Rosenberg Fund for Children
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Helping the children of targeted progressive activists and targeted activist youth since 1990. Founded and run by the family of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg and Abel Meeropol. Learn more and support us: www.rfc.org
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trial by jury clearly has a role to play today as it did then. you can read other lessons from this history - ways that multiracial groups people living and working in the North resisted slave power under Black leadership in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
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November 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
trial by jury clearly has a role to play today as it did then. you can read other lessons from this history - ways that multiracial groups people living and working in the North resisted slave power under Black leadership in the latest @hammerandhope.bsky.social
hammerandhope.org/article/unde...
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Nearly a million incarcerated people depend on rural hospitals for care – but now, thanks to Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' many of those hospitals are at risk of closing
This will devastate entire communities, including people behind bars
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This will devastate entire communities, including people behind bars
More here👇
When Rural Hospitals Close, Incarcerated People Lose Healthcare - WORT-FM 89.9
Today’s guests talk about how Medicaid cuts will reduce access to life-saving healthcare for incarcerated people in rural areas.
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November 7, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Nearly a million incarcerated people depend on rural hospitals for care – but now, thanks to Trump's 'big beautiful bill,' many of those hospitals are at risk of closing
This will devastate entire communities, including people behind bars
More here👇
This will devastate entire communities, including people behind bars
More here👇
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Long live sandwich guy!
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Jurors Find Sandwich Hurler Not Guilty of Assault
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November 6, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Long live sandwich guy!
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How are the Rosenberg Fund for Children and "Strange Fruit" connected?
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November 7, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How are the Rosenberg Fund for Children and "Strange Fruit" connected?
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Withholding SNAP benefits leaves millions without the means to survive. We’ve heard from numerous RFC grantee families impacted by the loss, many of whom are facing the real fear of being unable to feed their children as they grapple with the targeting they’ve already experienced.
Trump announces he will refuse to follow the court order to provide SNAP benefits to needy families.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Withholding SNAP benefits leaves millions without the means to survive. We’ve heard from numerous RFC grantee families impacted by the loss, many of whom are facing the real fear of being unable to feed their children as they grapple with the targeting they’ve already experienced.
Bushart’s case is just one of many, including those of activists within the RFC beneficiary community, dealing with the fallout of an escalating censorship culture and rising authoritarianism across the U.S.
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Man Jailed for Facebook Meme Is Freed in Tennessee
Larry Bushart Jr. spent more than a month in jail after a Tennessee sheriff ordered his arrest for a meme trolling a Charlie Kirk vigil.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Bushart’s case is just one of many, including those of activists within the RFC beneficiary community, dealing with the fallout of an escalating censorship culture and rising authoritarianism across the U.S.
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Execution by nitrogen gas is so clearly cruel and inhumane and amounts to torture. What will it take to finally abolish the death penalty?
Boyd: "There will be no justice in this state until we change this system. I want all my people to keep fighting. Let’s get it.”
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
Boyd: "There will be no justice in this state until we change this system. I want all my people to keep fighting. Let’s get it.”
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
Just over an hour after 3 Supreme Court justices warned that Alabamian Anthony Boyd would suffer psychological torture, he was subjected to the longest nitrogen gas execution in US history, gasping for air more than 225 times. Read my eyewitness account: www.treadbylee.com/p/after-just...
After justices warned of prolonged suffocation, Alabama subjected Anthony Boyd to the longest nitrogen execution in U.S. history.
Boyd was the chairman of Project Hope, a death row-led nonprofit. Its members are left reeling in the wake of their leader's suffocation execution.
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October 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Execution by nitrogen gas is so clearly cruel and inhumane and amounts to torture. What will it take to finally abolish the death penalty?
Boyd: "There will be no justice in this state until we change this system. I want all my people to keep fighting. Let’s get it.”
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
Boyd: "There will be no justice in this state until we change this system. I want all my people to keep fighting. Let’s get it.”
#AbolishTheDeathPenalty
Stay weird, Portland 😂
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'Frogs Together Strong': Why The Portland Protest Frog Is So Good At Trolling Trump
Something tells us the administration is not a fan of the Portland frog.
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October 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Stay weird, Portland 😂
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The RFC's fall newsletter is here! In this issue, activist parents reflect on the current state of the nation. Plus, Angela Y. Davis to headline the RFC's 35th event in spring 2026, and $220K awarded to the children of targeted activists and youth activists already this year. www.rfc.org/newsletter
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
The RFC's fall newsletter is here! In this issue, activist parents reflect on the current state of the nation. Plus, Angela Y. Davis to headline the RFC's 35th event in spring 2026, and $220K awarded to the children of targeted activists and youth activists already this year. www.rfc.org/newsletter
This is very welcome news. The Stop Cop City protesters should never have faced these unjust charges, and although the fight is not over we're grateful that at least the racketeering charges were dismissed. www.democracynow.org/2025/9/10/he...
Georgia Judge Throws Out Racketeering Charges Against All 61 Defendants Accused of Blocking “Cop City”
A Georgia judge said that he will toss out the racketeering charges against all 61 defendants accused of conspiring to block the construction of a $90 million Atlanta police training center known as “...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This is very welcome news. The Stop Cop City protesters should never have faced these unjust charges, and although the fight is not over we're grateful that at least the racketeering charges were dismissed. www.democracynow.org/2025/9/10/he...
Back-to-school beneficiary photos and sweet messages like this one have made our inboxes brighter these days. We remain so inspired by the activist parents around the country making the future more hopeful for the next generations.
September 5, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Back-to-school beneficiary photos and sweet messages like this one have made our inboxes brighter these days. We remain so inspired by the activist parents around the country making the future more hopeful for the next generations.
Summer is drawing to a close and we are starting to look towards a new granting cycle this fall. This note from an RFC beneficiary serves as a reminder of why we do what we do. Our community’s generosity allows us to support young folks all across the country, and for that, we’re grateful.
August 29, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Summer is drawing to a close and we are starting to look towards a new granting cycle this fall. This note from an RFC beneficiary serves as a reminder of why we do what we do. Our community’s generosity allows us to support young folks all across the country, and for that, we’re grateful.
Sharing this sweet message from a beneficiary dad whose son, now a young man, has received RFC grants since the spring of 2009. As a long week draws to a close, we’re thankful for the #activist families we admire and the community around us who makes it possible for us to support them.
August 22, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Sharing this sweet message from a beneficiary dad whose son, now a young man, has received RFC grants since the spring of 2009. As a long week draws to a close, we’re thankful for the #activist families we admire and the community around us who makes it possible for us to support them.
Thursday, join RFC Founder Robert Meeropol, Ellen Meeropol, and film historian Rick Winston at the Colonial Theatre in NH for a screening of Daniel, “... based on E. L. Doctorow’s novel inspired by the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg”.
Tickets & info: www.catamountarts.org/show/details...
Tickets & info: www.catamountarts.org/show/details...
Daniel - Catamount Arts
Thursday, August 21, 7:00 pmPatio Party – 6:00 pm, Speakers – 6:30 pmLocation:The Colonial Theatre2050 Main St.Bethlehem, NHTickets: $10 General Admission, $9 BHC, JFNH and Colonial MembersBuy tickets...
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August 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Thursday, join RFC Founder Robert Meeropol, Ellen Meeropol, and film historian Rick Winston at the Colonial Theatre in NH for a screening of Daniel, “... based on E. L. Doctorow’s novel inspired by the execution of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg”.
Tickets & info: www.catamountarts.org/show/details...
Tickets & info: www.catamountarts.org/show/details...
This admin is firing on all cylinders to deny human rights, attack people in their homes, work places, places of worship, schools and hospitals and cut off vital resources that help people survive. Here's one creative way a dear friend of the RFC is pushing back. www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...
DOGE-impacted federal workers tell their stories in new audio series
The testimonials are from people who've worked inside agencies responsible for the health and safety of millions of Americans.
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July 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This admin is firing on all cylinders to deny human rights, attack people in their homes, work places, places of worship, schools and hospitals and cut off vital resources that help people survive. Here's one creative way a dear friend of the RFC is pushing back. www.axios.com/2025/07/16/d...
Organizers for liberatory movements have always faced intense suppression, surveillance and elevated charges for their activism. But in the last few months we have observed a marked escalation to the threats and harassment families in our community are facing. We are standing firm to support them.
April 11, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Organizers for liberatory movements have always faced intense suppression, surveillance and elevated charges for their activism. But in the last few months we have observed a marked escalation to the threats and harassment families in our community are facing. We are standing firm to support them.
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Our members and organization have had a history of being targeted by political repression.
Trump's actions are nothing new, in an ever increasing and openly fascist government.
Trump's actions are nothing new, in an ever increasing and openly fascist government.
The dark, McCarthyist history of deporting activists | MR Online
Donald Trump is using decades-old laws to expel critics and opponents.
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March 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Our members and organization have had a history of being targeted by political repression.
Trump's actions are nothing new, in an ever increasing and openly fascist government.
Trump's actions are nothing new, in an ever increasing and openly fascist government.
The Rosenbergs were wrongfully executed at the height of the McCarthy era—now 47 is thrusting the U.S. back into the Red Scare days. The recent unlawful arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, the targeting of Yunseo Chung & too many others is a warning sign. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/14/o...
ACLU of Mass.: Khalil’s arrest evokes darkest days of McCarthyism - The Boston Globe
If today the government feels free to target pro-Palestinian protesters, tomorrow it could go after other outspoken critics of its policies.
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March 25, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The Rosenbergs were wrongfully executed at the height of the McCarthy era—now 47 is thrusting the U.S. back into the Red Scare days. The recent unlawful arrest and detention of Mahmoud Khalil, the targeting of Yunseo Chung & too many others is a warning sign. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/03/14/o...
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A jury ruled Greenpeace liable for $660M in Energy Transfer’s baseless SLAPP suit. They want to erase Indigenous leadership at Standing Rock, but we know the truth—our movement was born from prayer, led by Native women + youth. No corporation can silence us. #WaterIsLife #WeWillNotBeSilenced
March 21, 2025 at 3:01 PM
A jury ruled Greenpeace liable for $660M in Energy Transfer’s baseless SLAPP suit. They want to erase Indigenous leadership at Standing Rock, but we know the truth—our movement was born from prayer, led by Native women + youth. No corporation can silence us. #WaterIsLife #WeWillNotBeSilenced
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HAPPENING NOW: 1000+ U.S. Jews are outside ICE headquarters in NYC demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil and protest the Trump-Musk deportation agenda.
We are Jews for freedom and democracy saying #FreeMahmoud
We are Jews for freedom and democracy saying #FreeMahmoud
March 20, 2025 at 11:14 PM
HAPPENING NOW: 1000+ U.S. Jews are outside ICE headquarters in NYC demanding the release of Mahmoud Khalil and protest the Trump-Musk deportation agenda.
We are Jews for freedom and democracy saying #FreeMahmoud
We are Jews for freedom and democracy saying #FreeMahmoud
This is one more example of an alarming rise in the crackdown on free speech, protest and dissent.
“In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota."
“In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota."
Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Greenpeace must pay at least $660m over Dakota pipeline protests, says jury
Non-profit, which will appeal decision, says lawsuits like this are aimed at ‘destroying the right to peaceful protest’
A jury in North Dakota has decided that the environmental group Greenpeace must pay hundreds of millions of dollars to the pipeline…
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March 21, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This is one more example of an alarming rise in the crackdown on free speech, protest and dissent.
“In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota."
“In my six decades of legal practice, I have never witnessed a trial as unfair as the one against Greenpeace that just ended in the courts of North Dakota."
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‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs
‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs
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March 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM
‘I am a political prisoner’: Mahmoud Khalil says he’s being targeted for political beliefs
"It isn’t clear in the moment which actions will work. Many didn’t seem to. But it was the ability to step forward and act again and again amid that fear and uncertainty that made the difference. It did then, and it will today." jacobin.com/2025/03/civi...
Learning From the Courage of the Civil Rights Movement
Many on the Left are wondering what to do against the Trump administration’s vicious assaults on workers, immigrants, and free speech. We can look to the example of US civil rights activists, who kept...
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March 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
"It isn’t clear in the moment which actions will work. Many didn’t seem to. But it was the ability to step forward and act again and again amid that fear and uncertainty that made the difference. It did then, and it will today." jacobin.com/2025/03/civi...
Today marks 60 years since the brutal attacks on Civil Rights marchers in Selma, Alabama (known as "Bloody Sunday") in protest of Jim Crow era Black voter suppression. Today we remember the marchers and lift up all who continue their fight to end racial discrimination and protect voting rights.
March 7, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Today marks 60 years since the brutal attacks on Civil Rights marchers in Selma, Alabama (known as "Bloody Sunday") in protest of Jim Crow era Black voter suppression. Today we remember the marchers and lift up all who continue their fight to end racial discrimination and protect voting rights.
Applications for the RFC's spring grants are now open! (Due March 21) If you are a young person or a parent who has been targeted for your progressive activism, we encourage you to review our guidelines and apply at www.rfc.org/grants. Youth under 25 are eligible.
February 26, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Applications for the RFC's spring grants are now open! (Due March 21) If you are a young person or a parent who has been targeted for your progressive activism, we encourage you to review our guidelines and apply at www.rfc.org/grants. Youth under 25 are eligible.