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Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
December 23, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Democracy depends on a fearless and free press.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
Corporations or ultra-wealthy individuals with many other business interests should not be allowed to control our media.
They cannot be trusted to prioritize the public’s right to know over their own financial interests.
In our DNA open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan... This is such an important film to watch right now.
In our DNA
Unbroken and the Mayor of Chicago
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October 27, 2025 at 3:09 AM
In our DNA open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan... This is such an important film to watch right now.
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CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
October 12, 2025 at 5:32 PM
CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.
"I'm with Marty Mcfly" open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan... “We will not be driven into fear in an age of unreason. If we dig deep in our history and our doctrine…we are not descendants from fearful men. " Edward R. Murrow #Truth
"I'm with Marty Mcfly"
Truth in the age of unreason with with Murrow, Kimmel, Petro, Coates, Trump, Mia Mottley and Frankenstein
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September 28, 2025 at 6:57 PM
"I'm with Marty Mcfly" open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan... “We will not be driven into fear in an age of unreason. If we dig deep in our history and our doctrine…we are not descendants from fearful men. " Edward R. Murrow #Truth
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making my way through the ken burns JAZZ documentary and this portion of his interview with dave brubeck — who passed in 2012 — is a reminder of how *recent* american history really is. start at :55 or so. youtu.be/stadqAHRroA?...
Dave Brubeck and what WWII didn't solve...
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August 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
making my way through the ken burns JAZZ documentary and this portion of his interview with dave brubeck — who passed in 2012 — is a reminder of how *recent* american history really is. start at :55 or so. youtu.be/stadqAHRroA?...
The weight of silence - How a hidden massacre in the south of Haiti in 1964 reminds us of the costs of dictatorship #Duvalier#haiti#dictatorship
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The Lingering Weight of Silence in 1964:Simityè Kamoken
Filmmaker Rachèle Magloire elicits residue from the past in her documentary that explores the destruction and massacre on residents of a small town in the South of Haiti under Francois Duvalier
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July 16, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The weight of silence - How a hidden massacre in the south of Haiti in 1964 reminds us of the costs of dictatorship #Duvalier#haiti#dictatorship
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This is a beautiful conversation between two writers who talk about, art, memory, humor and our need for story. open.substack.com/pub/junot/p/...
Junot Díaz + Elif Shafak
A recording from Junot Díaz's live video
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July 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
This is a beautiful conversation between two writers who talk about, art, memory, humor and our need for story. open.substack.com/pub/junot/p/...
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
July 15, 2025 at 6:15 PM
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little."
-FDR, 1937
-FDR, 1937
a reflection on the power of hymn ferdinand23.substack.com/p/amazing-gr...
Amazing Grace and the Gambler
Amazing Grace and the Gambler
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April 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
a reflection on the power of hymn ferdinand23.substack.com/p/amazing-gr...
open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan... #Haiti Our world is split between those who read the news, and those who don’t. For those who don’t read the news, they are bombarded. And if you read the news, not much is said on Haiti. I thought I had a responsibility to share what I am hearing/reading.
The Haitian Voices on My Algorithm
A Call and Response
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March 23, 2025 at 5:09 PM
open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan... #Haiti Our world is split between those who read the news, and those who don’t. For those who don’t read the news, they are bombarded. And if you read the news, not much is said on Haiti. I thought I had a responsibility to share what I am hearing/reading.
I wrote something about these times, about Haiti and Musk, about rockets raining down waste and the collateral damage threatening a central truth. open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan...
February 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
I wrote something about these times, about Haiti and Musk, about rockets raining down waste and the collateral damage threatening a central truth. open.substack.com/pub/ferdinan...