Valerie Russ
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Journalist and writer. Bison. Former Philadelphia Inquirer reporter. Broke story on the controversy over Philadelphia's Harriet Tubman statue being commissioned without a public call for artists. The city reversed course; issued the call.
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The U.S. Relies on Family Caregivers. Millions of Them Are Kids. (Gift Article)
The modern health care system requires the work of caregiving to fall to whoever else lives in a household — even if they’re kids.
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Julia Chaney-Moss, sister of slain civil rights worker James Chaney, talks ‘the other Philadelphia’
Last month, Julia Chaney-Moss accepted honors on behalf of her brother, James Earl Chaney, one of three civil rights workers killed in Mississippi in 1964. The Inquirer interviewed her about her life.
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Democracy Matters!@democracymatters.bsky.social · yesterday#OnThisDay #ThePeoplesHistory AUG. 4, 1964: CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS BODIES FOUND The bodies of three lynched civil rights workers (James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman) were found in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
We’re so sad to hear this…rest in power, Johanna 💔 amsterdamnews.com/news/2026/08...
Johanna Fernández, Young Lords historian and prison abolitionist, makes her transition
Dr. Johanna Fernández, the Dominican American historian, prison abolitionist, and movement scholar, died on July 30.
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🚨 After 40 years of research, Brazilian scientist Dr. Mariangela Hungria wins the World Food Prize for pioneering a $2 nitrogen-fixing bacteria treatment that replaces costly fertilizers, saves farmers $25 billion annually, and cuts 230 million tons of CO₂ emissions.
My unvaccinated brother died of COVID in 2021. I was about a year and a half into my epidemiology career. Healthcare staff did absolutely everything they could but they cannot cure ignorance. They cannot cure an anti-science belief and culture. Thats YOUR responsibility. Not Dr. Fauci’s.
65,765 people were in ICE detention as of July 11, in ICE's first data since April. Arrests hit a record 1,474 a day, and the largest group in custody has no criminal history at all. Full edition: austinkocher.substack.com/p/this-week-...
I shrieked with glee when this news landed in my inbox today and I beamed with pride when I shoved a Silence Dogood pun into this story. www.inquirer.com/life/philade...
Philadelphia is hosting a ‘National Treasure’ weekend
The three-day event will celebrate one of the best and most absurd films ever partially filmed in Philly.
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Man Crying and Praying
ALT: Man Crying and Praying
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Shams Charania Tweets@shamsbot.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: LeBron James is signing with the Philadelphia 76ers on a two-year, $8 million deal with a player option, Klutch Sports Group and Klutch CEO and Game Over show host Rich Paul tells ESPN.
The fed gov may be so scared of the truth about the President’s House site that it ripped panels down, replaced them w/whitewashed ones, set up giant surveillance cameras & stationed 4 park police there…but Philly still finds a way to get the truth out. Spotted across the street from the site.
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Faced With Piles of New Paperwork, People Are Losing Food Stamps (Gift Article)
Arizona’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program rolls have plummeted, offering a possible preview of national trends as states try to avoid new federal penalties.
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For months, Rep. Joyce Beatty has fought to have Trump’s name removed from the Kennedy Center — a battle that at times left her mocked by conservatives and isolated as the lone lawmaker challenging the institution’s overhaul. Today, she says she feels vindicated. My latest for @theatlantic.com:
The Congresswoman Who Got Trump’s Name Off the Kennedy Center
Representative Joyce Beatty sued over the president’s control of the arts complex. The effort to keep it open isn’t over.
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News organizations should periodically stop and look in the mirror and ask themselves “Have we internalized copspeak to the point that our headlines indistinguishable from police department email subject lines?”
ICE agents will stop making most traffic stops, sources told multiple news outlets on Tuesday.
ICE Pausing Most Vehicle Stops After Deadly Shootings In Maine And Texas
ICE agents will stop making most traffic stops, sources told multiple news outlets on Tuesday.
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Not saying that game was stolen from Egypt but it is now on display at museum in London.
Major construction has reshaped Detroit, and new concrete businesses have opened in response. Homeowners, who say they can’t coexist with one big plant, have sold their properties to the company and left. w/ @bridgedet313.bsky.social
Left in the Dust: How a Billionaire-Owned Concrete Plant Took Over a Detroit Community
After a Moroun-owned company erected a concrete plant in a quiet neighborhood with the aid of the city, residents began battling clouds of dust and other problems. They say local and state officials h...
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A strong social safety net has made Norway happier and richer than U.S. per capita. 'We actually live the American Dream' ex PM says. Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/o...
Opinion | What We Should Learn From Nordic Happiness
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“What, to the American slave, is your Fourth of July? I answer: a day that reveals to him, more than all other days in the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is the constant victim.” — Frederick Douglass, July 5, 1852 🇺🇸
James Forten heard the 1st public reading of the Declaration of Independence in 1776; he participated in the American Revolution & fought for its ideals long after the war. A skilled entrepreneur & ardent abolitionist, his wife & daughters founded the 1st interracial antislavery society for women.
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A woman missing since 2016 had close ties to the Olney house that’s now the target of a massive investigation
Amy McHale disappeared in June 2016. She was last seen at a house on West Chew Avenue, the home of her now late ex-husband. The house is the target of federal and local investigation.
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Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional
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I first saw the diorama of John Ripley at Dong Ha in Memorial Hall when I was a kid visiting USNA. Years later I got to meet him in on the Yard when I was a midshipman. Kind of wild to be writing about him now www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u...
Three Medals of Honor Awarded to Vietnam and Afghanistan Veterans
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A Michelle Obama Appreciation Post: I deeply admire your elegance, graciousness, beauty, accomplishments, relatability & effortless class. Thank you for being one of the greatest First Ladies of all time!🙏 Much ❤️ from one of your countless fans, Mar🐫
⚠️WOKE CONTENT⚠️™️ 🧵 Last week, we went over Black servicemen having to give up rank in order to fight on the front lines. Today, we will meet one of those men. Pull up a seat🪑, friends.(cont) #ProudBlue #ResistanceRoots #USDemocracy #Voices4Victory allthatsinteresting.com/edward-a-car...
Edward Carter Singlehandedly Took Down 8 Nazis — But Was Denied Honors Because He Was Black
It wouldn't be until 30 years later, and after his death, that the Army recognized his outstanding service.
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Happening today .. The Caribbean Creatives Art Show & Mixer at @UrbanArtGallery on historic 52nd St in Philly. Karl Morris is owner of the gallery.
Some hope in voting wars comes from a court in an unlikely place — Alabama. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/u...
Court Rejects Alabama House Map, Calling It Unfair to Black Voters
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