Bill Helman

Department of Education Eliminates Grant for PBS Children’s Shows

The PBS Kids app is one of the few things you can trust your kids to play around with on a computer. All the shows that you can stream are good and entertaining. Nothing positive comes from getting rid of this, they're just trying to make life worse for everyone www.nytimes.com/2025/05/06/u...

A photo of a farm workers' hands holding a bunch of grapes in front of a background showing a field with a sunset and the words "Your donation helps fight Trump’s attacks on farm workers."

Trump and his cronies want farm workers afraid. They know when workers fear federal agents, they're less likely to report wage theft or bad conditions. We're fighting hard against the Trump Admin's destructive, xenophobic campaign. Donate today! ufw.org/fightback #WeFeedYou

I Just Got Into Harvard. My MAGA Grandparents’ 6-Word Reaction To My Acceptance Devastated Me. — HuffPost “This was the first time in my life that I had ever truly gotten mad at my grandparents.”

This is a beautifully written, heartbreaking, call to action to all the adults in the room.

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Oh this does sound good

Gaza's Catholics mourn Pope Francis. 'He used to call us at 7 p.m. every night' Pope Francis called to check in on a Christian congregation in Gaza sheltering at their church almost every night since the Gaza war began. "Today we feel like we are orphans," a spokesperson says.

This is what true compassion and leadership looks like. Yet another reason Pope Francis will be missed www.npr.org/2025/04/22/g...

A photo of UFW march where farm workers leave the march by carrying a banner or the Virgin of Guadalupe

It is with deep sadness that we received news of the death of Pope Francis. Our condolences to all Catholic farm worker families in our community.

Pope Francis was outspoken in his compassion for workers, immigrants and other marginalized people.

Pope Francis dies at age 88 — NBC News Francis is expected to be buried at the ancient Basilica of St. Mary Major, which lies outside the Vatican walls. A conclave will soon begin to elect the new Catholic leader.

It’s been a long time since I considered myself Catholic, but this is sad news. Hopefully the church picks a worthy successor. apple.news/A5J2NQpg4QKa...

Anti-Trump protests this weekend turn focus to community action A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

A grassroots-led campaign has hundreds of protests and events scheduled across the U.S. on Saturday. Organizers say the momentum built on resistance against the Trump administration has not slowed.

I still wonder if I’ve finally snapped loose of reality/sanity every time I see a Kristol post like this.

Over 30 Johns Hopkins students had visas revoked in nationwide crackdown The Johns Hopkins University revealed on Tuesday that 37 graduate students and recent graduates have been impacted by the federal government’s nationwide barrage of visa revocations.

37 Johns Hopkins students had visas revoked in nationwide crackdown

As the 14th Amendment clearly states: “Nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” Our government needs to remember that.

I’m very disappointed in school leadership in my current state. This is ridiculous

The Social Security Administration Is Gutting Regional Staff and Shifting All Public Communications to X — WIRED The SSA's shift to Elon Musk's X comes as the agency plans to cut its regional office workforce by roughly 90 percent, WIRED has learned.

So, up next in the blatant conflict of interest and abuse of government authority... apple.news/ANfxiAxMGRM6...

This is an image of issue 59 of Baltimore Beat. It is a photo of a man holding an American flag. Above the man’s head is the word “uprising” in red text.

Issue 59 of Baltimore Beat is live. April 19 will mark 10 years since Freddie Gray’s death. This issue looks back on that tumultuous time in our city’s history. Our cover was designed by Wide Angle Youth Media.

Leading for Change: How Chief Accessibility Officers Influence the Advancement of Digital Accessibility Ensuring that all digital technologies and content are accessible for people with disabilities requires a multi-faceted approach. Computer scientists tend to focus on tools and...

We invite you to join us online for a presentation and discussion with Dr. Jonathan Lazar on 4/29 at 4pm Eastern about creating change in digital accessibility. You can register at towson.libcal.com/event/14372808

I’m 100% making a swashbuckler named Plip.

A win for truth and history: A National Park Service page(removed by Musk) on the Underground Railroad has been restored to prominently feature Harriet Tubman, after her image and quote were removed earlier this year. Now, her legacy as a fearless champion for freedom has rightfully been restored. ✊

Glad to see this, but it’s sad that we’re at a point where the reversal of actively erasing American history and hiding the suffering of its people is a “good thing”

This is so god damned irresponsible. Sure, just one more example in a litany of irresponsible, but still

So, you’re telling me that the maths don’t really math if you apply one model to an entirely different set of variables?

Group photograph of office staff members at the Fasken law firm, six women of various ages in an old fashioned office building behind desks with typewriters.

Attorneys general from 21 states (AZ, CA, CO, CT, DE, HI, IL, MA, MD, ME, MI, MN, NJ, NM, NV, NY, OR, RI, VT, WA, WI) filed a lawsuit against the administration to stop the elimination of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) & other agencies Git 'em

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Rally before #CesarChavezDay March to support immigrant workers

Farm workers, janitors, gig workers, nurses, airport workers, electricians, fast food workers and more are united in our solidarity, as we reject the cruel attacks on working people by Trump and billionaires, who seek to divide working people for their own gain. #ConEstasManos

We need to name it what it is, economic book burning and deliberate cultural erasure

Solidarity forever

This is the point

No invisible jobs: Baltimore Museum of Industry exhibit will highlight immigrant workers who died in the Key Bridge collapse It was family members out-of-state who were the ones to tell Maria Gabriela Aldana that the Francis Scott Key Bridge, in her own city, had collapsed. Like many others in Baltimore, she received worrie...

My latest for @baltimorebeat.bsky.social:

"No Invisible Jobs: Baltimore Museum of Industry Exhibit Will Highlight Immigrant Workers Who Died in the Key Bridge Collapse."

Edits and assignment: @skamidi.bsky.social
📸: Shae McCoy

When I was an undergrad at a catholic college in the 90’s I was active in the close the SOA protests. Life got in the way and I became less so after I graduated, but I think of Fr. Romero and all the other victims to this day

Otherwise, totally agree with everything they're saying

Do audiobooks count as reading? Listen to NPR’s quiz show Wait, Wait...Don’t Tell Me! at the link in our bio. Producers: @emmaeunjoo • Emma Choi/NPR, @abiinman • Abi Inman/NPR TikTok video by npr

Watching this @npr.org video and struck when they say audiobooks at x3 speed are incomprehensible, and how similar it is to the speed many low vision/blind users browse the web on screen readers at www.tiktok.com/@npr/video/7...

I’ve been a fan of Internet Archive ever since I learned about it while in grad school for my MLIS and I heard about them at Jason Scott’s Pax East debut of GET LAMP. Glad to give them money when I can to keep up the good work