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Farm workers are harvesting green onions by hand in Kern County CA. They bend over for long hours, cutting, bunching, and stacking the onions into crates loaded onto nearby trailers. The work is physically demanding, requiring precision and endurance under the sun. #WeFeedYou

A photograph of nine Japanese American girls at the Heart Mountain incarceration camp in Wyoming. The group poses just outside of a barrack and a snowman can be seen on the left side of the photograph. Caption on front: "November 26, 1944. Heart Mt. Wyoming" 🗃 #skystorians #OTD

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Right, like if they were? *I’d want to fucking know.* I dread the idea, it would be upsetting, but I would rather fucking know and confront the ugly prospect of delivering consequences for horrific actions than turn a blind eye! Honestly that kind of statement says more about the person saying it

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"However terrible the war and its consequent famine in Sudan is today, it can still get much worse" From Alex de Waal, who knows Sudan better than anyone www.foreignaffairs.com/guest-pass/r...

"There are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue." Damn, what a coincidence. All these news orgs keep laying off the same types of people while a bilious, rapey, leather-faced buffoon provides them cover and shakes them down for money to build a library named for a man who does not read.

A small - as in, a single person running the day to day - mutual-aid charity in the SFV can use some help, if you can.

11.6% of U.S. adults smoke tobacco, though it's known to kill you. 8.8% of U.S. adults disdain seat belts and will admit to it. Again, generations have passed since we learned their utility and safety. 20% of American adults believe vaccines are more dangerous than the diseases they prevent.

"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

"Edgar" has been a tractor driver in Salinas CA for 20+ yrs. Each October, he prepares the soil for strawberry planting. Then black plastic is placed to protect the plants from the wind & keep the soil warm. The strawberries are harvested from April to July. #WeFeedYou

Rand Paul: "When you kill someone, if you're not in a declared war, you really need to know someone's name at least. You have to accuse them of something. You have to present evidence. So all of these people have been blown up without any evidence of a crime."

Soldiers of the 4th United States Colored Troops, circa 1864. These men were permitted to enlist after the Emancipation Proclamation, issued on January 1, 1863, allowed men of color to serve in the “Colored Regiments” of the United States Army.

Two workers are hard at work loading full boxes of grapes to be taken to cold storage in Mettler, CA. It was already 90° at 1 pm which made this physically demanding job even harder. To load the truck they had to be in the direct sunlight lifting heavy 20+ lb boxes. #WeFeedYou

Congratulations to new Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado for her courageous struggle to bring democracy to Venezuela.

Earlier today, DOJ basically told the judge in the Kilmar Abrego case they were going to blow off the vindictive prosecution claim. His attorneys responded, fine, then the criminal case must be dismissed. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

77,302,580 Americans voted for Trump.

“Protecting workers from high heat improves not only their lives but employers’ interests in maintaining productivity. It shouldn’t be a political football.” calmatters.org/commentary/2...

Portrait of George Washington Taking the Salute at Trenton

"Ava" has been working in the field since she was 15 yrs. "These are my boots after a long hot day. It's a very tough job - a lot of physical labor and the weather which makes it even harder. But I'm proud of what I do. My hard work feeds my family and the country." #WeFeedYou

Free speech does NOT allow a citizen: Incitement to imminent lawless action. True threats. Fighting words. Perjury and fraud. Obscenity. Child sexual abuse material. Speech integral to criminal conduct. Violating intellectual property laws.

Warsaw 1945

Manila 1945

I was back at 26 Federal Plaza today, where an ICE agent violently threw this bereft woman to the ground in front of her kids. She had not touched him. She did not pose any threat. She had to be taken to the hospital. (🎥: Elias Eliahu)

"There is one friend in the life of each of us who seems not a separate person, however dear and beloved, but an expansion, an interpretation, of one's self, the very meaning of one's soul." Edith Wharton

There were approximately 35,068 active-duty U.S. military personnel in Germany in 2024, making it the largest U.S. troop presence in any European country.

"Maricruz" shared this photo of a beautiful bunch of wine grapes. During the peak season from August through October, she is out harvesting in the Morgan Hills CA area for 8 hours a day on an almost daily basis. She is proud of her work. #WeFeedYou

UFW remembers Rene Lopez who sacrificed his life for La Causa (1962-1983) On Sept. 21, 1983, Rene Lopez, a worker at Sikkema Dairy near Fresno, was shot to death by company goons hired to harass the strikers who were attempting to bring in the UFW to represent them.

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And now, @washingtonpost.com has fired me, the last Black staff columnist left. All for doing my job — condemning political violence, critiquing empty rhetoric and noting America’s tolerance for violence and hatred coming from white men. open.substack.com/pub/karenatt...

A worker shared this pic of a pumpkin patch in Western NY from last month. The pumpkins won’t be be picked until late Sept. or Oct. Right now, workers make sure the field is well kept & irrigated - placing hoses and doing maintenance to ensure a successful harvest. #WeFeedYou

Do NOT call the Sundance Kid a cheater. youtu.be/BDPedtVnT68?...