Kathy Reich

The evil that men do lives after them

‘I Feel Like I’ve Been Lied To’: When a Measles Outbreak Hits Home

Two of the people I live most in the world are immunocompromised. This article enrages me. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/22/u...

A friend just shared some great advice for these times: “You can’t do all the good the world needs, but the world needs all the good you can do.”

Merriam-Webster Tweet: Any dictionary can be a pocket dictionary with big enough pants. Cookie Monster's reply to the tweet: Me no wear pants.

This might be the absolute greatest reply we have ever received.

Thank you, Cookie Monster 📕🍪💙

Holding my beloved DC Jewish community in my heart this morning.

After 529 Days, Valerie the Dachshund Has Been Rescued (Gift Article) She survived more than a year in the Australian wilderness. But reuniting her with her owners will take a little more time.

Finally some good news www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/w...

Twenty Lessons, read by John Lithgow Key selections from On Tyranny, for viewing and sharing

Words to live by

snyder.substack.com/p/twenty-les...

Here’s a great list of newly-banned words that we should all be using proudly and publicly, every single day.

It’s Time for a New Approach to the Current Context | The Center for Effective Philanthropy Phil Buchanan examines the assumptions some U.S. foundations are using to navigate the current context - and why they may be wrong.

Good advice cep.org/blog/its-tim...

X post by Amy Nixon (@texasrunnerDFW ), featuring a verification badge. The post reads, "The USA is weird now. If you're a person under 30, you probably think it's normal but that's because you don't know. Trust me. It's weird."

America hasn’t felt this upside down since I was a child in an internment camp.

I’ve been asking my elders about what it was like to have measles. Before the MMR vaccine almost every kid got it. Their memories are vivid decades later: darkened rooms, house calls from doctors, searing pain, fear.

When I am daunted by the enormity of the world’s grief, I find that poetry helps. Today feels like a good day for Adrienne Rich. www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51092/...

What federal workers can do to protect themselves - Protect Democracy A list of resources for civil servants navigating attacks on the federal workforce, including actions to take ASAP, knowing your rights, and where to find legal or other support.

This new resource is included in our hub for federal workers to understand what they can do to protect themselves. Share and bookmark: https://protectdemocracy.org/work/what-federal-workers-can-do-to-protect-themselves/

Mass deportations could lead to higher food prices and construction costs. Immigrants without legal status make up about 50% of US farmworkers, many with specialized skills crucial to agriculture. Political science professors weigh in #immigration #ICE #farmworkers https://buff.ly/3QnuJ9P

Whoever runs the William Shakespeare account is absolutely killing it

Noting that the US is currently experiencing the worst flu epidemic in over a decade. Also noting that two of the people I love most in this world are immune suppressed.

Memorandum for the Heads of Executive Departments and Agencies SUBJECT:       Advancing United States Interests When Funding                Nongovernmental Organizations The United States

From perspective of historian of US civil society, what seems novel abt current moment isn't govt targeted attacks on certain nonprofits ("Defund the Left") or efforts to slash fed funding to NPs on fiscal grounds. It's presumption of suspicion toward NPs as class.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Agree and NCN has been an underrated champion for nonprofits and their workers for so long. Everyone who cares about our sector should be donating to them right now.

In honor of BlackHistoryMonth I'm creating a buy list of the quintessential African American Literature Canon.

These are the books that we would save from a burning library #booksky #blackbooksky

I'll make the list public when we get at least 50 responses.

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

1) This is an excellent example of why we need a functioning federal government and a high-quality, well-compensated civil service.
2) Yikes, I’m from San Carlos.

Intelligence officials are starting to leak to me now too. Here’s a memo Defense Intelligence Agency personnel received instructing them to suspend observances including:
- Holocaust Remembrance Day
- MLK Day
- Juneteenth

Here is one: A friend heard of a family that is now afraid to take the bus to the grocery store. So she brought them a carload of groceries.

Other suggestions please?

Patience, good sir, do not assist the storm.

“In a place where there is no human, strive to be human.” —Pirkei Avot 2:5

In that vein, please share CONCRETE ways to stand up for immigrants and LGBTQ+ people right now. Looking for all serious suggestions.

I personally identify with this creature.

Ford Foundation promotes Bess Rothenberg and Victoria Dunning to key leadership roles - Ford Foundation The Ford Foundation promotes Bess Rothenberg and Victoria Dunning to key leadership roles.

Absolutely overjoyed at this news. Congrats Bess and Victoria! www.fordfoundation.org/news-and-sto...

Volunteer | Repair the World

Looking for somewhere to volunteer this MLK weekend? Repair the World is organizing service projects in cities across the country. Many welcome families with kids. Register today: werepair.org/get-involved...

Excited to read the latest #blueprint from @p2173!

And just because I believe in equal time