We stand in solidarity with Indian journalist and columnist Rana Ayyub, and join @rsf.org and other organizations in calling on Navi Mumbai police to provide robust protection and investigate this escalation in threats against her.

RSF@handle.invalid · 9mo ago

India: 10 NGOs, including RSF, sent a letter to the Navi Mumbai police commissioner on 19 November calling for an official investigation into death threats against journalist Rana Ayyub and demanding immediate protection for her family.

BREAKING: @freepress.bsky.social @pressfreedom.bsky.social @freedom.press @penamerica.bsky.social @rsf.org just filed a brief supporting Mario Guevara's release from prolonged & unconstitutional detention. www.freepress.net/news/free-pr...

Free Press and the Committee to Protect Journalists Lead Brief in Support of Detained Journalist Mario Guevara

The targeting, muzzling, detention and possible deportation of beloved journalist Mario Guevara is as legally unjust as it is a sign of the Trump administration’s censorship scheme.

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One of the best scripts/movies ever. I'm going to be auctioning off this autographed RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK poster (COA shown). Date: August (date TBD) All money raised will be donated to @penamerica.bsky.social, a great non-profit protecting writers AND free speech. #filmsky #scriptsky #art

Love this! #RelationshipGoals! And if you haven't seen their doc #ForLoveAndLife, check it out on Amazon Prime.

Brian Wallach@bsw5020.bsky.social · last yr.

Our diversity has always been our superpower.

Might as well be ISIS in the way people are being treated. Elementary school graduation.

JaValle@handle.invalid · last yr.

Los Angeles school worker shares frustration over parents having to leave their children’s graduation ceremony because ICE raided an elementary school’s graduation today

Pope Leo XIV expressed solidarity with imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.” He spoke in an audience with some of the 6,000 journalists who descended on Rome to cover his election as the first American pontiff.

Pope Leo XIV urges release of imprisoned journalists, affirms gift of free speech and press

Pope Leo XIV has called for the release of imprisoned journalists and affirmed the “precious gift of free speech and the press.”

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There are so many amazing #BlackOwnedBookstores around the nation, curated so well, esp support them as Black history is eradicated from schools. Few more I love are #UncleBobbies (Philly), #LitBar (Bronx), & #OctaviasBookshelf (Pasadena). Please add your faves as well! #IndieBookstoreDay

PEN America@penamerica.bsky.social · last yr.

Black-owned bookstores are spaces not just for books but for promoting and reclaiming culture and community. We talked to the owners of some of our favorite bookstores across the country. Hear their stories, and if one is near you, go check them out this #IndieBookstoreDay: pen.org/black-owned-...

Just blows my mind the utter ignorance that spawns #bookbans. And by the way those "values" are not conservative, they are narrow-minded.

Jonathan Friedman 📚@jonfreadom.bsky.social · last yr.

The hoops being jumped through in Elizabeth, Colorado to keep 19 books banned from students -- despite a judge's order they must now be returned to the shelves-- are something out of a circus. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

It has been 1,164 days since the Taliban barred Afghan girls from attending school, robbing 1.4 million girls of their right to education. This is not only a tragedy but a global failure. #LetHerLearn

I’m looking for people who performed on Broadway in the 70s, particularly ppl worked with Ben Vereen or performed in any of the Black-themed shows so prevalent at that time. If this is you or others you know, I appreciate any interest you may have in chatting with me. Thank you!