Ben Greenberg
@bentg.bsky.social
emmy award winning journalist, producer, editor • print, video, audio at frontline, american experience, npr, clarion-ledger, anniston star • co-founder cir's civil rights cold case project • pitching projects & open for hire
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Ben Greenberg
@bentg.bsky.social
· Nov 20
Boston based. Reporting stories from the American South.
That's my dad with James Baldwin👆🏻— in Birmingham, 1963.
Currently making audio stories re the 1965 police killing of a Black man in La. and re the recent jailhouse murder of a Native American man in Miss.
btgreenberg@proton.me
Signal👇🏻
That's my dad with James Baldwin👆🏻— in Birmingham, 1963.
Currently making audio stories re the 1965 police killing of a Black man in La. and re the recent jailhouse murder of a Native American man in Miss.
btgreenberg@proton.me
Signal👇🏻
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Human Rights Watch has issued a devastating report concluding Israel is committing the crimes of extermination and genocide in Gaza by focusing on one crucial issue: water.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/human-rights-watch-finds-israel-guilty-of-extermination-and-acts-of-genocide/
#Palestine #Isr…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/human-rights-watch-finds-israel-guilty-of-extermination-and-acts-of-genocide/
#Palestine #Isr…
Human Rights Watch finds Israel guilty of extermination and ‘acts of genocide’
Human Rights Watch has issued a devastating report concluding Israel is committing the crimes of extermination and genocide in Gaza by focusing on one crucial issue: water.
mondoweiss.net
December 19, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Human Rights Watch has issued a devastating report concluding Israel is committing the crimes of extermination and genocide in Gaza by focusing on one crucial issue: water.
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/human-rights-watch-finds-israel-guilty-of-extermination-and-acts-of-genocide/
#Palestine #Isr…
https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/human-rights-watch-finds-israel-guilty-of-extermination-and-acts-of-genocide/
#Palestine #Isr…
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i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
Trump's transition is happening over private emails. Federal officials are nervous.
Agencies are weighing in-person requirement for sensitive data.
www.politico.com
December 19, 2024 at 4:21 PM
i recall a time when using a private email server was the single greatest scandal in american history. i guess today’s it’s just tuesday www.politico.com/news/2024/12...
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After numerous cost overruns, delays, and the killing of a protestor, "Cop City" is open.*
That's over $100 million used to clear out hundreds of acres in one of the four "lungs" of Atlanta, as described by Atlanta City Design officials.
www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
That's over $100 million used to clear out hundreds of acres in one of the four "lungs" of Atlanta, as described by Atlanta City Design officials.
www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
Despite years of controversy, Atlanta’s training center is finally built
Atlanta's public safety training center has been the subject of protests, lawsuits, a referendum attempt and violent demonstrations.
www.ajc.com
December 18, 2024 at 10:03 PM
After numerous cost overruns, delays, and the killing of a protestor, "Cop City" is open.*
That's over $100 million used to clear out hundreds of acres in one of the four "lungs" of Atlanta, as described by Atlanta City Design officials.
www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
That's over $100 million used to clear out hundreds of acres in one of the four "lungs" of Atlanta, as described by Atlanta City Design officials.
www.ajc.com/news/atlanta...
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Early this morning, an autonomous group of New Yorkers reclaimed an F train car, replacing ads with signage reading “A MAN WAS LYNCHED HERE” and Jordan Neely’s name, as a jury deliberates over whether to convict Daniel Penny, Neely’s killer, with his death last May.
December 5, 2024 at 2:57 PM
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A good comment on how racist and sexist bias is affecting 🧪 starter packs 🔭 ⚛️
I have definitely noticed this and had a moment where what I really appreciated is the way Black studies folks have embraced me. It’s why I still do science. Scientist sure as hell aren’t.
I have definitely noticed this and had a moment where what I really appreciated is the way Black studies folks have embraced me. It’s why I still do science. Scientist sure as hell aren’t.
I just looked at a highly circulated starter pack for top science and science communicators and there are 58 men, 27 women, the rest orgs based in the US, and 95% white. Maybe, just maybe, do a bit of curation and check your biases and show some care with what you put out into the wild.
November 26, 2024 at 1:35 PM
A good comment on how racist and sexist bias is affecting 🧪 starter packs 🔭 ⚛️
I have definitely noticed this and had a moment where what I really appreciated is the way Black studies folks have embraced me. It’s why I still do science. Scientist sure as hell aren’t.
I have definitely noticed this and had a moment where what I really appreciated is the way Black studies folks have embraced me. It’s why I still do science. Scientist sure as hell aren’t.
For more background on prison gerrymandering, check out the @prisonpolicy.bsky.social link in the next post.
Did you know? Earlier this year, Minnesota became the latest state to eliminate prison gerrymandering.
A new law, signed by Tim Walz in the spring, will end the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state.
A new law, signed by Tim Walz in the spring, will end the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state.
Minnesota Just Became The Latest State to Eliminate Prison Gerrymandering
A new law will end the practice of counting incarcerated people where prisons are located, which skews political power within the state.
boltsmag.org
November 24, 2024 at 5:35 PM
For more background on prison gerrymandering, check out the @prisonpolicy.bsky.social link in the next post.
"This child is Maysara Abu Al-Awf, 10 months old.... He was born to the sounds of shells and rockets and was martyred by these rockets, along with his father, Fadel Abu Al-Awf, in the house they had fled to from the #Jabalia refugee camp in northern #Gaza"
—Karam Hassan
Hassan's unblurred photo 👇🏻
—Karam Hassan
Hassan's unblurred photo 👇🏻
Video shows a Palestinian man reciting the Quran beside the body of an infant, believed to be 10 months old, and his father who were both killed in an Israeli air attack on Gaza City.
November 24, 2024 at 2:52 PM
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The phrase "nominally Jewish" is obviously borrowed from "nominal Christian," coined by the Lausanne Movement and adopted by evangelicals to refer to one who outwardly professes Christianity but "who has not responded in repentance and faith to Jesus Christ as his personal Saviour and Lord."
November 24, 2024 at 1:23 AM
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"The vast majority of Israelis, Raz believes, fail to grasp the full extent of Netanyahu's involvement in bolstering Hamas before the current war, and in perpetuating an unending state of conflict."
The not-so-secret history of Netanyahu's support for Hamas
From sabotaging Oslo to funneling Qatari cash into Gaza, Bibi has spent his career bolstering Hamas to help perpetuate the conflict.
www.972mag.com
November 23, 2024 at 2:17 PM
"The vast majority of Israelis, Raz believes, fail to grasp the full extent of Netanyahu's involvement in bolstering Hamas before the current war, and in perpetuating an unending state of conflict."
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“Some advocates have called the crisis in Gaza an “ecocide”, saying the war has made its ecosystems unliveable. “What’s going on in Gaza is completely killing all the elements of life,” said Abeer Butmeh, a coordinator of the Palestinian NGOs Network”
Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29
Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Protect the climate for whom?’: Palestinians highlight Gaza at Cop29
Advocates and officials argue that consequences of Israeli siege are inextricably linked to tackling the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2024 at 8:22 AM
“Some advocates have called the crisis in Gaza an “ecocide”, saying the war has made its ecosystems unliveable. “What’s going on in Gaza is completely killing all the elements of life,” said Abeer Butmeh, a coordinator of the Palestinian NGOs Network”
"Israeli planes just levelled five or six buildings to the ground in #Beirut. Without warnings or evacuation orders. Sources state that the buildings were full of civilian families." - Falesteen News Network Telegram
November 23, 2024 at 5:54 AM
"Israeli planes just levelled five or six buildings to the ground in #Beirut. Without warnings or evacuation orders. Sources state that the buildings were full of civilian families." - Falesteen News Network Telegram
The depravity of #Israeli #torture makes US black sites look like luxury spas. Tariq Abed and Mohammed Arab gave these testimonies knowing that #IDF torturors would likely punish them with harrowing abuse for their bravery. We owe them our witness and our outrage.
www.newarab.com/analysis/new...
www.newarab.com/analysis/new...
New Palestinian testimonies reveal horrors of Israel's prisons
In-depth: Harrowing testimonies from Tariq Abed and Al-Araby TV journalist Mohammed Arab reveal shocking details of torture, rape, and abuse in Israeli jails.
www.newarab.com
November 23, 2024 at 5:38 AM
The depravity of #Israeli #torture makes US black sites look like luxury spas. Tariq Abed and Mohammed Arab gave these testimonies knowing that #IDF torturors would likely punish them with harrowing abuse for their bravery. We owe them our witness and our outrage.
www.newarab.com/analysis/new...
www.newarab.com/analysis/new...
"A combination of angry rejection and deep disquiet characterized the television news coverage of Karim Khan’s announcement."
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/un...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/un...
“Unjustified and Antisemitic”: Israel’s Media Reacts to the ICC’s Arrest Warrants
A combination of angry rejection and deep disquiet characterized the television news coverage of Karim Khan’s announcement
newlinesmag.com
November 23, 2024 at 4:42 AM
"A combination of angry rejection and deep disquiet characterized the television news coverage of Karim Khan’s announcement."
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/un...
newlinesmag.com/spotlight/un...
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This is what David Duke was up to in the late ‘70s.
November 22, 2024 at 7:40 AM
This is what David Duke was up to in the late ‘70s.
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My op-ed for The Hill on the Antisemitism Awareness Act. There are many horrible things about the proposed act: it would silence Palestinians; it wld violate academic freedom & 1st Amend. It wld also ban the teaching of huge swaths of left-wing Jewish history
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
The Antisemitism Awareness Act bars the teaching of modern Jewish history
Congress has no business defining what it means to be Jewish.
thehill.com
May 16, 2024 at 11:37 PM
My op-ed for The Hill on the Antisemitism Awareness Act. There are many horrible things about the proposed act: it would silence Palestinians; it wld violate academic freedom & 1st Amend. It wld also ban the teaching of huge swaths of left-wing Jewish history
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
thehill.com/opinion/educ...
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Last month, the Israeli military issued a kill list of six journalists working in northern Gaza.
Despite the heightened dangers they face, they have remained steadfast in their duty to report on the horrifying news coming out of the north.
thepublicsource.org/gaza-journal...
#JournalismisNotaCrime
Despite the heightened dangers they face, they have remained steadfast in their duty to report on the horrifying news coming out of the north.
thepublicsource.org/gaza-journal...
#JournalismisNotaCrime
Gaza Journalists Respond to Israeli Assassination Threats
The Israeli military issued a kill list of six journalists in northern Gaza, accusing them of having ties to militant factions on October 23, 2024.
thepublicsource.org
November 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Last month, the Israeli military issued a kill list of six journalists working in northern Gaza.
Despite the heightened dangers they face, they have remained steadfast in their duty to report on the horrifying news coming out of the north.
thepublicsource.org/gaza-journal...
#JournalismisNotaCrime
Despite the heightened dangers they face, they have remained steadfast in their duty to report on the horrifying news coming out of the north.
thepublicsource.org/gaza-journal...
#JournalismisNotaCrime
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Yesterday, Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat was injured in an Israeli double tap strike on a home in Gaza, where he had rushed to report on the first airstrike.
Shabat says he was deliberately targeted in the second airstrike, and he has reason to believe so.
#حسام_شبات #الجزيرة #غزة
Shabat says he was deliberately targeted in the second airstrike, and he has reason to believe so.
#حسام_شبات #الجزيرة #غزة
November 20, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Yesterday, Al Jazeera journalist Hossam Shabat was injured in an Israeli double tap strike on a home in Gaza, where he had rushed to report on the first airstrike.
Shabat says he was deliberately targeted in the second airstrike, and he has reason to believe so.
#حسام_شبات #الجزيرة #غزة
Shabat says he was deliberately targeted in the second airstrike, and he has reason to believe so.
#حسام_شبات #الجزيرة #غزة
Boston based. Reporting stories from the American South.
That's my dad with James Baldwin👆🏻— in Birmingham, 1963.
Currently making audio stories re the 1965 police killing of a Black man in La. and re the recent jailhouse murder of a Native American man in Miss.
btgreenberg@proton.me
Signal👇🏻
That's my dad with James Baldwin👆🏻— in Birmingham, 1963.
Currently making audio stories re the 1965 police killing of a Black man in La. and re the recent jailhouse murder of a Native American man in Miss.
btgreenberg@proton.me
Signal👇🏻
November 20, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Boston based. Reporting stories from the American South.
That's my dad with James Baldwin👆🏻— in Birmingham, 1963.
Currently making audio stories re the 1965 police killing of a Black man in La. and re the recent jailhouse murder of a Native American man in Miss.
btgreenberg@proton.me
Signal👇🏻
That's my dad with James Baldwin👆🏻— in Birmingham, 1963.
Currently making audio stories re the 1965 police killing of a Black man in La. and re the recent jailhouse murder of a Native American man in Miss.
btgreenberg@proton.me
Signal👇🏻
Alright, this is cool. Alt version of Psycho Killer with Arthur Russell on cello. h/t Phillip Price
youtube.com/watch?v=m816...
youtube.com/watch?v=m816...
youtube.com
November 20, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Alright, this is cool. Alt version of Psycho Killer with Arthur Russell on cello. h/t Phillip Price
youtube.com/watch?v=m816...
youtube.com/watch?v=m816...
For Palestine's children, this World Children's Day and everyday
youtu.be/6IusnrnI95Q?...
youtu.be/6IusnrnI95Q?...
Annual Dinner 2021 - Dr. Ysaÿe Barnwell Performs "We Are"
YouTube video by Bishop John T. Walker School for Boys
youtu.be
November 20, 2024 at 4:32 PM
For Palestine's children, this World Children's Day and everyday
youtu.be/6IusnrnI95Q?...
youtu.be/6IusnrnI95Q?...
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📍West Bank
➤ Israeli forces carried out new raids on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, sparking violent clashes, just one day after killing five Palestinians in military operations.
(Footage of the burning vehicles shared by the Palestinian Information Center.)
More details below 👇🏽
➤ Israeli forces carried out new raids on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, sparking violent clashes, just one day after killing five Palestinians in military operations.
(Footage of the burning vehicles shared by the Palestinian Information Center.)
More details below 👇🏽
November 20, 2024 at 3:13 PM
📍West Bank
➤ Israeli forces carried out new raids on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, sparking violent clashes, just one day after killing five Palestinians in military operations.
(Footage of the burning vehicles shared by the Palestinian Information Center.)
More details below 👇🏽
➤ Israeli forces carried out new raids on Jenin in the occupied West Bank, sparking violent clashes, just one day after killing five Palestinians in military operations.
(Footage of the burning vehicles shared by the Palestinian Information Center.)
More details below 👇🏽
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"Massachusetts teens are raising questions about pricing at Boston area Stop & Shop stores, asking why the SAME groceries COST noticeably MORE at the chain's Jamaica Plain store compared to the Dedham location."
Also, fewer frozen vegetables and mostly processed JUNK in the freezer section.
Also, fewer frozen vegetables and mostly processed JUNK in the freezer section.
Teens discover pricing disparity in Boston area grocery stores
The Massachusetts teens are asking why the same groceries cost noticeably more at Stop & Shop's Jamaica Plain store compared to the Dedham location.
www.wcvb.com
November 20, 2024 at 2:37 PM
"Massachusetts teens are raising questions about pricing at Boston area Stop & Shop stores, asking why the SAME groceries COST noticeably MORE at the chain's Jamaica Plain store compared to the Dedham location."
Also, fewer frozen vegetables and mostly processed JUNK in the freezer section.
Also, fewer frozen vegetables and mostly processed JUNK in the freezer section.
Reposted by Ben Greenberg
BlueSky has overtaken Threads in the U.S.
November 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
BlueSky has overtaken Threads in the U.S.
The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys, Hamas’s Basem Naim said.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-secur...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-secur...
Gaza Security Forces Ambush Gang Accused of Looting Aid with Israeli Support
The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys, Hamas’s Basem Naim said.
www.dropsitenews.com
November 20, 2024 at 9:57 AM
The gang members are “operating in cooperation with the Israeli forces” to target aid convoys, Hamas’s Basem Naim said.
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-secur...
www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-secur...