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@honglibooks.bsky.social
School librarian, l
over of music, books, and animals.
America is Losing Its Soul in Brown-Skinned Screams and White-Skinned Silence
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America is Losing Its Soul in Brown-Skinned Screams and White-Skinned Silence
America is dying.
open.substack.com
July 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point www.nytimes.com/2025/05/08/u...
The Pentagon’s Culture Wars Strike West Point
www.nytimes.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Reposted
NEW: The rate of sepsis in Houston surged 63% after Texas banned abortion.

In the Dallas-Fort Worth area, where hospital leaders empowered doctors to intervene before patients’ conditions worsened, it rose just 29%.
Under Texas’ Abortion Ban, Where a Woman Lives Can Determine Her Risk of Developing Sepsis
While the rates of dangerous infections spiked across the state after it banned abortion in 2021, women in Houston fared far worse than those in Dallas, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind ana...
www.propublica.org
May 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
What. A. Mess.
"Want To Gut Medicaid? It’s Not So Easy."
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Want To Gut Medicaid? It’s Not So Easy.
Republicans are desperate to slash Medicaid—but a top plan would hit red states the hardest
open.substack.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Gripping read that is so on point, especially now.
May 5, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Mass deportations would adversely affect the overall economy while decimating several sectors that rely heavily on immigrant labor — construction, agriculture, and the service industry — especially with an unemployment rate of just over 4%.
May 5, 2025 at 10:39 PM
April 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Beautifully written about the process of farming asa metaphor for "faith, hope, and love. But the greatest of these is love."
April 5, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Happy Trans Visibility Day!
April 1, 2025 at 12:11 AM
In all this insanity, let's not forget. #BlackLivesMatter
February 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Heart-rending, yet hopefully book about foster care, found friends, and family
February 13, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Google has actually changed the Gulf of Mexico name. A little act of resistance from a comment on an NPR story.
1. Google Gulf of Mexico.
2. Gulf of America shows up at the top.
3. Click on the three dots to the right.
February 12, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This book will make you love soccer. And life. A heart squeezing tale of a boy who strives to live up to his role models: Lionel Messi, and his dad, who is dying of ALS.
February 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
A love story for the ages, a love story for our time, this time.
January 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
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Possibly this think tank has never been inside a Costco. Else they would realize how nonsensical their proposal was.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · Jan 24
Costco’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a proposal from a conservative think tank aimed at getting the company to roll back its diversity hiring practices.
Costco's shareholders overwhelmingly reject anti-DEI proposal
Costco's shareholders voted overwhelmingly to reject a motion that would seek report on the risks of diversity, equity and inclusion in the company's hiring practices.
www.npr.org
January 24, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Judge Temporarily Blocks Trump’s Plan to End Birthright Citizenship www.nytimes.com/2025/01/23/u...

“ This is a blatantly unconstitutional order. Where were the lawyers when this decision was being made?"
Seattle Judge Blocks Trump’s Executive Order to End Birthright Citizenship (Gift Article)
A federal judge in Seattle has issued a temporary order halting the president’s plan.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’ www.nytimes.com/2025/01/22/u...
The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: ‘Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?’ (Gift Article)
Bishop Budde locked eyes with President Trump and made a plea for mercy — and the war over spiritual authority in America was ignited anew.
www.nytimes.com
January 23, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Pin this, save it, we’ll need it.

“When a prison camp opens in your town…when a DREAMer is disappeared from your classroom…when the President destroys what’s left of the Constitution…They will all say they didn’t know this was coming. And I want the American people to know that they did.”

AOC 🔥🎯
January 23, 2025 at 1:05 AM
Books for children can change the world, one person at a time.
January 22, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Ask your librarian about the best banned books and buy them for your personal collection before they are disallowed for sale.
January 21, 2025 at 8:53 PM