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Coauthor of two studies on Italian immigration in the early 1870s.
ESSAY: Zohran's smile
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04.11.2025 16:34 β π 144 π 29 π¬ 5 π 1Trump is panic posting through today's elections
04.11.2025 17:06 β π 2103 π 330 π¬ 118 π 18Copy of the book "Life After Cars"
A new book has arrived! Looking forward to reading βLife After Carsβ from @thewaroncars.bsky.social
Good family reading with a baby, to be paired with βLlama Llama Red Pajamaβ.
"settlers have continued their attacks on olive pickers amid the ongoing harvest season. Israeli settlers routinely assault Palestinians and damage their groves during the olive harvest. However, this yearβs attacks have been notably more frequent and violent than in previous years."
03.11.2025 09:26 β π 28 π 20 π¬ 3 π 0Red Trump-style graphic with images of Donald Trump and Andrew Cuomo. At the top it says, "I'm going to pick [Cuomo]." - Donald Trump, 60 Minutes Interview, 11-2-25 Then beneath it TRUMP ENDORSES CUOMO
Congratulations, Andrew Cuomo!
I know how hard you worked for this.
If you live in PA, please vote YES to retain. Note that this issue may be at the bottom/back of the ballot. Justices are not designated as R or D. You need to know their names.
This election matters to ALL of us not just those in PA. Call your friends/family in PA and spread the word.
The humor, the clarity, the razor-sharp assessment by Obama that itβs all a distraction from their ongoing efforts to make life worse for everyday Americans. More please, President Obama.
02.11.2025 18:35 β π 1960 π 446 π¬ 41 π 11LFG PENNSYLVANIAβΌοΈ
The ONLY way to keep our rights & freedoms our state protects is to VOTE YES To RETAIN on Nov 4.
Everything is on the line & itβs up to us to stop billionaires from buying our courts.
Drop your ballot off or vote Tuesday in person.
#ProudBlue
#Voices4Victory
#PACourtsMatter
Don't stop at Spotify
Boycott EVERY corporation that supports fascism
For Pennsylvanians, Tuesdayβs judicial retention election is just as important as any presidential election.
Our rights are at stake; we must #ProtectPACourts.
Listen to our full episode here:
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Many voters told NPR they like that California's redistricting measure provides the Democratic-leaning state a rare opportunity to directly counteract President Trump and other Republicans. n.pr/47ATN5z
03.11.2025 10:16 β π 563 π 81 π¬ 7 π 4π³οΈWho we elect on Nov 4 matters. Learn more about the candidates for PA Supreme Court and where they stand on voting rights and more. pennsylvaniadecides.com
01.11.2025 15:32 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0So the president took a dementia test, and then they administered an MRI. Whereβs the media on this?
28.10.2025 19:38 β π 28851 π 7866 π¬ 1961 π 464At the top: against a solid blue background covering the entire square graphic, white text that reads βDAY 6β at the top. Below: The message says, βMay all who are ill or nearing death receive care that meets all their needs and upholds the gift of their lives.β At the bottom left is the white circular USCCB cross logo with the words βUnited States Conference of Catholic Bishops @usccb.β In the lower right corner is the website address βrespectlife.org.β
EVERY LIFE IS WORTH LIVING
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POSTED BY THE UNITED STATES CONFERENCE OF CATHOLIC BISHOPS
Day 6 of the #RespectLifeMonth Novena highlights that every life is worth living. See today's prayers at the URL in the first comment below.
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From streets to supermarkets, global boycotts for Gaza have grown as a fragile ceasefire holds for now.
28.10.2025 09:30 β π 199 π 81 π¬ 5 π 6A Just Harvest in Chicago offers a hot or bag lunch every single day, has a weekly pantry, and we deliver food to people weekly as well who can't get out, especially in these times. Thank you for supporting food security right now.
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βAir pollution fell substantially as Paris restricted car traffic and made way for parks, people-streets and bike-lanes.β
Better for the climate, better for health, better for livability and quality of life.
Common sense.
Such a no-brainer, itβs remarkable that more cities HAVENβT done the same.
More winning!
28.10.2025 02:48 β π 35 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0a photograph of the interior of a church. Several people are visible sitting in pews. In the pew immediately in front of the photographer, a black human-sized cardboard cutout in the outline of a woman is visible, as though a shadow is sitting in the pew in front of you.
Went to a prayer service tonight at St. Mary of the Lake, where they have cardboard cutouts throughout the church representing parishioners afraid to come to Mass because of ICE.
25.10.2025 01:57 β π 14450 π 4409 π¬ 370 π 266A cat is seen riding a bus. They are standing up and have their front paws on the back of the front seat.
this is what will happen if mamdani makes bus rides free
25.10.2025 07:24 β π 34164 π 4785 π¬ 829 π 395There sure were a lot of American flags at the βhate America rallyβ
18.10.2025 22:28 β π 2069 π 511 π¬ 53 π 18The compact offers colleges funding advantages if they make Trump-aligned changes to their policies.
15.10.2025 20:20 β π 139 π 34 π¬ 8 π 2We are an independent, nonprofit newsroom with more than 150 dedicated journalists.
For those who want to read the facts of our reporting β and the documents on which it is based β hereβs the full story:
The woman long blamed for the fall of the Aztec empire in 1521 is finally getting a modern makeover.
12.10.2025 18:00 β π 62 π 23 π¬ 2 π 1The Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection, when a violent mob swarmed the U.S. Capitol, occurred while Trump was still in office.
12.10.2025 18:00 β π 98 π 35 π¬ 20 π 8Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths.
Journalism is a right and a pillar upholding βthe edifice of our societiesβ that must be protected and defended, he said.
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Videos from Chicago over the past month captured protests, raids, arrests on city streets and residentsβ confrontational responses to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown. The New York Times reviewed more than 100 videos. Together, they show how the crackdown has escalated week by week.
12.10.2025 18:25 β π 202 π 93 π¬ 27 π 6President Trump called Portland a war zone last week, and now state Republicans are trying to deliver oneβby sharing a photo of βSouth American riot policeβ in 2008 from Getty Images. trib.al/UoWffPr
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