citizenAlex
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A citizen concerned about what is happening in the US and the state of the world.
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Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones magazine, calls it a “catastrophic ruling” that further normalizes extreme partisan gerrymandering. “This whole exercise made a complete mockery of democracy.”
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Ari Berman, voting rights correspondent for Mother Jones magazine, calls it a “catastrophic ruling” that further normalizes extreme partisan gerrymandering. “This whole exercise made a complete mockery of democracy.”
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Authoritarians use technology to spy on us and silence our voices. We're pushing back to defend democracy. Learn more and Take Back CTRL today: takebackctrl.org/fight-for-d...
December 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Authoritarians use technology to spy on us and silence our voices. We're pushing back to defend democracy. Learn more and Take Back CTRL today: takebackctrl.org/fight-for-d...
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Food banks were already struggling to keep with demand. Then, Trump slashed $1 billion from crucial USDA programs supporting them.
Now, thanks to his shutdown, millions of Americans in at least 25 states will lose access to food stamps on November 1st.
The perfect storm of cruelty.
Now, thanks to his shutdown, millions of Americans in at least 25 states will lose access to food stamps on November 1st.
The perfect storm of cruelty.
October 23, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Food banks were already struggling to keep with demand. Then, Trump slashed $1 billion from crucial USDA programs supporting them.
Now, thanks to his shutdown, millions of Americans in at least 25 states will lose access to food stamps on November 1st.
The perfect storm of cruelty.
Now, thanks to his shutdown, millions of Americans in at least 25 states will lose access to food stamps on November 1st.
The perfect storm of cruelty.
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This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
October 19, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This is what solidarity looks like. Together, we will win.
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ProPublica identified 155 counties in the Deep South with private schools that opened as likely segregation academies.
One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student.
(Published Dec. 2024)
One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student.
(Published Dec. 2024)
The Story of One Mississippi County Shows How Private Schools Are Exacerbating Segregation
A new ProPublica analysis shows a stark pattern across states in the Deep South: Alongside majority-Black public school districts, a separate web of private academies are filled almost entirely with w...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:00 AM
ProPublica identified 155 counties in the Deep South with private schools that opened as likely segregation academies.
One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student.
(Published Dec. 2024)
One in Amite County, Mississippi, has never — over nearly 30 years of surveys — reported enrolling more than one Black student.
(Published Dec. 2024)
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Good.
President Trump doesn’t get to bully private institutions into bending to his ideological will.
President Trump doesn’t get to bully private institutions into bending to his ideological will.
Judge reverses Trump administration's cuts of billions of dollars to Harvard University
A federal judge in Boston has ordered the reversal of over $2.6 billion in federal funding cuts to Harvard University.
apnews.com
September 4, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Good.
President Trump doesn’t get to bully private institutions into bending to his ideological will.
President Trump doesn’t get to bully private institutions into bending to his ideological will.
I had the good fortune recently to be on the beach and see this gorgeous sunrise. It reminded me that there are beautiful things in the world...
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August 16, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I had the good fortune recently to be on the beach and see this gorgeous sunrise. It reminded me that there are beautiful things in the world...
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Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.
August 13, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Here is the chart showing the growth of reported protest over time, 2025 vs. 2017, referenced in the piece below.
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The Ukrainian parliament today approved a bill submitted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week that returned independence to key state anti-corruption agencies.
Ukrainian lawmakers back Zelenskyy’s new bill restoring power to anti-corruption bodies
Parliament completes major U-turn on controversial law.
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July 31, 2025 at 10:25 AM
The Ukrainian parliament today approved a bill submitted by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy last week that returned independence to key state anti-corruption agencies.
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Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”
ICE Agents Invade a Manhattan Little League Field
Youman Wilder has coached local kids for twenty-one years—including four who have gone pro. When masked agents tried to interrogate his players, he told them, “You don’t have more rights than they do....
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July 24, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Recently ICE agents appeared on a Little League field in Manhattan. Coach Youman Wilder told a group of kids who were being interrogated to get behind him and said to the officers, “You don’t have more rights than they do.”