📚 “I stand by my decision. I will not change my mind.” RUTHERFORD COUNTY library director LUANNE JAMES 🦸‍♀️ was just fired for refusing to move kids books into the adult section simply because the board doesn’t like what they’re about. Full: www.wkrn.com/news/local-n...

Three Lebanese journalists were killed in an Israeli airstrike that targeted a clearly marked press vehicle. We are up to what? 189 journalists killed by Israeli forces at this point?

Last summer, a pilot wrote to the agency to “Please do something,” after air traffic controllers at LaGuardia reportedly failed to disclose that other airplanes were nearby.

My latest. "The only place I know how to begin is here: We are at war, and I want it to stop."

Kat Abughazaleh used her campaign to try a lot of things that the party should been embracing a long time ago. The entire left coalition is better off because she ran.

I read the NYT piece, and I am holding onto the words of a woman who fended off inappropriate advances from a 60-year-old Cesar Chavez at the age of 19. “It makes you rethink in history all those heroes,” Esmeralda Lopez said. “The movement — that’s the hero.”

And more from Dolores Huerta: "I have never identified myself as a victim, but I now understand that I am a survivor — of violence, of sexual abuse, of domineering men who saw me, and other women, as property, or things to control."

Ryan Coogler accepts his first-ever Oscar to a standing ovation “To my parents who are here, thank you for making me believe in myself… Memories are all we have. I hope we give you some great ones.”

Ryan Coogler joins Jordan Peele as the only Black filmmakers to ever win Best Original Screenplay at the #Oscars

Will never get tired of hearing Ryan Coogler talk, just infectious sincere energy that is also as palpably anxious as the rest of us

Autumn Durald Arkapaw wins Best Cinematography for Sinners #Oscars

Ludwig Göransson won the #Oscar for original score for “Sinners.” Göransson previously won original score Oscars for 2018’s “Black Panther” and 2023’s “Oppenheimer.”

Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez on Iran: “Spain is against this disaster. Because we understand that governments are here to improve people's lives, to provide solutions to problems, not to make people's lives worse. 1/2

What the genocide in Gaza reinforced is that there are no "civilians" when it comes to Israel and the United States. The rest of the world learned the same lesson and the consequences are going to be felt across the world.

Two Black Boys in Paradise: The queer film you probably don’t know that just won a BAFTA https://www.thepinknews.com/2026/02/23/two-black-boys-in-paradise-baftas-2026-queer-film/?utm_content=1771850400&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky

Fuck BAFTA for not nominating him and fuck BAFTA for this and fuck BBC for censoring “free Palestine” and fuck BBC for not censoring the N word variety.com/2026/film/aw...

Nothing about this is legal. The US is quietly deporting Palestinians arrested by #ICE to the occupied West Bank via private jet owned by an Israeli-American property tycoon & friend of President Trump, with two such flights taking place in coordination w the Israel: www.972mag.com/us-secretly-...

After months of relentless rapid response in Minneapolis, members of Defend the 612 had a moment to breathe and reflect on the lessons they’ve learned, the grief they carry, and the citywide fellowship they hope will endure. The crisis is not over, and I’m grateful they made time to speak with me.

CBP didn’t give her or anyone any water; she asked 3 times accg to other reports. CBP killed a 7yr old. “8 hours after the girl & her father were taken into custody, she began having seizures & her body temperature was measured at 105.7 degrees by emergency medical technicians. shorturl.at/d2OTJ

I realize that dunking on the NYT is passé; but, motherfuckers, the reason Americans consume a shitton of weed is that it’s cheaper than the physical and mental healthcare we can’t afford.

The silence from the game broadcast crew when they returned was cowardly and very, very rude. They didn’t even acknowledge the show or the artist. #NFLhalftime

If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

OK "god bless america" and then naming every country in the americas from south to north is absolute king shit

Rest in power Dr. Morrell. Thank you for your lessons in leadership, language as a craft, and the application of social justice as a literary lens.

Today is a great day to unsubscribe from WaPo if you've been holding out thus far

Beyond proud of the thousands of students exercising their rights today. And thank you to their teachers for reminding them of their right to protest, right to stay in class working if they choose, and right to freedom of speech.

It’s really difficult & disorienting but the feds hit LA extremely hard today. There were kidnappings all over & reported cluster raids in Chinatown, East LA, Ktown. This list shows to 1130 AM but they haven’t stopped all day Just because the media attention stopped doesn’t mean the abductions have

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

"run up, get done up" - Rep Omar

What is obvious to me is that a lot of people deeply care about their neighbors and this country. They didn't think we would. We do.

Just FYI.

this is for some dear dear ones. i am already half asleep and can’t add it to the website tonight so can you guys share it a bunch so i don’t feel too guilty that i am going to bed?

I can't be here right now because my words are not safe for the public. Leaving this here, going to go donate and check on my friends. www.standwithminnesota.com

We've raised a lot of money for my school community neighbors. And I predict all of it will be depleted by the end of this week. If you're in a position to donate, please help: paypal.me/lyndalepto (donations are tax deductible) 3/3

i havent shut off the notification for this form and it has just been vibrating every minute in my hand. just a steady beat.

He was doing what many have been saying white men should be doing. He went outside to observe, he documented, he put his body on the line to protect another person and for this he was murdered by the gatekeepers of the fascist regime.

Started sending my kids (both of whom have Arabic first and last names) to school with copies of their birth certificates in their backpacks, in case you're wondering how things are going over here

We cannot normalize this federal occupation of Minneapolis. It is not normal to watch people abducted in front of our eyes—dragged from car windows, pulled from their homes, and children left without parents. This is not about immigration. It’s about unchecked cruelty.

In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.

this is what it has come to for Mexican restaurants in the Twin Cities

I’m a home grown Lions fan but let’s do this for Caleb Williams’ nail polish and every kid that does not “fit” the societal expectations of what an athlete should look like or act like.

People who were actually enslaved believed that chattel slavery would end one day. I'm sorry but to me that suggests that you [who are not enslaved in 2026] can also imagine an end to the current horrors.

We are in fact DESPERATE for winter coats, waterproof gloves, and good boots. We get so many wonderful donations but it is so cold and the numbers of unhoused unsheltered people are going up at the absolute worst time for it, and we run out of coats weekly.

For people elsewhere who have asked how to support Minnesota while we’re overrun with nazi thugs, here’s an excellent list of places that could use financial help. Lots of choices. Thank you so much! docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Someone else co-wrote a book titled No More Police... thenewpress.org/books/no-mor... - I don't promote my own books enough. There are a bunch of people who have no idea that I have any, lol.

if you'd like to get some very gorgeous dentalium earrings AND support folks in Minnesota, my friend Dusty is selling earrings to replace the income she normally makes DoorDashing, but is too afraid to do with Native folks being targeted in mpls. email her to order: [email protected]

I really want ppl w/o Minneapolis connections to understand You might've heard that Mpls public schools went hybrid bc so many families are in hiding. Well, a coworker just told me that today, during his kid's hybrid class, a kid's apt building was raided onscreen *Everyone has stories like this*

Just want to share 2 things from this week’s teaching: younger teens (ninth) don’t use AI as much as it’s being reported. In fact they are very sus about it ALL. And. Juniors do not think much of the U.S. justice system. Especially in regards to treating youth as adults in prison. Both are hopeful.

I teach bystander intervention for a living and have taught de-escalation to law enforcement. Trust me when I say that bottle girls, gas station clerks, strippers, front desk employees at hotels and airports, baristas, etc. have better de-escalation skills than any cop I've ever seen.

This game is the microcosm of this NFL season’s macrocosm.