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Shan Overton
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Writer. Educator. Gardener. Contemplative.
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Good news out of Colorado! A Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries. Good work! www.denverpost.com/2025/03/19/e...
Federal judge orders Colorado district to return banned books to school libraries
The order prohibits the school board from removing books “because the district disagrees with the views expressed therein or merely to further their preferred political or religious orthodoxy.”
www.denverpost.com
March 21, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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This workshop will be a great way to get prepared to speak up for libraries! Register below! ⬇️ @txfreedomread.bsky.social @freadomfighters.bsky.social
3/18! Join PEN America, @abfefreeexpression.bsky.social and @everylibrary.bsky.social for Speak Out For Books! Testifying to State Legislative Committees, a free webinar on shaping and strategizing comments to legislative committees about book ban-related bills. Register now: pen.org/event/speak-...
March 12, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Iowa State Senator Tony Bisignano, himself a Catholic, spoke truth to power when he called out his fellow Christians in the state house who not only voted for Iowa's anti-trans bill last week, but refused to engage in debate over the impact it would have on trans Iowans and their families.
March 4, 2025 at 10:43 PM
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SCOOP: Now that Linda McMahon is confirmed/sworn in as secretary, Trump will be imminently issuing an executive order eliminating the Department of Education.

I’ve obtained a draft of an email that McMahon will be sending to staff re: the EO and the department’s “final mission”.

Here is a portion:
March 4, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Today's “24-hour economic boycott” calls on Americans to avoid online or in-store purchases from corporations.
'Hold Your Money': Economic Blackouts Gain Momentum in Protest of Corporate and Government Policies - Ms. Magazine
A nationwide economic boycott on Feb. 28 disrupts corporate power and government, urging Americans to halt spending and support small businesses.
buff.ly
February 28, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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The GOP passed a budget resolution last night that will gut Medicaid, SNAP, and other vital programs — as 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

Why? To finance tax cuts for the top 1%.

We have socialism in this country for the rich, harsh capitalism for everyone else.
February 26, 2025 at 11:31 PM
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A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
DOGE released data about federal contract savings. It doesn't add up
A new government tracker claims DOGE has saved billions from ending federal contracts. But an NPR analysis of the data finds the claimed savings don't add up.
www.npr.org
February 20, 2025 at 1:55 AM
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February 19, 2025 at 5:29 AM
This President’s Day, celebrate your Right to Read by checking out a banned book!
February 17, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Current reading list. What’s yours?
February 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Gulf of MEXICO
February 12, 2025 at 4:01 AM
My read after the capitalist-Christian nationalist-patriarchal orgy they call the Super Bowl. I need a mental exorcism.
February 10, 2025 at 4:35 AM
February 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Black History Month
Day 6

Nikki Giovanni (1943-2024)
February 7, 2025 at 2:15 AM
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hi can I please encourage you to go participate in cultural events, even if it is just to witness & support. it will be good for you and your brain and also for the folks who are making the art. stay curious. ❤️
February 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Black History Month, Day Two
Lucille Clifton (1936-2010)

why some people be mad at me sometimes

they ask me to remember
but they want me to remember
their memories
and i keep on remembering
mine.
February 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“Like desire, language disrupts, refuses to be contained within boundaries.[…] To recognize that we touch one another in language seems particularly difficult in a society that would have us believe that there is no dignity in the experience of passion.” - bell hooks, Teaching to Transgress
February 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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For #BlackHistoryMonth we're offering 40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
40% OFF Haymarket Books on the Struggle for Black Liberation
Black History Month is not only a celebration of the rich history of Black life, politics, culture, and struggle. It is also a reminder to engage every day with that history as we ...
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February 1, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Celebrating #blackhistorymonth
February 1, 2025 at 4:06 PM
New letter at The Sparrow Chronicles -
shanoverton.substack.com/p/the-revolu...
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Thought & Action in a Time of Tumult
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January 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
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We made the decision to leave Twitter today.

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January 21, 2025 at 3:09 AM
A new piece on transforming rage and despair into something else altogether: open.substack.com/pub/shanover...
Make Love & Blessing - Throw Flowers!
Is there a way to channel this rage and despair into something good?
open.substack.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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January 16, 2025 at 11:41 PM
January 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM