CFP: Black Queer/Trans Studies Graduate Conference Princeton University | May 1-2, 2026 Deadline for Abstracts: March 15, 2026 "We welcome proposals on any subject related to Black queer/trans studies, broadly defined" from graduate students and undergraduate seniors.

First Bernie Sanders. Then the CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

RFK Jr.’s enemies list just got a lot longer

First Bernie Sanders. Then CDC directors. Now, more than 1,000 current and former HHS staffers are demanding he step down.

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Lisa Murkowski is the Brad Little of Congres. Like Gov. Little, she signs on to bad legislation, calls it bad, wrings her hands about it, and then calls on someone else to fix it.

Francisco Urizar, 64, was detained by ICE while on his work route delivering tortillas. His daughter Nancy is trying to find out what happened to him.

One daughter's search for a father detained by ICE

Francisco Urizar, 64, was detained by ICE while on his work route delivering tortillas. His daughter Nancy is trying to find out what happened to him.

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#Acrel Job: Assistant Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. Review of applications begins September 8, 2025. apply.interfolio.com/169022

What Barbara Chase-Riboud, Lucille Clifton, and June Jordan “had in common…was an editor whose fame as a writer was on the rise and who was willing to use whatever cachet this gathered to publish poetry by Black women…” @danaawilliams.bsky.social‬ on Toni Morrison: at.pw.org/TakingAChance

Hi, this is Meg Barnette, Brad's wife. While escorting a defendant out of immigration court at 26 Federal Plaza, Brad was taken by masked agents and detained by ICE. This is still developing, and our team is monitoring the situation closely.

Zohran Mamdani, who recently cross-endorsed with Lander, called for the comptroller’s immediate release. “This is fascism and all New Yorkers must speak in one voice,” said Mamdani.

Federal agents handcuff and detain New York City mayoral candidate

Brad Lander was taken into custody at an immigration court in Lower Manhattan.

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If you're thinking "I'll be fine without FDA milk inspections, I don't even drink milk anyway" I have very bad news for you about what the F in "FDA" stands for.

The federal government plans to eliminate services for LGBTQ youth who call 988, the national suicide and crisis hotline, according to a Health and Human Services budget draft leaked last week.

HHS plans to cut the national suicide hotline’s program for LGBTQ youth

In February, the program received an average of 2,100 contacts per day.

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Today, I went to our Social Security Office to conduct Oversight and was denied access to meet with officials. Instead, we were given a generic phone number in another state and denied entry past the waiting room. Here’s what we found out ⬇️

Scientists at the CDC were ordered late on Friday to withdraw any pending publications, at any scientific journal, that mention terms such as “transgender,” “immigrant,” “LGBT” or “pregnant people.”

CDC Scientists Ordered to Withdraw Studies That Say ‘LGBT’ or ‘Pregnant People’

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More than 8,000 web pages across more than a dozen U.S. government websites have been taken down since Friday afternoon, a New York Times analysis found. The purges have removed information about vaccines, veterans’ care, hate crimes, scientific research and more.

Thousands of U.S. Government Web Pages Have Been Taken Down Since Friday

Federal agencies moved to satisfy Trump’s orders to remove topics like diversity initiatives and “gender ideology.”

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Since tariffs are a tax on U.S. importers, why do we permit the President to impose them unilaterally without authorization from Congress? Asking for a nation.

@francinejharris.bsky.social with a wonderful, insightful #poem for #BlackHistoryMonth francine j. harris - “Oregon Trail Missouri”

In a new Behind the Byline interview, staff reader C. Rees talks with NER 45.3 poet francine j. harris about sonic mapping, the human and the humane, and the poet's responsibility to the endangered. sites.middlebury.edu/newenglandre...

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Photo of francine j. harris courtesy of the author Staff reader C. Rees talks with NER 45.3 poet francine j. harris about sonic mapping, the human and the humane, and the poet’s responsibilit…

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Are you a Southern writer with a first or second poetry manuscript? 👇🏿✨

Hub City Press@hubcitypress.bsky.social · 2y ago

OPEN TODAY! Our 10th round of the New Southern Voices Poetry Book Prize opens now and closes April 18. Thrilled to have former HCWP writer-in-residence Derrick Austin as our judge this year.

Telehealth providers say requests for the pills have spiked since the election. Patients and doctors worry what a Trump presidency could mean for medical abortion and emergency contraception.

Women stock up on abortion pills and Plan B, fearing new restrictions under Trump

Telehealth providers say requests for the pills have spiked since the election. Patients and doctors worry what a Trump presidency could mean for medical abortion and emergency contraception.

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