Alexia Fernández Campbell
@AlexiaCampbell
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Investigative journalist at Bloomberg Industry Group. Previously @PublicIntegrity @Voxdotcom @TheAtlantic @NationalJournal & @SunSentinel. UT Vol. 🇺🇸🇲🇽🇧🇷
Washington, DC
Joined January 2009
We just published our "40 Acres and a Lie" series. Please check it out. You will find great reporting by me & @aprilleticia @pratheekrebala @WesleyLowery & @nadzhamz . (More stories coming next week)
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every Russian diplomat should be expelled immediately from the US and every Russian company with even remote ties to the Russian government should be sanctioned up the ass. there is no need to improve relations with a government intent on destroying ours. fuck that.
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i can’t stop thinking of the scene in Handmaids Tale, when a woman escaping Gilead w/ a baby crosses a river & makes it to shore in Canada. A Canadian border officer arrives & says something like you’re in Canada, you’re safe” then gives them blankets & takes them to the hospital.
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looks like the stock market wiped out the trillion-dollar tax cut from Congress. If only companies had invested all that money in their employees instead.
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Somehow I missed the fact that Beto O'Rourke also has a detailed plan to address gender inequality, which includes allocating $100 billion in federal contracts to women-owned small businesses.
Pete Buttigieg just released a plan focused on women’s rights. It’s not bad.
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It’s time for Congress to take Puerto Rico’s request for statehood seriously.
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yessss.
🔥This is how you handle racists. These two women in Burger King heard a man speaking Spanish. "GO BACK TO MEXICO" they said. That man was the manager. Listen to how he replies. 🤣🖕. #fridaythoughts #fridayfeeling #Fridaymotivation .
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Missouri voters just hiked the minimum wage
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I grew up in El Paso. It was never one of the most violent cities in the United States.
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What DACA immigrants are telling their families
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What a move: Republicans will make striking teachers pay for their own raises.
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@MiamiHerald not only did our justice system let rich men get away with raping and trafficking girls, the US government helped cover up their crimes. This is such an egregious injustice. They all belong behind bars. they will pay for this.
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Trump keeps lying about the number of US jobs that depend on weapon sales to Saudi Arabia. This is the reality:
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New Puerto Rico death estimates suggest Hurricane Maria might be the deadliest natural disaster in modern US history.
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Remember all those teachers who went on strike? They’ve been busy.
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I got my hands on private legal docs that the postal unions would not give me. They show that USPS has a wage theft problem:
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FEMA is not helping Puerto Rico the same way it helped Texas.
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Franken’s resignation shows why female representation in Congress matters
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Third Way’s ads on my twitter feed are desperately trying to persuade me that twitter isn’t real life and that regular Democrats actually love Wall Street and Corporate America. just stop.
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@NateSilver538 nope. this actually matters a lot to millions of women voters. maybe that’s why you think it’s a waste of time.
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LOL. I stand by that headline. Vox Media is letting go of "full-time" contractors because contractors are suing the company over misclassification. It was coming. This isn't really about #AB5.
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This is just so gross. Companies are literally writing laws so they don't have to pay gig workers overtime or unemployment benefits, or contribute to their health insurance, Social Security, Medicare. Ew Ew Ew
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@NateSilver538 seriously, is there anyone who doesn’t think the most important thing is to beat Trump? WHO the most electable person is, is another thing. A certain group (ie. white men in political media) act like it’s a given that Biden is the one. He’s not.
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Trump’s State of the Union speech ignored the ugliest part of his first year in office
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Trump's motorcade just passed Vox's office on Connecticut Ave. The cursing, screaming and middle fingers from pedestrians was quite something.
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"We are eager to use our tenure to publicly disavow employers whose policies structurally disadvantage the labor force’s most vulnerable employees"
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@AdamSerwer that’s quite a twist on the truth. also, this GOP strategy is going to fail miserably. and it will cost them.
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When journalists point out that Ed Sec. Betsy DeVos has no political experience, I hope they will do the same when writing about Treasury Sec. Steve Mnuchin and Commerce Sec. Wilbur Ross.
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One of the most frustrating myths about undocumented immigrants is that they don’t pay federal taxes. They do. They pay billions every year.
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Google employees are showing why workers have more power than shareholders
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This is not your average labor strike. That’s why it matters.
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We found reports of 36 hurricane deaths in Puerto Rico that are not in the official death toll:
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"This is not Russia, this is the United States of America." 🔥.
.@RepCummings is on fire. Stop whatever you're doing and watch this. “One year ago today, on my mother’s dying bed at 92 years old — a former sharecropper — her last words were: Do. Not. Let. Them. Take. Our. Votes. Away. From. Us.”
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This is why thousands of Ohio’s working-class Trump voters are casting ballots for Democrats in 2018
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Senate Republicans wanted to talk about spending cuts today. Instead, they had to answer questions about family separation at the border.
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So Mueller’s team wrote summaries of the report that could be shared with the public? Great, I’m sure the AG will release them right away.
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2+ years ago, I found an old land title for 40 acres on Sapelo Island, GA. It was among dozens in a "miscellaneous" folder from the National Archives. Turns out they were issued in 1865 to freedmen through the infamous "40 Acres and a Mule" program, which was later revoked.
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After 9/11 & SARS, federal agencies launched immediate efforts to stop hate crimes against Asian-Americans. With #COVID19, they’ve done hardly anything.
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Mar-a-Lago and 2 Trump golf clubs posted 144 seasonal job openings since 2016. Only one went to a US worker.
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Trump won’t acknowledge the thousands of Americans who died in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria.
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I‘ve been writing about mandatory arbitration for so long, I’m so happy that I don’t need to add this to every story anymore “full disclosure: Vox Media does this too” ✊.
Nearly a year ago, the @vox_union asked Vox Media to eliminate forced arbitration in our employee contracts. Today, the company agreed. ✊✊✊.
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Joe Biden's new plan would hold company executives legally liable for labor violations and could even lead to criminal charges
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A reminder that when Trump gets his physical today at Walter Reed, the people who clean the presidential hospital suite are the people he wants to kick out of the US
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The union fight at BuzzFeed News is getting tense
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@VicBergerIV @AOC @JerryFalwellJr @CPAC These guys are so damn scared & weak. They think saying this nonsense will somehow hide that fact.
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Black women journalists have been relentless in challenging the president, asking pointed and important questions others feel uncomfortable asking, especially related to the role of racism in policy decisions. They are doing our country a great service ?tid=ss_tw-amp.
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In all, @publicintegrity identified 1,250 people who got land titles. Through genealogical research, we tracked down 41 of their living descendants.
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Today is my last day at Vox😢 But I am super excited to join @publicintegrity as a senior investigative reporter next. I will still be covering workers' rights🥳 Send tips to acampbell [at]
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Stay tuned for the first episode in @reveal 's 3-part series, which airs Saturday on NPR stations & will be available on podcast apps. Can't say enough about @cynrod @nadzhamz @RoyHurst3 @brettmyers & the rest who worked so hard to bring these haunting stories to life.
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I can't believe Mnuchin thought he could get away with this.
Treasury Sec Steven Mnuchin said SBA won't disclose recipients of the $700 billion PPP bailout package. So we're suing to get the info. These are your taxpayer dollars. You deserve to know.
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Journalists from @publicintegrity and @reveal have worked tirelessly to tell their stories for the first time: who got land, where it was located, how it was taken back & the impact of that betrayal on Black Americans alive today.
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Paying disabled workers less than minimum wage is legal in the US. Alaska has now banned it.
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The real reason women are underrepresented in Silicon Valley engineering jobs
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Democrats will introduce a bill to create federal standards in counting hurricane deaths
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Then I checked DOL disclosures to see how much companies are spending to block them. I was stunned. Dollar General spent $83,000 in roughly 1 month to stop 6 workers at a store in Connecticut from forming a union.
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We found documents showing that Treasury Dept. regulators believed Mnuchin's bank was mishandling foreclosures
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There's still so much digest. Sen. Grassley’s staffer trying to find Clinton’s hacked emails. Sen. Burr sharing details of the FBI investigation with the WH. Erik Prince funding efforts to get the emails. Their belief that Clinton was corresponding w/ a "foreign service".
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Trump’s breakup with corporate America, explained
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This is the hardest (and best) journalism I've ever done. And it wouldn't have been possible without so many editors, reporters, students, photographers & fact checkers from @publicintegrity @reveal @MotherJones @irworkshop .
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A $90 million effort to avoid giving drivers labor protections
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Reported suicide attempts have tripled in Puerto Rico since Hurricane Maria
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@PostOpinions @MaxBoot these “both sides” arguments comparing Ilhan to Trump-Steve King need t stop. This is not about anti-Semitism and you know it. We all know it. It’s about AIPAC pressuring lawmakers to punish & silence anyone who dares to question the status quo of US foreign policy toward Israel.
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These are the workers who could lose their jobs if the Senate health bill passes
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The biggest risk Kushner took in meeting privately with a Russian banker
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You may not need help finding gifts, but you should still read this holiday-gift guide by @catygreen It's the best
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I have a hard time believing that everyone in the Trump campaign & on the transition team was so dumb that they didn’t realize they were constantly talking with Russian agents. It’s obvious to anyone who reads the Mueller report what was going on.
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None of the big labor leaders wanted to talk to me about police unions. I wrote something anyway:
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Thank you also to @PeterNewbattSmi @Ash__tag__ @JaJoDesigner @VanessaPaigeTV , @JournoKateH @sophieadanna @IleanaGarnand.
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The team at Mother Jones helped us get this project out into the world when we needed to. So grateful for @jamilahking @ClaraJeffery @ruthcmurai Michael Johnson @SeanWherley & other staff.
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This is why the health care fight doesn't bode well for tax reform
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Warren’s has a super detailed labor-reform agenda. I explained it here.
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A special shoutout to editors @j_la28 @WesleyLowery @WatchdogDiva @jsmithhopkins @mattderienzo for championing this project and making it better than I imagined.
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Here’s why workers have all the leverage in the US economy right now.
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Can a coalition of US businesses and governments meet the goals of the Paris climate deal?
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Kirsten Gillibrand introduces a bill to rein in Border Patrol agents
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Everyone should listen to Terrence’s testimony. It’s powerful. Our system has failed too many people & needs to be fixed. Don’t tell me that $15 an hour is too much to pay someone.
On Thursday, Kansas City fast-food worker Terrence Wise gave testimony before the Committee Education and Labor. His story represents that of millions in the American working class. It's time for $15. Add your support: #FightFor15 #RaiseTheWage
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I just spoke to a 61-year-old McDonald's worker who said she's been earning $7.25 an hour FOR TEN YEARS. She just got her first raise last year, and it's only bc voters passed minimum wage hike. what. the. hell.
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The Puerto Rican government’s death toll from Hurricane Maria is still 55. Social scientists say it’s closer to 1,085. @elizabarclay @AppDemography.
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Members of Congress ask DHS to audit hurricane death count in Puerto Rico
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