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At tonight's Power to the People music festival, Nathaniel Rateliff joined Joan Baez to perform Woody Guthrie's "Deportees." Just an incredibly powerful moment.
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Kids with disabilities are the largest group in foster care. So why do they have the worst outcomes? Why are they 9x more likely to die? My investigation from @npr.org www.npr.org/2026/09/30/n...
They were promised protection. Instead, these kids with disabilities died in foster care
Disabled kids make up the largest group in foster care. They have the worst outcomes. They stay in foster care longest. They're the most likely to die.
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People are hiding at home, afraid to go outside and encounter ICE. They're struggling to find food and holding kids out of school, as friends and family are disappeared in bunches. This is now the reality of daily life across the U.S., and I took a snapshot of what it looks like in one community:
“We're Afraid on a Daily Basis”: How a Maryland Sheriff Targeted Immigrants Long Before ICE Raids Spiked - Bolts
Frederick County’s sheriff turned his office into a force multiplier for ICE before such collaboration became commonplace. As he again faces voters this year, the harm to immigrant communities is impo...
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Remembering Private Leon Hardesty, Lebanon, Indiana. 3/15/1901-9/18/1917
These "second-line" responders cleaned up at Ground Zero. Many were undocumented immigrants. They've had years of health problems. Now they fear deportation. "It is a new pain on top of an old one." www.npr.org/2026/09/11/n...
They cleaned up ground zero. Now many are hiding from ICE
After 9/11, thousands of rescue and cleanup crews went to work at ground zero. They were exposed to toxic debris and experienced psychological trauma. Today, many say they live in fear of deportation.
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The last speaker at the 9/11 remembrance ceremony lost his father to the attacks.
One of the things that hit me hardest in the aftermath of 9/11 was an Anna Quindlen column focused on a Massachusetts family on one of the planes. It still moves me 25 years later. " ... as the end of the world as we know it entered its postlude, it was the Hansons I fastened on."
Imagining The Hanson Family
As the wind began to shift northward and the ominous perfume of acrid smoke drifted down to the streets at the other end of the island, as the casualty lists grew longer and the stories of the missing...
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Every time I was in Gloris Steinem’s presence, I was struck by her strength, and calm. She had accomplished so much for so many, but her focus was always on the here & now. Who needed help today? Who needed a champion? Without fail, she was ready to answer the call. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/03/u...
Gloria Steinem, Personification of the Women’s Movement, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
She challenged sexist assumptions, helping women develop a sense of self-worth and gain a measure of equality at work, at home and in society at large.
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“Be joyful though you have considered all the facts” - Wendell Berry He was a powerful and important voice for an America that was as much nostalgic as aspirational, but as true an America as any other. And he'll be missed.
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92 (Gift Article)
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Gifting this article Iran literally blew up the supply base in Bahrain that was meant to supply the aircraft carrier group Lincoln. Everything about this war has been a lie since day one. Was this made clear earlier? www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/u...
Navy and USS Lincoln’s Problems Are Tied to Attacks on U.S. Base Early in War (Gift Article)
Diego Garcia, a tiny island 2,200 miles from the Gulf of Oman, took over as the Navy’s logistics hub after Iran damaged a base in Bahrain.
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Are these the best high-school athletes the United States has to offer? In a word, no. Well, is the person representing Massachusetts at least from the state of Massachusetts? Also no! www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Are the Patriot Games Great? No. Are They Fun to Watch?
Also no.
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Kyle Cheney@kyledcheney.bsky.social · 2mo agoNEW: We’ve spent a year tracking ICE’s massive expansion of detention for people with years-long ties to the U.S. It has strained courts, wrecked lives and been widely deemed illegal. Our report, based on interviews with judges, detainees and attorneys: www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
I still get a little catch in my throat every time the Twin Towers pop up unexpectedly. Even after 25 years. #HATM
COMMENTARY: Indiana's Medicaid rolls shed people and costs. But what is the price? indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/07/i...
Indiana's Medicaid rolls shed people and costs. But what is the price? • Indiana Capital Chronicle
We saw both sides of the Medicaid coin this week — enrollment drops and cost savings
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COMMENTARY: The problem with going solar in Indiana indianacapitalchronicle.com/2026/08/06/t...
The problem with going solar in Indiana • Indiana Capital Chronicle
A 2017 Indiana state law makes installing solar financially difficult for individual homeowners but quite profitable for electric companies.
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Such a huge part of so many children's lives. What an incredible legacy she leaves behind.
@wthrcom.bsky.social · 2mo agoREST IN PEACE: Janie Hodge, who starred on "The Janie Show" on central Indiana TV for more than 20 years and taught music in schools for four decades, died on Sunday.
"America has gotten very good at the gesture of inclusion and very comfortable with the substance of abandonment. Too often, we perform the first loudly enough to drown out the second."
The Contradiction at the Heart of Disability in America
America loves seeing disabled people. It doesn’t want to pay to keep us alive, writes Steve Way.
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“That box right there,” she says, “That’s filled with our stuff. It’s the first box I’ve filled that has our belongings in it. It’s my emergency box. My family’s box. Because I don’t know if we need to leave or not.” Joanna, Noblesville, an American citizen #Hoosiersky
Mother Jones@motherjones.com · 3mo agoIndiana, ICE, and the destruction of immigrant families
Congressman Chris Deluzio is an Iraq War veteran and voting rights attorney who serves as the U.S. Representative for Pennsylvania’s 17th congressional district. Deluzio tells how a dying captain's final order became the battle flag Oliver Hazard Perry flew to victory at Lake Erie. #WeAreAmerica250
Beautiful. I too must believe in America after Trump.
Nathan Newman@nathansnewman.bsky.social · 3mo agoAmazing Hunter Biden produces nice post about Lindsay Graham that is ten times better than any Dem Senator
