Tracy Ann Morse
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writing program administrator, rhetoric and writing professor, access advocate, goat enthusiast, striving for awesomeness
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State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
Disability protection groups in two states pause services after missing federal funds
"We are fighting for our very survival."
www.motherjones.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:26 PM
State organizations that advocate for disabled residents in New Jersey and Arkansas announced that they will have to limit their work after not receiving the full funds they are owed by the US federal government.
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April 7, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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"Hell is here, in Boston, in the way a woman’s voice goes unnaturally high as she strangles a shriek when surrounded by six masked people in plainclothes who claim to be police. Hell inhabits the place in your heart where you feel her fear."
Meditations on Hell
“I’m coming to Boston, I’m bringing hell with me.” —Tom Homan, “border czar” and former acting director of ICE - - - Hell is not a lake of fire, no...
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April 4, 2025 at 6:29 PM
"Hell is here, in Boston, in the way a woman’s voice goes unnaturally high as she strangles a shriek when surrounded by six masked people in plainclothes who claim to be police. Hell inhabits the place in your heart where you feel her fear."
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A staffer says: "I fear this April 1 purge will drain the department of crucial disability subject matter and expertise and humanity just when we need it most," and that "the loss of subject matter expertise may threaten the Department's ability to meet its statutory and regulatory obligations."
RFK Jr.'s HHS just dismantled a center focused on efficiency
The firing of all staff at the Center for Policy and Evaluation makes no sense as a cost-cutting measure.
www.motherjones.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A staffer says: "I fear this April 1 purge will drain the department of crucial disability subject matter and expertise and humanity just when we need it most," and that "the loss of subject matter expertise may threaten the Department's ability to meet its statutory and regulatory obligations."
He is still talking. <3 www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
LIVE: Cory Booker speaks on the Senate floor
YouTube video by Associated Press
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April 1, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He is still talking. <3 www.youtube.com/live/rCUK2Vb...
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If this doesn’t make you angry, I don’t know what will. 🤬
March 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
If this doesn’t make you angry, I don’t know what will. 🤬
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No one is safe from Trump’s racist agenda | Bakari T Sellers
No one is safe from Trump’s racist agenda | Bakari T Sellers
Trump’s attacks on civil rights don’t just affect people of color, they reach other citizens as well
I found myself cheating on CNN, where I’m a political commentator, with MSNBC last weekend. I just had to watch my friend, Nikole Hannah-Jones,…
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February 5, 2025 at 12:09 PM
No one is safe from Trump’s racist agenda | Bakari T Sellers
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ICYMI: This biting higher-ed satire was our most-read article of 2024. Thanks to all the academics who shared it around. And thanks to academic Laura McCullough for writing it and sharing her work with us!
Class Is Canceled Until Further Notice While I Do My Job
Our most-read article of 2024. - - -Originally published March 27, 2024. - - -Dear Students — I am sorry to say that I will need to cancel all cla...
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January 5, 2025 at 2:00 AM
ICYMI: This biting higher-ed satire was our most-read article of 2024. Thanks to all the academics who shared it around. And thanks to academic Laura McCullough for writing it and sharing her work with us!
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An era-spanning mega mix of the 1984 hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" will be released this year, to mark its 40th anniversary. But not everybody is happy about it.
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Band Aid 40: time to change the tune?
Critics of the festive charity hit say it 'perpetuates racist stereotypes of African people'
theweek.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:02 PM
An era-spanning mega mix of the 1984 hit "Do They Know It's Christmas?" will be released this year, to mark its 40th anniversary. But not everybody is happy about it.
theweek.com/culture-life...
theweek.com/culture-life...