Well, not a NEW low. But low. religiondispatches.org/marking-a-ne...

The man who heroically tackled and disarmed one of the Bondi Beach gunmen has been named: The hero’s name is Ahmed al Ahmed, a 43-year-old father of two, who owns a fruit shop.

Support this open letter written by trans and takatāpui rangatahi: "To be transgender or takatāpui is a taonga. To deny our young people access to life-saving medication on the basis of an imported culture war is cruel and abhorrent." our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/re...

In the Holocaust, Nazis captured my grandpa’s sister Sheinale (Yiddish for "beautiful") & her family & executed them in a forest in Lithuania. Their bodies are in an unmarked forest grave. In contrast, Covid vaccines saved an estimated 20 million lives in their 1st year of use. See the difference?

NEW: Protestors turn up the heart on Fenway Health, an LGBTQ+ community health center that recently pulled transtion care from all patients under 19. Evan Urquhart was on the scene for Assigned Media with exclusive interviews and photos. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

New Yorkers will not sit idly by while the Trump administration continues to separate families, detain & arrest immigrants or threatens to send troops to our city. Join us to #ProtectOurFutures and register for the citywide call tomorrow (10/29) at 7PM: HandsOffNYC.com

At some point, the people of the US are going to have to ask themselves why in 2025, we still have a system of "democracy" that is intentionally designed to give the 60% of pro ethno-state white voters more power than everyone else in the country combined. Questions for the 40% of white folk.

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, all governments should commit to moving away from coercive mental healthcare practices. Human Rights Watch has documented coercive mental healthcare practices, including shackling people with mental health conditions, in more than 60 countries across the world.

"This isn't the America I know" Black People:

Day 2 of our Week of Action for incarcerated survivors! From Miley: "I was comfortable on the West side of the prison. I did NOTHING to get moved off of that block! I was at my PRAT assessment Gender Review Committee and I was asked do you feel comfortable on JA block?

“I want people to know that my mom’s medications were taken away and not returned,” Nory told MSNBC in Quetzaltenango on Aug. 27. Through tears after her mother’s death, she repeated: “They took away my mother’s medicine. I had no way to help her.”

Day 1 of week of action with Noel: “I feel so alone fighting against a system that doesn't exist. Now, don't think for a moment I don't appreciate you and what you're doing. It's just that I'm here alone trying to fight through this nightmare of depression.

Join ARC's week of action for incarcerated #survivors! These #trans and cis #women are organizing campaigns to protect their and others' #health and safety in #prison. Please share, but above all, please take the actions! 5 min each, big impact. Details: tinyurl.com/ARCActionDet...

If you’re distressed watching the transphobic nightmare unfold, a great way to support trans people is to become a penpal to an imprisoned trans person. @powerblossoms.bsky.social, @arcgenderjustice.bsky.social, @blackandpinkorg.bsky.social, @massamp1312.bsky.social, @tpride.bsky.social

LAST CHANCE to submit a comment to oppose taking hormones away from #trans people in Georgia prisons! Please take 5-10 minutes NOW to show up for our trans family inside. #Abolition #AbolitionFeminism #AbolitionAction cryptpad.fr/form/#/2/for...

Once I had a draft, I asked some of the smartest organizers I know for their input, and listened to folks already grappling with Trump's militant escalations in L.A. and D.C. What was ultimately shaped by these conversations is a set of questions that can help guide our preparations for this crisis.

Action alert!! ARC member Nadirah Ali, a Black woman in prison in PA, has terrible pain in her back, hips, and legs, to the point she is bent over even when she is just sitting in her wheelchair. Her legs and feet are swollen, and she has a hematoma on her leg that is not getting any better.

Can you donate to support Rayne and all of our members so they can do their brilliant work more efficiently and with less barriers?

Reminder! ⏰ There’s still time to register for tomorrow’s webinar all about IDEA, Section 504, and the ADA — learn what’s going on with education rights and what you can do. us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

ARC is thrilled to share that a group of folks doing trans solidarity work across prison walls are throwing a COVID-safe concert in New Haven and online. All proceeds will go to trans people in prison! Old Milk Mooney,Jesse Wilson, Old, Mother Juniper, and Fuzzy Dunlop! More Soon!!!!

In a horrifying article about the dangers of Teslas, one point stands out: Teslas automatically disengage self-driving mode <1 second before an imminent crash--not enough time for the driver to react, but enough for Tesla to deny responsibility for fatal crashes, since self-driving "wasn't engaged."

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

After 10 hours of debate, “vote-a-rama” (when senators can propose endless changes to a bill that their colleagues then need to vote on) will begin. Submit your ideas for amendments so Democrats can delay for as long as possible with a record-breaking vote-a-rama. 👇

Late last night, Senate Republicans voted to advance Trump’s Tax Scam. But it’s still not clear if the GOP has enough votes for final passage of the reconciliation bill, so we need to make *lots* of calls today. Call now: indivisible.org/resource/cal... Email: act.indivisible.org/sign/no-cutt...

“We’re the good guys,” I tell myself as a 6-year-old leukemia patient pees his pants in fear. I adjust my black mask and sunglasses in the mirror, making sure to hide my identity. “I am not evil,” I whisper.

We knew this about this Supreme Court. I guess everyone is on the same page now that the courts will not "save" us. The question is really how to save ourselves. On that, we need a lot more people doing a lot of different things for many years.

The federal government could announce tomorrow that it will no longer recognize same-sex marriages and every single person in one would need to sue to enforce the recognition of their marriage. If you can't sue, it won't be recognized. No right is safe.

The decision in Casa v Trump today is mind boggling and, frankly, fascist. Justice Jackson says it: "The majority’s ruling gives the Executive the go-ahead to sometimes wield the kind of unchecked, arbitrary power the Founders crafted our Constitution to eradicate."

Bombshell allegations by a DOJ whistleblower: Emil Bove—whom Trump has nominated to a federal appeals court—lied to courts and willfully defied their orders, then illegally fired the lawyers who tried to tell the truth in court. A massively damning document. static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics...

ICYMI This Month In Criminalization👇🏽 is full of resources & opportunities for action on every front - war on Iran, ongoing genocide in Palestine, mutual aid in LA, assaults on sanctuary cities, gender affirming care+++ And a new call to action from Rising Majority: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

The Big Bundle of Queer Awesomeness. 100+ books for $100! itch.io/b/3084/pride... #Pride Book Fair 2025 💙📚 🌈📚

The Gaza Health Ministry has released an updated list of the more than 55k people *confirmed* to have been killed by Israel. The first 21 pages are the names of dead babies. More than 17k of those listed are children.

This week, millions across the US are under a sweltering heat dome. Heat waves are especially deadly for incarcerated people, as prisons are not equipped to handle these environmental emergencies – which will only get worse because of climate change.

They ripped him apart from his pregnant wife in her last trimester. They stole from him the birth of his baby boy Dean, his graduation ceremony, his first Father's Day. They detained him illegally for 104 days. But today, Mahmoud Khalil is FINALLY FREE. 🤍✊🏼

Vaccines crucially protect the lives of ppl in prison, who have terrible healthcare, lousy access to PPE, and overcrowded conditions. You can comment online TONIGHT by 11:59pm to fight RFK's ableist racist anti-vaxx crusade. Takes minutes! Check out @peoplescdc.org's guide. tinyurl.com/2nwu3f7s

At the @ire.org conference this week and using the #IRE25 hashtag? Don't forget to add alt text to the images you share so that everyone has access to them. If you're new to writing alt text, this resource from Veronica Lewis can help you out.

BREAKING: Victory! Thank you all for calling in for Jacinda. We just got a letter from her saying that it worked! "I made it to the Diversionary Treatment Unit where I am receiving much needed mental health treatment. _Thank you_ for the advocacy--it worked!....

Outrageous seems too nice at this point.

Today, six cisgender justices decided to do the wrong thing and unsee the discrimination at play when TN outlawed medical care for #trans people because they don't want trans people to exist. They could have thrown trans people a lifeline in a moment of incredible attacks; they turned aside.

In 2023, Gary K. Farlow wrote about being in the path of a hurricane and how people in prison have very little control over how to prepare. "Climate change is making hurricanes more frequent and more destructive," writes Farlow.

The things that have happened this week across the country have, at other times and in other places, each been singular catalysts for regime change. Occupying cities. Firing on peaceful protesters. Suspending fundamental liberties. Arresting elected officials. Each of these has toppled governments.

Happening now in Chicago at Michigan & Ida B Wells, protesters gather to oppose ICE’s operations. Twice this week, protesters have forced Chicago’s immigration court to close early, as ICE has moved to aggressively arrest people attending their court mandated hearings.

Ready for digital action against fascism this #Pride? Here we go! First up, let's show up for trans femmes in #prison: Paris and Jacinda. 1) Paris is dealing with burns after someone threw boiling water on her. She's not getting the antibiotics and other care she needs. Make some noise!

NY times: Spirited Kristi Noem Briefing Interrupted by Annoying Sound of Democrat Senator Padilla's Skull Hitting Floor

"They didn't realize they were tackling a Senator for asking questions, they thought they were tackling a journalist for asking questions" oh, ok then

🚨NEW: @cbsnews.com reports ICE is arresting people who can't even legally be deported and holding them without enough food or water in a federal building BASEMENT in Los Angeles. Families dutifully attending check-ins with ICE are being arrested and held for days, forced to sleep on the floor.

"If scripture got you ... beating the shit of gay people, women, and Black folks rather than Bible thumping the shit out of capitalism, White supremacy, and heteropatriarchy, you're using it wrong. God ain't on your side and you might have the devil on your team." -Brittney C. Cooper, 2017

fuuuuck these people