Cathy Cowan Becker

If You’re Pregnant, Here’s What You Should Know About the Medical Procedures That Could Save Your Life Women experiencing pregnancy loss in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves. We created this guide for anyone who finds themselv...

People experiencing miscarriages in states with abortion bans told us they wished they had known what to expect and how to advocate for themselves.

We created this guide for anyone who finds themselves in the same position 👇

(Published Dec. 2024)

Free Dr. Abu Safiya: Calls Grow for Israel to Release Imprisoned Gaza Healthcare Workers Pressure is mounting for Israel to release many more detainees as part of the U.S.-backed Gaza ceasefire deal, including Dr. Hussam Abu Safiya, director of Gaza’s Kamal Adwan Hospital, who has been he...

At least 19 Palestinian doctors are still being held in Israeli detention without charge.

Federal agents invaded even the offices of The Crisis and the National Association for the advancement of colored people and asked searching questions: " just what, after all, were our objects and activities?” I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, “We are seeking to have the constitution of the United states thoroughly and completely enforced.” It took some ingenuity, even for Southerners, to make treason out of that.

How W. E. B. Du Bois responded to government policing of "anti-American" sentiment during the 1910s:

"I took great satisfaction in being able to sit back in my chair and answer blandly, 'We are seeking to have the Constitution of the United States thoroughly and completely enforced.' ”

How mega batteries are unlocking an energy revolution Vast battery units are shoring up grids and extending the use of clean power

China surges and U.S. lags in adding battery storage for expanding solar. California shows the way forward. @financialtimes.com: bit.ly/4qaP0jI

Lead or step out of the way, Ohio GOP. We want more jobs for Ohioans and clean energy. You aren't delivering.

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🏥 Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, Director General of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, outlined several urgently needed steps to support the medical needs in Gaza. “We demand justice, not pity,” he said. “The health sector is devastated and suffering severely after two years of extermination. The world must stand to work with our wounded and hospitals.”: ▪️ “We have a recovery plan prepared with the World Health Organization, and our staff are ready to implement it.” ▪️ 38 hospitals were destroyed, and only 12 remain operational. Fuel, electricity, water, medicines, and surgical supplies are urgently needed. ▪️ “We are in a hurry; time is passing, and people are dying in the streets.” ▪️ Direct supply corridors must be opened, and urgent medical missions — including surgeons, pediatricians, psychiatrists, and physiotherapists — must be sent.

▪️ Field hospitals must be established in the north, center, and south to relieve pressure. Over 17,000 patients need urgent treatment already approved by WHO. ▪️ “Children with cancer and deformities, women with chronic diseases — this is their right.” ▪️ Water and sewage networks must be repaired to prevent epidemics such as cholera, diarrhea, and skin diseases. ▪️ A program is needed to employ health graduates, technicians, and administrators to sustain operations. ▪️ Support is required for prosthetics, assistive devices, and rehabilitation programs to reintegrate people with disabilities into work, education, and society.

Dr.Muneer Alboursh د.منيرالبرش via X (@Dr_Muneer1): We are facing major challenges in the health sector and thousands of wounded are still in hospitals, while saving patients and restoring hospitals requires a long time… The occupation destroyed Gaza City’s hospitals including Al-Rantisi Children’s Hospital, Sheikh Radwan Clinic, large parts of Hamad Hospital and the Psychiatric Hospital… Thirty-eight hospitals were destroyed and only around twelve remain partially functioning with operating rooms, intensive care units and laboratories destroyed and severe shortages of beds, blood units and ventilators… There are power and water cuts and even clean water is almost unavailable in hospitals… More than 1700 health workers were martyred and over 360 were arrested… Medical teams are physically and mentally exhausted after two years of continuous work… Diseases have spread amid overcrowding and displacement with rising cases of skin infections and diarrhea and disruption of supply chains… More than 17000 wounded must be evacuated immediately and their names are approved by the United Nations… We have estimated our health sector needs at over 7 billion dollars… What is urgently required is to rescue the system by rehabilitating and reopening hospitals or establishing field hospitals, dispatching surgical missions, and supplying medicines, emergency and intensive care materials, chronic disease treatments, vaccines and antibiotics, and opening safe and permanent medical corridors… The

🏥 Dr. Munir Al-Barsh, Director General of Gaza’s Ministry of Health, outlined several urgently needed steps to support the medical needs in Gaza.

“We demand justice, not pity,” he said. “The health sector is devastated and suffering severely after two years of extermination. The world must stand...

Joshua Reed Eakle via X (@JoshEakle): In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child. She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck. This is not about immigration enforcement. It's about terrorizing Americans.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

Video below ⬇️

Someone left a rack full of inflatable costumes near the ICE building in Portland.

I love this town.

This is a wonderful thread that explains how & why Portland is Like This.
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I truly hope it comes to pass. But Haaretz said he's on the release list.

Signs popping up around D.C. note: ‘ICE kidnapping happened here’ The signs range in style and mark numerous locations where people have been taken by federal agents.

Every sign in DC marks the loss of someone’s neighbor, someone’s loved one, someone’s friend.

Every sign marks yet another step in the march toward authoritarianism.

First images of some of the 1,700+ Palestinian hostages freed by Israel returning to Gaza today. Many had been held in military camps under cruel and inhumane conditions, deprived of medical care and food. Some endured severe torture and neglect that led to permanent injuries, including amputations.

Yes.

🚨Haaretz reports that Dr. Hossam Abu Safiya — the hero director of Kamal Adwan Hospital in northern Gaza, imprisoned since December 2024 — is widely expected to be released today.

According to the paper, the Israeli government approved a reserve list of 5 Gaza prisoners who could be freed if any...

a key thing about vought — and all of these guys — is that they have a totally top down and hierarchical vision of the world. they believe that the cultural changes they hate can be turned off by destroying the federal government because they can’t imagine that they emerged bottom-up in society

We're Still Here: Why It's Still a Good Day to Be Indigenous Opinion. It’s a good day to be Indigenous.

#IndigenousPeoplesDay “is not just a counterpoint to Columbus Day—it’s a declaration. A refusal to be erased. A reminder that we are more than what happened to us. We are who we have always been.”

“Today and every day, it’s a good day to be Indigenous.” nativenewsonline.net/opinion/we-r...

More Sneak Attacks on Social Security Today on TAP: It's hard to kill America's most loved program outright—so Trump is strangling it by stealth.

Trump’s new Social Security Commissioner said “I’m Googling Social security…What the heck’s the commissioner of Social Security?” This administration is destroying the Social Security Administration, starting at the top. From Robert Kuttner: trib.al/U08jtz2

MARCH FOR HEALTH & SCIENCE Washington DC, November 5@4PM

There’s a March for Health and Science being organized in DC for Wednesday, November 5.

Scientists discovered something alarming seeping out from beneath the ocean around Antarctica | CNN Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed, with new seeps being discovered at an “astonishing rate,” raising fears that future global warming predictions may have been und...

“Planet-heating methane is escaping from cracks in the Antarctic seabed as the region warms, with new seeps being discovered at an ‘astonishing rate,’ scientists have found.” www.cnn.com/2025/10/10/c...

Trump Labor Department Says His Immigration Raids Are Causing a Food Crisis In a filing in the Federal Register, the Labor Department argues there are “immediate dangers to the American food supply” due to a lack of migrant agricultural workers.

So this is funny.
The administration just issued a rule slashing foreign agricultural worker wages. And to justify it, in a public filing, Trump's Labor Department alleges that Trump's immigration enforcement has devastated the Ag workforce and caused a "risk of supply shock-induced food shortages."

Civil rights group sues ICE for withholding records of the agency's detention expansion plans in Virginia ICE solicited bids to expand detention in Virginia—then failed to respond to a public records request. Now, the ACLU is suing.

The public has a right to know how ICE is planning to expand its network of detention centers — especially when these centers hold thousands of our neighbors and loved ones in inhumane and unconstitutional conditions.

Paris Pedals to the Top: How the City of Light Became Europe’s Best for Young Cyclists The French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently

“In a city once choked with cars and infamous for its traffic snarls, Paris has pulled off a remarkable turnaround…the French capital has officially become Europe’s best city for children to walk, cycle, and move around independently.” Via @momentummag.bsky.social

A victory for FAST leadership.

Never forget that Dolly Parton gave a million bucks for covid research at the *very start* of the pandemic—including money that helped fund the development of the Moderna vaccine.

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

It’s not “partisan” to defend science, evidence, and objective reality.

It’s partisan to attack science, evidence, and objective reality, to benefit your political “team.”

That’s true with climate science, with vaccinology, & with evidence-based city-building, all of which are being attacked.

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E&E News: Trump inks order to advance halted Alaska mining order President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order reversing a Biden-era decision that blocked a mining road in Alaska, which faces fierce opposition among tribes and environmental groups.

The government may be closed for you but it is still very much open for billionaire CEOs and polluters

Climate Desk Newsletter STORIES FROM MOTHER JONES AND ITS PARTNERS The federal government is shut down and National Park employees are bracing for another disaster. The last Trump shutdown, which began in late December 2018 and lasted 35 days, was a period of “chaos and destruction” for America's national parks. “Prehistoric petroglyphs were vandalized at Big Bend,” recalls the Guardian’s Gabrielle Canon, and “Joshua trees, some more than a century old, were chopped down at Joshua Tree.” Animals were illegally killed, trash was strewn across the landscape, park toilets overflowed with feces, and fights broke out over campsites. The administration’s plan is similar this time around, our Climate Desk partners report. The parks will use recreation fees to keep basic services like bathrooms open, even though tens of thousands of employees are furloughed—a move found unlawful by the Government Accountability Office in a 2019 opinion.

The national parks are in deep shit—perhaps literally.

Read our latest dispatch from Climate Desk Weekly, recapping what the shutdown means for National Parks: link.motherjones.com/view/647e4ef...

Bull moose hanging out with a cow and calf in a field of fall grass.

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I never want to hear about how China is not doing their part again. It's really clear who is not doing their part.

They lost most of their members and then watered down their goals. Now they are ending it outright.