Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.

We have an update on the Liam Ramos family, and it isn’t good. The family is in hiding, and Liam is waking up in the middle of the night screaming for his daddy.

LISTEN. The Boss has a song for us.

Of course. And that’s why Dems need to lean in and work towards dismantling ICE. First no funding. Impeach Noem. Demand hearings on ICE’s operation in MN. Demand that Miller resign. Don’t let up.

A great American.

Good morning, beloved. Freedom feels like moving with & on purpose. Today is a great day to overcome evil with good.

Merry Christmas or peaceful night to all. 💜

Emmanuel would be 35 today. Hardworking, trustworthy, and loving, he was taken from his wife and children in a 2023 Austin, TX mass shooting. He loved taking his children out for lunch and ice cream on Sundays, his only day off each week.

The Impossible Arithmetic of Caribbean Hurricane Resilience: Jamaica prepared financially for Hurricane Melissa. It wasn't enough. Climate change is moving the goalposts. What 20 years of regional recovery teaches us about the race we are actually running. open.substack.com/pub/yurichak...

I come on social media to talk to myself publicly.

The Republican Party really only has one core principle now: Everything the government does must either benefit Donald Trump and his allies or punish his enemies.

Mark Kelly: “Jobs are down. Wages are flat. Costs are up & this President is asleep — Like literally, he’s falling asleep on the job. It’s hurting the American people — He’s doing nothing to try to help people with the cost of groceries, rent, & healthcare”

You all MUST READ this piece by Kaitlyn Greenidge about the power of art to “exist outside of a tech lord’s algorithm.” www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-...

“Is anyone here carrying a gun?” In @bmj.com I reflect on America’s relationship with guns, and why the leading cause of death for ages 1–17 is missing from MAHA’s child health plan. Whose freedom is being protected? www.bmj.com/content/391/... Thanks to @billkole.bsky.social @nelbamg.bsky.social

Read to your kids 📖 No kids? Read to your friends’ kids. No friends with kids? Make a friend—preferably one who comes with kids to expedite the operation—and start reading! It is imperative that children are read to ☝️ #WritingCommunity #BookSky #ReadToKids

Good morning. This is your reminder to get to the gym so that you can beat up racists if you have to.

Philadelphia journalists are invited to access this directory of local community experts who feel willing and prepared to share their stories. Each community participant has taken part in our introductory workshop on trauma, media literacy and public health responses to gun violence.

New from AWR contributor Brent Bailey: Gun violence, HBCUs, and our collective responsibility. -- "Let’s be clear, HBCUs are not the problem. They are the mirror. What we’re seeing on their campuses is the reflection of a society that refuses to invest in the safety and well-being of Black life."

Today i had Boursin cheese and wheat thins for dinner. Probably the worst eating weekend in a while. Grief is manifesting wildly.

This is good but not good enough. We have to stop letting our Latino maga pastors convince us to choose whiteness over Witness, hermano y hermana. La Palabra es clara en la importancia de la justicia.

I just had brownies and wine for dinner.

Teen Vogue and @hechingerreport.org, where I'm an editor, worked together on several stories over the years. @leximcmenamin.com and @allegrak.bsky.social and many others were wonderful partners and this is gutting news. A list of just a few of the stories where Teen Vogue was a valued partner:

New York Times Op-Ed one year ago

Huge thank you to the comedians, musicians, artists and writers who are just as mad and bewildered as the rest of us but are still doing their best to make life worth living for everyone.

AOC: There was a day before his presidency, and there will be a day after — and it belongs to us.

“We don’t have illegal aliens… the legal term for my people were slaves….” 🚨This is what leadership looks and sounds like in 2025.✊🏼

Tonight at 7 Eastern! Pay what you can including $0. Join me to talk about how unconditional positive regard can be transformative in schools and help you do the hard work of justice-oriented teaching 💜 www.tickettailor.com/events/uncon...

It's official. Nearly 7 million people. Today is the single largest day of protest in American history. Americans from all corners of the country are standing up and saying #NoKings. This is what peaceful, patriotic protest looks like.

No Kings Madrid

Thank you to This is Our Lane Advisory Council member @robincogan.bsky.social and survivor-activist @nelbamg.bsky.social for reminding us that survival is activism. Treating gun violence as a public health issue is how we save lives and honor those we’ve lost.

Ms. @nelbamg.bsky.social Just gorgeous.

Dean @meganranney.bsky.social and @nelbamg.bsky.social attended a Sept. 25 panel discussion and screening of The Tennessee 11 documentary at Connecticut’s Legislative Office Building. Read more ⬇️ ysph.yale.edu/news-article...

“Gun violence intersects with COVID in a very unusual way.” "The Relentless School Nurse" @robincogan.bsky.social joined host @nelbamg.bsky.social on our latest episode of #SharedHumanity. Listen to or watch the full episode: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

Please tell me today is Friday.

Join this important webinar sponsored by @bradyunited.org @thisisourlane.org Tuesday, October 14th, 6:30 pm ET. relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/10/13/t...

My deepest appreciation to & respect for @nelbamg.bsky.social of the @yalesph.bsky.social for the invitation to be a guest on her podcast, Shared Humanity. Our conversation explored a shared language for grief and healing, one rooted in both hope and action relentlessschoolnurse.com/2025/10/08/t...

"The Relentless School Nurse" @robincogan.bsky.social joins host @nelbamg.bsky.social on today's episode of #SharedHumanity. Listen to or watch the full episode: sph.yale.edu/SharedHumanity

The conversation between Klein and Coates showed me that a lot of people who screech about “infighting” on the left aren’t aware of the fact that marginalized people have been forced to learn how to regulate their emotions during conflict, and so, are better able to hear what’s actually being said.

Millions of federal workers won’t get paid during a government shutdown. But members of Congress will still receive a paycheck.

Why do they always say “this kind of violence doesn’t happen in our community” Yes! It does. It happens everywhere in the US - you’re turn just isn’t up yet💔💔

Dennis Goris @dennisgoris.bsky.social

Re-posting for Coltrane's birthday today: John Coltrane's favorite composition was the love song he wrote for his first wife, Naima www.dailykos.com/stories/2020...

"This isn't who we are," says nation whose history books are a bunch of redactions

“Their rule of thumb seems to be that, as long as the tone is cheerful, there's no need to examine the ugliness of the words…” Great post from @kevinmkruse.bsky.social campaign-trails.ghost.io/the-white-ci...

This may explain why there’s an aggressive response to people who merely post Kirk’s own words. It threatens the existence of the alternate Kirk - the motivational speaker that had been marketed to young kids and white Christian groups through selective quotation & clips.

“My mom lives paycheck to paycheck and if the AC breaks down in the summer and you can’t afford to fix it, you will die here. My dad proves that.” This story is heartbreaking. These deaths are preventable. It’s long past time we treat extreme heat like the emergency it is.

Justice Sotomayor is crystal clear in dissent as to what's happening: "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."