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Don Bliss
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liver and lover of life -- all life. interested in people who have hearts and minds, know how they work, and know how to use them.
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Yale University Destroyed the First HBCU Before It Could Even Be Built
Before there was Howard, before there was Morehouse, there was a plan for a Black college in New Haven. Yale's community made sure it never opened.
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December 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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“Jingle Bells” Was Written by a Racist Confederate Soldier to Mock Black People
America's most popular holiday song has its origins in Blackface minstrelsy, but many myths have tried whitewash its true history.
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December 8, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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Let's Glow SF | Things To Do | Downtown San Francisco
The country’s largest holiday projection event is returning to downtown San Francisco from December 5–14, 2025.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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cops aren't held accountable for anything they do. 😢😡
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December 4, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Donate to Help Bwengula Kids Thrive Through Circus Arts, organized by Donald Bliss
Several months ago, I discovered Bwengula Arts Academy in Kampala, Uganda. … Donald Bliss needs your support for Help Bwengula Kids Thrive Through Circus Arts
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December 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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December 1, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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How Thanksgiving unites Americans - but also divides us
In some ways, Thanksgiving is a tradition that unites Americans. But the classic image of the Pilgrims obscures important parts of the country's story.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Did it do any good? 🤔
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In World War II, Britain Had to Make Anti-Racism Training Videos for U.S. Soldiers
A Veterans' Day Special from the Archives
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November 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
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November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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ICE Sent 600 Immigrant Kids to Detention in Federal Shelters This Year. It’s a New Record.
Under a zero tolerance policy, the first Trump administration separated immigrant children from their families at the U.S.-Mexico border. New data suggests separations are happening all over the count...
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November 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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November 23, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Border Patrol is monitoring US drivers and detaining those with 'suspicious' patterns
The U.S. Border Patrol is monitoring millions of American drivers nationwide in a secretive program to identify and detain people whose travel patterns it deems suspicious
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November 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
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White nationalism fuels tolerance for political violence nationwide
Active white nationalist groups operate in all but two U.S. states. Researchers have found that there's a strong association between holding white nationalist views and supporting political violence.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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what the actual FUCK?!?!?
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FBI Director Kash Patel Waived Polygraph Security Screening for Dan Bongino, Two Other Senior Staff
As the FBI’s deputy director, Bongino receives some of the country’s most sensitive secrets, including the President’s Daily Brief. His ascent to that position without passing a standard bureau backgr...
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November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Want to make America healthy again? Stop fueling climate change
From extreme heat to mosquito-borne illnesses, climate change is making people sicker and more vulnerable to disease. Health scientists explain what individuals and governments can do about it.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:28 PM
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How supercenters are quietly fueling consumer waste
The arrival of a supercenter results in a 7% bump in consumer waste, a study found.
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November 11, 2025 at 4:25 PM
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How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
ICE's dragnet is expanding across social media, putting everyone's digital lives into the realm of border and immigration enforcement.
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November 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Meet Lieutenant Governor Candidate Michael Tubbs · California Working Families Party
Join California WFP for a Meet and Greet with our endorsed Lieutenant Governor candidate Michael Tubbs!
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November 8, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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YouTube Quietly Erased More Than 700 Videos Documenting Israeli Human Rights Violations
The tech giant deleted the accounts of three prominent Palestinian human rights groups — a capitulation to Trump sanctions.
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November 5, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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please vote with your head and your heart today, and not with your fear and ...
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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San Francisco Happy Hour
Please join The Intercept CEO Annie Chabel and reporter Jonah Valdez for happy hour at Hotel Kabuki on Sunday, November 9, from 5:00-7:00 pm. This event precedes the screening of “If You See Something...
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November 4, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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Stop streaming ICE recruitment ads NOW!
The Trump administration has funneled billions of dollars into these dystopian ICE recruitment ads. Meanwhile, cities are being terrorized by ICE agents who are running rampant with abuses of power, s...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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better late than never!
October 18, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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More Than 170 U.S. Citizens Have Been Held by Immigration Agents. They’ve Been Kicked, Dragged and Detained for Days.
The government does not track how often immigration agents grab citizens. So ProPublica did. Our tally — almost certainly incomplete — includes people who were held for days without a lawyer. And near...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Profitable companies are more likely to pollute
Companies with relatively many patents and more employees own facilities that tend to release lower proportions of their toxic waste into the environment.
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October 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM