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Michelle Chen

New York

Freelance Journalist at The Nation

Writer at Freelance

Keen observer. Unworthy surveillance target. Occasionally spotted at @TheNation @DissentMag, #Belabored & @APFRadio.

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  • 2 weeks ago | inthesetimes.com | Michelle Chen

    Michelle Chen May 23, 2025 The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has long been Washington, D.C.’s premiere stage for the arts and culture — originating with a 1958 act of Congress, at the height of Cold War liberalism, to advance artistic excellence as a symbol of U.S. cultural soft power. But under the second Donald Trump administration, the center has become the backdrop for much harder political conflict, as well as a roiling labor struggle in the nation’s capital.

  • 1 month ago | dissentmagazine.org | Lloyd Barba |Sergio Gonzalez |Sergio González |Patrick Iber |Michelle Chen

    The Deportation Machine An interview with Dara Lind and Omar Jadwat on immigration policy in the second Trump administration. The Desperate Need for an Immigration Overhaul Biden could ease the suffering inflicted by his predecessors on migrants to the United States. But his administration is unlikely to resolve the structural injustices at the root of the immigration enforcement system.

  • 1 month ago | jamanetwork.com | Shannon Wu |Luis Ramirez |Luis Ramírez |Michelle Chen

    Importance  There is increasing interest in use of neoadjuvant immunotherapy (NAT) in advanced cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (cSCC) to reduce surgical morbidity and forego adjuvant therapy, while potentially improving survival outcomes. Objective  To assess the cost to Medicare of NAT compared with up-front surgery. Design, Setting, and Participants  This cohort study was a post hoc analysis of a phase 2 clinical trial evaluating the feasibility of neoadjuvant atezolizumab.

  • 2 months ago | buckscountybeacon.com | Michelle Chen

    hen immigration agents accosted Mahmoud Khalil and his wife in the lobby of their apartment building in New York City in early March, the Palestinian solidarity activist, former Columbia University graduate student, and expecting father became the symbolic target of the Trump Administration’s crusade to expel noncitizen activists who have participated in nationwide campus protests against Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

  • 2 months ago | scotscoop.com | Michelle Chen

    San Mateo County is helping fund Women and Allies (WANDA), an organization supporting single mothers in the county. The Measure K funds, given through a reimbursement grant program, will support eligible mothers facing housing instability. WANDA was founded in 2007 by friends who saw the challenges of raising children. According to Susan Kokores, one of the three founders, the organization was based on asset-building programs established in other parts of the country.

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Michelle Z Chen
Michelle Z Chen @meeshellchen
9 Apr 25

RT @orangebegum: time to brush up on history of deportations of communists and suspected communists, and resistance thereto, a good recent…

Michelle Z Chen
Michelle Z Chen @meeshellchen
22 Mar 25

On the history of political deportations since the postwar Red Scare. https://t.co/12IZ8vJYJi #Immigration

Michelle Z Chen
Michelle Z Chen @meeshellchen
17 Mar 25

RT @BTnewsroom: Expelled Columbia student Grant Miner, president of UAW Local 2710, which represents thousands of student workers, joined N…