Amy Donaldson

Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

Cam Little with a new record.

Federal judge denies Indiana attempt to dismiss student ID lawsuit A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the state of Indiana’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a ban on student IDs for voting. Judge Richard L. Young, of Indiana’s Southern District Court, noted…

A federal judge on Tuesday rejected the state of Indiana’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging a ban on student IDs for voting.

via @indianacapitalchronicle.com

'Lift the curtain on these files!' Epstein survivor shakes in fear demanding transparency Haley Robson was visibly shaking as she told the story of being one of the many survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier arrested for molesting girls and trafficking them. Robson talked about the fear she felt being pressured by Epstein after he sexually abused her for the first time. She ...

Haley Robson was visibly shaking as she told the story of being one of the many survivors of Jeffrey Epstein, a wealthy financier arrested for molesting girls and trafficking them.

Vinay Prasad returns to the FDA, weeks after his ouster HFO HFO Vinay Prasad returns to a top FDA role just weeks after his abrupt dismissal.

#Breaking: Vinay Prasad is returning to the Food and Drug Administration to resume his role overseeing vaccine, gene therapy, and blood product regulation. www.statnews.com/2025/08/09/v...

Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting to enter Gaza. Why can't the UN bring them in? The United Nations and experts say that Palestinians in Gaza are at risk of famine, with reports of increasing numbers of people dying from causes related to malnutrition.

Israel says hundreds of truckloads of aid are waiting for pickup on Gaza's border for the U.N. to distribute. But the U.N. says it’s unable to bring in enough aid to Palestinians as it is hindered by Israeli military restrictions and a breakdown of security.

NFL will fine more than 100 players for reselling Super Bowl tickets at a profit The league prohibits employees and players from selling NFL game tickets acquired from their employer for more than the ticket’s face value.

The NFL plans to fine more than 100 players and roughly two dozen club employees who were found to be in violation of the NFL’s Ticket Resale policy in connection with Super Bowl 59 tickets.

Ohio renters need to make $22.51 an hour to afford two-bedroom apartment, new report shows • Ohio Capital Journal Ohioans need to be making at least $22.51 an hour working a full-time job to be able to afford a “modest” two-bedroom apartment, according to a new report released this week. The average Ohio renter…

Ohioans need to be making at least $22.51 an hour working a full-time job to be able to afford a “modest” two-bedroom apartment, according to a new report released this week. The average Ohio renter earns $18.62 an hour ohiocapitaljournal.com/2025/07/18/o...

Are We About to Have Labor Camps in the United States of America? If you think that’s far-fetched, then you really haven’t been paying attention to what the Trump administration and Republicans in Congress have been up to lately.

In 2023, the United States budgeted $12.8 billion to build new affordable housing. We’re about to spend nearly four times on detention centers what we spend on housing. https://trib.al/7FqAHX3

After a century of dispossession, Black farmers are fighting to get back to the land And drawing on past movements to reclaim their agricultural heritage.

The total economic hit to Black wealth from land loss could be in excess of $300 billion—a significant contributor to the persistent racial wealth gap that hangs over US society. (From 2021)

Stadium Developer CEO Charged with Bid-Rigging Over New Texas Arena Timothy Leiweke was indicted over allegations that he convinced a rival firm not to compete on the project.

The chief executive officer of stadium developer Oak View Group was charged with conspiring with a rival to rig the process for constructing a new arena in Texas, authorities said.

ICE agents shutting children's camp declared 'absolutely outrageous'

LA Mayor Karen Bass told reporters there were children in a park attending a day camp when masked federal agents arrived.

FIFA opens office in Trump Tower World football chief Gianni Infantino has forged a close relationship with Donald Trump.

World football governing body FIFA has boosted its ties with US President Donald Trump by opening an office in New York’s Trump Tower.

Possible sighting of man wanted in the deaths of his 3 daughters prompts search in Idaho Federal authorities in Idaho are following up on a possible sighting over the weekend of a Washington state man wanted in connection with the deaths of his three daughters.

Federal authorities in Idaho are following up on a possible sighting over the weekend of a Washington state man wanted in connection with the deaths of his three daughters.

So they’re basically laundering our federal science budget over to the for-profit prison and concentration camp industry?

NSF’s 2024 budget was $9.06 billion.

NASA: $24.875.

NIH: $47.7 billion.

Fund science, not cruelty.

There is no bottom.

Another point: Many know the Dred Scott decision but aren't as familiar with the aftermath and how states, courts, and politicians responded. 5 examples:

1) Many Northern/Midwest states just ignored the decision.
2) Maine’s high court said Black Americans could vote in state/federal elections. /1

😢

These cases are restored to the calendar for reargument. In due course, the Court will issue an order scheduling argument and specifying any additional questions to be addressed in supplemental briefing.

NEW: SCOUTS decides to rehear a case over a Louisiana congressional voting map with 2 majority-Black districts that state legislature passed to get in line with the Voting Rights Act. "Non-Black" voters argue one district is an unconstitutional racial gerrymander
www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

Spot on. This is the clearest explanation I’ve seen. It ‘s relatable, and humanizes the issue in a way everyone can understand.

ICE is now changing tactics and arresting people who have been granted asylum hearings.
 
This is both a violation of US & international law that demands immediate attention from all New York elected officials & underscores the urgent need for legal service providers to be at all of these cases.

Earth is trapping much more heat than climate models forecast – and the rate has doubled in 20 years Real world measurements of how much extra heat the Earth is trapping are well beyond most climate models. That’s a real problem.

“These findings suggest climate change might well accelerate in the coming years. Worse still, this worrying imbalance is emerging even as funding uncertainty in the United States threatens our ability to track the flows of heat.”
H/t @thinkorswim.bsky.social

theconversation.com/earth-is-tra...

Masked Terror At this point, we have all seen the videos.

One of our earliest civil rights statutes was designed to protect us against masked gangs who violate our constitutional rights. This particular history makes the masked ICE gangs uniquely repugnant. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

They’re planning on building a detention center for migrants in the middle of the fetid swamps of Florida.

If you think this is something new, the first internment camp they sent me and my family to in 1942 was a barbed wire prison called Rohwer. It was located in the swamps of Arkansas.

She flew hazardous fighter planes for Britain during WW2. She just turned 106 Californian Nancy Miller Stratford’s fiance forbade her from going to join the war effort. But her dream was to fly – so she broke off the engagement and went anyway

“Male pilots would sometimes stuff rags or sugar in the gas tank of a woman’s plane to make them crash, or even slash their tires, as Aikman reported in Spitfires. At least one pilot died after someone added sugar to her plane’s gas tank.”

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Take note.

I think the Catholic Church should do this every day in every city

‘Jaws’ made people fear sharks. 50 years later, can it help save them? Scientists are using the lure of Steven Spielberg's blockbuster to aid shark conservation efforts.

After 450 million years of evolutionary history, shark populations are collapsing, and more than a third of shark species and their relatives face extinction.

Now scientists are trying to use the lure of “Jaws” to advance shark conservation efforts.

And without due process this Georgia-born American citizen spends the rest of his life disappeared in a jail
in Jamaica.

Do you get it yet?

CDC Staffing Upheaval Disrupts HIV Projects and Wastes Money, Researchers Say - KFF Health News Researchers laid off in April were putting the finishing touches on in-depth HIV surveys that guide treatment and prevention. Some staff have been reinstated, but data remains in limbo.

Inside sources told me the CDC's massive HIV surveys have been halted. This essentially wastes $72 million already spent, years of effort, and 30K people's time.

Stopping the next round of surveys means trying to curb HIV in the dark. Inefficient to say the least. kffhealthnews.org/news/article...