Karen Ruckman
@ruckmanphoto.bsky.social
photographer | documentarian | educator | dc native 💙 www.photochangellc.com #freedc
Honestly this is the right way to look at things
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 23h agoOssoff: "I have zero interest in running for president in 2028, and frankly zero interest in the 2028 fantasy football right now ... these midterms are the whole ballgame ... I don't know that we have a free and fair election in 2028 unless we restore checks and balances in these 2026 midterms."
Roy DeCarava should be as well known as Ansel Adams.
Rabih Alameddine@rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 2d agoRoy DeCarava, Bill and Son, 1962
The Phillips Collection's 2025 call for work responding to the current political moment received 1,500 submissions from across the D.C. area. The resulting exhibit "Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise" puts 48 local artists on a global stage, @ecwilliams.bsky.social reports.
Phillips Collection puts DC-area artists on a global stage
"Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise" is the result of an open call for art responding to the current political moment.
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Let’s ensure our children are fed and educated and have a fair shot at life. @nickkristof.bsky.social Where the Teacher Is a Hero www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/o...
Opinion | Where the Teacher Is a Hero (Gift Article)
The Trump administration is squeezing struggling Americans with benefit cuts, but ordinary people are stepping up to help.
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We must shift power back to the workers as we have done before. #oligarchy @rbreich.bsky.social robertreich.substack.com/p/the-enshit...
The Enshittification of Everything (Part 3)
Power in the Age of Oligarchy. Third part of a 3-part series.
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Today marks one year of Trump’s military occupation of my hometown. This is hurting our communities and our neighbors. Check out @freedcproject.bsky.social to be part of the solution. #freedc
Powerful images taken of and by Black Americans showcasing a wide variety of lived experiences at the National Gallery of Art later this year. www.thisiscolossal.com/2026/08/reme...
'Remember Me' Highlights Black Americans' Self-Expression in Early Photography
The National Gallery of Art presents around 70 historical images in 'Remember Me: Picturing African Americans in Early Photography.'
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“I am not trying to get in the way of your movie ventures, and I have no opinion of your proposed business structure, I just want to be able to hand my children and grandchildren a functioning democracy.” @marcelias.bsky.social newsletters.democracydocket.com/my-open-/let...
My open letter to David Ellison
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“When you read what he was writing about the Bush administration and the endless wars and the growth of the surveillance state, he could very much be talking about Donald Trump.” www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
‘Like if John Sayles directed Forrest Gump’: the incredible life of historian Howard Zinn
The life of the hugely influential ‘people’s historian’ is explored in a wide-ranging new book that brings in everything from wars to civil rights to Matt Damon
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Worthy to have “Inside Out” included in American Artist Appreciation month. @thedcarts.bsky.social Love that artists can be impactful across communities. @ild1985.bsky.social
New opportunities for volunteers from Citizen Historians for the Smithsonian. 🔥🔥 Help counter direct attacks on Smithsonian programs and staff, contact Info@citizenhistorians
Here's a funny pattern: The Trump administration keeps accidentally admitting migrant workers are good for the economy, then keeps getting forced to suppress that truth after MAGA rages at them over it. All detailed in this piece:
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 2w agoDon't miss this vile story: MAGA is raging at DHS chief Markwayne Mullin for admitting migrant farmworkers can beneft our economy. This means his devotion to ethnic cleansing is in doubt. He must be excommunicated! I wrote about the collapse of MAGA mythology here: newrepublic.com/article/2138...
Check out “Tomorrow The Sun Will Rise” at the Phillips Collection August 1 - September 29. Excited to have Jackson artist @silverthorne02.bsky.social among the 48 artists from the DMV.
It’s hard to imagine a worst place than the National Mall for an Indy 500 race. @timothynoah.bsky.social newrepublic.com/article/2137...
Why Trump’s 250 Grand Prix Is a Really Bad Idea
It isn’t smart to host an Indy 500 race that roars past six museums and a sculpture garden.
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This is a very tough time for those of us who care about preserving history. Join the mailing list for Citizen Historians to support the effort: Info@citizenhistorians.org
Karen Ruckman@ruckmanphoto.bsky.social · 3w agoProtect the Smithsonian Institution, visit and leave a comment that you treasure the research and value the museums. Counter the Trump attacks on our museums. Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
Protect the Smithsonian Institution, visit and leave a comment that you treasure the research and value the museums. Counter the Trump attacks on our museums. Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum www.nytimes.com/2026/07/24/a...
Trump Orders Warnings Placed at ‘Inaccurate’ Smithsonian History Museum (Gift Article)
President Trump said the signage at the National Museum of American History would correct what a disputed White House report described as “extreme political activism.”
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impeachment is not going to happen — the bar is too high — but it just takes a simple majority and a signature to expand the entire federal judiciary.
patrick mcneil (he/him)@patrickryne.bsky.social · 4w agoRead more about Benjamin Flowers. nominationnotes.substack.com/p/anti-civil...
Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/m...
Zohran Mamdani Knows He Has Political Capital. And He Intends to Spend It. (Gift Article)
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an interview with the mayor of New York City.
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At more than $3M a day, this largely ineffectual National Guard presence will remain in DC through Inauguration 2029 #freedc 📷 GeorgetownDC
Consider a donation to the volunteer-run free museum honoring Harriet Tubman Harriettubmanmuseumcenter.org hyperallergic.com/mural-damage...
Mural Damaged in Break-In at Harriet Tubman Museum
The recently renovated Maryland museum also said its donation box was taken in last weekend’s burglary.
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Tender portraits of women serving life sentences in America www.huckmag.com/article/wome...
Tender portraits of women serving life sentences in America
Looking Inside — While working as a public defender attorney in New York State, Sara Bennett found dilapidated prisons and forgotten people. Her new…
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Thank you feminism. Thank you @E. Jean Carroll. "The money, which had been held in escrow while Mr. Trump appealed the jury’s 2023 award, was disbursed to Ms. Carroll last week, according to a note added on Tuesday to the online court docket in the case."
E. Jean Carroll Receives $5.6 Million Payment From Trump in Civil Case
A federal jury found President Trump liable for sexually abusing and defaming Ms. Carroll. He exhausted his appeals last month, prompting a judge to order that the money be paid.
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Many of us are familiar with how the Trump administration has politicized the award of FEMA by denying disaster aid to blue states. Now, imagine that dynamic applying to *all* state and local discretionary grants. That's what OMB's grants proposal threatens to do www.crisesnotes.com/russell-voug...
Russell Vought is Using the Plumbing of Fiscal Federalism to Create a New Patronage System
EDITORS NOTE: I (Nathan) have struggled whether to rush to comment on this proposed OMB rule. Being a recent Fiscal Year 2026 OMB memo, and knowing that the OMB will continue to create new forms of bu...
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