America creates the refugees it complains about.
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America creates the refugees it complains about.
They set countries on fire and complain about who runs from the flames.
After his mom died, Fry Bread author Kevin Maillard found himself wondering, "but where did she go?" So he wrote about it. His new kids' book is And They Walk On, illustrated by Rafael López.
Some of our Christmas booksgiving haul.
Here’s what to know about the 30% rule’s history, its relevance in today’s housing market and what strategies might make more sense for renters now. https://to.pbs.org/4aiMySM
Help us clear the shelves before we have to inventory all these books!
20% off all in-stock books until the end of the year, in the store or online at redemmas.org/books (use the code BOOKSROCK at checkout)
We join CAIR and 42 other organizations to urge the Wikimedia Board of Trustees and @wikipedia.org editors to reject and block the efforts of Wikimedia co-founders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger to deny the inescapable conclusion that the Israeli government is committing genocide in Gaza.
This year, D.C. residents were regularly reminded how vulnerable our local laws and political systems are — and how easily daily life can be disrupted by the federal government.
But @samdelgado.bsky.social reports, it was also a year when we fought back. Here's how:
Looking for the truth about what it was like inside CECOT?
Earlier this year, we spoke to the men the Trump administration deported to El Salvador. Hear about what they endured, in their own words: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W8INs141xeQ
A graduate teaching assistant who gave a University of Oklahoma student a failing grade on a psychology essay will no longer be teaching at the university
I don’t mean to sound extreme, but I don’t think we should have torture camps for people with criminal records either.
JD Vance: You don't have to apologize for being white!
Neo Nazis: Heard you loud and clear VP! We're stepping up our operations big time!
But yeah, let's pretend it's hyperbolic to call Trump and his regime fascists and Nazis.
NEW — Based on the aired ‘60 Minutes’ CECOT segment, several of Bari Weiss’s stated reasons to stop the story are inaccurate.
She said the segment did not present the admin’s argument for deporting people to CECOT. It does.
She said the segment did not detail deportee criminal histories. It does.
New: Months before Bari Weiss pulled the 60 Minutes segment on CECOT, her outlet The Free Press was joking about the megaprison Trump has lawlessly deported people to.
"The hottest campaign spot…the new Jeffrey Epstein jet…the place to see and be seen."
@andrewperez.bsky.social @swin24.bsky.social
When police returned Reggie Williams’ wallet, an officer told him: Don’t do anything bad and keep your ID on you.
To Williams, the warning echoed a slavery-era requirement that free African Americans carry documents to prove they weren’t enslaved.
(Published Nov. with @mlk50.com)
During the '24-'25 school year, ~7000 book bans were enacted across the nation—affecting nearly 4000 titles, mostly those featuring people of color and LGBTQ+ characters. 📚 Join the movement to END BOOK BANS and keep diverse stories in classrooms and libraries! Take action here: benjerrys.co/495RV5g
I am sure the 60 Minutes report on CECOT was very well done, but what makes the decision to kill it even more damning is that CBS was hardly out on a limb on this story. It has been extremely well documented and reported by many journalists.
✨ Day 23: Abolition, Advent & Apocalypse
"In chattel slavery, massa often tossed these 'undesirable' bits to the slaves. My enslaved ancestors knew how to turn those 'scraps' into a soul filling meal & West African heritage has now come to fill my belly."
-Schmian Evans
👇🏾 Full reflection
Nicki Minaj Is Helping Trump Lie About Nigeria… and It’s Dangerous
@olurinatti.bsky.social
#BlackSky
Why do you appreciate unions?
I’ll start:
Weekends off
Paid vacations
Work breaks
Sick leave
Paid holidays
No child labor
Safer working conditions
Health care and retirement benefits
Not coincidentally this is a pretty good list of Most Important Companies to Unionize.
Graphic that reads: "The average hourly wage necessary to afford a one-bedroom apartment in the United States is $28.17. The federal minimum wage is currently $7.25." -- National Low Income Housing Coalition
I really appreciate that @pbsnews.org ended the interview with this graphic.
It captures, in the simplest and starkest terms, the brutal arithmetic driving this country's homelessness catastrophe.
Social justice campaigner Bishop William Barber says ICE raids tearing families apart and the shredding of healthcare and food support are all part of the same "policy violence."
Courage in the streets. Capitulation among the elites.
“To keep profits rolling in, oil and gas companies want to turn fossil fuels into a mounting pile of packaging and other plastic products”
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Today, our brave neighbors refused to let go of anyone’s hand. They put their bodies on the line to stop ICE kidnappings. I’m proud that my bill to clarify & strengthen our sanctuary laws & stop ICE from setting up in any of our jails is being heard on 12/8. We must fight to protect our neighbors.
I’ve outgrown the belief that growth or healing is linear. It’s messy. It’s uneven. There’s pauses, breaks and gaps.
Healing happens not because of the absence of setbacks, but despite the presence of setbacks.
