Patricia Spears Jones

Samba schools honor Black Brazilian female authors during their Carnival parades Rio de Janeiro's Carnival is using samba parades to spotlight Black Brazilian women writers who rarely get public recognition.

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Carney rolls his eyes at US Treasury secretary, says he told Trump he meant what he said at Davos In Davos at the World Economic Forum last week, Carney condemned economic coercion by great powers on smaller countries without mentioning Trump’s name.

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India and the European Union reach a free trade deal representing a third of global trade India and the European Union have reached a free trade agreement that covers up to 2 billion people after nearly two decades of negotiations.

apnews.com/article/indi... and the European Union reach a free trade deal representing a third of global trade

Given that there is no intelligence, wisdom or grace in the Trump White House, we will have to see/hear them lie about the lives of American citizens that they have destroyed. Keith Porter, Jr. Renee Nicole Good, and Alex Pretti should be alive. Now is time for resistance & defiance. #abolishICE

I appreciate those out there protesting at great risk to their lives however i think the nation needs to grind this economy to a dead stop.
It's something everyone can do safely. No spending on ANYTHING but absolute necessities.
I understand some shut ins can not do this but very many of us can.

Target in Minneapolis has pulled Hispanic employees off of pick-up order duty after ICE arrested two US citizen Hispanic employees while on the job.

“I’m literally a U.S. citizen!” one shouted as they escorted him into a van.

Longtime DC Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton is ending her reelection campaign for Congress The District of Columbia's longtime delegate is closing out her career in Congress. Eleanor Holmes Norton filed paperwork Sunday to terminate her campaign for reelection.

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Removal of LGBTQ+ option from 988 hotline is straining overburdened Texas crisis centers For Julia Hewitt, the removal of LGBTQ+ services from the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline and potential funding freezes and cuts are a personal and professional issue.

apnews.com/article/dona... of LGBTQ+ option from 988 hotline is straining overburdened Texas crisis centers

ICE Agent Makes Chilling Threat to Woman Filming Him in Public It is not illegal to film a federal agent.

A masked ICE agent warned a woman in Portland, Maine, that her information would be entered into a “nice little database” that would label her a domestic terrorist.

It is not illegal to film a federal agent. trib.al/OA9fwfN

Minneapolis shooting live: man shot by federal officers in Minneapolis has died – reports Shooting comes less than three weeks after Renee Good was shot and killed by an ICE officer in the city A 51-year-old man shot by federal immigration officers in Minneapolis has died, a hospital record obtained by the Associated Press shows. CNN has also reported that the man shot during the federal immigration enforcement operation in Minneapolis has died this morning. The Minnesota Star Tribune has also reported the man has been killed. Continue reading...

Minneapolis shooting live: man shot by federal officers in Minneapolis has died – reports

Man is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated A federal immigration officer has shot and killed a man in Minneapolis, drawing hundreds of protesters onto the frigidly cold streets in a city already shaken by another fatal shooting weeks earlier.

apnews.com/article/immi... is shot and killed during Minneapolis immigration crackdown, National Guard activated

Robert Redford remembered for his mentorship of new filmmakers at Sundance gala Filmmakers whose careers were shaped by Robert Redford and the Sundance Institute he founded are honoring his legacy at the first Sundance Film Festival since his death.

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NYC stands with Minnesota. WGAE members joined today’s solidarity rally supporting the Day of Truth and Freedom and demanding justice for communities under siege by ICE. #ICEOutForGood 🚫🧊

Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures Police have arrested about 100 clergy who were demonstrating against immigration enforcement at Minnesota’s largest airport.

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Thousands rally against immigration enforcement in subzero Minnesota temperatures
The citizens of Minnesota are holding the line for all who believe in Democracy.

Greenland’s Prime Minister Delivers Short and Serious Warning to Trump Greenland’s leader has a blunt message for Trump as he seeks to take over the Arctic island.

“If we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO, the Kingdom of Denmark, and the EU.” trib.al/5fVjvXt

Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.”

Green Day to open 60th Super Bowl with anniversary ceremony celebrating generations of MVPs The NFL has announced that Green Day will kick off the 60th Super Bowl with an opening ceremony at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, California.

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Ex-Justice Department special counsel Smith will testify publicly about his Trump investigations Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set to testify publicly next week about his investigations into President Donald Trump that resulted in two indictments.

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What to know about the annual World Economic Forum meeting in Davos Nearly 3,000 high-level participants from business, government and beyond plus untold numbers of activists, journalists and observers are converging on the Swiss town of Davos for the World Economic F...

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Patricia Spears Jones: The Devil’s Wife looks at America to understand the necessity of wordsmiths Yes, the Devil is making quite a mess of America, and here I am swabbing yet another wound and offering up unanswered prayers. Our names are on fire.

We are targets for the Devils work—fertile women, queer men, Black and brown people, the usual suspects and yet, he’s uneasy.

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- Patricia Spears Jones, #BlackEarthInstitute Emeritus Fellow & New York State Poet (2023-2025) @pksj51.bsky.social

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“The Devil’s Wife remembers the good times.” A Poem by Patricia Spears Jones He was handsome. He talked to me. To me. To me. He talked to me. He didn’t say stupid stuff about my breasts or my ass, he asked me “What do you read?” I was reading magazines & romance novels …

“The Devil’s Wife remembers the good times.” Read a poem by @pksj51.bsky.social from the collection The Devil’s Wife Considers.

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over sexually explicit AI images Malaysia and Indonesia have blocked access to Elon Musk's AI chatbot Grok due to its misuse in generating explicit images.

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The murder in broad daylight of Renee Good is one more reminder that the federal government has sent armed, masked men (mostly) into cities and towns across the nation. They already unalived five other people & harmed protestors, lawyers, etc. We are not safe with them around. We are occupied.

Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

“i want back my rocking chairs, / solipsist sunsets, / & coastal jungle sounds...”

A poem by Renee Nicole Good, who was murdered by ICE earlier today.

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Renee Nicole Good, murdered by ICE, was a prize-winning poet. Here’s that poem. Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered earlier today by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. According to the Minnesota Star Tribune: [An ICE agent] s…

Renee Nicole Good, 37, mother to a six-year-old boy, was murdered by an ICE agent in Minneapolis, a few blocks from her home. She was also a prize-winning poet.

@literaryhub.bsky.social

Bolivian Indigenous women carry history and pride in the traditional 'pollera' skirt The “pollera,” a bell skirt with layered petticoats, is the traditional dress of Indigenous women in Bolivia’s highlands.

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Trump overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts Since returning to the White House in January, President Donald Trump has overturned decades of U.S. trade policy — building a wall of tariffs around what used to be a wide open economy.

apnews.com/article/trum... overturned decades of US trade policy in 2025. See the impact of his tariffs, in four charts

Guinea votes in first election since 2021 coup with junta leader expected to win Guineans are voting to elect a new president in the country’s first election since a 2021 coup. The election on Sunday features a weakened opposition with a total of nine candidates.

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