Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

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Some personal news: I have been financially supporting a family member in a mental health crisis which has spiraled into a financial disaster. I would like to keep doing progressive activism but I can no longer pay rent for myself and my two kids. Please help if you can. Thank you very much.

“Federal authorities told demonstrators Friday that there would be ‘no more prayer’ in front of or inside the Broadview ICE facility, in a move that mystified local leaders and raised legal questions.” blockclubchicago.org/2025/11/07/f...

"When I picked up my granddaughter from the federal agents, she had a dirty diaper, a bruise on her face, and was developing a rash. She was exhausted and cried… My heart aches knowing this could happen to others, to my kids, or even me, despite being U.S. citizens.”

This is an all hands on deck moment to save health care. If you got a notice this month that your health insurance premium is going up by $500 or maybe even $1,000, send me your story: www.warren.senate.gov/health-care-...

Here's an important essay about learning how to talk across political divides, which is also good training in how to do ethnographic interviewing. More of us should learn how to open minds, starting with our own. open.substack.com/pub/karintam...

Born #OnThisDay in 1867 was Marie Skłodowska–Curie, the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the only woman to win twice and the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two disciplines: Physics for her work on radioactivity, and Chemistry for her discovery of radium and polonium. #WomenInSTEM

A family friend was telling us about what her husband shared about his experience in Broadview before he was deported back to Mexico. She's been sharing to friends and family because she's just in disbelief & horror what her husband told her. She wasn't able to talk to him until he was in Mexico.

I attended Catholic schools from first grade through my graduate degree, and Pope Leo is expressing the Christian doctrine on which I was raised. "Whatever you did for the least of these brothers of mine, you did for me."

The Ohio House will soon vote on a Republican-backed bill that would allow counties, cities and other local governments to block library levies from the ballot. But libraries said voters deserve the right to make the decision on those money issues. by Karen Kasler www.ideastream.org/2025-11-04/b...

This morning Ohio Senators are in committee deciding on a bill that would throw away valid votes from eligible voters that were mailed on time because of mail delays outside of a voter's control. That's not right. Urge your state senator to vote "No", here: lwvohio.salsalabs.org/urgentstopsb293

One of the best parts of working a polling location is cheering for first-time voters.

Starting today, both of our Waste and Reuse Convenience Centers will be accepting non-perishable food items and toiletries through a partnership with Columbus Food Rescue and Local Matters. Bring your items in Tuesday—Saturday between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Ohioans are voting on candidates and issues that will affect their communities for years to come. If you run into problems when voting, call or text Election Protection at 866-OUR-VOTE (866-687-8683) right away so we can help make sure your vote is counted if you're eligible!

At Broadview ICE detention facility for Mass today, Fr. David Inczauskis, SJ reveals “tragic” and “devastating” news that a member of group bearing Guadalupe Banner to Mass today, was detained by ICE this morning in procession to detention facility.

Chicago Auxiliary Bishop José María Garcia-Maldonado at ICE detention facility: “Being here is an act of holiness…soon we will seek access to the facility to bring the Eucharist to our brothers and sisters; if they say no again, we will keep praying.”

In my professional role, I've interviewed SNAP recipients with advanced degrees and professional licenses. Often an illness or injury, or the need to step away from work to care for an ill or elderly family member, is the catalyst to falling into poverty.

I have been in California this week and keeping East Coast hours. I am really loving the in bed with my teeth brushed by 7:30 p.m. lifestyle.

For...reasons, I'm now looking for good research / literature about the harms and risks of AI specifically for grade school students / classrooms. Any suggestions?

One billion with a "B" dollars.

A decline in remote work flexibility over the last year is widening the gender pay gap and dragging down the labor force participation rate of college-educated mothers. Employers who can offer at least hybrid work arrangements can attract some great talent.

With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness. Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.

Just receieved this today from Florida Blue. This is for a Bronze plan. Our monthly premiums are going from $333 (2025) to $2300 in 2026.

Hi, I'm the ProPublica reporter who's been tracking an unusual stat: U.S. citizens grabbed by immigration agents. I did it because the government isn’t. This is what I found.

Sorry but this is the funniest headline I will read all year

An artillery shell fired during 250th anniversary celebration of the Marine Corps at Camp Pendleton on Saturday detonated prematurely over Interstate 5, damaging a California Highway Patrol vehicle on JD Vance's security detail www.nytimes.com/2025/10/19/u...

I'll leave you from Portland with one last video of the @unpresidentedbrass.bsky.social, the unofficial house band of #NoKings

Powerful sign at No Kings in Cleveland

A beautiful Bald Eagle circled overhead during our protest in Burnsville Minnesota and the crowd went wild #NoKings #Minnesota

MSNBC Grandmas in Skechers seamlessly reclaiming the frog from 4chan Nazis in about six weeks has gotta be the political upset of the century.

Seen at the #NoKings march at the Ohio Statehouse

#nokings Portland frog brigade

Scene from #NoKings Ohio Statehouse Columbus, Ohio

Scene from #NoKings at the Ohio Statehouse

A gentleman holds up a “no dictators” sign next to Pikachu and Cartman

1. Washington DC #NoKings 👑

Quick! Rush to join my patreon this month, where you'll find a golden treasure chest of new autumnal recipes and a creaking, web-wreathed wardrobe rattling with ghost stories! Every tier receives a special card in the post from Old Fox and Wolf! patreon.com/annelouiseav...

More than *anything* the people who actually know how technology works, who actually build things, wish that people would treat LLMs like every other technology, and be normal about them. Don't build a religion about them, don't force them on people, don't ignore the problems. Just be normal.

NEW — I dug into the story of ICE abducting a 13-year-old boy in Massachusetts and moving him 500 miles across state lines without notifying his mother, local cop's complicity, and how the federal government's justification for such cruelty is already falling apart:

The entire incident is infuriating and terrifying. She’s a Latina woman who was working a service job. On her way home late at night, with her headphones in, she was detained for an hour by masked federal agents who wouldn’t give her their names.

NEWS: ICE gave a Rogers Park man a $130 ticket for not having his papers on him. They rounded him up last week and eventually let him go, but not without a fine that some critics say is un-American. Trump admin enforcing little-used law www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/13/i...

We're hiring! The Labor and Employment Relations school and Economics department at the University of Illinois are recruiting for a junior labor economist. See ad for details, or reach out with questions. www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing....

A new NBER working paper by @jscottclayton.bsky.social and colleagues shows that about two-thirds of the unexplained gap in post-college earnings by family income may be due to challenges in finding that first job. Family connections and resources matter.

Multiple sources tell NPR that, as part of the Trump administration's latest reduction-in-force, the U.S. Department of Education has gutted the office that handles special education. n.pr/48stHUo

Look who stopped by #Thurber House: Mr. Elvis Costello himself! 😎 It's no secret that Elvis is a big #JamesThurber fan. He even made an epic new addition to Jamie's bedroom closet: "Elvis Costello: The singer who bit people!" 😉😂 #asseenincolumbus #asseenincbus #columbus #cbus #columbusohio

🚨 🚨 Pop Quiz! Every American should know the basics of our Founding, don’t you agree? The history, and the Constitution itself? Well, to make sure you know it, and as part of my virtual Democracy Academy, let me give you a quick pop quiz. 1/