This is just crushing. Emily Waldorf was denied care for a risky miscarriage due to Arkansas’ abortion ban, even after she met the hospital’s CEO, called the governor’s office and got a lawyer. www.propublica.org/article/arka...

A devastating story has come out about a US citizen child, Orlin, who was murdered after ICE deported his mom. This tragedy is an abject failure by ICE, and it’s why I will not give them another cent. We must stop the cruelty and lawlessness of this administration.

Today I asked our electeds to support the John Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act and to support a federal ban on partisan gerrymandering. You can contact your electeds. Let me know if you do. It’s time for voters to choose their representatives instead of representatives choosing their voters.

Hot off the press. A well referenced high quality statement from the International Hantavirus Society. High level: - Andes strain is different - some spread will occur - pandemic potential is tremendously low - lots to learn - what happens next is up to us zenodo.org/records/2007...

After a trough of relatively less activity, that is fewer people calling me for help, I'm back up to 10 active habeas cases. I do not want to cause anyone undue alarm, but ICE has changed tactics and seems more likely to detain people when they go in for routine appointments with ICE.

The Encyclopedia of Arkansas officially turns 20 years old today. Thank you to all of our contributors, funders, reviewers, and readers who have made this journey possible! encyclopediaofarkansas.net

We need a strong Supreme Court that protects democratic institutions, upholds the rule of law, and safeguards individual rights. But this Court no longer operates as the framers envisioned, nor as it should. Here are six reforms that Congress can enact now: bit.ly/4dbN1qI

based on responses to this, I'm guessing many/most of us living in America are only a few short links from Japanese internment, via relatives, friends, colleagues, teachers, and other social connections. We are not free of that national sin.

There is a WILD ONE out of the 8th Cir. today about a man who stole another man's identity 30 years ago, lived all those years under the other man's identity including getting married and having a kid, who then got the other man prosecuted for identity theft. ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/26/04...

Today in social justice toolkit: A dilemma action is a strategic action that forces your opponent into a lose-lose situation. You've given them only bad options. I give some examples & then we talk about how to design them. This one's pretty important. Read and share, please?

COVlD cases need to fall "well below 10,000" per day for the country to achieve some semblance of pre-pandemic life. -Dr. Anthony Fauci

Years ago @mikeduncan.bsky.social told me "you can rewrite shit but you can't rewrite nothing" and it's made every draft easier since.

Hello everyone who has contributed to our whistle-making efforts. Thank you for everything you have done for us. First, we are still printing whistles: if you need whistles we will happily send you between 100-3000 for free, no questions asked. linktr.ee/3Dwhistles

Remarkable, must-read story about how @mrs-frazzled.bsky.social and @cheyennehunt.bsky.social brought down the despicable Eric Swalwell. This didn't happen overnight. www.politico.com/news/2026/04...

“The removal of Major General William Green Jr. raises serious and troubling questions that deserve transparency and accountability,” said the president of the National Baptist Convention U.S.A. Inc. My @rns.org story: religionnews.com/2026/04/09/a...

I know everything is on fire right now but we have to call about this, we’re already calling about everything else, just add it to the pile. The grief I feel rn is indescribable but to them it’s just any given weekday.

Given Trump’s Easter threats to carry out new war crimes in Iran, we should think one or two steps ahead about a coup attempt connected to the war. And then deter it. (1/17)

Social movement scholar here again. So, why protest? Nihilists were out yesterday arguing that "protests don't do anything." A short 🧵:

Monticello is on the list of closures. #arpx

The news has moved on, but ICE is still in Minneapolis. My neighbors are still patrolling streets, driving strangers to work, and providing aid. As a photojournalist at @propublica.org, I wanted to know: What do they look like in their daily lives? So I picked up my camera 👇

no such thing as cringe in catastrophes brokenhearted sincere humility is and always has been the way

With another No Kings coming up, a reminder that irony and coolness will never save us. Cringe is good. www.liberalcurrents.com/cringe-is-go...

We are SO excited to be hosting the official #NoKings accessible rally! There are many reasons why folks can’t make it to a protest site…but that shouldn’t be barrier for participating in DEMOCRACY! Whatever the reason, we are rallying to protect our health and defend our democracy.

Hey! This one’s mine! (Caroline got lost amid all the chaos of summer 1839 in northwest Arkansas, but now she’s found.)

See you in the streets in ONE WEEK! Please visit linktr.ee/IndivisibleNWA for links to donate, volunteer, print flyers, and sign up via Mobilize. #NoKingsNWArkansas

1) It’s time to make sure you have made plans for next Saturday, March 28. If you’re in northwest Arkansas, I’d love for you to come to the event hosted by @indivisiblenwa.bsky.social on Dickson Street in Fayetteville. We’ve been working hard and it should be fun to gather in community!

This is now the LOST generation for all doctoral research, from engineering to public health, from literature to psychology, from religion to economics. Some programs will suffer more than others, but this is a tremendous loss to the future. This is ALL on #RussellVought #DonaldTrump #JDVance.

Robert Mueller Served America. Trump Cheered His Death.This is not rough politics or another controversy. It is a glimpse into something darker now sitting in the Oval Office. A glimpse into the heart of a coward who ran from service. open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Federal judge blocks Arkansas’ Ten Commandments law arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/16/f...

NSF Update through March 13, 2026 1/2

Delta swore to its employees and unions that it was not transporting deportees this way.

Simple information about what the SAVE Act would actually do to American voters. Tens of millions would lose their right to vote unless they spend lots of $$$ and jump through bureaucratic hoops before November.

To lose one strait controlling the global oil supply may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness. - Oscar Wilde

Bike and walking trails lose hundreds of millions under Trump arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/13/r...

For the first time, researchers have directly measured the age of the ancient artwork on the walls of the Font-de-Gaume grotto, a cavern in France painted with colorful motifs of bison, horses, and other large fauna. #chemsky 🧪

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Friends, check out the photos from this weekends ‘Stand Up For Science’ pop-up protest in Cardiff, CA (north of San Diego). 🧪 There were loads of creative slogans and the group received tons of positive feedback and enthusiastic public support. Thanks for supporting science! #standupforscience

Doonesbury is hit or miss these days for me, but today’s hits.

When we fight for the rights & empowerment of ALL women & girls, we fight for justice. And with justice, rights become more than words on paper. Rights become power. This #InternationalWomensDay, we're calling on world leaders to recommit to the fight for gender equality & make justice a reality.

My column for the @arkansasadvocate.com this week: Voters sent Arkansas governor a message in primaries. What lesson will she take from it? arkansasadvocate.com/2026/03/08/v...

We have heard from migrants subjected to ICE flights that guards/federal agents lay out the WRAP on the tarmac as a threat: Do what we say on the flight or you're gonna get put in a straitjacket.

Interested in learning more about how men can start the conversation around reproductive rights? Join us at our upcoming #SXSW panel "In This Together: Power, Partnership & Reproductive Freedom" on March 15 in Austin, Texas: bit.ly/3ZIC4FK

Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday. Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection. A tooth infection. 1/3 tucson.com/news/local/b...

RESULT: Democrats have flipped a state House seat in Arkansas. This is their 2nd flip of a legislative seat so far in 2025 (after a Texas flip in January), & it adds to a tremendous trend that started last year, when they flipped 21% of all GOP-held seats in play: boltsmag.org/legislative-...

This story, from @natezuke.bsky.social, is absolutely wild. A trans woman who never changed her gender marker was issued a letter invalidating her license. At the DMV they cut up her license, which had an "M" marker. www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10

This is like the worst Onion article ever. The End Gun Violence banner that travels around to the last mass shooting

#Fayetteville #Arkansas