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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.
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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.
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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
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Keshet President & CEO Jaimie Krass shares a message as we head into Shabbat:
"With the news of the ceasefire and the hostage deal, I wanted to be in touch with an important reminder: however you are feeling today, however you will be feeling tomorrow and the next day, you are not alone."
"With the news of the ceasefire and the hostage deal, I wanted to be in touch with an important reminder: however you are feeling today, however you will be feeling tomorrow and the next day, you are not alone."
October 10, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Keshet President & CEO Jaimie Krass shares a message as we head into Shabbat:
"With the news of the ceasefire and the hostage deal, I wanted to be in touch with an important reminder: however you are feeling today, however you will be feeling tomorrow and the next day, you are not alone."
"With the news of the ceasefire and the hostage deal, I wanted to be in touch with an important reminder: however you are feeling today, however you will be feeling tomorrow and the next day, you are not alone."
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Your regular reminder to donate to your local PBS channel! By the way, PBS Passport is fantastic: Rick Steves Travel Shows, Nature, Masterpiece Mystery, music documentaries, Nova, whatever you like!
October 10, 2025 at 2:35 AM
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Brilliant!
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 10, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Brilliant!
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Amazing statement from AG James. Please watch and share.
This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
I am not fearful — I am fearless.
We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..
October 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Amazing statement from AG James. Please watch and share.
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Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
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They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
Jamal Khashoggi, the Washington Post, and the Cost of Speaking Out
As Saudi Arabia hosts comedians and courts gamers, the silenced voice of Jamal Khashoggi still echoes.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Washington Post dismantled the platform Jamal wrote on. Discarded the fellowship they created in his memory.
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
They fired me unjustly for speaking the truth.
But I’ll never stop talking about my friend, writer, and amazing human, Jamal Khashoggi.
RIP, Jamal.
open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...
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Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
October 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Tim Walz: "My god, we've got the White House threatening investigations and jail time because an escalator stopped? Walk up the damn stairs!"
Korczak Scholarship awarded to students at the University of the Arts Bremen for the first time www.idw-online.de/-DRvXBA
Korczak Scholarship awarded to students at the University of the Arts Bremen for the first time
www.idw-online.de
October 2, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Korczak Scholarship awarded to students at the University of the Arts Bremen for the first time www.idw-online.de/-DRvXBA
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did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ
New NYT Column — Republicans Don't Want to Live in Lincoln's America
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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September 13, 2025 at 2:48 PM
did a read-aloud of my latest column, set to the backdrop of a drive through central virginia youtu.be/pq8TUlk4BxQ
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PLEASE read this one. Kinda required reading. If you agree, which I hope you do, print in color and magnetically attach to your refrigerator. It is marvelous and very clear to all who visit: this is what we stand for. PERIOD.
March 30, 2025 at 4:39 AM
PLEASE read this one. Kinda required reading. If you agree, which I hope you do, print in color and magnetically attach to your refrigerator. It is marvelous and very clear to all who visit: this is what we stand for. PERIOD.
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I wish I had hope for gun control and that I could believe “political violence has no place in this country”.
But we live in a country that accepts white children being massacred by gun violence.
Not just accepts, but worships violence.
But we live in a country that accepts white children being massacred by gun violence.
Not just accepts, but worships violence.
September 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
I wish I had hope for gun control and that I could believe “political violence has no place in this country”.
But we live in a country that accepts white children being massacred by gun violence.
Not just accepts, but worships violence.
But we live in a country that accepts white children being massacred by gun violence.
Not just accepts, but worships violence.