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"Through tax credits, direct subsidies, or market stabilization, policymakers could make the insurance industry a critical part of the nation’s ongoing effort to reduce firearm-related harms."

Wore my “don’t argue with anyone John Brown would’ve shot” T-shirt today Bartender at a casual prominent DC bar “Who’s John Brown?” Reader, I despair.

@propublica.org with another well-researched story with nationwide impact. @al.com covered some of the effects in Alabama. www.al.com/news/2025/05...

It's the grind that makes the shine

The Trump administration has broken faith with the American people, who have welcomed refugees into their communities for decades - and refugees who have been waiting in line for years. A record-low refugee ceiling aligns with this admin’s consistently bad-faith approach to immigrant/refugee issues.

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This guy fucking sucks.

However, the blue lapel still exhibits some human made elements, such as the white dandruff. Thus far, machines are unable to recreate this effect.

Huge fan of Ta-Nehisi Coates. Love his books and interviews. Can someone check what his self-care routine is? He is patient, calm and thoughtful when he has every right not to be. I do not have his mental and emotional stamina. I imagine this is why people have kids? I don't know. Help. LOL

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One, that's not how copyright works and there will be an entire battalion of IP lawyers who will be happy to correct Open AI of this misapprehension, likely to the tune of billions of dollars, and two, fuck this shitty thieving waste of proteins and lipids

Comedian Chanel Ali is sharing her autobiographical story of growing up with a very complicated and troubled family. Hers is a story of trauma, frustration, wanting to feel loved and cared for.

We’re asking Black voices across the country: What does organ donation mean to you? Take our quick survey – your answers can save lives. 👉Visit http://bit.ly/3VsD66C to take the survey. #DonateLife #BlackHealthMatters #YourVoiceCounts

The freedom fighter—wanted by the FBI but celebrated by her people and others everywhere—died on Thursday at 78, according to an announcement by the Cuban government. She died in Havana of health complications and advanced age, the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs stated.

According to the American #Cancer Society Black men have an estimated 70% to 110% higher incidence and mortality rate for #prostate cancer than white men overall in the U.S.

I don't think the people thirsty for a civil war understand what that would mean. You're not going to go out with your pals during the day to shoot Dems and then come home to order pizza and watch Netflix. Civil society will collapse. The only change you'll get will be everything turning to shit.

Serious question: what does it matter that Trump is polling in the 30s unless and until an organized and mobilized opposition prevails in free and fair elections?

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The federal government may shut down next week -- but by all means, let's make sure TikTok gets bought up by Trump's friends & billionaire allies to control our digital narratives. From us @freepress.bsky.social: www.freepress.net/news/trump-c...

The very people tasked with investigating terrorism, gangs, and violent crime are being pulled away from their work. New data confirms the Trump administration is prioritizing mass deportations over public safety.

Me: forever mad about the FBI’s surveillance, propaganda, violent work to destroy everyone from Du Bois to BLM Also me: people need to understand what is happening to Comey is bad, big bad. It’s the both/and. Sometimes I think the hardest work for educators and media is to explain nuance/context

BOOKS: There was a full house at the Segal Theater of CUNY’s Graduate Center last Tuesday, for an illuminating discussion of A’Lelia Bundles’s latest book, “Joy Goddess, A’Lelia Walker and the Harlem Renaissance” (written with L’Alelia Perry Bundles).

Kamala Harris on MSNBC now saying she “always believed titans of industry” would be guardrails for democracy but now—shocker—she reports that turns out they’re not. Only, she still’s waiting! “At some point they’ve got to stand up.” This kind of willful naïveté & denial doesn’t need airtime.

At one of his final rallies before the 2024 election, then-candidate Donald Trump warned that Black Americans were losing their jobs in droves and that things would get even worse if he did not return to the White House. Josh Boak, Associated Press has the story

Former presidential candidate Ralph Nader believes a bill in Albany will answer all the questions about how mayoral hopeful Zohran Mamdani can bankroll his ambitious agenda.

"Some travelers are minimizing time spent in the United States or avoiding it altogether due to gun violence and other safety fears."

OP-ED: "AI cannot correct the wrongs of bias and discrimination by itself. In the world of social media, it can continue it or even exacerbate it."

First day of school in thirty years...

My book "On Freedom," the case for the value of freedom and a proposal for a better future, with a new foreword accounting for where we are today, will be out in paperback October 28th. timothysnyder.org/on-freedom

Families are leaving New York City public schools in droves and seeking alternatives. As the education budget rises, results are not being matched City Journal reported in their analysis.

"The gun didn't bring confidence. It brought anxiety. I became hyper-aware, scanning crowds, checking my purse latch, mentally rehearsing worst-case scenarios. Carrying a weapon didn't calm my fear. It fed it."

This is the complicated question. You can win being milquetoast (2006, 2018, 2020 in many ways.) But GOP wins by being radical (2010, 2014, 2016, 2024). That creates an imbalance in governing. Dems think they must shun their base's priorities; Republicans embrace theirs.

He 'is actually a bad advertisement for a politics of 'discourse' and “engagement,” because he suggests that it involves being weak in our confrontations with white supremacy and genocide." www.currentaffairs.org/news/as-the-...

Harlem is the place to be tomorrow for the African American Day Parade. Learn more about this year's parade here: http://bit.ly/42x8vsp 

2. Threatening me with not buying my book will never stop me from being myself and speaking my mind. Do whatever you want and I will, too.

"Debate-me-bro culture, that's not real persuasion. Folks who are interested in this kind of debate-me-bro culture are not interested in persuasion at all. They're interested in the performance of their own intelligence," says @devawo.bsky.social. newrepublic.substack.com/p/is-america...

BREAKING: Immigration court orders Mario Guevara can be deported immediately. This is a gross miscarriage of justice. If Mario is deported, that sets dangerous precedent -- targeting reporters for their coverage & free speech. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

COVER STORY: From mid-August through September, Joyous and Wil will record the memories and faces of long-established Harlem residents for their new project, “Uptown Voices/An Uptown Story.” Read more here: http://bit.ly/42nmzF5

I'm seeing people deciding to let their season passes to Disney's theme parks lapse, which might be the thing that ultimately gets the company to regain its spine

Here’s to the leader of antifa

I was an opinion columnist on RACE, GENDER, human rights and international affairs. It was literally my job to comment on these issues. Your personal discomfort and fear is yours to own.

If you're upset about Jimmy Kimmel being "canceled," I'm sure you were just as furious when you heard about Joy Reid and Tiffany Cross or Amber Ruffin or Karen Attiah or Jemele Hill Because Kimmel might still have a job if you were

Project 2025 was public well before the election. Blame the voters all you want (and I do), but I'll also never absolve or excuse Biden and the Garland DoJ for their failure to treat the insurrection like the coup attempt it was and address it with the severity needed to preserve our democracy.