My 2016 documentary is just as relevant in 2026. Watch on @Maryland Public Television Saturday, July 18 at 9:30 PM, with repeats on the 19th at 1:30 AM and 9:30 PM on MPT2, then Sunday August 23rd at 5:30 PM. LMK what you think!

CARTOON OF THE DAY (From @dennisgoris.bsky.social )

In his first encyclical, "Magnifica Humanitas", Pope Leo condemned the Vatican's role in the slavery—a first for the world's largest Christian church. The remarks come in the wide-ranging document on AI, human dignity, and the dangers of new technologies. www.blackcatholicmes...

The mental health crisis in the United States is inextricably linked to the nation's twin scourges of mass incarceration and police brutality, and it will take principled action to stem the tide. Harlan McCarthy writes that the time is now—or else. www.blackcatholicmes...

A recent pilgrimage to DC prompted reflections on the Black freedom struggle, and how the continued fight in America aligns with the empowered Jesus who raises resistant Black fists on the Cross. Tulio Huggins reflects on his capital experience. www.blackcatholicmes...

Martin University, cofounded by the Black Catholic Benedictine priest Boniface Hardin, is officially up for sale in Indianapolis at $3.5M. The predominantly Black institution closed abruptly in December after years of financial turmoil and low enrollment. www.blackcatholicmes...

In our latest newsletter issue, guest authors from Canada to Iran invite us to consider our responsibilities as ancestors. Read more at: www.climatejusticecenter.org/newsletter Feat: @menschmedia.bsky.social, Erfan Rashidi, Moah Christensen, Feyalise Matasar, Abiola Durodola, and Olya K-Mehri

Reading about Cesar Chavez and Dolores Huerta today made me think about the interview she gave 6 years ago in Point Reyes Station for KRCB, where I was news director. She wasn't ready to reveal her terrible secret. But she did educate me and our viewers about our times and her life.

Environmental racism names policies harming people by race or color. Dr. Robert D. Bullard centers lived experience in "Confronting Environmental Racism." The frame reads We Speak for Ourselves. Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis Jr. wrote the foreword and coined the term in 1982. Buy: https://a.co/d/00vk6oUa.

Thanks to @bullardcenter.bsky.social and @drrobertbullard.bsky.social for highlighting this work.

Don’t know if Zuckerberg will let this stay up, but feeling pretty good about BlueSky www.thereset.news/p/breaking-h...

Still figuring out how to get some engagement here on #BlueSky. Here's a recent story, from me, about Walter Murch, film and sound guy extraordinaire. #movies, #cinema, #films, www.nextavenue.org/walter-murch... @waltermur.bsky.social @nextavenue.bsky.social

And why does this guy still have a job, WaPo? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Yep, WaPo - George Soros is the problem - www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Yeah, #WaPo, the problem isn’t hunger and lack of medical care, just greedy immigrants. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This Transgender Awareness Week, we come together to celebrate the resilience and bravery of the transgender community in the face of relentless attacks. My message to you is simple: I am with you. I love you. I will never stop fighting for you.

Unwitting self-satire from alarmed editorial board of Jeff Bezos's Washington Post. Next mayor of Seattle is a socialist! She wants city to run some grocery stores! She doesn't own a car! @pdamerica.bsky.social @rootsaction.org @ninaturner.bsky.social @rickperlstein.bsky.social

Thanks WaPo- just who we need to hear from on tech - former VP of Palantir. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Graft? Self dealing? No problem. Are you aching for me to cancel, WaPo? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Really WaPo? Platforming Charles Murray who even sneaks in a reference to his notorious book Bell Curve?? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Oh the horror! WaPo - real or parody? wapo.st/3X77tQH

Yes … www.nytimes.com/2025/10/26/o...

Satire, right WaPo? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

NY Times, or parody pitchbot. You decide. "Others say is was time for a change." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/u...

The craven and compromised Washington Post, which I still subscribe to, is wrong, as it often is these days. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

hub.jhu.edu/2025/09/09/j... Arghh

Essential reading. open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Here's a story I produced 15 years ago for @aarp.org for the 5th anniversary of Katrina. www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8GQ...

Abbe Lowell and I represent CDC Director #SusanMonarez. Contrary to govt statements, Dr. Monarez has neither resigned nor yet been fired. She will not resign. We have issued the following statement:

Note the headwinds researchers face in the field. www.nextavenue.org/evidence-is-...

Inside this week’s issue: www.newyorker.com/magazine?utm...

let me sum this piece up for you: “hey, it’s me zaid jilani! you might remember me from my credulous profile of josh hawley, published the literal day before january 6. well now i have another credulous take, the time on another far-right maniac. i am definitely not an idiot.”

Oh for a "Washington Post Pitchbot" account. This could be a contender: www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

This is not a gift link. You should have to pay for this stupidity. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/o...

I’m honored to share this interview in Beijing Planning Review — “Conversation with Carlos Moreno: Paradigm Shift towards Proximity and Quality of Life” Many thanks to Fan Li and Yang Chen for this thoughtful dialogue. #UrbanTransformation #Proximity

Probably no need to be a megaphone for the administration, eh, Washington Post? www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

I believe the #Orioles will make a huge run and make the playoffs in the year of our Lord 2025.

Kind of reminiscent of reviewing Leni Riefenstahl's films as art without any context.Thumbs down from me - www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...

This Friday column didn’t age that well… www.nytimes.com/2025/06/13/u...

The most important words of our Constitution are the first three: We the People. We have no Kings here, no monarchs, no slaves and no subjects. We the People.

A senator's warning before his arrest open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

Trump's civil war open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p... The indispensable Timothy Snyder

The Time is Now 🔥🔥 #SheShed #HonorYourOath #CountryOverParty

The story of a life, well told by @marthasjones.bsky.social - A privilege to interview her about it, and learn more than I could know about lives on the color line. Thanks @nextavenue.bsky.social for featuring this work. www.nextavenue.org/baltimore-hi...

In case you missed it #ScottPelley tells the truth in inspiring #graduation address. www.readtpa.com/p/watch-cbs-...

What George Saunders said re: the Librarian of Congress. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/o...