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The value of reading history is you know that in 1860 there were abolitionists who were so demoralized that they thought chattel slavery would be permanent. 5 years later those still alive had lived to see its end.

L.A. County Department of Youth Development to host annual youth summit This Friday, November 14, the Los Angeles County Department of Youth Development (DYD) will host its annual “Rooted In Us” youth summit, a free, interactive event designed to uplift youth

This Friday, November 14, the Los Angeles County Department of Youth Development (DYD) will host its annual “Rooted In Us” youth summit, a free, interactive event designed to uplift youth leadership and community empowerment.

Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

"Europeans recognize his vision about free public transit and universal childcare. We expect our governments to make these kinds of services accessible to all of us,” said Verbeek. “We pay higher taxes and get civilized societies in return."

baseball is cinema, actually

ok update that Kara Walker’s brilliant work at The Brick is also completely magical

got to experience MONUMENTS at @moca-la.bsky.social today and it completely took my breath away. can’t stop thinking about this first piece by Bethany Collins especially but the whole show was beyond. LA friends, go see it go see it go see it!

"normies do not care about this thing and so it is no use raising a stink" is imho just an excuse for not doing politics, which is the job of making normies care about something

Vibe shift in the culture towards earnestness

For God’s sake let us sit upon the ground
And tell sad stories of the death of kings

Breathtaking, unsettling, healing: how US artist Kara Walker transformed a Confederate monument The sweeping exhibition Monuments, which features 19 contemporary artists, opens in LA on 23 October

“ “Who heals a wound that continually opens itself?”- Kara Walker www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Opinion | The ‘Sewer Socialism’ of Zohran Mamdani

ok apparently this is a Mamdani fan page now but this is so good: “The way to advance his worldview, he argues, is to show that it works. As he told The New Yorker in a recent interview, ‘The most important thing is delivering.’”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/16/o...

well if nothing else at least there's the option of a totally enthusiastic crush on Zohran to spark joy?

"A few years ago I received a DM from Zohran Kwame Mamdani. Only recently did I discover its existence. It was a very unusual DM—especially coming from a local assemblyman who would soon be running for higher office. He had very little name recognition at the time, and could have benefited from publicity. But unlike the thousands of messages I’ve received from people with something to promote, Zohran did not ask to be featured on Humans of New York. Instead he asked if he could introduce me to taxi drivers that were struggling beneath the burden of debt. Coming from a man with political ambitions, this self-denying request was so strange as to be almost singular. I don’t endorse politicians on Humans of New York. But I’ll endorse a good man. And it was a good man who cleared 30 minutes from his schedule yesterday to swing by Grand Central and visit Dear New York’s Vanderbilt Hall Exhibition. Nearly fifty-student artists were visiting that day with their families, and I thought a surprise visit from this widely-loved future mayor would be a special memory for all of them. Before Zohran’s arrival I was convinced I’d made a terrible mistake. The exhibit was filled to capacity with adult visitors. Dear New York is self-funded so there was very little staff and security for crowd control. In the crush of people I was almost certain this special day for the kids would devolve into thirty minutes of selfie requests. But everyone rose to the occasion."

black text on white background "Hundreds of adults quickly cleared the room and stood outside the exhibit. Eleven very notable adult photographers are also featured in the show, but even they took a step back, so that these students could briefly have the stage to themselves. Each child stood by their work and Zohran was able to meet all of them, one at a time, and honor their contributions to the most-visited art show in New York City. Thanks to everyone who ceded the stage yesterday to make this moment possible. Thank you Zohran for literally sitting down on the floor so that these young artists could feel so tall. Thanks for continually centering other people in your life and work. And thank you, for being such an important part of Dear New York."

A large group of children and adults pose together indoors in front of a sign reading "DEAR." A man in a suit sits cross-legged in front, surrounded by smiling kids. The background features an ornate architectural detail.

I thought this was lovely.

YouTube video by Focus Features HAMNET - Official Trailer [HD] - Only In Theaters This Thanksgiving

you guys you guys you guys THIS STORY youtu.be/xYcgQMxQwmk?...

Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.

I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.

ok but what do we call the precise stage of emotional distress when one simply must watch the last ten minutes of North & South three times in a row?

Here’s a graph about Medicaid that everyone needs to see:

open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

An hour ago in Falls Church, Virginia.

Padilla: If this is how DHS responds to a senator with a question you can only imagine what they're doing to farm workers, to cooks, to day laborers out in the Los Angeles community and throughout California.

Apropos of nothing I feel like one of the most important things to help your kids develop is an ability to self-regulate.

In unprecedented payout, L.A. County will settle sex abuse claims for $4 billion The $4 billion, if approved, would appear to dwarf the largest sex abuse settlements in U.S. history.

"Taken together, the thousands of lawsuits paint a picture of a government that failed to intervene as its facilities turned into hunting grounds for predators who held immense power over the children in their custody." www.latimes.com/california/s...

The Dangerous Yet Desirable Work of Being an Incarcerated Firefighter in California More than 900 prison firefighters were responding to the crisis in Los Angeles — but their pay is low and the ethics of their choice are complicated.

How many incarcerated firefighters are fighting the LA wildfires? What type of work are they doing? And how do they feel about it?

I teamed up with @themarshallproject.org to answer all these questions we've been seeing online: www.themarshallproject.org/2025/01/11/l...

Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates — their novels highlight the fragility of public health today Between 40% and 50% of children didn’t live past 5 in the US during the 19th century. Popular authors like Charles Dickens documented the common but no less gutting grief of losing a child.

“To dismiss them as old-fashioned is to assume they are outdated because of the passage of time. But the collective pain of a high child mortality rate was eradicated not by time, but by effort.” theconversation.com/infectious-d...

L.A. to become a ‘sanctuary’ city for migrants in response to Trump threat The Los Angeles City Council officially declared the city a “sanctuary” for migrants on Tuesday, barring the use of city resources or personnel to assist federal immigration enforcement…

The Los Angeles City Council unanimously approves so-called “sanctuary city” ordinance that bars city resources from being used to assist in mass deportations: ktla.com/news/local-n...

ok nature is healing @rwgilmoregirls.bsky.social is here ✨