Meagan Smith, PhD
@meagan1081.bsky.social
Editor. Union leader. Cat lover.
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The richest 0.001% own 3X more wealth than half of humanity.
That’s 56,000 people holding more than $4 billion combined.
The richest 10% own 75% of global wealth.
The bottom 50%? Just 2%.
This isn’t inequality — it’s engineered injustice. We must, and we can, TAX THE RICH.
That’s 56,000 people holding more than $4 billion combined.
The richest 10% own 75% of global wealth.
The bottom 50%? Just 2%.
This isn’t inequality — it’s engineered injustice. We must, and we can, TAX THE RICH.
December 11, 2025 at 11:49 PM
The richest 0.001% own 3X more wealth than half of humanity.
That’s 56,000 people holding more than $4 billion combined.
The richest 10% own 75% of global wealth.
The bottom 50%? Just 2%.
This isn’t inequality — it’s engineered injustice. We must, and we can, TAX THE RICH.
That’s 56,000 people holding more than $4 billion combined.
The richest 10% own 75% of global wealth.
The bottom 50%? Just 2%.
This isn’t inequality — it’s engineered injustice. We must, and we can, TAX THE RICH.
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i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
i do not regret to inform you that we are going to win
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There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court
More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.
coppercourier.com
December 6, 2025 at 5:18 PM
There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.
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The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that provides funding for America's libraries, has announced it is reinstating all grants it had previously terminated, including those to libraries and library organizations across the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
December 4, 2025 at 1:30 AM
The Institute of Museum and Library Services, the federal agency that provides funding for America's libraries, has announced it is reinstating all grants it had previously terminated, including those to libraries and library organizations across the U.S.
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
Read more: https://bit.ly/4496W4V
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Reminder: today at 5 PM is the cutoff to sign up to testify in person or virtually on Tues. morning in support of:
* Immigrant Legal Defense Act
* Dignity Not Deportations Act
If you can’t testify live, submit written testimony for these bills & the Safe Communities Act.
Find out more 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
* Immigrant Legal Defense Act
* Dignity Not Deportations Act
If you can’t testify live, submit written testimony for these bills & the Safe Communities Act.
Find out more 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
NSP Action Alert: Testify In Support of Key Immigrant Legislation
Earlier this week we reported about three key immigration bills that will be discussed at hearings this Tuesday, November 25th. This article outlines how to attend these hearings and how to submit tes...
www.northshoreprogressives.org
November 23, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Reminder: today at 5 PM is the cutoff to sign up to testify in person or virtually on Tues. morning in support of:
* Immigrant Legal Defense Act
* Dignity Not Deportations Act
If you can’t testify live, submit written testimony for these bills & the Safe Communities Act.
Find out more 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
* Immigrant Legal Defense Act
* Dignity Not Deportations Act
If you can’t testify live, submit written testimony for these bills & the Safe Communities Act.
Find out more 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻
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Join us TONIGHT at 7 PM at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem to support our trans, nonbinary, & gender-fluid neighbors and their loved ones. Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️⚧️💜
www.pem.org/events/trans...
www.pem.org/events/trans...
November 20, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Join us TONIGHT at 7 PM at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem to support our trans, nonbinary, & gender-fluid neighbors and their loved ones. Trans rights are human rights! 🏳️⚧️💜
www.pem.org/events/trans...
www.pem.org/events/trans...
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What if we could have leaders who aren't either evil monsters or spineless weenies
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
What if we could have leaders who aren't either evil monsters or spineless weenies
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Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
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November 14, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Happy Friday! In order to continue fighting on behalf of all books, all authors, & all readers Authors Against Book Bans is fundraising. No donation is too small & all are tax deductible!
BU recently ghosted me after a second round in person interview for a job I was really excited about. I’m starting to feel like I dodged a bullet. This is utterly despicable.
The president of the Boston University College Republicans said in social media posts that he repeatedly tipped off immigration authorities about an Allston car wash that was later raided.
BU student brags on social media about calling ICE on Allston car wash workers
ICE raided the car wash. Many of the employees reportedly had legal status, but were unable to immediately provide their documentation when questioned by agents.
www.wbur.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
BU recently ghosted me after a second round in person interview for a job I was really excited about. I’m starting to feel like I dodged a bullet. This is utterly despicable.
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Support workers! #NoContractNoCoffee
November 13, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Support workers! #NoContractNoCoffee
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I feel the need to shout this from the rooftops AGAIN
If we had listened to women like Anita Hill and E. Jean Carroll and Christine Blasey Ford and SO MANY OTHERS we wouldn’t be in this damn mess right now.
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I feel the need to shout this from the rooftops AGAIN
So pleased to see these presses standing by their authors, their readers and their mission.
The article includes insights from press directors @ucpress.bsky.social, @upcolorado.bsky.social, @ugapress.bsky.social, @hopkinspress.bsky.social & @uofmpress.bsky.social as well as AUPresses executive director.
University Presses Continue Their Missions
Despite pressures from Washington, press directors say they will stay the course while dealing with economic concerns.
bit.ly
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 PM
So pleased to see these presses standing by their authors, their readers and their mission.
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Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Did you know that in Canada, if a budget doesn’t pass the government doesn’t shut down?
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
Federal workers aren’t furloughed.
Funding for social services doesn’t dry up.
Failure to pass a budget triggers an election.
It puts the politicians jobs on the line.
They get the budget passed.
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agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
November 10, 2025 at 12:36 AM
agreeing to make a terrible deal while your main opponent is quite literally being boo'd on live tv by an entire stadium of people is the kind of political instinct you'd normally only find in a 3 week old dead goldfish
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All these jokers trying to play 3D chess maybe try to master checkers or connect four first. I’d sacrifice some weekends trying to teach them tic tac toe if that would help.
It's designed to be rejected, I just don't think this is the 3d chess they think it is...
November 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
All these jokers trying to play 3D chess maybe try to master checkers or connect four first. I’d sacrifice some weekends trying to teach them tic tac toe if that would help.
What an absolutely incredible, perfect moment in American politics!
Cheers, America! We can only hope the next iteration of this moment is as brilliant as this was!
Cheers, America! We can only hope the next iteration of this moment is as brilliant as this was!
HAPPY FOUR SEASONS TOTAL LANDSCAPING DAY TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE
November 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
What an absolutely incredible, perfect moment in American politics!
Cheers, America! We can only hope the next iteration of this moment is as brilliant as this was!
Cheers, America! We can only hope the next iteration of this moment is as brilliant as this was!
“I want Mount Pleasant to be known as the neighborhood of beautiful restaurants, and beautiful streets, and beautiful people…. as the window to the universe from Washington, D.C…. as the neighborhood of wonder, and the neighborhood of the stars.”
That’s actually exactly how I remember it.
That’s actually exactly how I remember it.
November 2, 2025 at 8:46 PM
“I want Mount Pleasant to be known as the neighborhood of beautiful restaurants, and beautiful streets, and beautiful people…. as the window to the universe from Washington, D.C…. as the neighborhood of wonder, and the neighborhood of the stars.”
That’s actually exactly how I remember it.
That’s actually exactly how I remember it.
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Making the wealthiest pay their fair share works.
October 27, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Making the wealthiest pay their fair share works.
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Good Afternoon, America!
A little mid-day music to carry on the fight.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58?...
A little mid-day music to carry on the fight.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58?...
Blind Melon - No Rain
YouTube video by BlindMelonVEVO
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Good Afternoon, America!
A little mid-day music to carry on the fight.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58?...
A little mid-day music to carry on the fight.
#RadioFreeAmerica
youtu.be/3qVPNONdF58?...
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The "No Kings" protests didn’t quite live up to Fox News’s hard-core violent Marxist expectations
October 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The "No Kings" protests didn’t quite live up to Fox News’s hard-core violent Marxist expectations
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Frogs get the Spielberg treatment.
Found this video while explaining the Portland Frogs to someone. Enjoy!
October 18, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Frogs get the Spielberg treatment.
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The president is waging war against America's cities, but Boston will not be silent. We stand together against tyranny and injustice just like we have for 250 years. #NoKings
October 19, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The president is waging war against America's cities, but Boston will not be silent. We stand together against tyranny and injustice just like we have for 250 years. #NoKings
THIS is what solidarity looks like!
Purdue to the rescue of IU student newspaper, whose institution was attempting censorship. Details in alt!
October 19, 2025 at 12:48 AM
THIS is what solidarity looks like!