I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell Congress to Abolish ICE. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

Imperial Boomerang open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

That’s right – plastic recycling is actually a MYTH. In our new report, Merchants of Myth, we explore the failures of plastic recycling after decades of being touted by corporations as a solution to the pollution crisis. Read the full report here: www.greenpeace.org/usa/merchant...

Video of our launch of Rituals of Migration @gihnyu.bsky.social @nyupress.bsky.social is now up on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qh1... @irpinaingiro.bsky.social @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social @appalachianphilly.bsky.social

I was already reading this book for a story I’m writing when trump’s EO on the unhoused dropped yesterday. It’s like our nation hasn’t learned a single lesson from centuries of scrapped harmful policies.

So proud of Orlando. This artist who hired O to hang art at her home has this podcast & an art magazine. She had O on her podcast yesterday & she wants to do a 2nd interview

The Hidden Work of Art Handling, Installation, and Building a Creative Career from the Ground Up — with Orlando Saverino-Loeb substack.com/@artandcockt...

Literal cages. Not even metaphorical ones. Literal ones.

Beautiful material culture testament to history

War Deja Vu open.substack.com/pub/chrished...

I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS in Philadelphia” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

So happy to have a co-written article with historian Donna Gabaccia in this volume that fo uses on the transnational movement of a two bed coverlets

Read the blog post below for a sneak peek of some of the themes explored in Rituals of Migration. The official publication date is June 17 but you can order the book now from @nyupress.bsky.social and @gihnyu.bsky.social.

Thrilled to have a co-authored article with Donna Gabaccia on the transnational movement of bed coverlets in this volume

🗃️ 👏 To all the contributors to "Rituals of Migration": Jill Bender @braun-strumfels.bsky.social Donna Gabaccia @hidehirota.bsky.social @grainnemcevoy.bsky.social @ciantmcmahon.bsky.social Linda Reeder @appalachianphilly.bsky.social @josephsciorra.bsky.social Bernadette Whelan Clara Zaccagnini 🧵2/5

Me too! Thank you to you and Kevin for being wonderful editors and for including me.

The church said it's terminating a decades-long partnership with the federal government to help refugees arriving in the U.S., citing moral opposition to resettling white Afrikaners from South Africa.

Before press came in — but while live feed was running on Bukele’s feed — Trump said to him: “home-growns are next. … You’re gonna need to build about 5 more places.” x.com/nayibbukele/...

I want them all unmasked. I want Noem, Homan, and Miller to someday be tried for their crimes against humanity. Ditto for the ICE agents and other officers who abuse innocent tourists, college students, and refugees When all this is over, I want justice. My column www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

There we go. Support this man.

Cancel this fricking disgrace

This is a sad but interesting question. How many grad students will leave and where, if anywhere will they go ?

📌It's time for current and former military leaders to uphold their oath and speak up RIGHT NOW. This is a damn emergency.

"United States is now aligning itself more fully with the global forces of ethnonationalism, authoritarianism and oligarchy." Worth reading @mattduss.bsky.social

Join in Philly!

Phuladelphia!

PLEASE GET OUT & JOIN IN PROTESTS FOLKS!🇺🇸

DC March 14th

#NoKingsDay was only the beginning! Start planning for 50501’s next nationwide day of protests - March 4th For Democracy!! 💙🤍❤️‍🩹 Flyer template + more resources for organizing a demonstration: FiftyFifty.one #50501movement #FiftyFiftyOne #March4thForDemocracy #NoKings @polrev.bsky.social

Cato Freeman (c. 1768-1853) was a free Black man who lived in Andover, Massachusetts. Freeman was a landowner and he became a well-known fiddler. His name appears in maps as early as the 1830s. #BlackHistoryMonth photo 17/28. 🗃️

Great but "urging" Israel doesn't work well

I just subscribed to 5 Calls Newsletter! buttondown.com/5calls

Let's do it!

Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s idea of efficiency is stopping research on curing cancer.

Call Repub reps too! They arent getting nearly as many calls (This was stated by a Dem rep at Federal workers rally in DC yesterday--heard it on C-SPAN)

Imagine you're just some 30-something guy who converts to one of the world's major religions and in less than a decade its spiritual leader is rebuking you in front of the entire world That's how big a loser JD Vance is apnews.com/article/pope...

Scoop: Three of the left-leaning columnists at the Los Angeles Times have been told to reduce their output. They’re now restricted to writing once a week. LAT declined comment, but the change comes as MAGA-curious owner Patrick Soon-Shiong moves paper to the right. www.status.news/p/patrick-so...

JUST IN: Trump has fired Colleen Joy Shogan, the head of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)

Vought was just confirmed but his presence has already been widely felt. “Though tasked with deeply cutting the federal government’s funding of social programs, Vought is not merely a fiscal conservative. He is animated by Christian theocratic beliefs.” Read more…

Reading this book 📕 for the third time, might be a blueprint for how Marc Cuban can help build a news 📰 network with journalists like Jim Acosta, who can tell the TRUTH to POWER 💪💪💪 and lead the RESISTANCE 🙏🙏🙏

Who is Fetterman owing allegience to?

BREAKING: 📌"This vote seems to rubber-stamp the wishes of deeply entrenched party insiders, who lately understand how to raise gobs of money, but don’t have a clear understanding of what is front and center on the minds of the American voting public."

Andrea Pitzer, author of One Long Night: A Global History of Concentration Camps - “We shouldn’t wait for even worse moments from disgraceful history to repeat before we stand against terrorizing peaceful U.S. residents.”

Trump doesn't care if the economy crashes and communities suffer. His goal is to force you and your family to accept a lower standard of living while he and his friends get richer. Cutting support for law enforcement, schools, small businesses and firefighters is chaos by design.

“Immigrant labor, both authorized and unauthorized, is integral to the staffing and running of restaurants in the United States.”

Speaker Johnson tells Kristen Welker that he is prepared to fund mass deportations no matter what it costs as he prepares to cut Medicare and social security.