Leni Chanel
@lenichanel.bsky.social
"Be bold - and mighty forces will come to your aid."
Writer, editor, educator, advocate - servant to all; constant conduit.
Writer, editor, educator, advocate - servant to all; constant conduit.
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She reimagined dolls for her daughter — and defied stereotypes about Indigenous women
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She reimagined dolls for her daughter — and defied stereotypes about Indigenous women
In her “First American Doll” series, Indigenous photographer Cara Romero showcases the diversity of tribes and their unique regalia and cultural histories.
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December 12, 2025 at 6:57 PM
She reimagined dolls for her daughter — and defied stereotypes about Indigenous women
19thnews.org/2025/12/firs...
19thnews.org/2025/12/firs...
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The regime once swore he would never see his family in Maryland again. They were wrong. He's out and on his way home.
December 12, 2025 at 6:15 PM
The regime once swore he would never see his family in Maryland again. They were wrong. He's out and on his way home.
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism | Slavery | The Guardian share.google/L05wjfDxp4FJ...
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism
Research shows that the British colonial wealth extraction system still influences the region’s tourist industry
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December 12, 2025 at 6:59 PM
‘Rebranded plantations’: how empire shaped luxury Caribbean tourism | Slavery | The Guardian share.google/L05wjfDxp4FJ...
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This is about truth and justice—for victims and survivors. These subpoenaed photos from the Epstein estate are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions about who knew what, and when—which is exactly why the files need to be released.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
🚨 BREAKING: Oversight Dems received 95,000 new photos from Jeffrey Epstein's estate. These disturbing images raise even more questions about Epstein and his relationships with some of the most powerful men in the world.
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
Time to end this White House cover-up. Release the files!
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
This is about truth and justice—for victims and survivors. These subpoenaed photos from the Epstein estate are deeply disturbing and raise serious questions about who knew what, and when—which is exactly why the files need to be released.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
The Epstein Files Act is law. Trump can release them today.
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People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.
25 years ago today, SCOTUS elected George W Bush president of the United States by blocking completion of a voting canvass in Florida. A subsequent canvass by the Associated Press showed that Bush's rival, Al Gore, had won the race in Florida—and thus the contest for the presidency—by 700 votes.
December 12, 2025 at 6:45 PM
People are worried about Trump not leaving office in 2029 but they should be more worried about the Supreme Court enabling perpetual Republican rule by overturning what remains of the Voting Rights Act and campaign finance laws. SCOTUS has those cases this term.
The Secret History of Central Park's Bethesda Fountain share.google/H063BFfNJJnY...
The Secret, Gilded Age History of Central Park’s Most Famous Statue
Emma Stebbins was the toast of 19th-century Rome and an art-world trailblazer. Her work is still being celebrated today.
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December 10, 2025 at 6:33 PM
The Secret History of Central Park's Bethesda Fountain share.google/H063BFfNJJnY...
The Vatican held these sacred Indigenous artifacts for more than a century. They’re on their way home | CNN share.google/QOGPkqCX06JM...
The Vatican held these sacred Indigenous artifacts for more than a century. They’re on their way home | CNN
Indigenous leaders waited on the snowy tarmac at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport Saturday as the precious cargo was unloaded from an Air Canada jet.
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December 8, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The Vatican held these sacred Indigenous artifacts for more than a century. They’re on their way home | CNN share.google/QOGPkqCX06JM...
Crow Tribe looks to ‘reset the clock’ on blood quantum requirements, expand enrollment | AP News share.google/6rjCCX1L4gKx...
Crow Tribe looks to ‘reset the clock’ on blood quantum requirements, expand enrollment
A proposal by the Crow tribal chair could dramatically change who counts as a Crow tribal member under the “blood quantum” standard, a concept created by White settlers and rooted in assimilation tact...
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December 7, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Crow Tribe looks to ‘reset the clock’ on blood quantum requirements, expand enrollment | AP News share.google/6rjCCX1L4gKx...
Daring to Be Free — a revelatory history of enslaved rebellion share.google/uvIizIQtAiZS...
Daring to Be Free — a revelatory history of enslaved rebellion
Sudhir Hazareesingh’s powerful account of enslaved resistance in the Americas places the rebels and fighters front and centre
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December 7, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Daring to Be Free — a revelatory history of enslaved rebellion share.google/uvIizIQtAiZS...
A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home | Black US culture | The Guardian share.google/K5kLD3XfnXLB...
A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home
US descendants of Harris Neck’s Gullah Geechee families seek the return of ancestral land seized for a wartime airfield
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December 1, 2025 at 1:33 AM
A Black Georgia community uprooted in 1942 still fights to go home | Black US culture | The Guardian share.google/K5kLD3XfnXLB...
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"Second, the Mayor-elect hasn’t made any statements, written or verbalized, public or private, regarding Arabic numerals. Because it would be silly. You know why? We already use Arabic numerals every day. All of us."
Sigh... We Already Teach Arabic Numerals
Why are they like this?
charlotteclymer.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 AM
"Second, the Mayor-elect hasn’t made any statements, written or verbalized, public or private, regarding Arabic numerals. Because it would be silly. You know why? We already use Arabic numerals every day. All of us."
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Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
November 23, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Pretty remarkable that Trump has installed someone on the Saudi dole — Jared Kushner collects millions in fees from the Saudis every year — in a key role for America's most sensitive and consequential foreign policy negotiations (Gaza, Ukraine), and it is largely TREATED AS A NON-STORY
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Gift link. Long form article.
History will not be kind to us. The xenophobia is at pathological levels and the psychological abuse is intentional. White nationalism is the goal, to decrease the reality that we will some day be a white minority country.
#momsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
History will not be kind to us. The xenophobia is at pathological levels and the psychological abuse is intentional. White nationalism is the goal, to decrease the reality that we will some day be a white minority country.
#momsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
November 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Gift link. Long form article.
History will not be kind to us. The xenophobia is at pathological levels and the psychological abuse is intentional. White nationalism is the goal, to decrease the reality that we will some day be a white minority country.
#momsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
History will not be kind to us. The xenophobia is at pathological levels and the psychological abuse is intentional. White nationalism is the goal, to decrease the reality that we will some day be a white minority country.
#momsky
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/21/o...
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#ResistanceRoots
Theodore Dwight Weld was born on this day in 1803 in Hyde Park, Mass. Renowned for his powerful oratory, strategic organization and influential writings, Weld was a major architect and leader of the abolitionist movement who helped galvanize public opinion against slavery. /1
Theodore Dwight Weld was born on this day in 1803 in Hyde Park, Mass. Renowned for his powerful oratory, strategic organization and influential writings, Weld was a major architect and leader of the abolitionist movement who helped galvanize public opinion against slavery. /1
November 23, 2025 at 10:06 PM
#ResistanceRoots
Theodore Dwight Weld was born on this day in 1803 in Hyde Park, Mass. Renowned for his powerful oratory, strategic organization and influential writings, Weld was a major architect and leader of the abolitionist movement who helped galvanize public opinion against slavery. /1
Theodore Dwight Weld was born on this day in 1803 in Hyde Park, Mass. Renowned for his powerful oratory, strategic organization and influential writings, Weld was a major architect and leader of the abolitionist movement who helped galvanize public opinion against slavery. /1
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#ResistanceEarth
Indigenous villages in low-lying areas of Alaska are increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including thawing permafrost, frequent flooding and erosion. Trump has eliminated grants aimed at protecting communities against these threats.
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Indigenous villages in low-lying areas of Alaska are increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including thawing permafrost, frequent flooding and erosion. Trump has eliminated grants aimed at protecting communities against these threats.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Alaska Native villages have few options and little US help as climate change devours their land
Storms that battered Alaska’s western coast this fall have brought renewed attention to low-lying Indigenous villages left increasingly vulnerable by climate change
abcnews.go.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:26 AM
#ResistanceEarth
Indigenous villages in low-lying areas of Alaska are increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including thawing permafrost, frequent flooding and erosion. Trump has eliminated grants aimed at protecting communities against these threats.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
Indigenous villages in low-lying areas of Alaska are increasingly vulnerable to climate change impacts, including thawing permafrost, frequent flooding and erosion. Trump has eliminated grants aimed at protecting communities against these threats.
abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...
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It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.
It doesn't actually matter if Chuck Schumer votes for this or not.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
If he can't keep his caucus unified to protect healthcare for over 10 million Americans, he should resign as leader.
November 10, 2025 at 1:50 AM
It shows Schumer no longer has the caucus.
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Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
November 10, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Trump is 30 points underwater. Dems swept the special elections. People know the GOP is responsible for the shutdown. So the Dem Senators pulled out their big guns... and shot themselves in the foot.
Breakout Painter Chase Hall Hits at the Heart of Race and Fatherhood share.google/SYexiumy1OZb...
Chase Hall Hits at the Heart of Race and Fatherhood
In the latest work by Chase Hall, on view at Galerie Eva Presenhuber, material investigations explore race and identity.
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June 28, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Breakout Painter Chase Hall Hits at the Heart of Race and Fatherhood share.google/SYexiumy1OZb...
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"If people are shocked Mamdani could win, it’s because we’re so used to people’s votes not counting, and to powerful establishment politicians winning no matter what happens."
Read politics editor @leximcmenamin.com's full op-ed here ⤵️
Read politics editor @leximcmenamin.com's full op-ed here ⤵️
The Democratic Party Needs to Learn from Zohran Mamdani's Guts and Backbone
Zohran Mamdani did something different, and it made all the difference.
www.teenvogue.com
June 25, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"If people are shocked Mamdani could win, it’s because we’re so used to people’s votes not counting, and to powerful establishment politicians winning no matter what happens."
Read politics editor @leximcmenamin.com's full op-ed here ⤵️
Read politics editor @leximcmenamin.com's full op-ed here ⤵️
