Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

Happy to announce the sold-out Indonesian version of "We Have Tired of Violence" is now available in a 2nd printing from marjinkiri.id, local bookstores, and online shops. It's timely, as some protestors have begun bringing a copy to demonstrations since the first run came out last year.

Great news for Alaa, his family, and Egypt. #freeAlaa

🇧🇾 #FacesOfHope: For 5 years, woman human rights defender Marfa Rabkova, member of Viasna, has been arbitrarily detained in Belarus. She is behind bars for doing what every society needs: monitoring peaceful assemblies and documenting torture and ill-treatment of protesters.

An ICE watch zine (Chicago edition) being handed out today.

The Alaska summit between Trump & Putin must not sideline justice for Ukraine’s war victims. “Any deal that lets Russia off the hook for war crimes is not peace—it’s a green light for the next massacre.” — @dooleydooley.bsky.social Read our statement here: humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...

"I finally self-published my book in 2001 to celebrate my 25th birthday. I didn’t care if it sold or not. I didn’t even know how to sell books; I just wanted to fulfil my dream. It turned out to be a huge success: 7,000 copies sold in two weeks." fivebooks.com/best-books/c...

‘She stood up to men with machetes’: Sandra Domínguez fought against femicide in Mexico – then became a victim herself

Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.

READ @nikkimcr.bsky.social: "Trump and Bukele have bonded over their shared visions of themselves as national saviors unaccountable to the laws of their nations." www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

✊ Today in Vilnius, we stood with the imprisoned #HRDs of Viasna. Ales Bialiatski, Valiantsin Stefanovic, and Uladzimir Labkovich were arrested four years ago in #Belarus for their #humanrights work. Solidarity matters — especially when justice is denied. #FreeViasna #FreeAles #FreeThemAll

Elon Musk casually, and illegally, dismantled USAID. According to a new study in the Lancet, that action will lead to *14 million* premature deaths between 2025 and 2030. Again: Elon Musk is directly responsible for 14 million coming deaths. 4.5 million will be children.

Ladies and gentleman, the F train

A happy #Bloomsday to all! Hear Joyce reading from Ulysses and Finnegans Wake in two rare recordings from the 1920s: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/james-joyce-reading-his-work-1924-1929 #Bloomsday2023

‘Laila had given ten years of her life to fighting for her son, and now, in what she decided would be the final act of the fight, she put her life on the line.’ Ahdaf Soueif on her sister Laila’s struggle for the release of her son, Alaa Abd el-Fattah: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...

One reason perhaps some elite Dems shouldn’t say Elon, baby, come back is because of all the dead people

RIP Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o While imprisoned without charge in 1977, he made the seminal decision to write only in Gikuyu, expounding the idea that African literature should be written in African languages, and wrote a novel in Gikuyu on government-issued toilet paper. www.wsj.com/arts-culture...

Indonesian news outlet Detikcom took down an opinion piece titled, "Generals in Civilian Posts: Where Is Merit of Civil Servants?" following the author's request. The author said that he was terrorized after the op-ed was published, making him fear for his safety and his family's.

“No children are dying on my watch,” said Rubio. It's blatantly false. Credible estimates count 190K deaths so far. In Kenya, I am seeing devastating impact, incl this child's starvation & many deaths directly caused by Rubio’s actions. More in my @msnbc.com clip. www.instagram.com/atul.gawande...

This is really smart. I hope we're getting closer to the top candidates creating a strategic alliance to tell their supporters to rank the others and not rank Cuomo at all. (My slate, in order: Lander, Mamdani, Ramos, Myrie, A. Adams.)

Activists piled hundreds of fake coffins at the State Dept. today to warn of mass deaths if funds from the global AIDS relief program PEPFAR are not reinstated. One analysis estimates that over 36,000 adults and nearly 4,000 children have died overseas as a result of the funding cuts. Full story TK

U.S. Sen. Tina Smith of Minnesota has introduced legislation to permanently ban mining for copper, nickel and precious metals over about 350 square miles within the watershed of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.

And here I stand both to impeach and purge

There's a lot going these days, but please consider contributing to these folks helping victims of the earthquake near Mandalay. AJAR is run by good friends with existing partners in Myanmar, and 100% of your donations will go to help people on the ground emergency-relief-burma.raiselysite.com

Never forget, a 13-year study found that protected bike-lanes led to a drastic decline in fatalities for all road users. ALL ROAD USERS. And painted bike-lanes? No safety improvement at all. For sharrows, it’s actually safer to NOT have them. Via @usa.streetsblog.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Video made by several Indonesian graffiti crews in protest against the Armed Forces Bill, a new law that will integrate the military into civilian government institutions. Over the past two weeks there have been riotous protests in cities across Indonesia denouncing the Bill.

If you want to learn about how the daily nightmare of this administration impacts your own community, look to local coverage. Great piece in the @nashvillebanner.bsky.social on what it means to close one Social Security office.

the Senate have concluded To give this day a crown to mighty Caesar.

Out today: Thanks to @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social for interviewing me on their LawPod podcast about my work for @humanrightsfirst.org on Ukraine’s eastern front @denysglushko.bsky.social @cjharvey1.bsky.social @nadiadobrianska.bsky.social lawpod.org/podcast/ukra...

Good morning, it’s pub day! Here’s another excerpt of the book (which you’re strongly encouraged, by me, to order below). crimereads.com/michael-stew...

Some special coverage from Rappler about the arrest of Duterte, a milestone for the Philippines and international human rights www.rappler.com/philippines/...

NEW INVESTIGATION from me: There's a secretive, and frequently abusive unit of the NYPD that's tight w/ Mayor Eric Adams How tight? Well, the unit's leaders bought special body-cams that can live-stream footage to select users. Then they gave access to the mayor www.propublica.org/article/eric...

New Yorkers: I just asked Governor Hochul to use her authority to remove Mayor Adams from his position. Keep calling (518-474-8390) and consider sending an online comment while you're on hold: www.governor.ny.gov/content/gove... (You can demand that she protect congestion pricing too.)

Black History Month Salutes: Gerry Johnson of Flint, Michigan, who in 1968 became the first person to modify “turkey” with “jive.” The colorful insult remained in circulation for 16 years, until it was used by the “breakdancing grandma” character in the Joe Piscipo vehicle “Layin’ It Down.”

Our Author of the Month for February is the novelist, memoirist and essayist Hisham Matar lrb.me/xp3

The trial of a former British soldier is due soon on charges of 2 murders & 5 attempted murders on Bloody Sunday in Derry, 1972. My latest for Irish America mag on Soldier F’s case #speirgorm www.irishamerica.com/2025/01/soli... @museumfreederry.bsky.social @finucanecentre.bsky.social

Important point by Carly: "Spectacle is part of the strategy of mass deportation..It helps spread fear"

I generally don’t pay much attention to press releases and have never just published one but I’m gonna make an exception and share this one.

Picked up this little book of writers’ writing rituals, & I think most of em are liars — “up at dawn, 6 hours at my desk, followed by calisthenics, liquor, & reading edifying works.” But David Lynch delivers the goods.

Sounds about right: "Every Sunday, Cornelius Ticketmaster IV drives his Lincoln Navigator nine blocks to check in with his son, Prestige, a DJ and bumfight promoter who lives in a former hospital that the family bought in 2017 and turned into a 'cryptocurrency supper club experience.' But now..."

THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files. It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.

Adding a link to the original edition of the book in English: thenewpress.com/books/we-hav...

There is a long history of casting immigrants as “takers” and I guess if you ignore how the economy works, how housing policy works, how the construction industry works, you can arrive at “immigrants need housing and therefore must be taking it from you” but it’s not easy to get there

When a review gets what you tried to do AND thinks you pulled it off:"Easton writes it so well. Rich in detail, but without bogging the reader down in data or chronology. Reading this book is one of the most concrete personal steps to resist forgetting." (Indonesian) www.threads.net/@narasinewsr...

We even got a shout-out on MSNBC! Join us: tinyurl.com/trainlovers4hw