âEven under pressure, I could not replace evidence with ideology or compromise my integrity,â former CDC Director Susan Monarez will say in her opening testimony to senators. âVaccine policy must be guided by credible data, not predetermined outcomes.â www.pbs.org/newshour/hea...
Every day, I find myself wishing that our new book, Read This When Things Fall Apart: Letters to Organizers in Crisis, was already out in the world, because I think it could really help people right now. Preorders really make all the difference in terms of helping a book become widely available.
Scoop: Status has obtained the termination letter The Washington Post sent to @karenattiah.bsky.social, in which it informed her that she was being fired for social media posts "about white men." Details in @status.news: www.status.news/p/karen-atti...
What's being "protected" is not "free speech" but rather the RIGHT for white men to be white supremacists in public without any criticism or any consequences. I hope that's clear.
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Amid deadly shootings, CDC has fired experts and closed prevention offices. Expert calls it a 'cruel irony' â gun violence grows as prevention efforts fade www.statnews.com/2025/09/12/g...
For decades, New York prisoners have refused meals on Sept. 13 to mark the end of the 1971 Attica prison uprising. Read to go inside a ritual in decline:
Managers at the MTA's Subway Command Center shut down the subway at 10:20am on September 11, 2001. Halting subway service was first and foremost a safety decision. Almost immediately, crews began inspecting Lower Manhattan tunnels for bombs, and testing tracks with empty trains.
There are 79 veterans currently serving in the House, 21 of whom began their service in 2001 or later. For many, the experience of the 9/11 terrorist attacks changed the direction of their lives.
Twelve Black FDNY firefighters died on 9/11, however, their heroism is often overlooked. Today, while we honor all those lost on that horrific day, we shed light on these heroes. Read more here: http://bit.ly/46wh2OB
Will ICE send guys to Boston looking for red hair and listening for brogues? Or stake out delis in Chicago to see who buys a kielbasa? No. This is about profiling people by skin color and language. www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Poland Invokes NATO Article 4 as Russia Escalates Against the Alliance Trump, Rubio, and Hegseth Feast and Are Completely Unbothered as Poland Comes Under Attack My latest...
"Since Reconstruction times 53,000 Negroes have been killed in the South, & not more than three white men have been convicted & hung for these crimes." -- Robert Smalls, SC Constitutional Convention, #tdih 1895 #TeachReconstruction #Reparations đ§”Read âŹïž www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/sc...
âThe GovernmentâŠhas all but declared that all Latinos, US citizens or not, who work low wage jobs are fair game to be seized at any time.â â Justice Sonia Sotomayor, dissenting in Supreme Courtâs 6-3 decision allowing ICE to use racial profiling in Los Angeles www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...
My collaboration with Ivan Ehlers for the @latimes.com
www.huffpost.com/entry/sonia-...
If you're a veteran or active duty service member, add your name to tell the Defense Department to uphold the Constitution and stop using the military for patrolling American streets.
Trumpâs latest move to use military judges in immigration hearings is illegal, of course. But it should wake people up to the fact that the entire process is broken. Trump didnât break it. Heâs just weaponizing what weâve refused to fix. My latest in @thenation.com
"The country learned hard lessons from the Nazi Holocaust about the catastrophic consequences of conspiratorial prejudice. Today, a growing constituency on the right wants the nation to unlearn them." Why Tucker Carlson and his fellow travelers are rehabilitating Hitler:
Dr. Offit co-invented the rotavirus vaccine, he is a pediatrician and a physician scientist who has dedicated his life to protecting children and advocating for vaccines. His term was due to end 2027 but of course his expertise was intolerable to RFK.Jr. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
âRather than defending civil liberties and civil protections, youâre turned inward to potentially hinder [them].â In June, we sat down with a veteran and military law expert to discuss âbeing used against your neighborâ as a soldier.
Everyone loses.. just lose-lose for absolutely everyone.
Disgraceful.
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If you are worried about misinformed U.S. federal guidance on vaccines and preventative health measures right now, hereâs a list of well sourced and science backed alternative sources of information. A thread that you can bookmark for future reference and pass on to others đ§”
20 mostly white private academies, all founded in the 1960s and 1970s, brought in more than $20 million from North Carolina in three years. None reflected the demographics of their communities. Few even came close. (Published Nov. 2024)
He doesn't give a shit about us.
Begging people to listen to experts on this. Many shooters are lost in this world of nihilistic trolling and so itâs important to be careful about what conclusions you come to. Often, theyâre deliberately messing with your assumptions. Anyway, listen to the experts.
Trumpâs takeover of DC has left National Guard Troops raking leaves, spreading mulch, and cleaning. Work the Park Service used to handle before budget cuts. Those who serve our country deserve better than being used as props in Trumpâs power plays. MORE: www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
President Obamaâs 2025 summer reading list is here â but this year, he added something new. Alongside the books, youâll find his own handwritten reflections on why each one made the list. âđŸ đ: obama.org/stories/pres...
WASHINGTON (AP) â Some FEMA employees who signed public letter of dissent are put on administrative leave.
People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position. (Published Dec. 2024)
For the first time in 111 years, a President is planning to fire a sitting Fed governorâand of course, itâs the first Black woman, Lisa Cook. Trumpâs message is clear: when Black women rise, heâll do anything to push us down. Newsflash: weâre not going anywhere.
Iâm walking past humvees in the the nationâs capital, seeing viral images of Black and brown people being disappeared by masked agents in broad daylight, and Trump is saying law enforcement should âknock the hell out ofâ them. But the trending debate is over words Dems shouldnât say. I hate it here.
đŁâWe shouldnât have to go out there and do wrong to our own people.â đŁ 43 African American soldiers at Fort Hood in Texas refused deployment for riot control at DNC in Chicago, #tdih 1968. Punished with court-martial, hard labor, & reductions in rank. www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/fo...
Winds of fucking winter..
Our Ancestors are watching
Lighting candles for his family
19?.. 19
The first thing everyone in this country who is anti-fascist can do now is to join something where people are already gathering to address any issue. Can't find anything you want to join, then make your own thing and invite people to join you. This is not a time for Lone Rangers.
61 years ago today Mrs. Fannie Lou Hamer one of the most courageous activists of the Civil Rights Movement posed the question that echoes today with every migrant round-up by masked officers, as federal troops converge on D.C.,as institutions are threatened: âIS THIS AMERICA?â youtu.be/DFC1nc3IXBM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administrationâs racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Visitors have felt drawn to the National Museum of African American History and Culture recently, angered by the presidentâs actions. capitalbnews.org/trump-smiths...
Transgender service members talk about what their final days in the military have been like after a January executive order mandated their discharge.
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AMAZING NEWS! A judge has ruled that the Everglades Interment Camp must halt operations. They cannot receive new immigrants (thank GOD), and must tear down fencing and other aspects within 60 days. Essentially making it inoperable. www.everglades.org/judge-halts-...
ICE has stopped reporting number of transgender people in custody
NEW â US Air Force members got an email Wednesday giving them the option of âsupporting border operationsâ with ICE/CBP for their last 180 days of service as part of the SkillBridge program which helps retiring/contract ending service members get âreal-world experience.â Text of email shared w/ me:
Learn more about the Black Visual Arts Archives program on our website. Grant application inquiries will be accepted on an ongoing basis. www.getty.edu/projects/bla...
This administration aims to suppress truth about slavery. The curriculum should include MORE, not less, about central role of slavery, resistance, & its legacy in U.S. Join us on Monday for a class with Clint Smith on the new YA edition of his book. âŹïž www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...
The Fugitive Slave Act empowered federal authorities to override local sovereignty in the name of âproperty rights.â More than two centuries later, the names have changed, but Unerasedâs Levi Perrin says the cruelty of removal persists under Trump. wordinblack.com/2025/08/from...
U.S. veterans of the war in Afghanistan are telling a commission reviewing decisions on the 20-year conflict that their experience was not only hell, but also confounding, demoralizing and at times humiliating. How veterans' voices are shaping the report on the Afghanistan Warâs lessons and impact:
If you want to know, take a look at American Slavery, As It Is: Testimony of a Thousand Witnesses, published in 1839.
Since weâre discussing slavery, the life expectancy of somebody âsold down the riverâ to the Louisiana sugar plantations was about seven years. This is one of the many good publications about the unspeakable horrors our government wants to whitewash.
Texas state Rep. Nicole Collier is suing over "illegal confinement" after Republicans locked her in the state Capitol for refusing police surveillance
PBS has been a home for independent documentaries for more than 50 years. But with the closure of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, nonfiction storytellers have to figure out a way forward.
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This is so important. We absolutely have the means to stop Trump. Those who already oppose his policies are a sufficient base. We could bring everything to a standstill! It's a question of how to get enough people to take action. Accepting Trump's authority without hard pushback is foolish.
In World War II, Fort Bliss was used as an internment camp for Japanese Americans. In President Trump's first term, it was used to detain children separated from their families. Now, it'll be the largest ICE detention camp in the country and tearing our communities apart. The cruelty must stop.
US Senator Jon Ossoff has launched an investigation into the abuse of women and children in US immigration detention, citing among other reports, the WIRED story below: www.ossoff.senate.gov/wp-content/u...
đšRep. Collier, a Black legislator from Tarrant County, is being held captive in the TX Capitol chamber after refusing state police custody. CALL NOW to demand TX Republicans stop holding her hostage: Sergeant at Arms: (512) 463-0910 Chairman Geren: (512) 463-0784 www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/...
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NEW: Astounding scenes on the streets of Tel Aviv tonight as 300,000 join an anti-war protest. (đ„ Noga Tarnopolsky)
Attacking federal employees and making data disappear are two themes of this administration. So this is a twofer: the annual survey of federal employees has been cancelled. Obvious reason is to hide big declines in worker morale, engagement and satisfaction. federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/20...
New â I wrote about the violent assault on a DC delivery worker this morning by masked federal agents, and how these agents have made the disturbing turn from quiet thugs to playing for the cameras.
Park staff have no guidelines to work with as to what might be problematic. The books being flagged deal overwhelmingly with the history and legacy of slavery, the history of indigenous peoples, and other subjects that the Trump administration has targeted as inappropriate.
The Trump administration's move to take control of the D.C. police department and appoint an emergency commissioner will "endanger public safety," Metropolitan Police Chief Pamela Smith said in a court filing Friday.
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âThe threat of defunding [the Institute of American Indian Arts] is not only an added stressor to an actively rebuilding and healing Indigenous community, but is also heartbreaking to those who know the worth of an experience like the one IAIA has to offer.â âartist Rose B. Simpson, IAIA trustee
Focus. Focus. Focus. Take constructive action. Don't debate white men on the internet.
Theyâre not saying it because msm has refused to report on the truth about racism & white supremacy in this country in any sustained manner. They will say âDemocratic citiesâ over and over. But what of Portland, Seattle, Nashville, Jacksonville, Miami?
That ghoul is always on vacation.
This overview of "The Mamdani model" from @michaellangenyc.bsky.social reflects what we're seeing/hearing from the thousands of next-gen leaders running with @runforsomething.net: Rooted in community, affirmative visions for the future, omnipresent comms. www.michaellange.nyc/p/the-mamdan...
A senior administration official, as well as other officials, told Rolling Stone that it is a priority of Trump that these kinds of military deployments -- in times of relative calm -- become normalized in American political culture. More: rollingstone.com/politics/pol...
Morale was already in the shitter.
Lizzie Magie (1866-1948) a US game designer who invented 'The Landlord's Game', the precursor to the globally famous 'Monopoly', which demonstrated the evils of capitalism #WomensArt
Veterans injured in secret military experiments that tested hallucinogens and nerve gas on young troops more than 50 years ago said their renewed appeals for retroactive disability benefits are being denied.
NEW: In June, ProPublica reported that the FDA has given more than 20 foreign factories a special pass to send drugs to the U.S. even though they were made at plants the agency had banned. Today, weâre publishing a list of those exempted drugs.
For the record, our division commander BANNED things called âpresence patrolsâ in Iraq. âIf you donât have a specific task & purpose, your âpresenceâ doesnât do anything.â National Guard stating they are now doing presence patrols in DC. A complete waste of soldierâs time & effort.
Bowser: "I think I speak for all Americans -- we don't believe it's legal to use the American military against American citizens on American soil."
DC is FORTY-ONE PERCENT Black. Do you understand?
ICYMI at #ALAAC25, the All Nations LibGuide is now live! Explore Indigenous-centric resources, plus the Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives Toolkit & Resource Guide, part of Immediate Past President Cindy Hohlâs initiatives. libguides.ala.org/allnations đ #skybrarians
I have studied the targeting of journalists for many years, but the scale and public display of these killings is truly shocking: âIsrael admits deliberate attack on the journalist, known for frontline coverage, in a strike on a tent outside al-Shifa hospitalâ www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Satan's taint.
The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.
See Hiroshima Before and After the Atomic Bomb youtu.be/dBXuM68D4Zc
Japan marked 80 years since the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima during World War II. At a ceremony, a moment of silence signaled the time of the blast eight decades ago.
Today marks 60 years since President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, outlawing practices that block marginalized groups from voting. BNV teamed up with Associated Press and the Amsterdam News to measure progress. bit.ly/VRAat60 #VRA
Defunding NPR and PBS stations threatens to leave communities with limited access to local news and educational content, especially in rural areas. Reporters must be able to hold those in power accountable without government retribution.
The Trump administration turned its back on Afghan allies who risked their lives for our Troopsâand it's making America less safe. Future partners may think twice before helping us again. As @tedlieu.bsky.social put it: âThis is cruel and we should all be deeply troubled.â
So many of you wrote asking for a primer on how to push back against ICE's presence where you live! So this week's Tuesday post skips the usual history lesson. Instead, I talked to Oliver Merino of the Immigrant Legal Resource Center, who offered a lot of specifics on how to take action near you.
According to our analysis of FEMA and Census data, over 700 prisons across the U.S. are in areas at high risk of environmental disaster. Our long-form comic dives into one example of the climate crisis.
Leonardo José Colmenares Solórzano, a 31-year-old Venezuelan, wants the world to know that he was tortured over four months in a Salvadoran prison. He said guards stomped on his hands, poured filthy water into his ears and threatened to beat him.
While the right bans lessons on slavery -- here is a new book to help young people learn MORE about history of slavery & how it is either lied about, hidden, or told honestly. Join us to hear from author Clint Smith on Aug. 25. Pre-order copies of the book. www.zinnedproject.org/news/how-the...
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The Only Recording of Woody Guthrie Singing the Protest Song âDeporteeâ Has Been Released for the First Time
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting is shutting down operations after loss of federal funding:
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The U.S. military has launched its most intensive Somalia bombing campaign on record, carrying out more than 50 airstrikes in the country since the start of the year as it targets the militant groups al-Shabab and ISIS.