Mariana Chilton
@marianachilton.bsky.social
Truth teller focused on inequality, poverty, trauma, and racism DrMarianaChilton.com
Two militaries, one monster. The House of Representatives has passed a $1 trillion bill that includes a provision critics say amounts to integrating the U.S. and Israeli militaries. Human rights groups and lawmakers are sounding the alarm as the bill now advances to the Senate. By Carlos Latuff
“This summer, Tisha B’Av seems to be happening to me, whether I was initially aware of it or not when the ‘three weeks of grief’ on the Jewish calendar were set in motion, leading up to the 9th day of the month of Av …” Full post on IG @cindymilstein or kolektiva.social/@cbmilstein/...
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Attached: 1 image This summer, Tisha B’Av seems to be happening to me, whether I was initially aware of it or not when the “three weeks of grief” on the Jewish calendar were set in motion, leading up...
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NEW: On Monday, officials in 25 states and Washington, DC sued Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and Dr. Oz over the interim final rule for Medicaid work requirements established by President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
States sue to block Medicaid work requirements
RFK Jr. and Dr. Oz's harsh new rules "punish those who cannot fend for themselves,” Democratic officials argue.
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The stories & photos from today’s voting rights marches in Alabama deserve to be seen by people who weren’t able to stand there in person. If this piece moves you, please share it widely & help make sure these voices aren’t lost in the noise of a crowded news cycle. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Selma Rejects Jim Crow 2.0
Half of the population in Dallas County, Alabama, where Selma is located, was African American in 1965.
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Black people are giving it these Confederates raw and uncut. This is how it’s gonna be now. You wonder what we’re thinking? It’s this. I believe this is activist Gary Chambers again in Louisiana.
My newest piece on SNAP & moral decrepitude of Trump Admin. contrarian.substack.com/p/the-ugline...
The ugliness under SNAP’s veil and the beauty of sharing our food
The goodness of people’s hearts and willingness show up for each other is good soil that grows community and builds democracy.
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Fantastic piece by Andy Fisher -> Trump’s Pro-Hunger Agenda and the Cruel Logic of Capitalism thereader.mitpress.mit.edu/trumps-pro-h... #FoodInsecurity #Politics #SNAP via @mitpress.bsky.social
Trump’s Pro-Hunger Agenda and the Cruel Logic of Capitalism
Don’t forget that food insecurity has long been a feature of Republican politics, not a bug.
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It won’t be a shortage of food, but rather the surplus of political hate & corporate greed that’ll ravage the global food supply as we know it @marianachilton.bsky.social offers a path towards redemption
Food is not the hunger-ending hero we think it is
The world has enough food. It's who controls the food that's the problem.
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Glad NYT finally covering this. One of the most important injustices behind by these illegal firings. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/u...
In Trump’s Federal Work Force Cuts, Black Women Are Among the Hardest Hit
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🥗 About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk. Jonathan Schwabish for @urbaninstitute.bsky.social www.urban.org/urban-wire/a...
About 12 Million Households Receive Both Medicaid and SNAP. The Reconciliation Bill Puts Them At Risk.
Households that rely on both Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program are spread throughout the country.
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My first piece with @contrariannews.org Were working with monsters - we need to step it up. substack.com/@contrarian/...
The Contrarian (@contrarian)
With the passage of the Reconciliation Act, Republicans gutted a lifeline for millions while boosting corporate profits. @Mariana Chilton warns the real monster here is an insatiable hunger for power ...
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Glad to see NYT piece like this from a genocide scholar. Finally. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/15/o...
Opinion | I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It.
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ICYMI: “Rep. @brotherjones.bsky.social has filed a bill to ban law enforcement officers in Tennessee, including ICE, from wearing masks while making arrests (and ID themselves) — the “Stop American Gestapo Act” www.tennessean.com/story/news/p...
McGovern: Listen to this quote from Murkowski who just caved and voted for this. "My hope is that the house is going to look at this and recognize we are not there yet." If you really believe that, why the hell did you vote for the bill?
Thorough, fantastic article about abuse of power and overreach of trauma specialists & CPS
ProPublica@propublica.org · last yr.NEW: A Minneapolis pediatrician said he felt pressured to “fall in line” with child abuse specialist Dr. Nancy Harper and her team. Then he was given a choice: resign or be fired. By @jlussenhop.bsky.social, photos by @sbmaneyphoto.bsky.social
The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.
Rep. Velázquez Touts Bill to Unmask ICE Agents During Rally at NYC Field Office
The bill bars agents from wearing facial coverings during enforcement unless medically necessary or required for safety.
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Great piece- plz read it. Heartbreaking, heart rending. Let's keep up the fight for trans rights. Gift article from New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/18/o...
Opinion | My Daughter Was at the Center of the Supreme Court Case on Trans Care. Our Hearts Are Broken.
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Rumpus admin carries out yet another betrayal of tribal govts. in Pacific northwest. Destroys a "deal" 10 yrs in the making to return water/salmon rights. Gift article here. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/12/u...
Trump Withdraws From Agreement With Tribes to Protect Salmon
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Low-income families could lose food assistance entirely if their state can’t afford new #SNAP cost-sharing rules proposed in the Senate Agriculture Committee’s reconciliation proposal. See how states could be impacted: www.cbpp.org/research/foo...
Research Note: Senate Republican Leaders’ Proposal Risks Deep Cuts to Food Assistance, Some States Ending SNAP Entirely | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities
States, which must balance their budgets every year, would struggle to absorb these substantial new costs.
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Outstanding piece. Damning & grief filled. Touches the deepest places in me, as I try to stay human and loving. Plz read whole thing.
Boston Review@bostonreview.bsky.social · last yr.“We are drowning in numbers, suffocating under the weight of quantitative measures of our loss, our suffering, our destruction. The tolls outpace my ability to record them.”
Fantastic analysis of massive inequalities in global economies, w. Policy recommendations for change wid.world/news-article...
Colonial extraction and unequal exchange have shaped two centuries of North-South inequality - WID - World Inequality Database
In a new study, Gastón Nievas and Thomas Piketty examine patterns of global imbalances, current account surplus/deficit and net foreign wealth accumulation over more than two centuries.
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The gut punch news of how cuts in nutrition assistance programs and local buying programs affect farmers who grow good food. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/u...
A Peach and Apple Farmer’s Uphill Quest to Feed Poor Families, and His Own
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It's overwhelming, unbearable. And yet, the people who say they work on hunger in US are silent. I'll be coming back into the fray. I just need a little more time to get my lungs & vocal chords back. Meantime, plz read. Gift article The New York Times. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/w...
In Emaciated Children, Gaza’s Hunger Is Laid Bare
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Sad for this news. I admire his humility and integrity. Here's a gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...
José Mujica, Leftist President of Uruguay Known for Humility, Dies at 89
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People. This violence & indifference is intentional -- how is it that we allow it? The same way we allow "milder" forms of child hunger. www.nytimes.com/video/world/...
Video: Children Suffer From Malnutrition as Israel’s Blockade of Gaza Continues
It has been over 60 days since Israel ordered a halt to all humanitarian aid entering Gaza. Israel says the siege will continue until Hamas releases all of its hostages.
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Tough read of the truth: mondoweiss.net/2025/03/four...
Four reasons why Israel’s ethnic cleansing of the West Bank is being accepted by the world
Israel’s ethnic cleansing campaign in the West Bank is being accepted by the international community because it has already allowed genocide in Gaza and the forced displacement of Palestinians since 1...
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