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Lori Dorfman

@loridorfman.bsky.social

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Public health 30+ years, studying the news and changing narratives at bmsg.org. When not there, painting and drawing IG @lori.dorfman

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · Nov 23

So much color in the garden after the rain.

Refugee from X. Still committed after 30+ years to public health and social justice at bmsg.org but more and more turning to art, my first love, to give my brain a rest. Guess I’ll mix it up here and see how it goes.

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · 6h

News coverage of the attacks on trans rights are excluding trans voices. @media-studies.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org found that 70% of articles about trans people did not quote any trans people, and just 6% quoted trans youth. Journalists can do better. Full report here: bit.ly/TJA_visible

How journalists covered the attack on trans rights in Trump's first 100 days

Trans perspectives were rarely present in articles about the consequences federal actions would have on their lives, according to an analysis conducted by Berkeley Media Studies Group in partnership w...

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 3d

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.

Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · 5d

Important piece by @chesterj1.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/trumps-tikto...

Trump’s TikTok Deal Would Further Entrench Big Tech Surveillance | TechPolicy.Press

Trump's TikTok deal would effectively endorse the current extractive system shaping our social media platforms, writes Jeffrey Chester.

www.techpolicy.press

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 7d

"Meche" works making raisins in Fresno CA. Fresh grapes are placed on sheets of paper and then laid on the sand between rows. The suns heats the sand and dries out the grapes. She can feel the heat from the sand through her shoes while she earns 35 cents for each sheet. #WeFeedYou

Grapes on brown paper drying into raisins after workers harvested them

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 18d

"Yoli" is hard at work harvesting wine grapes in CAs Central Valley. She shares they work in teams of three, with two people picking the grapes and one person packing them. The grapes are packed in boxes to protect them during transport. #WeFeedYou

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · 25d

First action of the Black Panther party was to get a crosswalk in front of an elementary school. Oakland, 1967. We should have this down by now, shouldn’t we? oaklandside.org/2022/10/21/t...

The long history of protesting for safer roads in Oakland

Residents now organizing for safer streets echo similar calls made in the past by the Black Panthers, disability rights activists, and East Oakland Latinos.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · 26d

Farmworkers already face harsh conditions. Now they may have to deal with a pay cut.

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Farmworkers already face harsh conditions. Now they may have to deal with a pay cut.

Immigration, climate, and labor policy are creating a problem for U.S. farms.

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max tani @maxtani.bsky.social · 28d

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

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Milbank Memorial Fund & The Milbank Quarterly @milbankfund.bsky.social · 28d

In a new open-access Milbank Quarterly Perspective, @loridorfman.bsky.social & coauthors argue that advancing health and racial equity requires building narrative power — the ability to shape societal narratives and widespread beliefs — to illuminate structural solutions and advance health equity.

Changing the Story on Health and Racial Equity: Why Public Health Needs an Infrastructure for Building Narrative Power | Milbank Quarterly

A growing body of scholarship and practice in public health attests to the importance of addressing differences in power as a fundamental determinant of health inequities. To pursue health equity, pub...

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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · Sep 12

Whose life matters?

Venezuela says 11 killed in US boat strike were not gang members amid reports vessel was returning to shore

Interior minister says ‘murder has been committed’ while US Congress demands justification for attack

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · Sep 11

Anand Giridharadas gets it right in this escalating dangerous moment. ESSAY: A turning point open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

ESSAY: A turning point

On Charlie Kirk, civic contempt, and the endangered idea at democracy's heart

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · Sep 11

I love my neighborhood.

3 handwritten lawn signs in a neighbor’s yard that say “Trump Putin Netanyahu you should be ashamed!” “Stay sane brave and kind” and “Never give up”

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 9

“Jose” is harvesting pears in VA. Minimum wage is just over $12 but these workers get paid for each container they can fill. “Jose” climbs up and down a ladder carrying 40 pounds of fruit at a time. #WeFeedYou

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 9

CA Central Coast workers are harvesting peas. They're paid piece rate. On this day, they began at 7am & were still working at 5pm. A worker shared in order not to use time taking bathroom breaks they try to drink less, so they have the opportunity to harvest more. #WeFeedYou

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Sep 9

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · Sep 9

We wanted to draw attention to an issue affecting Menomonie, Wisconsin. A proposed $1.6 billion data center on 320 acres of farmland (located between 650th and 690th Avenue) has drawn strong opposition. The City Council quickly annexed and rezoned the land to “Restricted Industrial,”

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · Sep 7

We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 7

This fork lift driver in Arvin CA does not have an enclosed cab as he came out of the vineyards at 11am and it was 93°. Even the steering wheel was too hot to handle in the open sun. #WeFeedYou #Calor

Forklift driver in an enclosed cab in a field

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 7

This tractor driver in NorCal is calling it a day from preparing the soil for the next planting. Grape orchards can yield for 30 years before needing to be pulled and replanted but often wine grape plants will be replanted more often to keep the grape quality. #WeFeedYou

Tractor driver in NorCal calling it a day from preparing the soil for the next planting.

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 5

"Anita", a UFW member, leaves the vineyard after an evening of harvesting wine grapes. "I am thankful that we are able to make good wages to support our family. Best of all I will get home before my kids wake up and will to be able to take them to school." #WeFeedYou

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 3

San Joaquin Valley onion workers do intense labor in hot conditions. They fill 20lb buckets, dump them into sacks and line the sacks up at the end of the day. Sacks weigh up to 80lbs when full. "Juan" says his back hurts from being bent over by the end of the day. #WeFeedYou

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United Farm Workers @ufw.bsky.social · Sep 1

Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay.

Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas.

Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art

A beautiful piece of art of farm workers laboring in the fields

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · Aug 31

Look at this graph.

The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened.

This is why we must build back union power.

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Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · Aug 26

#FigureDrawing

Lori Dorfman @loridorfman.bsky.social · Aug 23

#SocialMath

Americans for Tax Fairness @4taxfairness.bsky.social · Aug 23

From 2019-2024, Lowe's spent $46.6 BILLION on stock buybacks.

That's enough to give each of its 273k employees a $28k bonus for the next six years.

Instead, it paid its CEO 659x what it paid median employees.

And we STILL think corporate tax breaks will magically trickle down?