The legacy of ATL's Black grocers of Reconstruction www.ajc.com/food-and-din... Black entrepreneurs of the late 1800s capitalized on low grocery prices to build businesses that served Black people's needs and influenced Atlanta’s present-day institutions. #TeachReconstruction #BlackReconstruction

"Our museums are the product of our community and will survive only with community support. Our failure to do so will ensure that the Black history preserved today will not survive for future generations"

“Far beyond just saving riders money, free buses deliver a cascade of benefits, from easing traffic to promoting public safety. Just look at Boston; Chapel Hill, N.C.; Richmond, Va.; Kansas City, Mo.; and even New York itself, all of which have tried it to excellent effect.”

"When I realized that this young man of 44 had been given a death sentence, I was overcome with grief. The letter I typed for him highlighted all the treatments and procedures he had been through. It was an appeal for help."

Today, UGHE stands as an example to what partnership, purpose, and equity can achieve. We are proud to celebrate this milestone and the future it continues to shape. Learn more: https://www.pih.org/article/decade-progress-ughe-reaches-10-year-milestone

🦭 COVER REVEAL!!!🦭 I'm excited to share the cover of our new nonfiction picture book - KEKENO, Curious Explorer with words by me and illustrations by Ned Barraud. it follows a NZ fur seal pup for the first year of his life. KEKENO will be wandering into bookstores 1 May. @steamteambooks.bsky.social

American international #Adoptees have been screaming about this coming for us for awhile. Can't wait to see what Comey Barrett does to destroy the rights of her own "adoption enriched my life" children.

Don't miss this gorgeous & touching story of a community rallying around a new neighbor in need. #PPBF www.mariacmarshall.com/single-post/... @larissatheule.bsky.social @teaganwhite.bsky.social @vikingbooks.bsky.social #kidlit #community #caring #friends📚👍

GLITTER EVERYWHERE by Chris Barton is a fun #PB about the history of glitter. I 💚 that it includes environmental concerns/new alternatives! Gorgeous art by Chaaya Prabhat. #kidlit 📚👍 Sad that a school canceled this author's visit due to facts in the book that weren't even part of the presentation. 😔

here’s one thing about the Right in the USA. It LOVES intercountry #adoption and it HATES intercountry adoptees. There is no inconsistency here, just pure malice toward the nonwhite Other.

A recent Super Bowl adoption-themed commercial sparked conversation about how adoption is portrayed publicly. Author and birth mother Candace Cahill challenges the narratives we’re taught to celebrate, illustrating how lived experience can differ profoundly from the marketing. 🥚

"To me, as a mother who was manipulated into relinquishing her son, this “third option” isn’t a bridge — it’s a trap draped in the language of bravery. It is dangerous, expensive propaganda." 🥚

If it’s in @publisherswkly.bsky.social’s Sneak Peak, the cat must be out of the bag… Animals of the Chinese Zodiac: Meet Your Match is my upcoming #PictureBook from @phaidonpress.bsky.social

It's #BlackHistoryMonth- so I celebrate in my own small way by sharing my book about the amazing Mae Jemison. Happy reading! #STEM #kidlit #writingcommunity #amreading #amwriting #books #workshops #education #edusky #children #school

Mandatory reporting is framed as safety. In practice, it often functions as surveillance. This post breaks down why that matters. #adopteesky

I do not like the days when I must inform an intercountry adoptee that they are not a US citizen. Today is such a day, and there will be more days like this until we work to fix it. 🥚

New episode out Friday! In Losing Isaiah, institutional power gets reframed as compassion. A social worker’s access is treated as care, not control, despite a clear power imbalance. The film makes manipulation look kind. Episode co-hosted with J (@itsyagirl_jway).

So you’ve heard of copaganda? Let’s talk about family policing copaganda. 🧵

On February 14, the longtime vision of the MCOE will become reality, as the doors open to its first patients. With eagerness and focus, staff are preparing to provide safe, dignified, high-quality care. Learn about their training: https://bit.ly/4qYRfGva

Curious how language barriers contribute to wrongful convictions? Join us on Feb. 27 for a virtual Just Data event to hear from two two leading experts on the topic and exoneree Norberto Peets, a native Spanish speaker, about the translation challenges he faced. RSVP here: bit.ly/4rabX6t

My upcoming #nonfiction picture book is THIS IS YOUR FIGHT!: Genora Johnson and the Flint Sit-Down Strike- illustrated by The Brave Union (Kevin and Kristen Howdeshell! Publishing next year. Gratitude to @harpercollins.bsky.social and @uawarchivist.bsky.social 📚

Yeah, it’s Bruce Lee! Learn more about his rise to fame in WHO SMASHED HOLLYWOOD BARRIERS WITH GUNG FU? BRUCE LEE by me and Ryan Inzana @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social 🥋💪🏼 #jeopardyquestion #kidlit #GraphicNovel

Regenerative body parts and feathery gills are not usually part of the original Cinderella story.. but maybe they should be! We discuss glass slippers and smiling reptiles in today's cover reveal and Q&A with @katemessner.com & Lian Cho: #kidlit 📚👍 afuse8production.slj.com/2026/02/12/i...

We collected child welfare data in 21 states to report on the consequences of faulty drug tests at childbirth. We’ve published a reporting toolkit with free data visualizations, a FOIA template, a topical primer and advice on finding sources to help other journalists report on this issue:

"Mary had many questions. How would it feel to be a forest creature - or to have wings and fly? Is the center of a flower called the heart? Are rocks somehow alive?"... Erin Frankel My review of NEW picture book biography: www.jeannewalkerharvey.com/single-post/... @eastwestlit.bsky.social

In a critical loss for the DOJ, a federal grand jury on Tuesday refused to indict Democratic lawmakers who made a video reminding members of the military and intelligence community that they can refuse to carry out illegal orders.

We're planning to expand the database to include more ICE profiteers' donations to congress. We'd love to hear your suggestions about what companies we should include! Feel free to comment below or DM me. inthesetimes.com/article/ice-...

I’m on the Senate floor right now with @booker.senate.gov @schatz.bsky.social and @gallego.senate.gov to talk about the crisis of our disappearing democracy. Never before has a President tried to indict Members of Congress for their political opposition to the President.

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

"Beatrice’s idea to broadcast a nightingale singing with her cello in 1924 broadened the experience of millions of people around the world. The broadcast was the first time listeners heard birdsong over the airwaves."- @patricianewman.bsky.social

Happy #BookBirthday @patricianewman.bsky.social BEATRICE AND THE NIGHTINGALE PeachtreeBooks Illus. Isabelle Follath #biography #picturebook #music erindealey.com/book-birthda... @pbpros.bsky.social @scbwi.bsky.social

⭐ #Nonfiction #HBReviewoftheWeek JUST IN CASE by @meganclendenan.bsky.social ; illus. by @cicchese-art.bsky.social ( @charlesbridge.bsky.social ) "The book doesn’t shy away from why we need to...protect the seeds...but the tone in words + pics remains calm + reassuring" www.hbook.com/story/review...

adoption, colonialism & capitalism go hand in hand: "With overseas couples paying up to $30,000 per child in the late 1980s, adoption became an immensely profitable industry, particularly in a country economically devastated by war." www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

I just published: The Taken Inside the ICE Detention Pipeline for US Citizens and Residents: From Minnesota to Texas Documented through court records. Including worms in food, sewage water flooding into eating areas, returned to Minnesota in chains and shackles after courts order release, more.

in fact you do not have to show your ID when you board a train in the united states, you only need to show your ticket (which can be purchased without an ID)

Last week we shared our thoughts about NCFA’s claim that it would air a commercial during the Super Bowl. Shortly afterward, we learned the ad was not actually part of the Super Bowl broadcast, that we had been mislead, and we want to talk about that. 🥚

Whoa. "....the National Council for Adoption told the public it would air a pro-adoption, anti-abortion commercial during the Super Bowl halftime. Instead, the ad appeared just before Turning Point USA’s halftime programming, which was a very different platform with a very different audience."

Call to action from Adoptee Rights Campaign! One of my dear friends and Iranian adoptee sisters is in removal proceedings by DHS to be deported. Please reach out to your congressional/senate representatives, and any other sources, who may be helpful in stopping this madness! 🥚 #adopteesky

I'm looking forward to this book about the trees of the world! Coming in March by @mcusolito.bsky.social and Marya Wright.

I own them all. You should read them.

Medical concern is often treated as risk. For disabled families, that can mean surveillance instead of care. This post breaks that down. #adopteesky

We found over 70,000 cases referred to law enforcement over allegations of substance use during pregnancy — and that’s a significant undercount. In many cases, the referrals began with false positive results from flawed drug tests — sometimes triggered by the women’s prescribed medications.

Were you investigated for a positive drug test while giving birth? Help our team continue their reporting on referrals to law enforcement for alleged drug use during pregnancy by sharing your story:

For those who support reproductive justice and family policing abolition. "But this new investigation shows a much broader swath of patients being surveilled by hospitals, child welfare authorities, and law enforcement than previously known..." Posting to 🥚 for my fellow interested adoptees.

My Iranian adoptee friend who is in the removal process by DHS is the anonymous adoptee in this story. Her fears have come true. 🥚💔 www.bbc.com/news/article...

As a Korean adoptee I never really quite know what to do for #seollal. It feels a little like cosplaying my lost culture, whilst also trying to reclaim it. A Korean acquaintance of mine just posted that she will be doing a kimchi workshop for seollal, using her mother's recipe. > #adoption 🥚

I love that @haymarketbooks.org has published a children's picture book advocating for prison abolition. www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2588-p...

"But ever since this patio was built last spring, it has allowed me to catch my breath from the mayhem of prison. My general sadness lifted every time I visited the patio. There, I could read and write without distraction, and I could reimagine my life without prison."

Family separation is not a failure of individual parents. It’s a historical tool. This essay breaks down how the family policing system operates through surveillance, and why understanding it is part of Black history. Read it here ⬇️ buff.ly/XDG8ucd #adopteesky