door, and a moment that never quite let go:
https://t.co/RasohswBDp

Thought you might appreciate the origin story, @StephenKing.

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@NICKIMINAJ I hope this is a fake picture, and you're just trolling. Someone that corrupt and morally bankrupt signing a Bible (especially on the front) is sacrilegious at best. He doesn't have anything to do with the Bible except making money from it. Why are this many people fooled by him?