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White people and non-Black people stop looking terrified when you see Black people tabling at zine fairs challenge!

Happening now and I am here all set up until 4pm.STOP BY!

Allentown grandfather’s family was told he died in ICE custody. Then they learned he’s alive — in a hospital in Guatemala, they say Family of Allentown grandfather Luis Leon, 82, said they were headed to a Guatemala hospital to reunite with him after he was taken into custody at a Philadelphia immigration office and disappeared…

Allentown grandfather who was granted political asylum in 1987 after surviving torture at the hands of Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet’s regime was disappeared by ICE. The family was then told he died. Now they learned that he's actually alive, was deported, and is in a hospital in Guatemala.

One reason I can't get exorcised about the defunding of PBS is because it would take 4 rich Liberals 6 months to raise enough to cover the funding cut. They should do that. Yes I subscribe already but Liberal elites should fucking make themselves useful.

End the genocide in Gaza.

Feed the people.

The name is Mamdani, you should learn about our endorsement! ✊

Why are white people lying that white people can't get into college anymore when white people are overrepresented at every elite college in the US?

excellent

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I am glad that a new generation is privy to how horrible the US government has been in intervening in countries around the world. I hope that Brazil issues revocations for all US government officials in retaliation.

Gaza students sit exams for first time since war began in October 2023 Some 1,500 students are scheduled to sit their end-of-school exam, despite Israel’s genocidal war.

Some 1,500 students are scheduled to sit their end-of-school exam, despite Israel’s genocidal war.

13 Law Enforcement Unions Endorse Eric Adams in N.Y.C. Mayor’s Race

And the candidate of the police state is...Eric Adams.
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Killing of young siblings at Gaza water point shows seeking life’s essentials now a deadly peril Karam al-Ghussain, 9, and Lulu, 10, were fetching water from a nearby distribution station when an Israeli strike hit it, and them

"Each child was holding a water bucket, lying dead in place, covered in their own blood. The shrapnel had torn through their small bodies and disfigured their faces. The smell of gunpowder filled the area." www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

I am currently folding a mini Zine that will be available for free at the Sojourners for Justice table tomorrow. Stop by while supplies last.

Chuck Schumer isn't interested in fighting Trump, and he's made sure to keep the caucus in a defensive crouch.

neta et al did a beautiful job.

Black Zine Fair

People asked for more shirts, so we made more: a limited-edition Black Zine Fair Discursive Circus tee in navy and chartreuse on soft mineral-wash cotton, featuring William Dorsey Swann, Ananse’s web, & a jester’s riddle. Available in S–3XL while they last, with sales supporting future BZF programs.

Suburban teen accused of planning terrorist attack at Islamic center Prosecutors say he recorded video of religious services to assist with detonating an explosive and unlawfully possessed a firearm.

Everyone in this country is swimming in virulent Islamophobia, of course teens are also ingesting this... www.chicagotribune.com/2025/07/18/l...

This whole country is a scam

A bronze plaque titled "The Light of Truth: Ida B. Wells National Monument" credits Richard Hunt and lists organizations and individuals who contributed to the monument, mounted on a stone pedestal outdoors.

This plaque was among 3 that were installed today to complete the Ida B Wells National Monument in Bronzeville. I missed the ceremony but Michelle sent me some photos. It's among the greatest honors of my life to have played a part in making sure that Ida got her flowers. What a blessing! Go visit!

they are never specific.

As Ruth Wilson Gilmore noted, "[Karl] Marx observed that tax struggle is the oldest form of class struggle."

Given the "Big Beautiful Bill," it might be useful for some of us to become more familiar with tax policy.

Here's a thread about U.S. tax policy and politics.

We don't need Trump or Bondi to sift through the stack and tell America what they think is “credible” in the Epstein files. Thanks, but no thanks—we’ll decide ourselves. The president should stop playing us for fools and suckers. Release everything—now.

Thank you @alabamashakes.com for this reminder. We got each other and we gonna be alright.

UChicago discontinues gender-affirming care for minors The health system said it was a "difficult decision," but that it did so to ensure it could continue to care for “all Medicare and Medicaid patients,” which make up “the majority of those [UChicago Me...

The number of hospitals where minors can receive gender-affirming care is shrinking even more in Chicago. UChicago Medicine is the latest to stop treatment, via @vimiller.bsky.social: tinyurl.com/55m9ru9f

Dr. Kay is hosted by Blacksky servers (as am I) but you still see their post. Decentralization!
I'm writing this post from the new Blacksky app, but you still see the post. Decentralization!

Decentralization without fragmentation is thee innovation of AT Protocol. Not either/or. It's both/and.

Kids dig into gardening fun at Anchorage library program Anchor Gardens' Kids Summer Garden Club at the Mountain View Library teaches Anchorage children how to grow plants while enjoying hands-on, judgment-free learning outdoors.

Anchor Gardens is hosting its Kids Summer Garden Club at the Mountain View branch of the Alaska Public Library, giving children a chance to learn about plants, gardening, and the joy of nurturing nature.

Black folks have never, ever, had anything like "equality" within the US and Canada, and the minor but life-savings and hard-won gains Black folks have made in recent decades are now being violently attacked on both sides of the border. This is the goal of the attacks on "DEI" and "wokeness."

The Trump administration ordered FBI agents investigating the Epstein files to "flag" any mentions of Trump, according to the Senate Judiciary Committee.

No one asked for the grand jury transcripts.