UPDATE: NY Governor Kathy Hochul said on CNN last night that she is considering a ban on masks. Governor Kathy Hochul this is absolutely shameful! New York has suffered so much from COVID, and COVID is not over. We should be normalize and depoliticizing masks, not banning them.

don't just share the grief, stop for the joy as well. may they both make it through 💜

Denver gave people experiencing homelessness $1,000 a month Results showed that close to half of the participants secured housing, and nearly $600K saved in public service costs due to fewer ER visits & jail stays. They also saw improved mental health yahoo.com/news/denver-ga…

For people who wonder what anti-Palestinian racism is, or those who doubt that it exists: This was how the ex-president insulted the current president.

America has big Star Wars Prequels vibes right now…

Both FDR and JFK (though less often) used mobility devices due to their disabilities. Both tried to hide their health issues due to ableism. This cover art is just ableist.

My dog the second i accidentally drop his leash

Trumpian rhetoric, Trumpian levels of lying

One reason we focus our critique on the New York Times is that they are the only large newspaper in the US with a sustainable business model. They are already a dominant force in journalism and are on the way to being a hegemonic force.

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Netanyahu’s standing ovation in Congress will haunt the US for generations. The world has seen the US political elite applaud a mass murderer - a genocidal butcher - and they are not going to forget it, or forgive it.

On July 25th, activists disrupted AAPD’s ADA Celebration event held at the Salamander Hotel on Piscataway lands known as Washington, D.C. demanding an end to the organization’s ties with entities and board members that profit off of the genocide of Palestinians.

My mom put to me the challenge of understanding how/why socialists and progressives failed to come together to stop Hitler so I’ve been studying how groups abdicate responsibility, how Marxists failed to meet the moment, and how exactly Hitler pulled the whole thing off.

The crowd of Democrats cheering a petty, callous, and poorly executed slap down of people simply asking her to stop participating in a genocide is the historical nadir of the “lesser of two evils” discourse so predictably weaponized against people who yearn for a better world.

In 1967, two years after the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee protested financial ties to apartheid South Africa, SNCC labeled Israel an “illegal state,” arguing that “the Palestinian problem” affected the lives of all Africans, Asians, and Arabs. theemancipator.org/2024/08/21/top…

New: UT Austin students who were arrested last April at pro-Palestinian protests describe intense anxiety, fear and trauma as they return to campus. "It's hard to walk,” one student said. “I literally still do not feel a sense of closure." More below: statesman.com/story/news/edu…

One in five Black Americans is food insecure — a rate that is nearly three times higher than that for White Americans. This and other forms of hunger are unacceptable, particularly in the wealthiest nation on the planet. 🧵 ✍️ Alex LaSalvia

The Emancipator’s Alex LaSalvia spoke with organizers from Boston, Chicago, and Las Vegas about one: the community fridge, a grassroots mutual aid project that aims to leverage community resources to solve both food waste and food insecurity. theemancipator.org/2024/08/29/top…

.@The_Emancipator's Alex LaSalvia opens the door to show us the cool world of the community fridge—“a mutual aid project that brings neighbors together to find local solutions to the dual problems of food waste and food insecurity.” harvardpublichealth.org/policy-practic…