Brutally damning essay about Andy Puzder from a woman who worked for Hardee's for 21 years. Whoo boy: washingtonpost.com/posteverything…

Great read from an Iraq War Vet on the question of torture. Moved me to tears, via The New York Times nytimes.com/2017/02/10/opi…

So very beautiful. Important words to remember: How We Overcame Tyranny Before, via The New York Times nytimes.com/2017/02/11/opi…

Daffodils, blooming on Feb 15th. This is crazy, right?

Walking around downtown passing out fliers. #HateHasNoHomeHere Emily Taylor

Support Virginia Youth Fighting White Supremacy youcaring.com/virginiastuden… via YouCaring

Here's what Paraguayans did with a statue of dictator Alfredo Stroessner (1954-89). It's an interesting compromise.

Yes! Baltimore Removes Confederate Statues Overnight via The New York Times nytimes.com/2017/08/16/us/…

Yeah Emily! Chicago's 'Hate Has No Home Here' Spreads In Virginia After Violent Weekend dnain.fo/2uZ6OkY

The scene at UVA. Wow. #Charlotteville

No. This is about the hate those monuments represent. And it’s about your shameless fueling of racism and prejudice for political gain.

So awesome! The Monuments Must Go: An Open Letter From Great, Great Grandsons of Stonewall Jackson democracynow.org/2017/8/17/the_… via Democracy Now!

Who knew that okra plants could be so beautiful. #frontyardgarden #foodscape

Pretty sure eclipse won't happen. Everyone knows astronomers are just chasing grant money.

UMW Faculty Council resolution on the "Unite the Right"debacle in Charlottesville. It's an important message.

Do U.S. sociologists have a responsibility to study the devastating costs of U.S. wars? How could we do better? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/so…

There’s a disaster much worse than Texas. But no one talks about it | Jonathan Freedland theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

A forensic, year-long Azmat Khan field investigation finds that civilian casualties from Coalition airstrikes in Iraq were 31x more frequent than the US-led alliance is admitting. Major flaws identified in the Coalition's assessment processes. nytimes.com/interactive/20…

So grateful for this powerful reporting from Iraq. The Uncounted nyti.ms/2jwGChm

"That the Arctic is now a relic of a time gone by — the first major part of the planet on a countdown clock — should shock us." grist.org/article/let-it… via grist