Moshannon jail is now the largest immigration detention center in the Northeast. The speed of its growth risks creating dangerous conditions for detainees, including crowding and lack of sufficient medical and mental health resources. Debbie Nathan in @theintercept.com:

Behind the turntables and software, many barriers still prevent marginalized creatives from fully participating in the craft of music production. baltimorebeat.com/who-gets-to-...

"So, how could any rational person believe that the descendants of enslavers are the victims, while descendants of the enslaved are the oppressors? youtu.be/FBk4djgq2lY @celesteheadlee.bsky.social #Fairness #Inclusion #DEI

People have succeeded in trashing TESLA's brand. A similar determined campaign can do the same to ICE.

"DEI needs a reset." We agree! We spent years in R&D on our courses. @headwaytraining.bsky.social redesigned the entire framework, using scientifically validated methods, to create a program that WORKS. One of the most common responses from students is that our courses are unlike any other.

"Despite their widespread prescription, DEI trainings often fail to change bias or reduce prejudice." That's why @headwaytraining.bsky.social redesigned the entire framework, using the best scientifically validated methods, to create a program that WORKS. hbr.org/2025/01/what...

Log on late night if you want. Our new Workplace Culture Facilitator Training course means you can take class at your own pace. Still 6 weeks, but no live class to attend. More info & Registration: headwaytraining.org/services/wor...

"After last year’s Heterosexual Awesomeness Month went viral, Fitzpatrick said he received death threats, but that the positivity was “overwhelmingly more powerful.” 🤢🤢🤢

Our language is evolving, but our commitment to fairness and belonging remains as solid as ever. "We are combining all of our work under one umbrella, and committing to supporting workplaces where health and psychological safety are prioritized.... headwaytraining.org/still-here-h...

A li'l protection from *gestures broadly*... Our new workshop helps you reframe your approach to #self-care as community care. Centered around Audre Lorde's original definition, @celesteheadlee.bsky.social teaches evidence-based tips for honoring your well-being🪷. 🧵 1/

Just a reminder that transgender people are not causing Americans to lose their retirement savings.

The “black jobs” Trump was talking about. Which is why they want us out of government, academia, and the corporate work force.

In 2024, four women held four-star ranks in the military — the highest levels of the armed forces. Only 10 women have held the highest rank in their military branches in history. Now, there are none. Of the four women, two of them retired and two were ousted. bit.ly/4i1EWUO

Leaders, students and faculty from Illinois public regional universities like NEIU, NIU and Chicago State came together to hammer home the importance of federal education funding and infrastructure, especially for marginalized students On scene for @wbez.org and @opencampus.org

"Also on the menu in April: There are several mayoral contests in predominantly Black cities where Republican state officials have fought to preempt local policies, from Jackson, Mississippi, to St. Louis, Missouri. "

"The Maine Principals’ Association said in a statement it is also “bound by the law, including the Maine Human Rights Act, which our participation policy reflects.”"

They are arresting people on the streets, terminating their visas, and disappearing them for writing things they disagree with. This is where we are. Two months in. Right now. If you think they won’t begin coming after citizens soon, you are mistaken.

NEW: @motherjones.com reports that one of the men renditioned to El Salvador is Neri Alvarado, who was working in Dallas as a baker. An ICE agent told him they were questioning all men with tattoos. Neri has an AUTISM AWARENESS TATTOO in honor of his 15-year-old brother with autism.

"Does publishing trans writers constitute promoting gender ideology?” But to pursue this line of questioning is in itself a moral compromise. The term “gender ideology” is not only condescending, but like so much fascistic vocabulary, it is also unintelligible." 1 / 2

"District Judge Edward Chen noted that Noem had in television interviews described Venezuelans with Temporary Protected Status (TPS) as "dirtbags" and claimed many were gang members and criminals." www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

#WomensHistoryMonth: Evelyn Preer was an African American pioneering screen and stage actress, and jazz and blues singer in Hollywood during the late-1910s through the early 1930s. In the Black community she was known as "The First Lady of the Screen." Read more here: https://bit.ly/4iOAidL 

"The reason minority community members have been forced to the point of confronting these terrorists themselves is the direct result of the inaction by the city, local leaders and law enforcement."

YESSSSSSSSSSSS

This is infuriating. I never thought I could remain angry for months...but the rage just keeps building.

...topics such as the Civil War..."??? It literally became a national cemetery *because of the Civil War. We're not a serious country. Or, more accurately, this isn't a serious government

Not only is this some gaslighting bullshit, since they're using the exact essence of "equality" in their crusade against it. Thus, rendering its meaning senseless. But this is actually an attack on class. On giving opportunity to smart people who can't afford college. apnews.com/article/trum...

This is where the last few years of criminalizing climate protest have been headed: newrepublic.com/post/192660/...

happy capitol crawl day! never forget what it took to pass the Americans with Disabilities Act www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Reyes: Do you know why trans people have higher rates of suicidal ideation? It’s because they face such stigma and discrimination in society. All of the studies show that ... it’s not biological. It’s not inherent. It’s because they face discrimination and abuse.

"If Hegseth’s commissars want to replace the history of the Tuskegee Airmen... a functionary at the Pentagon can do it with a keystroke, while zapping away references to gays, to minorities, to women—perhaps with the hope that one day, no one will even remember what’s been lost."

A win🌟. "Transgender Representatives Zooey Zephyr and SJ Howell gave impassioned speeches—this time, they broke through. In a stunning turn, 29 Republicans defected, killing both bills. One Republican even took the floor to deliver a scathing rebuke of the bill’s sponsor." bit.ly/41xUB7Z

We've confirmed the US Bureau of Prisons has transferred trans women to men's prisons despite three court rulings blocking Trump's executive order “I’m continuing to be punished for existing. I'm a pawn in others' political games" -Whitney, 31-year-old woman taken to men's prison this week, told us

The Guardian is reporting that Trump is openly violating a court order, and has transferred multiple transgender women to men's facilities. We know in Florida, transgender women are having their hair shorn, feminine items confiscated, and pulled off medication. This is inhumane and illegal.

Analysis: At Least 5 Project 2025 Contributors Espouse White Supremacist Views truthout.org/articles/ana...

Also important to note that the estimates that place trans people at 1.3 million are rather old, from the Williams Institute, which did good work at the time mind you. Latest Gallup poll shows 1.3% of people now identify as trans, which would be over 4 million people!

"The university will end the cafeteria’s pernicious diversity, equity, and inclusion program, otherwise known as “Taco Tuesday.”

"Community members and civil rights groups are alarmed, given CoreCivic’s long history of horrendous violence, torture of those it incarcerates, and negligence in its facilities." "CoreCivic is synonymous with torture, human rights violations and safety failures in U.S. detention facilities."

1/7. Public discourse about racial equity has changed a lot over the years. At @commhsp.bsky.social we’ve been monitoring those changes and their consequences. In a new 538 article, @efranklinfowler.bsky.social and I share what we’ve been seeing and why it matters. abcnews.go.com/538/national...

I have interviewed people and asked them what "woke" means. No one has ever defined the word beyond "stuff I don't like." Woke doesn't mean anything. It's just a word some use to label their enemies. Like calling someone a "commie".

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AN INCREDIBLE WOMAN! How have we forgotten the amazing Fannie Barrier Williams, today's Bada** Black Woman in history? youtu.be/sN9rleV2WnI

I am a scaredy cat. A big fat baby. Anxiety queen. And I do not care about getting up from a table. I will cut a bigot or even an enabler off with the quickness if I believe something doesn't look right. If I can do this? ANYBODY can do this. It's literally the bare minimum.

Meanwhile, the Iowa legislator is preparing to pass a law stripping transgender people of their civil rights. One thing should be understood, when one marginalized group loses a right it once had, all others vulnerable. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/p...

Let's juxtapose that my Iowa hometown canceled an African American Read-In because administrators believed it ran afoul of Trump's anti-diversity e.o. and the state's "divisive concepts" law. A few days later white supremacists freely marched in the capitol. www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/2...

Day #21 of BHM Mary Jane Seacole (1805-1881) was a Black woman of Scottish, British, and Jamaican heritage who was a nurse and businesswoman. Seacole was born to a community of free Black people in Jamaica. 1/