After @mandophotos.bsky.social photographed federal agents pointing rifles at 26th/Lawndale yesterday, I inquired with DHS about what threat had prompted them to pull weapons on a busy commercial strip (pictured). This is the response I got from a representative of the United States government.

'Bye #CBS

#CBS accounts blocked.

🚨DEI firings at CBS🚨 He asks for this to be downloaded and shared. He and his colleagues deserve so much more, but this is an easy ask. We see you CBS 1/2

"This is an average of 145 aid trucks per day, or just 24 percent of the 600 trucks that are meant to be entering Gaza daily as part of the deal, it added." www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/11...

[ #USA #GOP #Republican #POTUS #Trump #MAGA #fascism #authoritarianism #racism #WhiteSupremacy ]

Zohran Mamdani is the bright future of the Democratic Party — brimming with excellent ideas about what working families need. I was delighted to chat with him earlier today. If you're a New Yorker, don't forget to cast your vote for him by Tuesday, Nov. 4.

Trump's approval ratings are tanking. He's flailing on the economy. He hasn't done squat to help working people. The Epstein scandal haunts him. Remember that every authoritarian action Trump is taking must be understood against the backdrop of his declining popularity.

I have been charged in a federal indictment sought by the Department of Justice. This political prosecution is an attack on all of our First Amendment rights. I’m not backing down, and we’re going to win.

This was just posted by a CBS News producer on their Instagram stories.

Far too often, medical schools leave Black heritage students feeling persistently unwelcome. We need to move beyond mere inclusion towards genuine and lasting belonging, writes Carl Kulimushi, a student at the University of Manchester. New on our blog ✍️ www.runnymedetrust.org/blog/getting...

Based on 14 years of research and over 750 interviews, the "Lost Scientists" exhibition reveals how systemic exclusion leads to underrepresentation in STEM. "Vanessa", a Black girl who loved science, represents those whose potential is lost. #BlackHistoryMonth www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ALs...

"Almost half of minority ethnic Brits say they have had negative experiences in nature because of their identity." 👇🏿Insightful piece by @theleaduk.bsky.social. We're determined to break down barriers to Scotland's outdoors, so walking is the inclusive activity that it should be. #BlackHistoryMonth

Black History Month! 🖤 🌈 Throughout the month we will be sharing the voices of our African Rainbow Family Siblings, to talk about what Black History means for LGBTIQ+.🧡💛🤎🖤 🤎We have Angella! #pride #blackhistory2025 #lgbtiq #refugees #blackhistorymonth

Black History Month! 🖤 🌈 Throughout the month we will be sharing the voices of our African Rainbow Family Siblings, to talk about what Black History means for LGBTIQ+.🧡💛🤎🖤 🤎We have Adeniyi! #pride #blackhistory2025 #lgbtiq #refugees #blackhistorymonth

Black History Month! 🖤 🌈 Throughout the month we will be sharing the voices of our African Rainbow Family Siblings, to talk about what Black History means for LGBTIQ+.🧡💛🤎🖤 🤎We have Francis! #pride #blackhistory2025 #lgbtiq #refugees #blackhistorymonth

Introducing our ✨first ever✨ display! Examining the developments in Film, Literature, Medicine, Music, Philosophy, and Theology during the turbulent 1930s, it references events such as WWII, The Great Depression, and the Harlem Renaissance, making it especially topical for #BlackHistoryMonth!

Benjamin Zephaniah (1958 – 2023) was a British writer, dub poet, actor, musician and professor of poetry and creative writing. He made contributions to literature, education, and the arts. His work drew on his lived experiences of incarceration, racism and his Jamaican heritage. #BlackHistoryMonth ✊🏿

Born #OnThisDay in 1930 was Gladys West. As a mathematician and computer programmer, West created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology. #WomenInSTEM #BlackHistoryMonth https://bbc.in/4nsn0FA

Do you know who this is? 👀Here are 3 clues… 🕵🏽♀️ 1️⃣ Born in Grenada in 1944, he studied sociology, economics, and political economy before moving to the UK in 1967 to work as a teacher and youth organiser. #bhmuk25 #blackbritishhistory #osrys #legaciesofaction #60yearsofchange #GuessWho

Do you know who this is? 👀 Here are three clues… 1️⃣ As a teenager in 1960s London, she joined the fight against racism and police harassment. 2️⃣ She became part of the British Black Panthers and helped turn 121 Railton Road into a hub for radical organising. #guesswho #ibhmuk #bhmuk25

✊🏿In the late 1960s, the British Black Panther Party emerged in the UK inspired by the American Black Panther Party but uniquely shaped by Britain's own struggles with racism and colonial legacies. Led by figures like Obi Egbuna and Altheia Jones-LeCointe, they fought against police brutality, cont.

🕵🏾♀️ Guess who… This activist was part of the Mangrove Nine, a British Black Panthers member, and wrote for Race Today on education and social justice. Can you guess her name? #ibhmuk #ukblackhistory #blackbritishhistory #osrys #ourstoriesareyourstories #bhmfamilies #bhmlandmarks #bhmuk25

🖤🖤 In the 1970s, "political Blackness" united Caribbean, African, and South Asian communities in the UK against shared struggles like racism and police brutality, creating a collective identity and powerful movements. Over time, bureaucratic terms like BAME replaced this solidarity, cont #ibhmuk

This fearless writer and trailblazer helped spark Britain's Black Power movement and gave a voice to a generation? 👀👇 Can you guess who he is? #ibhmuk #ukblackhistory #blackbritishhistory #osrys #ourstoriesareyourstories #bhmfamilies #bhmlandmarks #ObiEgbuna #BritishBlackPantherParty #bhmuk25

Explore this reading list of ten Yale books for Black History Month 2025 featuring books on Britain’s first black Olympic medal winner, the first and last king of Haiti, Regency London’s most famous street performer and more. yalebooks.co.uk/black-histor... #blackhistorymonth #blackhistory #bhmuk

#Windrush2025 #BlackHistory On this day in 1948, the Empire Windrush arrived at Tilbury. Here’s an image from the Birmingham Mail on 22 June 1948 heralding the arrival #LibraryofBham #bhmuk

Hughes Hall Fellows, students and alumnae took a moment to share their thoughts and reflections during #BlackHistoryMonth.✨ #BHMUK

'Comprehensive reforms are needed to rebuild a fairer global financial system... consistent with the principles of the UN Charter, including equality, solidarity & human dignity. [ #HumanRights #financial #finance #GlobalFinance #international #UnitedNations #UN ]

Advocating for yourself at the doctor’s is tough, especially as an intersex person. We’re proud to launch the Patient Self-Advocacy Toolkit — created by and for intersex people to support safer, more affirming healthcare. 💜 bit.ly/intersex-self-advocacy #IntersexAwarenessDay

Just sent out to premium members and FREE subscribers. My latest about how Steven Bannon is channeling a basic truth about Trump's 2028 plan: Dictators love elections, just not free and fair ones. Sign-up now to receive my thoughts and support Democracy Docket's critical mission. hubs.ly/Q03M8rql0

I could not be prouder that my law firm is currently litigating 60 voting, election and redistricting cases in 30 states. Even as large law firms bow down, we continue to fight for democracy every single day.

October 26th is #IntersexAwarenessDay 💜💛 Did you know our movement started with a newsletter connecting intersex people for the first time in the 90s, a protest outside a Boston medical conference & later an internationally recognized day? @19thnews.org 19thnews.org/2025/10/inte...

Sunday is Intersex Awareness Day and Long Island’s Cinema Arts Centre will celebrate with a screening of my Emmy nominated Focus Features doc EVERY BODY. I’ll be there for Q & A. JOIN US. Tix at link below.

So let me get this straight… Republicans call Democrats violent, terrorist, lawless, and so much more, but we aren’t the ones constantly wreaking havoc on this country. Just today, a man Trump pardoned for storming the Capitol was arrested for threatening to kill Leader Hakeem Jeffries. (1/2)

Today, the White House Press Secretary told the country that this ridiculous damn ballroom is “the president’s main priority”…not reopening the government, not lowering the cost of groceries, not lowering the cost of housing, not lowering the cost of healthcare….building a ballroom

My paper is part of a special issue on mechanisms of racism, guest edited by Amanda Lewis and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, for ERS. Here’s their introduction to the issue: www.tandfonline.com/doi/permissi...

I have a new paper out in @ersjournal.com, through a special issue on the mechanisms of racism, co-edited by @amandalewisphd.bsky.social and #EduardoBonilla-Silva. 50 free eprints at link www.tandfonline.com/eprint/2WFQ9...

Raskin details how he tried to get unanimous consent today to force Johnson to swear in Adelita Grijalva, but the Acting Speaker Haridopolos "scurried out of the room"

The Trump administration is a fascist regime, and fascism is neither Christian nor patriotic. [ #Trump #GOP #Republican #USA #fascism #society ]

There's a reason Republicans have to lie all the time, and, despite what they try to tell you, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity, patriotism or democracy. [ #Trump #GOP #Republican #USA #fascism #society ]

The fascist moment is global

Confirming that the "Nazi streak" in the Trump administration is a feature, not a bug. 🙄 #DemVoice1 #ProudBlue #Pinks

The Dept of Ed has proposed removing IDEA's “significant disproportionality” data tracking for disabled students of color. We urge withdrawal & protection of students’ civil rights. [1/8] Comment by EOD: federalregister.gov/d/2025-16051 More info + our letter: crdjustice.org/public-comment-letters

There's a reason Republicans have to lie all the time, and, despite what they try to tell you, it has nothing whatsoever to do with Christianity, patriotism or democracy. [ #Trump #GOP #Republican #USA #fascism #society ]

The Trump administration is a fascist regime, and fascism is neither Christian nor patriotic. [ #Trump #GOP #Republican #USA #fascism #society ]

BREAKING: A court ordered the Department of Defense to stop censoring educational materials discussing race and gender in schools on military bases. Books removed from the schools must be returned to the shelves immediately.

The People’s Papers: Revisiting 1970s Manchester Explore the activist & community print culture that helped shape Greater Manchester, with PhD researcher Arielle Lawson (@peoplespapers) 📅 Mon 4 Nov 🕕 6–8 PM 📍 Manchester Histories Hub, Central Library Free & open to all! Book: bit.ly/PeoplesPapers