Nelba Márquez-Greene 🇵🇷

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

We have an update on the Liam Ramos family, and it isn’t good.

The family is in hiding, and Liam is waking up in the middle of the night screaming for his daddy.

LISTEN. The Boss has a song for us.

Of course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE.
First no funding.
Impeach Noem.
Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN.
Demand that Miller resign.

Don’t let up.

A great American.

Good morning, beloved.

Freedom feels like moving with & on purpose.

Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

Merry Christmas or peaceful night to all.

💜

Emmanuel would be 35 today.
Hardworking, trustworthy, and loving, he was taken from his wife and children in a 2023 Austin, TX mass shooting.
He loved taking his children out for lunch and ice cream on Sundays, his only day off each week.

The Impossible Arithmetic of Caribbean Hurricane Resilience Jamaica prepared financially for Hurricane Melissa. It wasn't enough. Climate change is moving the goalposts. What 20 years of regional recovery teaches us about the race we are actually running.

The Impossible Arithmetic of Caribbean Hurricane Resilience:
Jamaica prepared financially for Hurricane Melissa. It wasn't enough. Climate change is moving the goalposts. What 20 years of regional recovery teaches us about the race we are actually running.
open.substack.com/pub/yurichak...

I come on social media to talk to myself publicly.

Donald Trump’s restitution scheme is among the greatest heists in US history Bogus claims of malicious prosecution could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions.

The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.

Mark Kelly speaks at a press conference

Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”

Not one lie here.

The Artist Who Reminds Us that Another Way Is Possible The late artist Abigail McGrath cultivated a creative life for herself filled with freedom, joy, and a commitment to beauty. In an age of authoritarianism and algorithms, it’s a kind of life worth pro...

You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.”

www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...

US gun violence is a preventable health crisis America feels familiar to a British person—until it doesn’t. Lucinda Hiam writes from the US, observing that nothing has felt more foreign than living in a country where the threat of gun violence is ...

“Is anyone here carrying a gun?”
In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected?

www.bmj.com/content/391/...

Thanks to
@billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social

Read to your kids 📖

No kids? Read to your friends’ kids.

No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading!

It is imperative that children are read to ☝️

#WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids

Good morning.

This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.

The Survivor Connection | Philadelphia Center for Gun Violence Reporting The Survivor Connection is a new tool that helps reporters put the survivor at the center of their coverage.

Philadelphia journalists are invited to access this directory of local community experts who feel willing and prepared to share their stories. Each community participant has taken part in our introductory workshop on trauma, media literacy and public health responses to gun violence.

Beyond the Yard: When Celebration Turns to Calamity Gun violence, HBCUs, and our collective responsibility

New from AWR contributor Brent Bailey: Gun violence, HBCUs, and our collective responsibility. --
"Let’s be clear, HBCUs are not the problem. They are the mirror. What we’re seeing on their campuses is the reflection of a society that refuses to invest in the safety and well-being of Black life."

Today i had Boursin cheese and wheat thins for dinner.

Probably the worst eating weekend in a while.

Grief is manifesting wildly.

This is good but not good enough.

We have to stop letting our Latino maga pastors convince us to choose whiteness over Witness, hermano y hermana.

La Palabra es clara en la importancia de la justicia.

I just had brownies and wine for dinner.

Teen Vogue Is Joining Vogue.com The transition, in which Teen Vogue will keep its unique editorial identity and mission, fortifies the evolving Vogue ecosystem.

Teen Vogue and @hechingerreport.org, where I'm an editor, worked together on several stories over the years. @leximcmenamin.com and @allegrak.bsky.social and many others were wonderful partners and this is gutting news. A list of just a few of the stories where Teen Vogue was a valued partner:

New York Times Op-Ed one year ago

Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….”
🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

Tonight at 7 Eastern! Pay what you can including $0. Join me to talk about how unconditional positive regard can be transformative in schools and help you do the hard work of justice-oriented teaching 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.