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Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens

Gaza doctors ‘becoming too weak to treat patients’ as hunger crisis deepens

Malnourished medical staff say they are struggling to provide care to injured civilians, while recovery rates are also hit by

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In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.

Beyond polo shirts and presidents, Martha's Vineyard has an indigenous past and present

In Nothing More of This Land, Aquinnah Wampanoag writer Joseph Lee takes readers past the celebrity summer scene and into the heart of Noepe, the name his people have called the island for centuries.

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My book, Nothing More of This Land, is out today! It’s an exploration of Indigenous identity from my Wampanoag homelands on Martha’s Vineyard to Indigenous land around the world. Get yours at your favorite bookstore or via the link in my bio!! 🌊🐋

As “Jaws” turns 50, remember the blockbuster’s tourism boom has priced out the Aquinnah Wampanoag from Martha’s Vineyard — their home for over 10,000 years, writes @josephvlee.bsky.social. Read: people.com/jaws-anniver...

'Jaws' Put Martha's Vineyard on the Map — and Threatens My Tribe's Survival (Exclusive)

Looking back at 50 years of 'Jaws,' author Joseph Lee reflects on how increased tourism to the island has impacted the Aquinnah Wampanoag who live there.

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Some exciting news! @josephvlee.bsky.social feature for @vox.com has won First Place Best Feature Story in the Professional Division III category at the 2025 @indigenousja.bsky.social Media Awards! Congrats, Joseph! www.vox.com/climate/3720...

This coastal tribe has a radical vision for fighting sea-level rise in the Hamptons

Next to some of the priciest real estate in the world, the Shinnecock Nation refuses to merely retreat from its vulnerable shoreline.

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NEW: “The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children Al Jazeera’s award-winning team at AJ Fault Lines interviewed twenty U.S. doctors about what they witnessed for a new short film. Producer Amel Guettatfi files this report for @dropsitenews.com www.dropsitenews.com/p/gaza-child...

“The Target is Unmistakable”: The Shooting of Gaza’s Children

American doctors who volunteered in Gaza report witnessing a disturbing pattern of children being shot by Israeli snipers.

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NEW: Hossam Shabat’s Last Article Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun. Translated through tears by Sharif Kouddous dropsitenews.com/p/hossam-sha...

Hossam Shabat’s Last Article

Filed hours before his killing in an Israeli airstrike, journalist Hossam Shabat describes the resumption of Israel's scorched earth campaign in his hometown of Beit Hanoun.

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SCOOP—Emails obtained by @zeteo.com show Mahmoud Khalil reached out for help from the Columbia administration *one day before* ICE detained him. He said he couldn't sleep from threats he was receiving. He even wrote that he feared ICE "might come to my home."

SCOOP: Emails Show Mahmoud Khalil Asked Columbia for Protection a Day Before He Was Detained

"I haven’t been able to sleep, fearing that ICE or a dangerous individual might come to my home. I urge you to intervene and provide the necessary protections to prevent further harm."

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Mahmoud Khalil has been quietly sent 1000+ miles away to a Louisiana ICE facility. Note this ACLU/RFK Human Rights report from *just months ago* on ICE detention in LA — "Inside the Black Hole: Systemic Human Rights Abuses Against Immigrants Detained & Disappeared in Louisiana"

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UPDATE: Mahmoud Khalil is being held by ICE in the Jena/LaSalle Detention Facility in Louisiana, per ICE detainee tracker Khalil was detained Saturday night from his New York apartment building

this weekend I wrote about Sam Nordquist, and the infuriating way the media and other authorities have treated his murder defector.com/who-gets-to-...

Who Gets To Determine A Hate Crime? | Defector

On Feb. 13, Sam Nordquist, a Black trans man from Minnesota, was found murdered in a field in upstate New York. He was 24 years old. The ongoing investigation suggests that Nordquist was subjected to ...

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400+ years after the "First Thanksgiving" most Americans have no idea that the Wampanoag people are still here. My tribe, the Aquinnah Wampanoag, is on Martha's Vineyard and we're still fighting for our land and rights. We’re also doing some cool stuff. 🧵👇 if you’d like to learn more & support us

Excited to share this story by @josephvlee.bsky.social for @vox.com that places #LandBack in the larger context for our planet. The Land Back movement is not only an important cultural story—it could also prove key in the fight to build climate resilience. www.vox.com/down-to-eart...

Tribal lands were stolen. What happens when those ancestral territories are returned?

A movement to undo a history of violence and oppression could be a key in unlocking climate action, too.

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Applications for our 2025 Margins and Open City Fellowships are NOW OPEN to NYC tristate area-based Asian American & Asian diasporic writers through December 15! ✨ Share this with the writers in your community! Learn more and apply at aaww.org/fellowships.