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Want to see how broken people are? Look for the saddest news story that you can find ane checkout how many people leave laugh emoji reacts.

I want people to displace the imaginary depictions of *revolutions* that they have come to create in their heads with the actual small revolutionary acts that happen daily. We might get closer to revolution that way.

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter Clifford “Buzz” Grambo patrols the streets of Baltimore to keep his neighbors safe—and make federal agents uncomfortable.

“I want their morale as low as possible because a team with low morale is ineffective.”

Meet the veteran who chases ICE on a scooter

A provocative bestseller wins the National Book Award for nonfiction Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” criticizes Western indifference to civilian suffering in Gaza.

Omar El Akkad’s “One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This” about the war in Gaza won the nonfiction award at the National Book Awards.

NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home Police allege man ‘had reportedly threatened to harm other residents and himself while armed with a metal object’ New South Wales police have used capsicum spray to subdue an 87-year-old man in a Sydney nursing home. Police said the incident occurred at a south-west Sydney aged care home on Wednesday at about 8pm. Continue reading...

NSW police use capsicum spray to subdue 87-year-old man in Sydney nursing home

Patricia Smith on How a Poet Ages Nobody—and I mean NOBODY—warned me about my pubic hair. It glistened for years, springy and sprite, an Ivory Soap-scented welcome mat for lucky episodic visitors. I never gave it much thought, cert…

Patricia Smith’s The Intentions of Thunder: New and Selected Poems has won the National Book Award for Poetry! Read more here: buff.ly/HKCSQQQ

If you’re thinking of doing a thing, DO IT! You don’t need an activism license or much of a clue. You’ll figure it out.

The adultification of Epstein’s victims protects him in death. It protects men like him. It protects the systems that make violence against girls look like consent. These harms don’t always happen on an island. But every time we turn children into adults, we make the island everywhere.

It's unrealistic to keep up with all of the news happening every single day around the world. Give yourself grace and also a break.

My politics are “we live in a society!” but unironically.

Tell Students the Truth About American History We owe it to Americans of all ages to be honest about the country’s past, including its contradictions.

I spent October traveling to schools throughout the South talking to students about American history. What I found were young people who understand we can tell a story that includes both the positive and the negative. As one 8th grader in Memphis said, “Doesn’t seem that hard, just say both things.”

Good morning! May your actions today be guided by kindness and empathy, and may you find a way to contribute to a world that lifts everyone up. Let's make some good trouble!

It's a rolling layoff world These silent layoffs are now just a part of doing business.

I wrote about the stomach clenching reality of work now -- where rolling layoffs are the norm and no one feels secure in their job. Happy Monday! www.axios.com/2025/11/16/r...

'Yes, you can/should just do stuff' is absolutely one of my most enduring and long-standing beliefs [because I also happen to be right, lolololol].

NEW: Epstein survivors release the most powerful PSA I have ever seen.

Make this go viral so every member of the House of Representatives sees it.

Every tyrant & every empire never conceives its own demise & still they crumble. No system of injustice is natural, inevitable, or eternal.

Meet Stephanie St. Clair, The 'Numbers Queen' Who Built A Gambling Empire In 1920s Harlem She used an illegal lottery to make her fortune — and faced down some of New York's most infamous mobsters to secure her domain.

She wasn’t just a crime boss — she was a community protector and outspoken critic of corruption. Born in Guadeloupe, she arrived in New York and quickly saw how mainstream banks excluded Black residents. Her solution? The "numbers racket", (cont)
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Extralibrary Loan: Making the Civic Infrastructure We Need Amid a war on public knowledge, libraries are pushing outward, enlarging the commons through new configurations of civic and creative life.

And here's where some of that work can happen!

Book cover: Freedom Is an Endless Meeting Democracy in American Social Movements Francesca Polletta

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"The chance to navigate [conflict] in-person, in spaces built collectively, meant generating new ideas + new ways of doing things. The disappearance of the spaces has made it harder for diverse – and even sometimes contradictory – ways [of engaging] in L-wing politics [+] organizing to flourish."

"There were spaces to meet (and argue), spaces to organize and plan – and spaces to socialize too... Having different groups sharing the same space provided opportunities for people to learn how to organize together." "Yet now, the left is looking at a very different and less vibrant landscape."...

Alice Wong’s legacy is the political horizon she helped articulate. A horizon where disabled knowledge is central, and care is a shared commitment. She taught us to name grief & rage without collapsing under them, to celebrate disabled brilliance without ignoring the material conditions shaping life

We don't have enough people doing what they can but I am so grateful to those who are. Thank you.

Actually taking the time to make the call, send the letter, show up to the meeting, write the check, go to the protests, do actual mutual aid. Thank you.

Hope the 'nothing matters' chorus will at least take the weekend off.

White men have identities too, lol and they absolutely know that since they do identity politics.

It really is a skill that anyone can acquire and improve.

yes. Also using the meeting to MAKE DECISIONS.

Indie bookstores merge activism and literature for collective care Charis Books, Red Emma’s, and other booksellers serve as intellectual and cultural hubs during rising authoritarianism

“How we’re going to survive is taking care of each other and being in community,” -Taylor Morgan, worker-owner at Red Emma’s

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learned helplessness is truly a thing.

You look for cracks everywhere to exploit against fascists. Period. I think some people seem confused about the state of things in this country.