Rachel Scheier

Bay Area-based writer and editor. Formerly @sfstandard, @latimes in Cairo and staffer at NYDN.

[Erin @erinleinhorn]

This story — the 1st to emerge from my @FellowsSpencer fellowship — tells the heartbreaking story of children whose lives and futures were forever altered by harsh school punishment: https://t.co/8slyOf0ytz

[Andrew Gil, J.D. @AndrewGilJD]

California Bill Would Mandate HPV Vaccine for Incoming College Students https://t.co/xN8XSysyMF via @khnews @rachelscheier

[Andrew Sullivan @sullydish]

Comedy is really just the occasional, glorious dose of reality. And it feels like relief.

[CaliforniaHealthline @CalHealthline]

California would become the 2nd state to rid stores of both flavored vapes and menthol cigarettes, which have helped hook millions of Black and Latino smokers since tobacco companies began marketing them in inner-city neighborhoods.

📝: @rachelscheier https://t.co/H44MuqnhOg

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

#NewOnKHN: Californians will decide Nov. 8 whether to approve a statewide ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products, including menthol cigarettes. But the measure, known as Proposition 31, exempts hookah tobacco.

📝: @rachelscheier https://t.co/6jpD9dzoZV

[Rachel Scheier @rachelscheier]

@earthquakesSF Felt it in Sausalito.

[J.K. Dineen @SFjkdineen]

I ran into a veteran S.F. realtor who said buyers have all but vanished. Said there are open houses that don’t get a single interested buyer. Meanwhile tons of new listings are coming. @SocketSite

[Sema Sgaier, PhD @SemaSgaier]

What an interesting & thought-provoking piece by @rachelscheier.
When #publichealth crises arise, it’s not just health systems that are impacted—our entire social & economic infrastructures feel the effects.
https://t.co/yPJjcEH4n6

[Erin @erinleinhorn]

Last year, I wrote about an outrageous scam that's been robbing Detroiters of homes and savings. https://t.co/uBXtq4SyXr

This weekend, I was thrilled to join June Walker -- the story's lead subject -- as she hosted a housewarming in the home she now owns because of that story.

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

As public libraries morph into support hubs for homeless people with #mentalillness or addiction, librarians are struggling to reconcile their shifting roles.

📝: @rachelscheier
🔗: https://t.co/4Ra2aUdw6u
📹: @hnorms

[CaliforniaHealthline @CalHealthline]

Public libraries are being asked to expand beyond books and computers to providing on-site support for people living on the streets. Librarians, in turn, are being asked to double as first responders and security cops.

📝: @rachelscheier https://t.co/mKKQbJpqaT

[Rachel Scheier @rachelscheier]

Today's librarians are being asked to serve as welfare workers, first responders, therapists, and security guards. My latest story for KHN.
https://t.co/KtA8ts0vqy

[Eric Knecht @EricKnecht]

The Reuters team in the US is the only one with a union. Reuters journos in the rest of the world have no ability to negotiate or strike like the US is today.
Austerity and staff cuts have decimated newsrooms in recent years. Meanwhile, massive stock buybacks for shareholders.

[Eric Knecht @EricKnecht]

Waleed Salem is a U. of Wash PhD who was arrested in 2018, labelled a terrorist & released from jail 6 months later only to be travel banned.
He reflects on his experience as a political detainee & being trapped in Egypt's justice system.
Full episode: https://t.co/Ks1R7DxF8S

[The Onion @TheOnion]

‘No Way To Prevent This,’ Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens https://t.co/QENqYuJHKP

[Rachel Scheier @rachelscheier]

At a Bay Area ‘test-to-treat’ site, few takers for free antivirals. My latest KHN story about the government's struggle to get life-saving meds to people who need them. https://t.co/21mSQyyvsC

[KFF Health News @KFFHealthNews]

California is carrying out the Biden administration’s “test-to-treat” strategy to target the uninsured. Here’s what we found at one site in West Berkeley:

📝: @rachelscheier
https://t.co/dkDheDYz8J

[chris herring @cherring_soc]

There's been lots of critiques of @TheAtlantic article on SF as a failed city due to progressive governance w/ relation to crime and DA recall. It's also an inaccurate, narrow, and misleading take on the city's homelessness and policies addressing it. 🧵 https://t.co/w4Xd5lKVVA