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Alexa Birdsong
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Digital Dopamine Is Consuming America. It’s Time to Fight for IRL. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/04/o...
Opinion | Digital Dopamine Is Consuming America. It’s Time to Fight for IRL.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:45 PM
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MacDowell Awards 149 Fall Winter Fellowships to Artists
MacDowell, the nation’s first artist residency program, has awarded 149 Fellowships to visionary artists working across seven disciplines, representing 25 states and Washington D.C., as well as 16 cou...
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September 2, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Will the C.D.C. Survive?
Will the C.D.C. Survive?
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August 30, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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Kennedy Center’s New Dance Director Criticized ‘Woke’ Ballet Culture www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/a...
Kennedy Center’s New Dance Director Criticized ‘Woke’ Ballet Culture
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August 27, 2025 at 5:05 AM
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Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift
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August 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift www.nytimes.com/2025/08/26/u...
Public Broadcast Cuts Hit Rural Areas, Revealing a Political Shift
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August 26, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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www.democracynow.org/2025/8/20/dc...
Occupied D.C.? Six GOP States Send National Guard to Washington as Outcry Grows over Trump Power Grab
Six Republican-led states have now pledged National Guard troops to the Trump administration’s takeover of Washington, D.C., where it has assumed control of policing under the claim of tackling crime....
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August 24, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/b...
The Race to Rescue PBS and NPR Stations
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August 20, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass www.nytimes.com/2025/08/18/u...
Texas Democrats End Walkout, Allowing Redrawn Map to Pass
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August 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Gaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand www.nytimes.com/2025/08/01/n...
Gaza War Protesters Arrested at Offices of Schumer and Gillibrand
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August 2, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
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June 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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The Waste Musk Created
Opinion | The Waste Musk Created
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June 22, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes Before Test
#elonmusk
#spaceX
#disaster
#badkarma
SpaceX Starship Rocket Explodes Before Test
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June 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Reposted by Alexa Birdsong
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Former President Barack Obama issued a warning about the future of American democracy, while speaking at an event in Connecticut.

Obama cautioned that the country is “dangerously close” to normalizing behavior “consistent with autocracies.”
June 19, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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The Reagan-Appointed Judge Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial
#constitution
#trump
The Reagan-Appointed Judge Fast-Tracking Trump to Trial
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June 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse
THIS IS AMERICA!
Brad Lander Is Arrested by ICE Agents at Immigration Courthouse
www.nytimes.com
June 17, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Israeli Strikes Target Iran’s Nuclear Program

It’s like these dudes have nothing else to do but destroy our planet.
Israeli Strikes Target Iran’s Nuclear Program
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June 13, 2025 at 1:16 AM
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www.democracynow.org/2025/6/12/co...
“The Beginning of Fascism”: Rep. Delia Ramirez Says Trump’s Immigrant Crackdown Is Crushing Democracy
As immigrant rights protests spread to Chicago, we speak with Democratic Congressmember Delia Ramirez, who is the daughter of Guatemalan immigrants and married to a DACA recipient and recently called ...
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June 12, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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#lornasimpson
#blackart
#themetmuseum

Lorna Simpson: Painting as a Weapon of Freedom
Lorna Simpson: Painting as a Weapon of Freedom
In a small but haunting survey at the Met, a celebrated conceptual artist shifts gears, with meteoric results.
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June 11, 2025 at 1:43 AM
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June 11, 2025 at 12:43 AM
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#blackart
#blacksky
Howardena Pindell Is Still Breaking Down Barriers for Black Artists
“All the whiteness was getting on my nerves.”
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June 9, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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June 9, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
#academia
#censorship
A Professor Was Fired for Her Politics. Is That the Future of Academia?
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June 8, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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#citizenprotest
#nationalguard
#Trump
#policestate
Live Updates: Trump to Send National Guard to L.A. to Quell Immigration Protests
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June 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
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Wonder what ICE’s budget is?
Federal agents conduct immigration raids across LA. Protesters and city officials respond
Immigration and Customs Enforcement said about 44 people were arrested in the raids.
laist.com
June 7, 2025 at 6:10 PM