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It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
December 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
It’s been two weeks since ICE took Yuanxin Zheng from his father. He is six years old. He’s still not home. This has to end.
Abject racism unhappily hard at work
Fox & Friends and Pam Bondi are now sensationalizing specific instances of Somalis being charged with crimes in Minnesota to demonize the whole population
December 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Abject racism unhappily hard at work
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Over two days of Standing Together’s national convention we saw so many people who believe in this fight and in the urgent need for a just peace. People who know the only way we can move forward — and actually win — is through Jewish-Palestinian partnership.
December 4, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Over two days of Standing Together’s national convention we saw so many people who believe in this fight and in the urgent need for a just peace. People who know the only way we can move forward — and actually win — is through Jewish-Palestinian partnership.
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Beautiful, wise, and compassionate words! When we show hope and kindness toward the stranger, we do so for all humanity.
Beautiful, wise, and compassionate words! When we show hope and kindness toward the stranger, we do so for all humanity.
Maxine Meixner 🍒 on Instagram: "You deserve hope! 🫵 You deserve hope! 👈 Everybody deserves hope! 👆👉👇🙆🏻♀️
In a world that is leaning towards individualism and apathy, hope is resistance. Hope for big...
242K likes, 3,568 comments - maxinem_x on December 1, 2025: "You deserve hope! 🫵 You deserve hope! 👈 Everybody deserves hope! 👆👉👇🙆🏻♀️
In a world that is leaning towards individualism and apathy, hop...
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December 5, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Beautiful, wise, and compassionate words! When we show hope and kindness toward the stranger, we do so for all humanity.
Beautiful, wise, and compassionate words! When we show hope and kindness toward the stranger, we do so for all humanity.
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Though not all of us were born here, we are all Americans. That’s both a fact and an ideal.
Though not all of us were born here, we are all Americans. That’s both a fact and an ideal.
Sunday thought: The Bigot in the Oval Office
Like dictators before him, Trump’s road to tyranny is paved with hate
open.substack.com
November 30, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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Though not all of us were born here, we are all Americans. That’s both a fact and an ideal.
Though not all of us were born here, we are all Americans. That’s both a fact and an ideal.
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Please stop exploiting autistics in crisis: "I’m the mother of 2 autistic boys with different support levels. I have experienced meltdowns in all their forms. But you know where I’ve never seen them? On my camera roll. And absolutely not posted on my social media."
www.huffpost.com/entry/autist...
www.huffpost.com/entry/autist...
I’m The Mom Of 2 Autistic Kids — And This TikTok Trend Has Me Horrified
"There are ways to uplift and support other parents and educate people ... without turning children into spectacles."
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November 28, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Please stop exploiting autistics in crisis: "I’m the mother of 2 autistic boys with different support levels. I have experienced meltdowns in all their forms. But you know where I’ve never seen them? On my camera roll. And absolutely not posted on my social media."
www.huffpost.com/entry/autist...
www.huffpost.com/entry/autist...
Professor Reich infuses a common sentiment with his wisdom and compassion.
Pope Leo recently said his favorite movie of all time was “It’s a Wonderful Life.” Mine too. The pope’s and my favorite movie has a lot to tell us about where America is right now. Let me explain. https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump-the-pope-and-me
Trump, the Pope, and me
The real meaning of Pope Leo’s and my favorite film
robertreich.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Professor Reich infuses a common sentiment with his wisdom and compassion.
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My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow follows Russian journalists who report on the country's abuses. Reviewer Justin Chang calls it one of the most engrossing films he's seen all year. n.pr/4p96lsq
This new movie about Russia's independent journalists is harrowing, but not hopeless
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow follows Russian journalists who report on the country's abuses. Reviewer Justin Chang calls it one of the most engrossing films he's seen all year.
n.pr
November 28, 2025 at 7:22 PM
My Undesirable Friends: Part I — Last Air in Moscow follows Russian journalists who report on the country's abuses. Reviewer Justin Chang calls it one of the most engrossing films he's seen all year. n.pr/4p96lsq
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(Meidas) Multiple outlets, e.g. The Telegraph, reported that Trump sent his envoys to Moscow with proposal to recognize Russian control over Eastern Ukrainian territory. Steve Witkoff was dispatched alongside Jared Kushner to signal to Putin that “Putin’s war gains belong to Russia.” TRUMP=CRIMINAL.
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
(Meidas) Multiple outlets, e.g. The Telegraph, reported that Trump sent his envoys to Moscow with proposal to recognize Russian control over Eastern Ukrainian territory. Steve Witkoff was dispatched alongside Jared Kushner to signal to Putin that “Putin’s war gains belong to Russia.” TRUMP=CRIMINAL.
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
Opinion | Mark Kelly Is Being Investigated for Telling the Truth
Who wants to silence a senator? I’ll give you one guess.
nyti.ms
November 27, 2025 at 12:40 AM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
“We ask a lot of those who put their lives on the line defending our nation. The least we can do is respect their free speech rights once they’ve retired,” David Cole writes.
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After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
Artist Gary Tyler turns 40 years of wrongful imprisonment into powerful textiles
An exhibition of Tyler’s quilts captures scenes of humanity from within the notorious Louisiana State Penitentiary.
laist.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:37 PM
After 42 years wrongfully incarcerated in the Angola State Penitentiary, Gary Tyler has been living and working as an artist and advocate in Los Angeles for the past decade. via @laist.com
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While the ADA is designed to help protect job applicants and employees with disabilities, individuals are still required to be qualified for their position. Learn more here: https://adata.org/faq/does-ada-require-applicant-or-employee-disability-be-qualified-position #ADA #Employment #Disability
November 5, 2025 at 1:00 PM
While the ADA is designed to help protect job applicants and employees with disabilities, individuals are still required to be qualified for their position. Learn more here: https://adata.org/faq/does-ada-require-applicant-or-employee-disability-be-qualified-position #ADA #Employment #Disability
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“If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe.”
- N. Scott Momaday #WednesdayWisdom #PwD #Quotes
- N. Scott Momaday #WednesdayWisdom #PwD #Quotes
November 5, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“If you believe in the power of words, you can bring about physical changes in the universe.”
- N. Scott Momaday #WednesdayWisdom #PwD #Quotes
- N. Scott Momaday #WednesdayWisdom #PwD #Quotes
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Donald Trump’s cruelty is endless.
He just cut a program that helps people who are blind run businesses.
He just cut a program that helps people who are blind run businesses.
Donald Trump’s cruelty is endless.
YouTube video by Senator Elizabeth Warren
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November 5, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Donald Trump’s cruelty is endless.
He just cut a program that helps people who are blind run businesses.
He just cut a program that helps people who are blind run businesses.
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In this article, Anita Say Chan discusses how new surveillance technology used by DHS and ICE to track immigrants is rooted in a long history of eugenics. Learn more about the connections between immigration, eugenics and an authoritarian surveillance state here: ow.ly/Tm5t50XcKHs.
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In this article, Anita Say Chan discusses how new surveillance technology used by DHS and ICE to track immigrants is rooted in a long history of eugenics. Learn more about the connections between immigration, eugenics and an authoritarian surveillance state here: ow.ly/Tm5t50XcKHs.
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In a recent roundtable discussion, authors @chelseaebin.bsky.social, @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, and @julieingersoll.bsky.social discussed the connection between the NAR and the New Christian Right of the 70s and 80s. Learn more here: politicalresearch.org/2025/10/15/i....
It’s Not Backlash, It’s Strategy
Chelsea Ebin, Matthew Taylor, and Julie Ingersoll discuss the intersection of today’s New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) and the New Christian Right of 1970s and 1980s formed by conservative Catholics an...
politicalresearch.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
In a recent roundtable discussion, authors @chelseaebin.bsky.social, @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social, and @julieingersoll.bsky.social discussed the connection between the NAR and the New Christian Right of the 70s and 80s. Learn more here: politicalresearch.org/2025/10/15/i....
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With its higher-education compact, the Trump administration is pushing schools to embrace an admissions policy that “might ensure that the next generation of diverse leadership is stopped before it begins,” Kevin Carey argues:
The Logical End Point of Trump’s Higher-Education Agenda
A “compact” offered by the administration could devastate racial diversity at elite universities.
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October 23, 2025 at 5:15 AM
With its higher-education compact, the Trump administration is pushing schools to embrace an admissions policy that “might ensure that the next generation of diverse leadership is stopped before it begins,” Kevin Carey argues:
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October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
“It’s not his house.
heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:28 AM
October 22, 2025
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In 2024, a million hectares of Ukraine’s forests and land burned. High temperatures, landmines, and shelling all contributed to the fires, but footage of Russian drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes.
Wildfire has consumed vast chunks of Ukraine. Is Russia deliberately fueling the flames?
Editor's note: This story is a collaboration between the Kyiv Independent and the Guardian’s Age of extinction and Ukraine in depth reporting projects.
Natalia Pryprosta was tending her pigs when fir...
kyivindependent.com
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
In 2024, a million hectares of Ukraine’s forests and land burned. High temperatures, landmines, and shelling all contributed to the fires, but footage of Russian drones targeting firefighters has raised the question of war crimes.
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Hundreds of volunteer advocates put partisan differences aside and pressed Congress to help people with cancer. The advocacy came just before the stalemate that has shut down the federal government. n.pr/47qPvh8
'Cancer doesn't care': Patients pushed past divisive politics to lobby Congress
Hundreds of volunteer advocates put partisan differences aside and pressed Congress to help people with cancer. The advocacy came just before the stalemate that has shut down the federal government.
n.pr
October 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Hundreds of volunteer advocates put partisan differences aside and pressed Congress to help people with cancer. The advocacy came just before the stalemate that has shut down the federal government. n.pr/47qPvh8
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Very well said! The language we - and others use - matters a great deal.
I recommend Jen Rubin and The Contrarian highly.
Very well said! The language we - and others use - matters a great deal.
I recommend Jen Rubin and The Contrarian highly.
Words & Phrases We Could Do Without
‘Hamas terrorists, illegal aliens, and violent criminals...’ and antifa too!
open.substack.com
October 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Very well said! The language we - and others use - matters a great deal.
I recommend Jen Rubin and The Contrarian highly.
Very well said! The language we - and others use - matters a great deal.
I recommend Jen Rubin and The Contrarian highly.
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The 14th Amendment was adopted after the Civil War to protect the rights of Black Americans. An argument being made at the Supreme Court invites a return to the era when race was a barrier to entry for political representation. bit.ly/4qeZmz4
A Bizarro Take on the 14th Amendment for the Voting Rights Act
The justices consider tossing a decades-old tool to fight racial discrimination when it comes to fair representation.
www.brennancenter.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The 14th Amendment was adopted after the Civil War to protect the rights of Black Americans. An argument being made at the Supreme Court invites a return to the era when race was a barrier to entry for political representation. bit.ly/4qeZmz4
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If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2
Trump’s Orders Targeting Anti-Fascism Aim to Criminalize Opposition
Purporting to go after “domestic terrorism,” the president presents an imagined left-wing conspiracy and authorizes punishments for even tenuous connections to speech the administration doesn’t like.
www.brennancenter.org
October 17, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If the government carries out Trump’s orders targeting antifa as a “domestic terrorist organization,” it would violate free speech rights. Here’s why: bit.ly/4330Su2
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⚡️Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow.
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders.
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders.
Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders.
kyivindependent.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:21 AM
⚡️Belarus launches military readiness check as security concerns grow.
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders.
The Belarusian military is implementing a "set of measures" to bring select units to their "highest level of combat readiness" under Alexander Lukashenko's direct orders.
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Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship." n.pr/4ocHQcG
She posted about Charlie Kirk's death. Within eight hours, she was fired
Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship."
n.pr
October 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Alexandra is one of many people who lost their jobs for posting about the conservative influencer's death. She described the online mob that got her fired as "state-sponsored censorship." n.pr/4ocHQcG