Charlene A. Carruthers
@charlenecarruthers.bsky.social
she|her, Writer, Educator, Filmmaker, and recovering community organizer.
Also, PhD Candidate in Black Studies at Northwestern University. www.charlenecarruthers.com
Also, PhD Candidate in Black Studies at Northwestern University. www.charlenecarruthers.com
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I just wrote my first set of #morningpages. My hand is beyond sore. I hope to gain more stamina with regular practice. I started not because I feel completely blocked. I wanna level up. I'm writing a dissertation, a feature length screenplay, in post on a short, and pre- on another short.
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The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
November 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Boston Globe identified the companies in Massachusetts that employ the most SNAP recipients. A key stat: "In Massachusetts, 74% of working-age recipients of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are employed, half of them full-time."
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
Full article: www.bostonglobe.com/2025/11/28/m...
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Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm.
When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others.
She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others.
She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
A Farmworkers Visa Promised Her a Better Life. It Was a Trap.
Sofi left behind her child in Mexico for the promise of providing him a better life. She ended up a victim of an operation that is alleged to have exploited the H-2A visa program — and the workers it ...
projects.propublica.org
November 29, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Javier Sanchez Mendoza Jr. helped Sofi secure an H-2A visa, promising a job on a Georgia blueberry farm.
When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others.
She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
When she arrived, she was not sent out to work in the fields like the others.
She was forced to live at his house and sign a marriage license.
By @maxblau.bsky.social
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"We aren't saving money. We are being psychologically manipulated into buying e-waste that will be in a landfill in 24 months."
I tracked the price history of 50 "Black Friday Deals." It’s a scam.
www.reddit.com
November 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
"We aren't saving money. We are being psychologically manipulated into buying e-waste that will be in a landfill in 24 months."
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Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
Home | FreeStyle - Abbott
freestylecheck.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Folks with Diabetes!
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
There is an urgent recall on some FreeStyle Libre 3 and FreeStyle Libre 3 Plus sensors because they are showing false low glucose readings.
Check your sensor serial numbers at freestylecheck.com
I don’t expect the university to be a radical haven. And still.
November 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I don’t expect the university to be a radical haven. And still.
And threw trans women under the bus while at it. I’m sick.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 2:02 AM
And threw trans women under the bus while at it. I’m sick.
It is WILD WILD over there.
I’ve seen a few people say if Blue Sky gets weird they’re gonna migrate to Threads and let me tell you something…Threads is WAYYYYYYY worse than you’re imagining 😭
November 28, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It is WILD WILD over there.
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In Atlanta next week, city council and school board runoffs have become the latest battle between left-leaning groups and establishment-aligned Democrats, who by and large did well in the preliminary round on Nov. 4.
The 25 Elections to Watch This December - Bolts
On the heels of their sweeping wins in November, Democrats have opportunities to gain further ground in December runoffs and special elections. They’re hoping for upsets in conservative territory, from... Read More
boltsmag.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:00 AM
In Atlanta next week, city council and school board runoffs have become the latest battle between left-leaning groups and establishment-aligned Democrats, who by and large did well in the preliminary round on Nov. 4.
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Israel’s Committed 497 Ceasefire Violations Since October, Killing 342 Palestinians
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November 28, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Israel’s Committed 497 Ceasefire Violations Since October, Killing 342 Palestinians
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May the sealing of honmoon have reached wherever 47 and his crew were during this performance
Okay, the crowd going nuts like someone just scored a touchdown at the Super Bowl all *through* the KDH performance is a hell of a thing to see hear/see:
November 28, 2025 at 1:37 AM
May the sealing of honmoon have reached wherever 47 and his crew were during this performance
They are lying.
Amazon said on Thursday that the facility will create “at least 200 high-paying full-time jobs” at the data center itself and an additional 300 jobs coming to Warren County.
Amazon's data centers power not only AI and machine learning technology, but also its cloud services and hosting services.
Amazon's data centers power not only AI and machine learning technology, but also its cloud services and hosting services.
Amazon to Build $3B AI Data Center in Vicksburg, Mississippi
Amazon is set to build a $3 billion AI data center in Vicksburg, Mississippi, and create a new educational grant.
buff.ly
November 27, 2025 at 9:07 PM
They are lying.
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Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
Books Not Bars 2025 Holiday Campaign
BOOKS NOT BARS FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Haymarket Books is committed to making our books available for free to people who are incarcerated.
In an effort to support those inside who are dealing with the imm...
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November 23, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Help us send 2,000 books to readers who are incarcerated this winter through our Books Not Bars program
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NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
Building raided by ICE now ‘falling apart from the inside out,’ South Shore residents say • The TRiiBE
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came,” said Infiniti Gant, a housing organizer with Southside Together. “People were living here with mice and r...
thetriibe.com
November 24, 2025 at 11:11 PM
NEW — South Shore residents who still live in the apartment building that was raided by ICE nearly two months ago in Chicago spoke out about the unlivable conditions there.
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
“No one paid attention to the fact that people were living here without heat before ICE came.”
thetriibe.com/2025/11/buil...
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More than 650,000 people have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher for Tawila, and the UN is warning of urgent humanitarian needs.
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
November 24, 2025 at 9:49 AM
More than 650,000 people have fled the Sudanese city of el-Fasher for Tawila, and the UN is warning of urgent humanitarian needs.
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
Sudan’s civil war, which began in April 2023, has killed tens of thousands of people and forced about 13 million from their homes.
#Infograph
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Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
November 23, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Jamil Al Amin, formerly known as H. Rap Brown has passed. Jamil was a political prisoner, an Imam & leader in the Islamic community, chairman of SNCC, Minster of Justice in the Black Panther Party. A revolutionary & a target of COINTELPRO and U.S. police agencies. Rest in Power
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Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
The exit economy is here. Black Women are paying the highest price | Fortune
This isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. And it's not a recovery, it's a redistribution of opportunity.
fortune.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Since February, according to my latest analysis, almost 600,000 Black women have been economically sidelined. The November 20, 2025, Jobs Report makes clear this isn’t a blip. It’s a structural crisis. That is not a recovery. It is a redistribution of opportunity.
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Unlike YOU, EYE get my news from a RELIABLE source
November 22, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Unlike YOU, EYE get my news from a RELIABLE source
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Here’s a comprehensive list of Thanksgiving food pantries, meals, and distributions happening throughout Gary and the surrounding Northwest Indiana communities.https://gary.capitalbnews.org/free-thanksgiving-meals-turkeys-gary-indiana/
Free Thanksgiving Meals and Turkeys Available in Gary - Capital B Gary
A roundup of places providing free holiday meals for families preparing for Thanksgiving.
gary.capitalbnews.org
November 22, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Here’s a comprehensive list of Thanksgiving food pantries, meals, and distributions happening throughout Gary and the surrounding Northwest Indiana communities.https://gary.capitalbnews.org/free-thanksgiving-meals-turkeys-gary-indiana/
I hope he ran them all of the money they deserve
November 21, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I hope he ran them all of the money they deserve
I research industrial schools and have not watched Nickel Boys (which is on brand for me). So why am I proposing a course that would include watching it 😩 what is wrong with me??
November 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
I research industrial schools and have not watched Nickel Boys (which is on brand for me). So why am I proposing a course that would include watching it 😩 what is wrong with me??
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Nov 21-25: "Starring Angela Bassett" film series at BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Featuring Bassett's #90s hits: What’s Love Got to Do with It? (1993), Strange Days (1995), Waiting to Exhale (1995), and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). 🔥 www.bam.org/film/2025/st... #movies #Brooklyn #NYC
November 20, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Nov 21-25: "Starring Angela Bassett" film series at BAM Rose Cinemas, 30 Lafayette Ave. Featuring Bassett's #90s hits: What’s Love Got to Do with It? (1993), Strange Days (1995), Waiting to Exhale (1995), and How Stella Got Her Groove Back (1998). 🔥 www.bam.org/film/2025/st... #movies #Brooklyn #NYC
*faints*
Target could change their name to Target Luther King and I’m still never going back in there.
November 20, 2025 at 3:50 AM
*faints*
I made an appointment at a cvs in nueva York, not realizing it was in a target. I haven’t been since the boycott began.
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
Target Predicting Week Holiday Sales As Consumer Angst Weighs On Season
Target said it doesn’t think holiday sales will be enough to turn around a tough year.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 AM
I made an appointment at a cvs in nueva York, not realizing it was in a target. I haven’t been since the boycott began.
remember the students who reported live from the campus building? Was it Hinds Hall?
“The Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma, according to Columbia Journalism School dean Jelani Cobb, had lost the funding it needed to stay at the school.”
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
www.poynter.org/business-wor...
What happened to the Dart Center at Columbia? - Poynter
When the center lost a major funder this past spring, it found itself stranded at a university besieged by political and financial attacks
www.poynter.org
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
remember the students who reported live from the campus building? Was it Hinds Hall?
I would have at least googled “Arabic numbers” first.
November 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
I would have at least googled “Arabic numbers” first.