Eve J. Chung
@evejchung.bsky.social
Women’s human rights lawyer with a background in international criminal law. National bestselling author of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG (2024).
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Today is World Refugee Day, so I wanted to share some lines from my book, DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG, which is based on my grandma’s experience as a refugee fleeing China’s Civil War.
I think of the refugees today, who escape horrific conditions, only to be met with hostility.
No person is “illegal.”
I think of the refugees today, who escape horrific conditions, only to be met with hostility.
No person is “illegal.”
June 20, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Today is World Refugee Day, so I wanted to share some lines from my book, DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG, which is based on my grandma’s experience as a refugee fleeing China’s Civil War.
I think of the refugees today, who escape horrific conditions, only to be met with hostility.
No person is “illegal.”
I think of the refugees today, who escape horrific conditions, only to be met with hostility.
No person is “illegal.”
Reposted by Eve J. Chung
The New Yorker won three Pulitzer Prizes—the most ever awarded to a magazine in a single year—for its journalism on the effects of war throughout the Middle East.
The New Yorker Wins Three 2025 Pulitzer Prizes
The awards honor Mosab Abu Toha’s commentary on the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza; Moises Saman’s photographs of Syria after Assad, and the third season of the In the Dark podcast.
www.newyorker.com
May 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
The New Yorker won three Pulitzer Prizes—the most ever awarded to a magazine in a single year—for its journalism on the effects of war throughout the Middle East.
In honor of Indie Bookstore day this weekend, I want to encourage everyone to support my local bookstore, Astoria Bookshop.
You can order a signed and personalized copy of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG through them—they also ship internationally!
www.astoriabookshop.com/item/zb7C99c...
You can order a signed and personalized copy of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG through them—they also ship internationally!
www.astoriabookshop.com/item/zb7C99c...
April 26, 2025 at 8:18 PM
In honor of Indie Bookstore day this weekend, I want to encourage everyone to support my local bookstore, Astoria Bookshop.
You can order a signed and personalized copy of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG through them—they also ship internationally!
www.astoriabookshop.com/item/zb7C99c...
You can order a signed and personalized copy of DAUGHTERS OF SHANDONG through them—they also ship internationally!
www.astoriabookshop.com/item/zb7C99c...
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April 24, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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Under Israel’s brutal system of Apartheid against Palestinians, HD Hyundai's heavy machinery is being used to demolish Palestinian homes, businesses, and essential infrastructure. Act now.
#NoMachinery4Apartheid
#NoMachinery4Apartheid
No Machinery for Apartheid
Act now and call on HD Hyundai to suspend the supply of its heavy machinery to Israel.
www.amnesty.org
April 25, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Under Israel’s brutal system of Apartheid against Palestinians, HD Hyundai's heavy machinery is being used to demolish Palestinian homes, businesses, and essential infrastructure. Act now.
#NoMachinery4Apartheid
#NoMachinery4Apartheid
For anyone in NJ area, I’m doing a paperback launch event at WORD in Jersey City on May 6th at 7:00 pm!
April 21, 2025 at 11:38 PM
For anyone in NJ area, I’m doing a paperback launch event at WORD in Jersey City on May 6th at 7:00 pm!
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Musk is rapidly pushing forward the privatization of space and satellite operations that have long been managed by the NOAA. DOGE has acquired confidential data from NOAA’s competitors—an alarming development that has further cemented SpaceX’s dominance in the space and satellite industry.
March 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Musk is rapidly pushing forward the privatization of space and satellite operations that have long been managed by the NOAA. DOGE has acquired confidential data from NOAA’s competitors—an alarming development that has further cemented SpaceX’s dominance in the space and satellite industry.
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You have nothing to lose but your pikachains.
March 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
You have nothing to lose but your pikachains.
I told my 4-year-old daughter to put her stuffed animals (ponies) away because it’s bed time, and she said, “no, they’re nocturnal.”
March 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I told my 4-year-old daughter to put her stuffed animals (ponies) away because it’s bed time, and she said, “no, they’re nocturnal.”
Powerful opening:
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
—GREAT GATSBY
Via CARELESS PEOPLE
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
—GREAT GATSBY
Via CARELESS PEOPLE
March 21, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Powerful opening:
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
—GREAT GATSBY
Via CARELESS PEOPLE
“They were careless people, Tom and Daisy—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness, or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”
—GREAT GATSBY
Via CARELESS PEOPLE
On whether or not to be “political.”
In a world where politicians can dismiss “human rights” as “political,” merely existing as a human being is political.
In a world where politicians can dismiss “human rights” as “political,” merely existing as a human being is political.
March 17, 2025 at 3:32 PM
On whether or not to be “political.”
In a world where politicians can dismiss “human rights” as “political,” merely existing as a human being is political.
In a world where politicians can dismiss “human rights” as “political,” merely existing as a human being is political.
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The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army
U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army
web.archive.org
March 14, 2025 at 3:03 AM
The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...
Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...
Disgusting.
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Never thought that being against the disappearing of people would be a radical left position.
March 14, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Never thought that being against the disappearing of people would be a radical left position.
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CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
🚨 Everyone needs to call their Dem Senator right now. They are starting to cave.
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
Tell them:
1. Vote NO on Cloture
AND
2. Vote NO on the Republican spending bill.
Don’t let them pivot to reconciliation. GOP doesn’t need Dem votes on that and they know it.
TODAY is the showdown.
🤳🏽: (202) 224-3121
March 13, 2025 at 6:54 PM
CALLS ARE WORKING - it has bought us precious time, but we NEED to keep the pressure up.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
Tomorrow is the cloture vote.
KEEP CALLING: (202) 224-3121 ☎️☎️☎️
Tell your Dem Senator to vote NO on Cloture and NO on the Republican spending bill.
Do NOT assume your Senator will be good on this. Trust me.
For those wondering why a South African would come here and meddle with our politics, the answer is quite clear. M wants apartheid, and has decided it’s easier to get it in the U.S. than South Africa. By fomenting both facism and white supremacy, he wants to resurrect the society of his childhood.
March 12, 2025 at 7:21 PM
For those wondering why a South African would come here and meddle with our politics, the answer is quite clear. M wants apartheid, and has decided it’s easier to get it in the U.S. than South Africa. By fomenting both facism and white supremacy, he wants to resurrect the society of his childhood.
President of the United States telling people who say they can’t afford to buy eggs to go and buy a Tesla (you can get one for “only” 35,000 dollars after all) is the modern emperor-wannabe equivalent of “let them eat cake.”
March 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
President of the United States telling people who say they can’t afford to buy eggs to go and buy a Tesla (you can get one for “only” 35,000 dollars after all) is the modern emperor-wannabe equivalent of “let them eat cake.”
Reprisals against students who are speaking out about Gaza—students who are echoing what the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, and other human rights orgs have all said about war crimes and genocide—is a threat to our ENTIRE democracy.
March 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Reprisals against students who are speaking out about Gaza—students who are echoing what the United Nations, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam, and other human rights orgs have all said about war crimes and genocide—is a threat to our ENTIRE democracy.
On international women’s day, I want to honor the women who came before me. This includes my mom and grandma, but also the women’s human rights defenders who have shaped our world. Thank you for your courage, and may we honor your legacy by doing the same for future generations.
March 8, 2025 at 4:26 PM
On international women’s day, I want to honor the women who came before me. This includes my mom and grandma, but also the women’s human rights defenders who have shaped our world. Thank you for your courage, and may we honor your legacy by doing the same for future generations.
There is power in numbers. EVERY Democrat should have stood up with Al Green, or walked out with Jasmine Crockett. That is how we protect dissent, and protect each other.
Silence while wearing pink blazers is just decorating the cage.
Silence while wearing pink blazers is just decorating the cage.
March 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
There is power in numbers. EVERY Democrat should have stood up with Al Green, or walked out with Jasmine Crockett. That is how we protect dissent, and protect each other.
Silence while wearing pink blazers is just decorating the cage.
Silence while wearing pink blazers is just decorating the cage.
U.S. gov has terminated all funding agreements with UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. These grants, totalling ~ $377 million, provide critical maternal health care, protection from violence, rape treatment and other life-saving care…
Link to statement in comments
Link to statement in comments
March 4, 2025 at 4:21 AM
U.S. gov has terminated all funding agreements with UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. These grants, totalling ~ $377 million, provide critical maternal health care, protection from violence, rape treatment and other life-saving care…
Link to statement in comments
Link to statement in comments
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The biggest story in the country right now is how many lawsuits DOJ is losing trying to defend Musk and Trump. I've never seen so many courts, so clearly outraged at the federal government. The latest one, blocks cuts at HHS and FDA.
Visit www.democracydocket.com to stay informed.
Visit www.democracydocket.com to stay informed.
February 11, 2025 at 7:04 PM
The biggest story in the country right now is how many lawsuits DOJ is losing trying to defend Musk and Trump. I've never seen so many courts, so clearly outraged at the federal government. The latest one, blocks cuts at HHS and FDA.
Visit www.democracydocket.com to stay informed.
Visit www.democracydocket.com to stay informed.
I’m not a football fan, but cannot help but feel inspired that the Eagles, who apparently were favored to lose, didn’t just win—they creamed Trump’s (and prob Elon’s) favored team. Guess money can’t buy everything! Thank you Philly for bringing some joy, and massive congratulations!
February 10, 2025 at 5:21 AM
I’m not a football fan, but cannot help but feel inspired that the Eagles, who apparently were favored to lose, didn’t just win—they creamed Trump’s (and prob Elon’s) favored team. Guess money can’t buy everything! Thank you Philly for bringing some joy, and massive congratulations!
Re boycotts, if you can quit a company cold turkey and refrain from buying immediately, that’s fantastic! But if not, buying less still helps. Cutting 50%, or even 25%, is still better than nothing, and definitely adds up.
February 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Re boycotts, if you can quit a company cold turkey and refrain from buying immediately, that’s fantastic! But if not, buying less still helps. Cutting 50%, or even 25%, is still better than nothing, and definitely adds up.