Here’s Trust for Public Land working with local groups like Vine City Civic Association in Atlanta making the news fun to read again. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/c...

Well here's a tidy piece of #socialmath for you media advocates out there: Tesla shareholders vote to pay Musk up to $274 million per day for the next decade open.substack.com/pub/oligarch... @media-studies.bsky.social

Food is fundamental is health. Strong local economies are fundamental to health. Imagine a wildly successful GOV'T program that putts food on the table and keeps grocers working: #SNAP. Check out @media-studies.bsky.social latest blog for how to make the case for SNAP: www.bmsg.org/beyond-full-...

A lesson in reframing.

It's not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities. [Cartoon by Jesse Duquette]

If you make 130% of the federal poverty level, you qualify for SNAP. A family of four, making $40,560, qualifies for SNAP benefits meaning thousands of Missouri teachers qualify. I’m tired of the bullshit. Most of the people who receive snap benefits work.

The government shutdown has put SNAP benefits at risk for millions of Americans. Travis Peters, an urban farmer in Detroit, is giving out free produce tomorrow 'If it's getting tight, my food is free. Don’t even sweat that'

The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage.

😎🌵🪴 it's a start

"I say Yes on Prop 50 because it gives CA the opportunity to have stronger representation in Washington. After 50 yrs working in the fields picking berries & mushrooms, I know how important it is for our voices to be heard. I stand with my community.” -Francisco, CA Berry worker

The richest man on earth owns X. The second richest man on earth is about to acquire TikTok and his family could soon own both Paramount and Warner Bros. The third richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post. See the problem here?

Absolutely. Get rid of the passive voice. @nytimes.com you should know better.

To realize #healthequity we need to build #narrativepower, not just craft powerful messages. Thank you @scope-la.bsky.social for all we @media-studies.bsky.social have learned from you about power mapping.

"Pablo" is picking oranges in Woodlake, CA. He shares, "We fill around 5 bins in a 6 hour work day. The work is very hard on the bodies as they have to go up and down a 16 foot ladder while carrying a sack of oranges that weighs 60lbs-80 lbs." #WeFeedYou

I'm always very open about the fact that I received SNAP benefits and Medicaid for a bit after I fled my abusive husband with my little kid in tow. I used it to help me start over in a new state and go back to school to get my BA. I now have a PhD. SNAP benefits saved my life.

"Raul" harvested grapes in Delano CA for 6+ years. He shares, "I cut the bunches of grapes and carefully put them into the trays. Once the cart is full, I wheel the heavy cart out of the field. The grapes will be taken to the packing house where they will be bagged." #WefeedYou

Philly was a great place to say #NoKings.

Trans voices are essential in this moment, and we are not being raised up by mainstream media (surprise surprise)

News coverage of the attacks on trans rights are excluding trans voices. @media-studies.bsky.social and @transjournalists.org found that 70% of articles about trans people did not quote any trans people, and just 6% quoted trans youth. Journalists can do better. Full report here: bit.ly/TJA_visible

CBS reporter Edward R. Murrow embodied what a journalist should be: someone who holds power to account instead of capitulating to it. Over 70 years later, his segment denouncing Joe McCarthy’s congressional witch hunts rings truer than ever.

Important piece by @chesterj1.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/trumps-tikto...

"Meche" works making raisins in Fresno CA. Fresh grapes are placed on sheets of paper and then laid on the sand between rows. The suns heats the sand and dries out the grapes. She can feel the heat from the sand through her shoes while she earns 35 cents for each sheet. #WeFeedYou

"Yoli" is hard at work harvesting wine grapes in CAs Central Valley. She shares they work in teams of three, with two people picking the grapes and one person packing them. The grapes are packed in boxes to protect them during transport. #WeFeedYou 

Farmworkers already face harsh conditions. Now they may have to deal with a pay cut. grist.org/labor/farmwo...

The union representing the musicians from Jimmy Kimmel’s band releases a statement calling the FCC’s pressure on Disney “state censorship.”

In a new open-access Milbank Quarterly Perspective, @loridorfman.bsky.social & coauthors argue that advancing health and racial equity requires building narrative power — the ability to shape societal narratives and widespread beliefs — to illuminate structural solutions and advance health equity.

Whose life matters?

Anand Giridharadas gets it right in this escalating dangerous moment. ESSAY: A turning point open.substack.com/pub/anandwri...

I love my neighborhood.

“Jose” is harvesting pears in VA. Minimum wage is just over $12 but these workers get paid for each container they can fill. “Jose” climbs up and down a ladder carrying 40 pounds of fruit at a time. #WeFeedYou

CA Central Coast workers are harvesting peas. They're paid piece rate. On this day, they began at 7am & were still working at 5pm. A worker shared in order not to use time taking bathroom breaks they try to drink less, so they have the opportunity to harvest more. #WeFeedYou

"We should not have to live in a country where the Government can seize anyone who looks Latino, speaks Spanish, and appears to work a low wage job. Rather than stand idly by while our constitutional freedoms are lost, I dissent." —Justice Sonia Sotomayor

We wanted to draw attention to an issue affecting Menomonie, Wisconsin. A proposed $1.6 billion data center on 320 acres of farmland (located between 650th and 690th Avenue) has drawn strong opposition. The City Council quickly annexed and rezoned the land to “Restricted Industrial,”

We can set an example for the whole nation in this election.

This fork lift driver in Arvin CA does not have an enclosed cab as he came out of the vineyards at 11am and it was 93°. Even the steering wheel was too hot to handle in the open sun. #WeFeedYou #Calor

This tractor driver in NorCal is calling it a day from preparing the soil for the next planting. Grape orchards can yield for 30 years before needing to be pulled and replanted but often wine grape plants will be replanted more often to keep the grape quality. #WeFeedYou

"Anita", a UFW member, leaves the vineyard after an evening of harvesting wine grapes. "I am thankful that we are able to make good wages to support our family. Best of all I will get home before my kids wake up and will to be able to take them to school." #WeFeedYou

San Joaquin Valley onion workers do intense labor in hot conditions. They fill 20lb buckets, dump them into sacks and line the sacks up at the end of the day. Sacks weigh up to 80lbs when full. "Juan" says his back hurts from being bent over by the end of the day. #WeFeedYou

Let's give a shout out to the men & women who labor in the fields to put food on our tables. #WeFeedYou #LaborDay. Mandemosle un saludo a los hombres y mujeres que trabajan en el campo para poner comida en nuestras mesas. Thank you Ignacio Gomez for letting us use this art

Look at this graph. The share of national income going to the richest 10 percent was lowest (and share to lower 90 percent highest) when union membership was at its highest. As unions have weakened, inequality has widened. This is why we must build back union power.

"Kennedy would be less hazardous if he decided to do cardiac surgery. Then he would kill people only one at a time rather than his current ability to kill by the thousands. Why is it that killing a single person is seen as murder but killing masses is excused if you are a politician?" bit.ly/41mxeiB

@lataco.bsky.social Is an amazing source of independent journalism and I highly recommend following them, and subscribing to them if you possibly can. They need our support.

People joined the National Guard to protect their fellow Americans, not to become an occupation force over them.

“These stations are not just media outlets, they are cultural infrastructure.” www.niemanlab.org/2025/08/how-...

California’s richest agricultural family is shuttering a farm the UFW sought to unionize www.latimes.com/california/s...

“Over and over again, we have seen farmworkers go without the heat safety protections they are legally entitled to,” said Teresa Romero, president of the United Farm Workers union. The state’s heat illness prevention enforcement system “isn’t working.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Afternoon conversation. #BrushesRedux

Heat kills. A bill just reintroduced in Congress can save lives. Urge your members of Congress to back federal heat bill introduced on July 16th. Take action at: act.seiu.org/a/heat2025?m... #WeFeedYou #Calor