Tess Abrahamson-Richards
@tess-ar.bsky.social
Director of Data Sovereignty at Hummingbird Indigenous Family Services | Social Welfare PhD student @UW | Mom | My thing: Indigenous Birth Justice, Family Economic Well-being, Indigenous Methodologies
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Among the 35 jail births identified in the news over 10 years, jail staff ignored repeated cries for help or medical assistance in at least 24 cases.
The carceral system is no place for pregnant people.
The carceral system is no place for pregnant people.
December 14, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Among the 35 jail births identified in the news over 10 years, jail staff ignored repeated cries for help or medical assistance in at least 24 cases.
The carceral system is no place for pregnant people.
The carceral system is no place for pregnant people.
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
July 31, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Palestinian children have been killed at a rate of more than one child per hour during Israel's war in Gaza.
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
“A whole classroom of children killed every day for nearly two years,” UNICEF’s executive director said.
Here are some of their stories: wapo.st/3UCiAjn
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Many years ago when I was living in Chicago, I was part of an effort to stop an immigrant jail from being built in Crete. It was a successful campaign. As part of that, we co-created a curriculum unit about mass detention & the prison industrial complex for political Ed. Sharing it here for others.
Mass Detention & PIC
On April 5th, members of the Chicago PIC Collective and the Chicago New Sanctuary Coalition offered a workshop at the Forced Out Unity Forum on Immigration and Incarceration at UIC. Using some of t…
chicagopiccollective.wordpress.com
July 25, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Many years ago when I was living in Chicago, I was part of an effort to stop an immigrant jail from being built in Crete. It was a successful campaign. As part of that, we co-created a curriculum unit about mass detention & the prison industrial complex for political Ed. Sharing it here for others.
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Reposted by Tess Abrahamson-Richards
Reposted by Tess Abrahamson-Richards
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
July 22, 2025 at 12:06 AM
PBS News is not going anywhere.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
We will continue our work without fear or favor, as we have for nearly five decades on the air.
We are profoundly grateful to Viewers Like You for your loyalty and unwavering support.
Via @momsrising.org WA: Did you know you can be fired for taking Washington paid family and medical leave? HB 1213 would change that. Tell the Senate you support HB 1213 by signing in PRO here: actn.et/Yah1f9i0
CSI
actn.et
April 4, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Via @momsrising.org WA: Did you know you can be fired for taking Washington paid family and medical leave? HB 1213 would change that. Tell the Senate you support HB 1213 by signing in PRO here: actn.et/Yah1f9i0
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“the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied”
Israel killed 15 Palestinian paramedics and rescue workers one by one, says UN
Workers on a mission to help colleagues were buried in mass grave in southern Gaza, says humanitarian office
www.theguardian.com
April 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
“the body of one of the dead had been found with his hands tied”
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🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: community organizer and @indivisibleskagit.org member Lelo Juarez was detained and is being held by ICE. We join Indivisibles across Washington, immigrant activists, and WA electeds in demanding his immediate release:
We are heartbroken and outraged to learn that Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez was violently detained by ICE while dropping his partner off at work. He is reportedly being held at a private detention facility in Tacoma, Washington. 🧵
ICE arrests WA farmworker activist in Sedro-Woolley
Alfredo "Lelo" Juarez, 25, has organized on behalf of farmworkers' rights in Washington state since he was 14 years old.
www.seattletimes.com
March 27, 2025 at 12:24 AM
🚨🚨🚨 ALERT: community organizer and @indivisibleskagit.org member Lelo Juarez was detained and is being held by ICE. We join Indivisibles across Washington, immigrant activists, and WA electeds in demanding his immediate release:
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Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...
Grieving husband says "reckless" Texas abortion law led to pregnant wife's death
Between 2019 and 2022, the maternal mortality rate in Texas increased 56% after the state outlawed abortions.
www.cbsnews.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Porsha Ngumezi was killed by Texas’ abortion ban after doctors refused her a D&C to treat the miscarriage she suffered at 11 weeks gestation. She leaves behind a husband and two sons. www.cbsnews.com/news/grievin...
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Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
March 18, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Must read: Mahmoud Khalil speaks out for the first time since his arrest by the Trump administration in an exclusive letter, dictated over the phone to his family, from ICE detention in Louisiana.
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NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Exclusive: NIH to terminate hundreds of active research grants
Studies that touch on LGBT+ health, gender identity and DEI in the biomedical workforce could be terminated, according to documents obtained by Nature.
www.nature.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:17 AM
NEW: The NIH has begun terminating grants for active projects studying gender identity, DEI, environmental justice, climate change, among other topics.
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
At least 16 termination letters have already been sent — and hundreds more are coming, people inside NIH tell me.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I was part of a workgroup integrating Indigenous data sovereignty into this newly updated resource: www.aisp.upenn.edu/centering-eq...
I’m so glad to see it out today! AISP & collaborators carefully frame problems, solutions & current work to #CenterRacialEquity across #DataIntegration.
I’m so glad to see it out today! AISP & collaborators carefully frame problems, solutions & current work to #CenterRacialEquity across #DataIntegration.
February 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I was part of a workgroup integrating Indigenous data sovereignty into this newly updated resource: www.aisp.upenn.edu/centering-eq...
I’m so glad to see it out today! AISP & collaborators carefully frame problems, solutions & current work to #CenterRacialEquity across #DataIntegration.
I’m so glad to see it out today! AISP & collaborators carefully frame problems, solutions & current work to #CenterRacialEquity across #DataIntegration.
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Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the age of 39.
February 21, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Malcolm X was assassinated on February 21, 1965 at the age of 39.
“There’s a direct link between incarceration and the history of land theft our communities have endured,” said Sunny Red Bear
February 20, 2025 at 10:49 PM
“There’s a direct link between incarceration and the history of land theft our communities have endured,” said Sunny Red Bear
Excited to have been a part of the all Indigenous opening plenary at this year’s National Home Visiting Summit #nhvsummit
February 13, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Excited to have been a part of the all Indigenous opening plenary at this year’s National Home Visiting Summit #nhvsummit
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I know Mahmoud. Like all of these attacks, this is so heartbreaking and wrong. "Israeli police raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict. The police claimed the books incited violence."
Israeli police raid Palestinian bookshop in east Jerusalem and seize books they say incite violence
Israeli police have raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict.
apnews.com
February 11, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I know Mahmoud. Like all of these attacks, this is so heartbreaking and wrong. "Israeli police raided a long-established Palestinian-owned bookstore in east Jerusalem, detaining the owners and confiscating books about the decades-long conflict. The police claimed the books incited violence."
My fave Yared Nuguse with the indoor mile record - wish I was there! #millrosegames
February 8, 2025 at 11:00 PM
My fave Yared Nuguse with the indoor mile record - wish I was there! #millrosegames
FISHER!!!!
Millrose Games | Men’s 3000m: Strength vs. Speed
"While Fisher’s advantage in this matchup is strength and Hocker’s is speed, the 3000m serves as a solid happy medium between the two that should produce a historically fast battle.”
Full preview: citiusmag.beehiiv.com/p/2025-millrose-games-preview
"While Fisher’s advantage in this matchup is strength and Hocker’s is speed, the 3000m serves as a solid happy medium between the two that should produce a historically fast battle.”
Full preview: citiusmag.beehiiv.com/p/2025-millrose-games-preview
February 8, 2025 at 9:47 PM
FISHER!!!!
Oh this is so disappointing! My oldest child was hospitalized with RSV as a toddler, and that experience is largely what shaped my fear around covid when I had my youngest in June 2020. RSV can be so awful.
There's a new shot to protect babies from RSV but the hitch is: no one can actually get it because the drug companies completely fucked up
The RSV Shot For Babies Was Supposed To Save Lives. Then Nobody Could Get It.
Drugmakers grossly underestimated demand from patients for nirsevimab, the RSV vaccine for babies, and now supplies have all but dried up.
www.romper.com
December 21, 2023 at 11:32 PM
Oh this is so disappointing! My oldest child was hospitalized with RSV as a toddler, and that experience is largely what shaped my fear around covid when I had my youngest in June 2020. RSV can be so awful.
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it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
December 14, 2023 at 10:35 AM
it's wild that R, the ubiquitous statistical computing language, was co-created by a Māori prof (Ross Ihaka) — and yet the vast majority of scientists who use R don't know
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
this is like inventing the toaster. possibly the largest impact of a single member of an indigenous community on modern science
Belated thank you @romich.bsky.social! ☺️
Great original framework for thinking about roles of tribes in policy implementation and analyst, an overlooked part of federalism. As @tess-ar.bsky.social points out, even people who *should* know about intergovernmental relationships with tribes often *don't.*
November 29, 2023 at 10:33 PM
Belated thank you @romich.bsky.social! ☺️