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Makes radio documentaries, mostly at Radio Diaries, and films, latest *Max Roach: The Drum Also Waltzes*

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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.

Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: β€œNobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”

25.02.2026 02:30 β€” πŸ‘ 1072    πŸ” 486    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 14
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Reminder that, as of the latest reports, Liam Ramos is still in prison in Texas - now for 5 days.

His parents are legal asylum seekers with no criminal record.

27.01.2026 00:30 β€” πŸ‘ 24647    πŸ” 11109    πŸ’¬ 693    πŸ“Œ 577
A photo of the man murdered by ICE today, just before the shooting. He’s standing and holding a phone in his right hand and holding his empty left hand to the sky and looking behind him at a woman running away while an ICE agent closes in on him from the front. On the ground behind the man is a woman that the victim will soon try to help, leading several ICE agents to attack him and pin him to the ground, before shooting him several times.

A photo of the man murdered by ICE today, just before the shooting. He’s standing and holding a phone in his right hand and holding his empty left hand to the sky and looking behind him at a woman running away while an ICE agent closes in on him from the front. On the ground behind the man is a woman that the victim will soon try to help, leading several ICE agents to attack him and pin him to the ground, before shooting him several times.

We’re supposed to believe this is a domestic terrorist attacking ICE with a gun

24.01.2026 21:35 β€” πŸ‘ 9970    πŸ” 3938    πŸ’¬ 265    πŸ“Œ 216
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Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera. Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...

John Gai carried his sick father to a nearby clinic in a wheelbarrow, but he died from cholera on the way.

Gai then pushed the wheelbarrow for hours through the camp to take him to the cemetery: β€œNobody should have to carry a dead body among the living.”

30.12.2025 03:00 β€” πŸ‘ 968    πŸ” 410    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 21
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πŸ“½οΈ WATCH: As her health declined during a high-risk pregnancy, Tierra Walker asked doctors for an abortion. They assured her she didn’t need to worry. Then she died of preeclampsia.

Listen to her aunt Latanya Walker recount Tierra's story. More: https://propub.li/3MkJs6L

06.12.2025 02:00 β€” πŸ‘ 729    πŸ” 317    πŸ’¬ 33    πŸ“Œ 22
A procession of vehicles, with people in sashes sitting atop, travels down a tree-lined street. A headline reads: "For Black South Carolina Residents, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure." Photo by Donaven Doughty for The New York Times

A procession of vehicles, with people in sashes sitting atop, travels down a tree-lined street. A headline reads: "For Black South Carolina Residents, a Rerouted Parade Feels Like Erasure." Photo by Donaven Doughty for The New York Times

The annual Penn Center Heritage Day Parade in South Carolina celebrates the Gullah Geechee people. But after several years of traffic complaints, the parade has been scaled back. Black residents say a new route makes it feel as if their legacy is vanishing. nyti.ms/3LxuAl2

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Trump’s Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth announced on Thursday that the 20 U.S. Army soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor, for their participation in the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre, may keep them.

This is nothing more than a disgraceful celebration of the Native American Genocide.

26.09.2025 17:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1324    πŸ” 386    πŸ’¬ 105    πŸ“Œ 26
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What We're Losing If We Lose Public Media | Soonish Today we're bringing you an episode of our sister Hub & Spoke show Rumble Strip, from producer Erica Heilman. It's a conversation with Jay Allison about public mediaβ€”what it's for, why it's important,...

What's public about public media, and why does that matter? Today I'm re-broadcasting a fantastic, inspiring, sobering conversation between Jay Allison
@jayall.bsky.social, founder of WCAI and @transom.bsky.social, and Erica Heilman, host of Rumble Strip soonish.simplecast.com/episodes/wha...

15.09.2025 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This seems bad

17.09.2025 22:56 β€” πŸ‘ 320    πŸ” 73    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 27

I see your point, just to say that positive work can occur at some moments within giant cultural production companies

13.09.2025 16:52 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Companies big like Disney can & should be held accountable for their pasts, but later generationsβ€”we hopeβ€”might create work there inspiring positive change

13.09.2025 14:33 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

He’s not β€œappointing” experts, he’s staffing up

08.09.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hi, immunologist here:

(a scientist who studies immune & inflammatory processes)

RFK Jr is talking absolute bullshit when he says he can β€œsee in kids faces that they have inflammation”

That’s NOT how immunology works.

He is an anti-science profiteer.
Start calling him such.

28.08.2025 20:59 β€” πŸ‘ 22359    πŸ” 6628    πŸ’¬ 677    πŸ“Œ 224
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Faculty Support of George Mason’s President Draws Federal Investigation

Faculty who wrote to defend their president and object to a DOJ investigation of their university...are now being investigated by the DOJ.
The most banal defense of free speech and academic freedom will trigger the full wrath of the US government now.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/u...

29.07.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3842    πŸ” 1670    πŸ’¬ 98    πŸ“Œ 181
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Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: β€˜You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest Video from Kenny Laynez-Ambrosio, 18, puts fresh scrutiny on the harsh tactics used to reach the Trump administration’s ambitious enforcement targets

Immigration agents told a teenage US citizen: β€˜You’ve got no rights.’ He secretly recorded his brutal arrest

25.07.2025 18:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2335    πŸ” 1121    πŸ’¬ 76    πŸ“Œ 129
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A personal note on a terrible day Hello everyone! It’s a terrible day!

Last night public radio lost federal funding. I encourage podcast producers to pull for public radio now. Reach out to your listeners. Encourage them to give. Shows like mine would not exist without public radio. www.rumblestripvermont.com/campaigns/vi...

18.07.2025 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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LBJ Called It a β€œMiracle.” Trump’s GOP Just Voted to Kill It. Congress is gutting the last free information source for many rural Americans. The reason why is ridiculous.

wrote about the spirit of public good that birthed public media in the U.S., the Senate's vote to halt all federal funding to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and what this really means for your favorite NPR and PBS stations, both local and national: slate.com/technology/2...

17.07.2025 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 148    πŸ” 90    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 4

And that’s the stations shutting downβ€”many more will remain but with local reporting decimated

17.07.2025 18:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Amazing!

16.07.2025 08:27 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I know! I couldn’t believe this!

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Policy Change: NYPD Will Write Criminal Summonses, Not Traffic Tickets, for Cyclists - Streetsblog New York City Quietly, the NYPD has changed policy and will now make criminal cases against cyclists who go through red lights, a change that will have predictable and unpredictable ramifications.

Eric Adams is trying to use e-bike enforcement to deliver immigrants to ICE, which is evil enough, but in the process is sending innocent regular bike riders to criminal court

02.05.2025 12:54 β€” πŸ‘ 129    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 8

Was speaking with a USAID person yesterday explaining how at any other time countless phone lines wld be buzzing, working groups stood up, go-teams and aid being dispatched to after the Myanmar quake. Now ... nothing.

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How DOGE’s Cuts to the IRS Threaten to Cost More Than DOGE Will Ever Save The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes. β€œIf you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would…

NEW: The Trump administration claims gutting federal agencies will save money, but cutting the IRS means the government collects less taxes.

β€œIf you’re interested in the deficit and curbing it, why would you cut back on the revenue side?” one expert asks.

By @andykroll.bsky.social

05.03.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 2082    πŸ” 706    πŸ’¬ 84    πŸ“Œ 74

DOGE recommends cuts to the FAA.

Hundreds of workers get fired, including those tasked with producing air traffic navigation maps.

Now Starlink is reportedly in line to take over a $2 billion contract to upgrade the nation's air traffic control systems.

See how this works?

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More Good News For Us That’s Bad For Trump Onward.

β€œThe CFPB is there to make sure that Elon's new project can't scam you or steal your sensitive personal data...This is like a bank robber trying to fire the cops, and turn off the alarms just before he strolls into the lobby.” US Sen. Elizabeth Warren

More here:

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Democratic Rep. Robert Garcia has published a letter sent to him by Trump’s Department of Justice threatening to potentially prosecute him for criticizing Elon Musk.

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The Outlier: Steubenville, Ohio
YouTube video by APM Reports The Outlier: Steubenville, Ohio

What if I told you that in a small, rust belt city, where abandoned buildings line the streets, kids are doing better in reading than in some of the richest school districts in America? www.youtube.com/shorts/KsBNf...

20.02.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 41    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Trump's latest executive order puts independent agencies β€” including the FTC, SEC, and NLRB β€” under his direct control.

It's a blatant attempt to shield his corporate donors and his own business from agencies that hold the powerful accountable.

This is an alarming power-grab.

19.02.2025 19:31 β€” πŸ‘ 2981    πŸ” 834    πŸ’¬ 117    πŸ“Œ 29

If you wanted to cut waste, fraud, and abuse, you would empower the inspectors general.

If you wanted more waste, fraud, and abuse, you would fire them.

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Today, shortly after being sworn in, U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi issued an explicit threat via directive, indicating that Justice Department lawyers could be fired if they refuse to advance legal arguments on behalf of Trump's administration.

Bondi fired off a memo stating "any Justice…

05.02.2025 23:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1075    πŸ” 555    πŸ’¬ 222    πŸ“Œ 74