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Already burdened by years of slashed funding and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
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@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
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Trump Cuts Leave VA Hospital Nurses and Veteran Patients in a Crisis
Already burdened by years of funding cuts and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis as the impact of the Trump a...
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November 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Already burdened by years of slashed funding and understaffing, registered nurses who work at Veterans Health Administration facilities across the country are facing a crisis.
@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
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@maximillianalvarez.bsky.social reports on the effects of cuts to the federal workforce.
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"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social
At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet?
“The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
"The idea that these companies that have their profit wrapped up in the continued sale and use of fossil fuels is outright contrary to the very goals of the Paris Agreement..." I learned a lot from this conversation between @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social and @dharna.bsky.social
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Join us tonight at @redemmas.org, Baltimore folks!
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
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Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
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November 22, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Join us tonight at @redemmas.org, Baltimore folks!
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🚨 New from me, @tayagraham.bsky.social, & Stephen Janis
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
November 22, 2025 at 5:15 PM
🚨 New from me, @tayagraham.bsky.social, & Stephen Janis
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
Will we ever see the FULL Epstein Files?
We know you have a LOT of questions after this wild week, and we did our best to answer them @therealnews.com
Watch here: youtu.be/-iUPNi4A7f4?...
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BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
Project Censored presents "State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition" with Mickey Huff, Mischa Geracoulis, Maximillian Alvarez, Allison Butler, and Eleanor Goldfield
Highlighting the year’s most significant independent journalism—including original, investigative reports on ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence—State of the Free Press 2026 illumin...
redemmas.org
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
BALTIMORE! Need y'all to come out to @redemmas.org tomorrow. We're talking about the state of the free press & we got a LOT to discuss. I'll be joining the great Mickey Huff, @eleanorg.bsky.social, & Mischa Geracoulis of @projectcensored.bsky.social. Come join us!
redemmas.org/events/proje...
redemmas.org/events/proje...
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What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
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What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
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November 21, 2025 at 3:02 AM
🚨 New from me:
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
At the Minnesota Union Leadership Program, I posed this question to a range of emerging labor leaders from different unions & worker centers across the state. Here’s what they said...
therealnews.com/union-member...
November 20 is Black Consciousness Day in #Brazil. A day celebrating the struggle of Black groups, communities & movs & celebrating Brazil’s most historic Black leader, #Zumbi dos Palmares. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #ConcienciaNegra
Zumbi dos Palmares: Brazil's hero of Black resistance
Zumbi dos Palmares was the leader of the great Palmares Quilombo, in colonial Brazil. He was killed by Portuguese forces on Nov. 20, 1695, after years of struggle. He is Brazil’s greatest hero of Blac...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:01 PM
November 20 is Black Consciousness Day in #Brazil. A day celebrating the struggle of Black groups, communities & movs & celebrating Brazil’s most historic Black leader, #Zumbi dos Palmares. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social #ConcienciaNegra
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
The Right funds its media. Can progressive philanthropy meet the moment?
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
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November 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Rigorous, principled, independent journalism is an essential part of movement building.
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Ah, this is so amazing! @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social talked to rank-and-file union members with the Minnesota Union Leadership Program about what it means to be part of the labor movement in these difficult times. Thanks so much for covering this, Max!
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
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November 20, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Ah, this is so amazing! @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social talked to rank-and-file union members with the Minnesota Union Leadership Program about what it means to be part of the labor movement in these difficult times. Thanks so much for covering this, Max!
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there’s not a lot of hope, there’s a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it could be so transformative.”
What does it mean to be a union member in these dark times?
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there's not a lot of hope, there's a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it ...
therealnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“I feel so strongly that, in these moments where we feel like there’s not a lot of hope, there’s a lot of hope when it comes to this community… There is so much power and influence that labor has, it could be so transformative.”
This year’s COP30 conference has more fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance than any previous conference, but it has also drawn the biggest delegation of Indigenous peoples from around the world—each group representing competing visions for addressing the climate crisis.
At COP30, humanity must choose: Fossil fuel industry profits or a livable planet?
“The presence of lobbyists and other representatives from the fossil fuel industry… is a huge problem, obviously, for the COP process,” Dharna Noor says. “The idea that these companies that have their...
therealnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This year’s COP30 conference has more fossil fuel lobbyists in attendance than any previous conference, but it has also drawn the biggest delegation of Indigenous peoples from around the world—each group representing competing visions for addressing the climate crisis.
“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said US Rep. Ilhan Omar.
After ‘disgusting display’ at White House, Omar says Congress must stop Trump sale of F-35s to Saudis
“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said US Rep. Ilhan Omar.
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November 19, 2025 at 3:49 PM
“Trump is prioritizing weapons-contractor profits and his own family’s business interests,” said US Rep. Ilhan Omar.
“Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill,” said one local official.
‘This is our reality’: Charlotte residents horrified after Border Patrol arrests women for honking car horn
“Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill,” said one local official.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
“Our city has gone from a thriving city to a standstill,” said one local official.
“Hospitals have become targets for the Israeli occupation and the Israeli army. Many hospitals have been destroyed… Doctors, nurses, and medical teams have been kidnapped from hospital premises.”
‘We lose many patients’: Inside Gaza’s last hospitals
"Hospitals have become targets for the Israeli occupation and the Israeli army. Many hospitals have been destroyed... Doctors, nurses, and medical teams have been kidnapped from hospital premises."
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November 18, 2025 at 5:35 PM
“Hospitals have become targets for the Israeli occupation and the Israeli army. Many hospitals have been destroyed… Doctors, nurses, and medical teams have been kidnapped from hospital premises.”
“I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm.”
‘Americans should be enraged’: reports expose unprecedented corruption at Trump DOJ
“I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm.”
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November 17, 2025 at 7:58 PM
“I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm.”
“Alabama prisons are completely lawless at this point,” author Matthew Whalan tells @rattlingthebars.bsky.social. “A lot of the order that is injected into them is really just from prisoners organizing themselves.”
'The Alabama Department of Corrections is a drug cartel'
“Alabama prisons are completely lawless at this point,” author Matthew Whalan says. “A lot of the order that is injected into them is really just from prisoners organizing themselves.”
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November 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
“Alabama prisons are completely lawless at this point,” author Matthew Whalan tells @rattlingthebars.bsky.social. “A lot of the order that is injected into them is really just from prisoners organizing themselves.”
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🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
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Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
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November 17, 2025 at 4:14 PM
🚨 WHY THIS STARBUCKS STRIKE IS DIFFERENT - @kimkelly.bsky.social
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
@therealnews.com
Reporting on the ground from the Red Cup Rally in Philly, Kim Kelly breaks down why this strike is so important & how it's different from other collective actions @sbworkersunited.org have taken against Starbucks.
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Excellent reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social. This strike is a huge escalation.
No contract, no coffee, no scabs: Starbucks workers strike nationwide
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November 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Excellent reporting by @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social. This strike is a huge escalation.
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Mohammed Abutawila gives an on-the-ground update to the Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social, from Gaza a month after the ceasefire: rebuilding homes, distributing water, and surviving amidst massive destruction.
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
Mohammed Abutawila gave Working People an on-the-ground update from Gaza a month after the supposed ceasefire began.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Mohammed Abutawila gives an on-the-ground update to the Working People Podcast with @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social, from Gaza a month after the ceasefire: rebuilding homes, distributing water, and surviving amidst massive destruction.
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
“I Dream of Seeing My Country Free and Safe.”
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The main man @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social came up to Philly yesterday to cover the @sbworkersunited.org rally for @therealnews.com (and yours truly has a cameo at 7:13) m.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYg...
No contract, no coffee, no scabs: Starbucks workers strike nationwide
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November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
The main man @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social came up to Philly yesterday to cover the @sbworkersunited.org rally for @therealnews.com (and yours truly has a cameo at 7:13) m.youtube.com/watch?v=2yYg...
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No contract, no coffee, no scabs! My on-the-ground report from the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in Philadelphia on day one of the nationwide, indefinite strike
Watch here:
youtu.be/2yYg7sl3MmQ?...
No contract, no coffee, no scabs! My on-the-ground report from the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in Philadelphia on day one of the nationwide, indefinite strike
Watch here:
youtu.be/2yYg7sl3MmQ?...
No contract, no coffee, no scabs: Starbucks workers strike nationwide
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November 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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No contract, no coffee, no scabs! My on-the-ground report from the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in Philadelphia on day one of the nationwide, indefinite strike
Watch here:
youtu.be/2yYg7sl3MmQ?...
No contract, no coffee, no scabs! My on-the-ground report from the @sbworkersunited.org picket line in Philadelphia on day one of the nationwide, indefinite strike
Watch here:
youtu.be/2yYg7sl3MmQ?...
“This is an open-ended strike… They’re going to be on strike until they win. This is a big escalation… That’s got to be kind of scary for the suits.”
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
No contract, no coffee, no scabs: Starbucks workers strike nationwide
"This is an open-ended strike… They're going to be on strike until they win. This is a big escalation… That's got to be kind of scary for the suits.”
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November 14, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“This is an open-ended strike… They’re going to be on strike until they win. This is a big escalation… That’s got to be kind of scary for the suits.”
@sbworkersunited.org
@sbworkersunited.org
During the Great Depression, hundreds of thousands of families were losing their homes each year. Farmers were particularly vulnerable. But neighbors found a way to push back and help, called a penny auction. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social
How farmers fought the banks and won: Penny auctions in the Great Depression
When the banks put farmers’ homes and land up for auction, their neighbors would arrive already committed to keep the price low. They would bid next to nothing, then give it all back. This is episode ...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:13 PM
During the Great Depression, hundreds of thousands of families were losing their homes each year. Farmers were particularly vulnerable. But neighbors found a way to push back and help, called a penny auction. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social
“The Zohran moment extends beyond NYC,” said one organizer.
Progressive challenger Katie Wilson elected mayor of Seattle
“The Zohran moment extends beyond NYC,” said one organizer.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:55 PM
“The Zohran moment extends beyond NYC,” said one organizer.
For nearly 20 years, Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune shielded him from justice. We followed the money to uncover how privilege and power made his crimes possible.
Jeffrey Epstein: How wealth protected America’s worst child sex criminal
For nearly 20 years, Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune shielded him from justice. We followed the money to uncover how privilege and power made his crimes possible.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
For nearly 20 years, Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune shielded him from justice. We followed the money to uncover how privilege and power made his crimes possible.