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Our fourth decade of representing the greatest activists and thought leaders of our time.
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Tonight marks the beginning of a holiday rooted in endurance, memory, and the insistence that light matters even when it is fragile.
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 AM
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As a cancer widow, a mother, and a caregiver, I am honored to join @demwomencaucus.bsky.social to lead the charge to fight for the workers who keep this economy alive and to secure the protection, pay, and dignity that every caregiver and every family has been denied for far too long.
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
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Our district has a beautiful tapestry of small businesses that keep the East Bay vibrant and alive.

This #smallbusinesssaturday, lift up a small business in your neighborhood or tag your favorite East Bay Small Business in the thread below.
November 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
October 30, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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My latest opinion piece. Published in The Diplomat.
The Trump–Xi APEC Summit: Seeking a Trade Truce amid China’s “Fortress Without Isolation” Strategy, open.substack.com/pub/jianlido...
The Trump–Xi APEC Summit: Seeking a Trade Truce amid China’s “Fortress Without Isolation” Strategy
The Diplomat
open.substack.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:03 AM
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I discussed the impact of climate change on Hurricane Melissa with Annita McVeigh and Catriona Perry of #BBCNews about climate change-supercharged cat 5 hurricane #Melissa (part 2): youtu.be/609trFTUgZs
Michael Mann discussed the impact of climate change on Hurricane Melissa on BBC News (part 2)
YouTube video by Michael Mann
youtu.be
October 29, 2025 at 2:36 AM
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English translation of my interview with El Pais in advance of my testimony this month to the Mexican Congress re: the risks and harms of fracking for climate, water, air, and health.

“Fracking is the worst US technology since the atomic bomb” is a thing I said.

english.elpais.com/science-tech...
Sandra Steingraber, environmentalist: ‘Fracking is one of the worst US technologies since the atomic bomb’
As the Mexican government considers using this process again to increase dwindling oil reserves, the activist and scientist warns of the social and environmental consequences
english.elpais.com
October 26, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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The insight of those that put their full bodies into working with our communities everyday is invaluable to me. Thank you for taking care of our communities La Clínica-- we’re in this fight together.
October 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Thank you @replsimon.bsky.social for cosponsoring H.R.1307!

We urge Members of Congress to help #EndGunViolence by cosponsoring the Office of Gun Violence Prevention Act.

Congressional Switchboard: (202) 224-3121
October 25, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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This Republican government shutdown has left federal workers without pay, children and families without the resources they need, and communities with uncertainty.

Over the last three weeks, I've been working on legislation to protect and support people through this shutdown.
October 27, 2025 at 1:42 AM
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“Mike Johnson has effectively dissolved the United States House of Representatives.”

Anyone out there still think this is not a democratic, humanitarian, and overall crisis?
House Democrat Declares, ‘Mike Johnson Has Effectively Dissolved the United States House of Representatives’
Rep. Adam Smith said Speaker Mike Johnson has "effectively dissolved" the House.
www.mediaite.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:05 AM
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“Everybody needs to protect their neighbor.” — Dolores Huerta
When neighbors are threatened by ICE, everyday Americans step in with lessons from history...

NEW short film from director Ellen Gavin and immigrant labor icon Dolores Huerta:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOgb...
The People, United
YouTube video by Dolores Huerta Foundation
www.youtube.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:05 AM
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So excited to read this new book by Judith Enck (of @beyondplastics.bsky.social.) But I already have a question: Judith, the problem with plastic are so voluminous - how did you fit them all into such an accessible easy-to-read light little book? @storyofstuff
October 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
shorturl.at/5Fm6W @chuck77.bsky.social was recently challenged: “None of my problems exist as a result of someone else being a billionaire.” - click link for his answer #greed #TaxTheRich
Ten Ways You Are Being Burned by Billionaires
As a co-editor of Inequality.org, I get a lot of fan mail (and a few complaints). Greg B. recently wrote in, “None of my problems exist as a result of
shorturl.at
October 21, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Same, sister.

And 60 years later, when my dad’s PTSD skidded into dementia, he cut down all the shrubs around our house so Nazis couldn’t ambush him.

We didn’t all go through that shit for nothing.

#NoKings Hudson NY Times
October 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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My latest. Published in The Diplomat.
China’s Next Five-Year Plan Will Bet on Technology at Home and Abroad, by @yangjianli001 open.substack.com/pub/jianlido...
China’s Next Five-Year Plan Will Bet on Technology at Home and Abroad
The Diplomat
open.substack.com
October 19, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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1) 7 million took to the streets

2) I didn’t see anyone “voicing frustration.” I did see lots of people “denouncing what they see as the corruption and authoritarian tendencies of Donald Trump,” which is how the Japan Times headlined their story

3) This is me, voicing my frustration with Newsweek
Hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across the country to voice their frustration with President Donald Trump.
Mayors, Political Leaders Speak at ‘No Kings’ Nationwide Protests
www.newsweek.com
October 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Sooner or later, all pipelines leak, esp those carrying liquid CO2 which converts to carbonic acid in the presence of water and is highly corrosive.

It does the same thing inside your lungs.

This is what a leaking CO2 pipeline in Mississippi looks like👇

www.enterprise-journal.com/pipeline-lea...
Pipeline leak being monitored, poses no immediate danger
Officials are monitoring a leak at a carbon dioxide pipeline in northwestern Pike County but they said Thursday night that the situation poses no immediate danger to the public.  The leak occurred aro...
www.enterprise-journal.com
October 17, 2025 at 2:53 PM
A tip for tomorrow #NoKings
October 17, 2025 at 5:54 PM
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This Saturday, Dr. Robert D. Bullard, the “father of environmental justice” and director of the Bullard Center at TSU, will be inducted into the National Academy of Medicine for his decades of leadership advancing equity in health, environment, and climate. Read full press release: ow.ly/eAZm50XcFTq
October 16, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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Dr. Robert D. Bullard to Be Inducted into the National Academy of Medicine in Washington DC This Saturday - Bullard Center at Texas Southern University
Press Release www.bullardcenter.org/press-releas... #Actonclimate #climatechange #HBCU #HBCUalum #HBCUBuzz
Dr. Robert D. Bullard to Be Inducted into the National Academy of Medicine Press Releases
Dr. Robert D. Bullard, Distinguished Professor of Urban Planning and Environmental Policy and Director of the Bullard Center for Environmental and Climate Justice at Texas Southern University, will be...
www.bullardcenter.org
October 17, 2025 at 12:39 AM
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"From Prediction to Reality: How Climate Science Warned Us, and What Comes Next" | Lecture & #ScienceUnderSiege book-signing at @ucmerced.bsky.social, Mon Nov 17!
www.eventbrite.com/e/distinguis...
October 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM