El-Sayed: "My commitment to Jewish safety is the same commitment that I have to the safety of my own daughters. Because if there is one question of political philosophy that ought to animate us all, it's what would we do if we treated all our kids like they were all of our kids?"

Teaching novels never implied giving students packets.

Woman with Literature Book

Alt: Woman with Literature Books walking confidently.

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Thanks RFK jr.

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Breaking News: Two deaths in Michigan have been linked to cyclospora. Both people who had the parasite also had underlying health issues.

This is a well-produced segment. I encourage you to watch so you can hear the noise for yourself. The professor of environmental health science that they interviewed called it an “unprecedented new noise source.”

Neighbors say noise from Michigan data center is 24/7 and upending their lives

One Michigan community has been experiencing the reality of a data center next door for a couple of years now, and they say the sound has changed their lives.

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Many many people in this country cannot recognize Islamophobia because they are swimming so deeply in it on a daily basis and have so internalized it that it isn't actually legible to them as racism. It's why it's so casually deployed in a way that other forms of racism in the country are not.

Here’s to year 24, my unhinged era. #obsession #nononononono

I just saw a meme that said “get in losers, we’re reclaiming the emdash”. People. PEOPLE. Where are your STANDARDS? It CLEARLY should be “get in, losers — we’re reclaiming the em dash.”

Two years today since our family moved across the country!

The smoke is clearing and the loon is calling.

Come home this summer, they said. It will be fun, they said. #michigan

📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸‍♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

Three Lebanese journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a clearly marked press vehicle. We are up to what? 189 journalists killed by Israeli forces at this point?

Israeli Strike Kills 3 Lebanese Journalists; Committee To Protect Journalists Decries “Disturbing Pattern” Of Targeting Media Workers

Three Lebanese journalists have been killed in an Israeli airstrike, according to officials.

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Last summer, a pilot wrote to the agency to “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers at LaGuardia reportedly failed to disclose that other airplanes were nearby.

CNN: Concerns Raised About Safety at LaGuardia Airport Before Deadly Runway Crash

CNN is reporting that pilots repeatedly pleaded with NASA’s Aviation Safety Reporting System to address safety concerns in New York’s LaGuardia Airport for months before a deadly airplane crash Sunday...

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My latest. "The only place I know how to begin is here: We are at war, and I want it to stop."

The Zombie Dressed Up as an Ordinary Tuesday

“The forced choreography of everyday life continues, even as the stage is dismantled beneath our feet.”

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Kat Abughazaleh used her campaign to try a lot of things that the party should been embracing a long time ago. The entire left coalition is better off because she ran.

I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

And more from Dolores Huerta: "I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control."

March 18, 2026

Today, civil rights leader Dolores Huerta issued the following statement:

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Sarah Weinman@sarahweinman.com · 5mo ago

Just devastating. Absolutely devastating. And historical investigations matter, because what's hidden today -- or in plain sight but willfully ignored -- will be reckoned with in the future.

Ryan Coogler accepts his first-ever Oscar to a standing ovation “To my parents who are here, thank you for making me believe in myself… Memories are all we have. I hope we give you some great ones.”

Ryan Coogler joins Jordan Peele as the only Black filmmakers to ever win Best Original Screenplay at the #Oscars

Will never get tired of hearing Ryan Coogler talk, just infectious sincere energy that is also as palpably anxious as the rest of us

Autumn Durald Arkapaw wins Best Cinematography for Sinners #Oscars

Ludwig Göransson won the #Oscar for original score for “Sinners.” Göransson previously won original score Oscars for 2018’s “Black Panther” and 2023’s “Oppenheimer.”

‘Sinners’ wins Oscar for best original score

Ludwig Göransson is taking home the Oscar for original score for “Sinners.” The win marks his third Academy Award.

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Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2

Two Black Boys in Paradise: The queer film you probably don’t know that just won a BAFTA https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/23/two-black-boys-in-paradise-baftas-2026-queer-film/?utm_content=1771850400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Two Black Boys in Paradise: The queer film you might not know just won a BAFTA

Sunday’s BAFTA ceremony was glaringly light on LGBTQ+ stories. But in the British Short Animation category, Two Black Boys in Paradise won.

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Fuck BAFTA for not nominating him and fuck BAFTA for this and fuck BBC for censoring “free Palestine” and fuck BBC for not censoring the N word variety.com/2026/film/aw...

Delroy Lindo Wishes ‘Someone From BAFTA Spoke to Us’ After N-Word Was Shouted While He and Michael B. Jordan Presented: We ‘Did What We Had to Do’

Delroy Lindo says no one from BAFTA contacted him or Michael B. Jordan after the N-word was shouted out loud as they presented an award.

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Nothing about this is legal. The US is quietly deporting Palestinians arrested by #ICE to the occupied West Bank via private jet owned by an Israeli-American property tycoon & friend of President Trump, with two such flights taking place in coordination w the Israel: www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...

U.S. secretly deporting Palestinians to West Bank in coordination with Israel

Palestinians arrested by ICE are being flown, bound and shackled, on private jet belonging to Israeli-American tycoon close to Trump, investigation reveals.

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After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

“We Belong to Each Other Now”: Lessons from Minneapolis

“This extreme closeness, togetherness and intimacy — you cannot infiltrate your way into a space where you'll understand that," says May, a rapid responder in Minneapolis.

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CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

7-Year-Old Migrant Girl Dies Of Dehydration And Shock In U.S. Border Patrol Custody

The girl's death underscores the crisis precipitated by large groups of families seeking asylum where there are inadequate facilities to detain them.

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I realize that dunking on the NYT is passé; but, motherfuckers, the reason Americans consume a shitton of weed is that it’s cheaper than the physical and mental healthcare we can’t afford.