Amy Earhart

Get them

I have no idea how long it will last, but it’s a glimmer of hope.

It’s not unusual for dems to flee Texas to try to stop something hideous… but I hope this means that the party is starting to get the message and find some cohesive fight.

As scholars of genocide, we demand an end to Israel’s atrocities | Open letter Within weeks, 400 colleagues joined our organization. We say: it is not too late to save lives. End the genocide now

Taner Akçam, Marianne Hirsch, and I introduce the Genocide and Holocaust Studies Crisis Network and call for immediate concrete measures to prevent further atrocity crimes and to protect civilians in Gaza.

Given how slow we in academia write and our delays in meeting deadlines… I can only say.. wow.

I hope she is well very soon.

My grandparents lived nearby and yes… this is hysterical.

Omg that is really close to where my grandparents lived…. Very pa!!

Mellon Foundation The Mellon Foundation makes grants to actively unlock the power in the arts and humanities that helps connect us all.

“American Academy of Arts&Sciences reports 96.3% of humanities grads age 23-32 fully employed. Earnings in humanitiess comparable to social/life sciences, job satisfaction levels too. A serious mismatch bw actual employment for hum grads +general perception."
www.mellon.org/voices/human...

So the sex trafficker has been moved to a minimum security prison…. In my town. I know people who worked there. This is not safe for anyone, and it’s gross that someone who harmed children is in a location where she can stroll out easily.

Forgive my tiny—or maybe even large—flex, but this is me on the cover of @washingtonpost.com Book World. THE. COVER. 😊🙌🏾

Trump says he will fire labor statistics chief after weak jobs report Trump is turning his ire about poor jobs numbers on the number-crunchers.

No one should believe a single economic statistic produced by the US government under Trump after this. www.axios.com/2025/08/01/t...

And all of those are elected officials- so you can imagine that they really don’t have any experience. They tick the box of r. You would not believe some of the things judges say and do….

Texans: It is extremely important that if you cannot attend tomorrow’s redistricting hearing in Austin, you submit public comment to oppose the new map. It’s important that we have the public opposition on the record for if and when this goes to court #txlege

Start your morning with two minutes of the testimony of Samuel Garcia, an average American who drove 3 hours to speak truth to power to the Texas legislature. Let’s decide that we are all Samuel Garcia. Get in their faces and make them listen. Mr. Garcia is a great American.

Democratic lawmakers press for answers from US security firms involved in controversial Gaza aid organization | CNN Politics A group of Democratic lawmakers on Thursday pressed for answers from the heads of two private US-based security firms whose personnel have worked at the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation and ...

U.S. companies must be held accountable for their actions in Gaza.

I joined my colleagues in demanding answers from U.S. security companies that have attacked starving Palestinians at aid distribution sites in Gaza. www.cnn.com/2025/07/31/p...

Did an in store in Texas with Lyle Lovett… wore my k records shirt.

My k records shirt saw things….

This was me…

My husband did his grad work at this site and said.. oh yeah. That’s not a surprise. I used to test alligators and deer for radioactivity all the time. Gulp.

Ohhhh… I feel exposed.

"He walked 8 km to get there. No shoes. Probably hadn't eaten in days... he set down his bags and he put his hands on my face and he kissed me... he left and the IDF opened up with machine gun fire... There were dead Palestinians. He was one of them."

A five-year-old child.

Conservative Org. Requests Materials for 70 Chapel Hill Courses The Oversight Project, founded by the Heritage Foundation, is using an open records request to search for terms like “DEI” and “gender identity.” Faculty say it encroaches on academic freedom.

IMPORTANT: “‘At many public universities, syllabi are considered intellectual property. As such, professors are not required to share their syllabi in response to public records requests. Check your university policy prior to complying advance.’"

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

Oh no! Hoping for a quick recovery. That’s very stressful for both of you.

Smalls, the only Black flotilla member, appears to be the only one who has been treated this way

Yuval Abraham ...7al" • 34m Odeh just died. Murdered. Yuval Abraham ..x 7a1' • 2h An Israeli settler just shot Odeh Hadalin in the lungs, a remarkable activist who helped us film No Other Land in Masafer Yatta. Residents identified Yinon Levi, sanctioned by the EU and US, as the shooter. This is him in the video firing like crazy.

An Israeli settler sanctioned by the European Union just shot and killed one of the Palestinian activists and filmmakers a part of the No Other Land crew

"Those who commit the murders write the reports.."

- Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1893)

voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu/wells-lynch-....

The first 100% effective HIV prevention drug is approved and going global An epidemic that's been sustained for 44 years might finally be quelled, with the milestone approval of the first HIV drug that offers 100% protection with its twice-yearly injections. It's a landmark...

Anyways, AIDS is going to be gone soon, this is a generic with FDA full approval.

BBC News: Do you think you were a witness to war crimes?

American veteran who worked at Gaza Humanitarian Foundation aid distribution center: Without question I witnessed war crimes.

It was stunning to interview Party comrades, 55 years in. The one thing that the Party taught them that still guides how they live? Read the news. Every day.