Statehood for D.C. is an ethical obligation at this point, required to protect the rights of our residents to govern ourselves against such out-of-state troops being sent to patrol our city.

Immigration policies are creating impossible choices for NICU families. Parents are afraid to visit their infants, deterred by anti-immigrant rhetoric and fear of U.S. ICE actions at hospitals. @neodrswenson.bsky.social and I wrote about this here: www.cleveland.com/opinion/2025...

APHA Joins GW and Dozens of Public Health and Policy Experts Urging the CDC to Maintain Universal Newborn Hepatitis B Vaccination www.apha.org/news-and-med...

“I was under the impression that we were protected from being affected by any anti-DEI legislation and rulings because of our First Amendment right to freedom of press, but it appears I was wrong,” Alice Magazine Editor-in-Chief Gabrielle Gunter said in a statement Tuesday.

We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges. But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.

People catastrophizing about a precedent where no one can mark anything down anymore for being wrong when the real precedent is trans people not being able to do literally any job without an army of bigots launching a harassment campaign against their employer.

A lot of editors don't even know about media magnification. One of the shocking things - to me - when I left journalism school was how little editors knew about like the study of journalism as a discipline. It's a profession based in norms even if those norms are harmful.

Still haven't read the full agreement because I deserve nice things occasionally. But there's really a need for a propublica-type investigation into the social network of these boards, presidents, & donors with the admin. At the same time, exploring the similarities and differences across deals.

There's legislation before the Virginia General Assembly that would create a paid family & medical leave program, but it will live or die on the fiscal impact statement. Will agency staff draw on states that have taken charge of their enabling software (Maryland), or those that have spent a fortune?

Vinay Prasad of the FDA claims that he has proof that 10 children died from COVID19 vaccines, so the FDA will now target flu shots, look at whether people should receive multiple vaccines at the same time, and make the vaccine approval process significantly more difficult.

To be clear Lizza’s story is that Nuzzi sat on important matters of national significance for personal benefit and he’s sat on these details until he could personally benefit. All of DC media needs to be thrown into the sea. Anyone who defends these people is a goddamn clown.

there wouldn’t be a “cost to work productivity” if not for planned obsolescence!

"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by three factors: (1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment...The three factors...are uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes..."

NEW: Louisiana’s governor eliminated parole for prisoners arrested after Aug. 1, 2024, and tightened eligibility rules for those arrested before. Then he tossed those rules aside for one group: undocumented immigrants. Why? To have them deported.

The ultra-processed foods problem is driven by commercial interests, not individual weakness. Here’s how to fix it theconversation.com/the-ultra-pr...

y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"

Anyone remember that cease fire? "Gaza hospitals running out of supplies as airstrikes continue"

Many fear federal loan caps will deter aspiring doctors and worsen MD shortage Experts warn new federal loan caps could make medical school less accessible and worsen doctor shortages nationwide. Full story ➡️ buff.ly/VIWlnhA #FederalLoanCaps #MedSchool #Doctors

It is not in fact smart analysis to talk about American power dynamics as if any POC who isn’t Black is functionally a white person

It astounds me that after over two years of recognized genocide, large media outlets are still publishing headlines like this. I don't know what else to say except I hope one day there is a reckoning for it.

I wish people would stop circulating this video. 27k students were absent during the Border Patrol raids. That does not = 30k walked out.

Amir and Osama have started their new school year after a long break due to the genocide. 💔 We need £375 for month's school payment to make sure they can continue their education without worry.🙏 Please, Your support means stability and learning for them!

Legacy news isn’t the only way information gets shared in communities. Jesse Hardman argues that it’s time to identify and support the information gardens already growing in community backyards around the country. Read the piece in our Civic Media Series 👇

Organizations that typically work to protect Chicagoans from everyday gunfire are shifting their tactics to keep communities safe from a different type of threat: ICE. “This is an issue for all of us,” said Pastor Matt DeMateo, CEO of New Life Centers. “It’s a Chicago issue. A humanity issue.”

NEW: Officials at the Indian Health Service have deemed terms like “immunizations” and “vaccines” risky “buzzwords” that require approval to be used in social media posts, pamphlets and presentations for patients.

A chart you can spend some time with: The demographic and partisan profile of social media users in the US, from YouTube to Truth Social www.pewresearch.org/internet/202...

Thom Tillis wants answers from Homeland Security on Operation Charlotte’s Web #ncpol www.charlotteobserver.com/news/politic...

Not sure who made this, but probably the most accurate representation of the current state of tech to date

On Sunday, as ICE agents began their descent on Charlotte, Border Patrol Commander Gregory Bovino posted a video that contained Petey Pablo's anthem "Raise Up" without the artist's permission. www.wunc.org/wunc-music/2...

Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.

20 Nov 2025 -- Justine Lindsay, the NFL’s first trans cheerleader, revealed she was fired this year from the spot she had won in 2022 with the Carolina Panthers TopCats and held for 3 years: "This was right after Trump became president.... I was devastated." @rikiwilchins.bsky.social

CDC Updates Vaccine Safety Page to Promote Vaccine Misinformation, Cites Kennedy’s Anti-Vax Allies www.importantcontext.news/p/cdc-change...

"A Chinese immigrant was found dead in U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention, with his hands and feet tied behind him, an attorney has alleged." www.newsweek.com/ice-detainee...

the nuzzi story is fun and all but at the center of it is the elevation of a man who has dedicated his life to making children catch preventable diseases to a position where he can enact harm at enormous scale

DC absolutely needs statehood so that the people who live there aren't ruled by goons they never elected. A genuine ongoing scandal and absolute betrayal of the principles of the country.

New: Reuters has tallied job losses, suspensions and investigations stemming from the reaction to Charlie Kirk's Sept. 10 assassination. Its findings: More than 600 Americans have been punished, and the figure is likely to be an under-count. www.reuters.com/investigatio...

Huge @tinanguyen.bsky.social scoop: Trump is preparing to try and ban all state AI laws, going so far as having Brendan Carr’s FCC pull rural broadband funds from states that try to regulate AI www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

Breaking news: A panel appointed by President Trump to review whether to eliminate the Federal Emergency Management Agency has instead concluded that the agency should be more powerful and autonomous.

Numbers reported Monday night that showed 21,000 absences were too low, according to new data obtained by The Charlotte Observer through a records request.

Nine crew members from India and Sri Lanka who sailed aboard the container shipped that crashed into Francis Scott Key Bridge in March 2024 are *still* in Baltimore — and they aren’t allowed to leave “They’re struggling emotionally”

New from 404 Media: a contractor is paying random people $300 to physically track immigrants for ICE. Spoke to people briefed on plans. This isn't licensed PIs/bounty hunters. These are just former police/military; members of public "Something doesn't sound right" www.404media.co/contractor-p...

Does #SNAP cover the cost of a meal in your county? Evidence shows that the maximum SNAP benefit often falls short of covering a modest meal, leaving many families vulnerable to #foodinsecurity. Explore county-level #data with Urban’s interactive tool.

Random question for #MedSky: why are so many professional organizations (AMA, Joint Commission, etc) headquartered in Illinois?

Yesterday 15% of charlotte students were absent now that ICE has invaded. The normal absentee rate is half that. So many children are missing out on their childhood’s because of racism

NEW: We traced out a devastating outbreak of bird flu to its source: an egg farm in Ohio. Where the wind blew, the virus followed. Within weeks, the farms downwind were about 20 times as likely to see outbreaks as those that weren’t.

she really did write this on her phone

Many experimental drugs are tested in low-income countries as their manufacturers seek evidence to bring them through licensure. But many of those countries don't benefit when the drugs are approved, @pharmalot.bsky.social reports. www.statnews.com/pharmalot/20...

Hendrick Motorsports sold SUVs to ICE www.wbtv.com/2025/11/17/h...

With all the talk about ACA costs being out of control, they are actually quite similar to and slightly less than employer (group) health costs. The problem is health care costs, not the ACA.