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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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Incredible. If you grew up in Indiana, you know what a big deal this is.
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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✏️ Süleyman Akın yazdı | Karşıdan karşıya geçerken elimizi bırakan bir şair: Zafer Ekin Karabay #SendikaOrgYazıları

sendika.org/2025/09/kars...
Karşıdan karşıya geçerken elimizi bırakan bir şair: Zafer Ekin Karabay
“Biz kalanlara göre her şey yolundayken bir genç adamın intiharı biraz olsun sessizliği hak etmiyor mu?” Belki de Zafer Ekin’in şiirini bugün hâlâ okuma ihtiyacı hissetmemizin sebebi de bu çelişki: Gö...
sendika.org
September 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Journalists everywhere need to stand in solidarity on this killing spree and resulting news blackout. See below in this thread for some actions and stay tuned here https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/israel-hits-gaza-hospital-killing-least-20-people-including-five-journalists-2025-08-25/
Israel hits Gaza hospital, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists
Israel struck Nasser hospital in the south of the Gaza Strip on Monday, killing at least 20 people, including five journalists who worked for Reuters, the Associated Press, Al Jazeera and others.
www.reuters.com
August 25, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
While imprisoned without charge in 1977, he made the seminal decision to write only in Gikuyu, expounding the idea that African literature should be written in African languages, and wrote a novel in Gikuyu on government-issued toilet paper.
www.wsj.com/arts-culture...
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, East Africa’s Leading Novelist and Social Critic, Dies at 87
He insisted that African literature should be written in African languages to serve as an authentic voice.
www.wsj.com
May 29, 2025 at 2:42 AM
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Haliburton is the real deal yall
May 22, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Ms.Rachel is showing more humanity than our politicians
May 21, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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#Türkiye: RSF condemns yesterday's arrest of Joakim Medin, a Swedish journalist for the daily Dagens ETC, upon his arrival in 🇹🇷 , where he was due to cover the protests shaking the country. He must be immediately released and allowed to inform the public about developments in Türkiye.
March 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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BREAKING: Yuval Abraham, co-director of Oscar-winning documentary "No Other Land," says Israeli settlers beat his co-director Hamdan Ballal, injuring his head and stomach — and then Israeli soldiers invaded the ambulance he was in and seized him.

Ballal's whereabouts are now unknown.
March 24, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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bianet’in X hesabına sansür

bianet.org/haber/bianet...
March 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
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With a complete media blackout imposed by the Radio/TV Authority, a massive arrest wave seems underway against the protesters in Istanbul and Ankara.

Dark dawn in Turkey.
March 23, 2025 at 2:25 AM
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Elon Musk is assisting Erdoğan’s efforts to move Turkey from a competitive authoritarian to a full authoritarian regime.

www.politico.eu/article/musk...
March 22, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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🔴 RTÜK Başkanı tehdit etti, televizyon kanalları canlı yayını kesti

kisadalga.net/haber/gundem...
RTÜK Başkanı tehdit etti, televizyon kanalları canlı yayını kesti
RTÜK Başkanı Şahin'in televizyon kanallarına yayın durdurma ve lisans iptali uygulanabileceği açıklaması sonrası, kanallar canlı yayını durdurdu.
kisadalga.net
March 22, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Huge news from Turkey: Ekrem İ̇mamoğlu, Istanbul’s popular mayor and Erdogan opponent has been detained alongside a long list of his political allies. This comes hours after his decades long university diploma was revoked; today long list of alleged crimes, claiming he leads a criminal organization.
March 19, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Thomas Jefferson's Rotunda, the pride of the University of Virginia, was built by enslaved people.

How far have we really come since then?
March 8, 2025 at 3:29 AM
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Sesame Street really tells the story of America:

- Created for PBS to educate young (especially Black!) children
- Becomes a beloved institution cherished by the entire country
- Gets privatized and kicked to premium cable due to budget cuts
- Unionization leads to mass layoffs

What a country!
March 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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9 yıl önce bugün #Zaman, #Cihan, #TodaysZaman ve #Aksiyon barbarca bir baskınla susturulmuştu. Unutma!

Nine years ago, #Zaman #TodaysZaman #Aksiyon and #Cihan silenced with this barbaric raid.

#gazeteciliksuçdeğildir
#Journalismisnotacrime
Brutal government takeover of Turkey's largest newspaper
YouTube video by Social Port
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March 5, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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First new pharaoh’s tomb to be found in over a century discovered in Egypt
First new pharaoh’s tomb to be found in over a century discovered in Egypt
The tomb of Thutmose II is the first pharaoh’s tomb to be discovered since Tutankhamun in 1922 It was when British archeologist Dr Piers Litherland saw that the ceiling of the burial chamber was painted blue with yellow stars that he realised he had just…
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 11:45 PM
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⚠️ Sınır Tanımayan Gazeteciler (@rsf.org), 250 bini aşkın takipçiye sahip olduğu #X platformunda bundan böyle paylaşım yapmama kararı aldı.

RSF Türkiye temsilcisi @erolonderoglu.bsky.social
bu kararın nedenlerini Journo takipçileri için yazdı: journo.com.tr/rsf-x-twitte...
Erol Önderoğlu yazdı: Sınır Tanımayan Gazeteciler (RSF) neden X’i terk etti?
Basın özgürlüğü alanında en köklü uluslararası kuruluşlardan biri olan Sınır Tanımayan Gazeteciler (RSF), 250 bini aşkın takipçiye sahip olduğu X platformunda bundan böyle paylaşım yapmama kararı aldı...
journo.com.tr
February 18, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement.

The wholesale erasure of history in real time.
Books mentioning slavery, civil rights removed from shelves at Fort Campbell schools - ClarksvilleNow.com
At an elementary school at Fort Campbell, home of the 101st Airborne Division, librarians are hard at work scrubbing the shelves for books that contain references to slavery, the civil rights movement...
clarksvillenow.com
February 16, 2025 at 3:14 PM