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Home of the Brave @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social · 10h

Check out our ads running in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, and more than 185 local newspapers today.

We're encouraging Americans to stand up to Donald Trump and join their local, peaceful No Kings protests this Saturday. @gtconway.bsky.social

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StellaMarie @StellaMarie.bsky.social @stellamarie.bsky.social · 7h

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West Philly Tool Library is looking for a new home

The West Philly Tool Library lends more than 5,000 tools to its members. It recently learned its lease wouldn’t be renewed.

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'I Will Not Break': AG Letitia James Speaks Out After Federal Indictment | BIN: Black Information Network

New York Attorney General Letitia James made her first public appearance since being indicted on federal charges, vowing to continue resisting the Trump administration's “aggressive policies.”

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StellaMarie @StellaMarie.bsky.social @stellamarie.bsky.social · 7h

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Is Being a Guardian Reporter As Exciting as the Movies Make Out?

In The Woman in Cabin 10, Netflix’s new potboiler, Keira Knightley plays a fearless justice warrior, a lone voice of dogged truth in a maelstrom of corruption, and this is not her first foray into suc...

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With No Pay Raises in Sight, NC Teachers Group Votes To Join National Union

A North Carolina teachers union on Tuesday voted to join the national American Federation of Teachers in a bid to “be heard” by state lawmakers. The board of Professional Educators of North Carolina, ...

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All Guns and No Butter on a Burning Planet

In the wake of World War II, the United States crowned itself leader of the Western world through persuasion and coercion. Massive transfers of US aid helped stave off the prospect of Communist govern...

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Still No Kings: Millions To Protest Trump on Saturday

Millions of people will take to the streets again this Saturday to protest the autocratic regime of President Donald Trump, his government shutdown, and his demolition of Medicare, Medicaid, and other...

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Universities Didn’t Fail, They Succeeded—That’s Why They’re Under Attack

I grew up watching my mother teach histories she was forbidden to teach, in a language that was illegal to speak. I know what authoritarianism looks like. And I’m watching American universities respon...

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❀༻𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕦𝕝𝕥𝕫𝕚𝕖𝕡𝕚𝕖༺❀ @schultziepie.bsky.social · 1d

That’s MY Governor!! 🙌🏼
Thank you for protecting the citizens of PA!

Governor Josh Shapiro @governor.pa.gov · 2d

My entire career has been dedicated to protecting Pennsylvanians’ fundamental freedoms – and I won’t stop now.

Anyone who tries to undermine them will have to go through me – whether that’s a predatory corporation or the President of the United States.