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“These kinds of operations & this kind of detention, don’t arise in a vacuum.”
The Illinois Accountability Commission’s documentation of violent federal immigration enforcement actions in Chicago could play a role in holding ICE accountable, reports @nberlat.bsky.social.
This weekend @prismreports.org and our friends at the Movement Media Alliance learned that journalist Logan Hullinger died of an overdose. Logan was very open about his struggle and would have wanted people to know what happened. baltimorebeat.com/in-memory-of...
More than a year after the Supreme Court declined to hear a case from a group of white & Asian parents alleging racial discrimination in Boston “exam schools” admissions, another lawsuit is coming up in courts today, Eliza Dewey reports. “It just felt like a step backwards versus a step forward.”
‘It took a non-Palestine-related arrest for Columbia to activate’: Pro-Palestine activists call out disparate responses to arrests, Biplob Kumar Das reports. After Columbia denounced the ICE arrest of Elmina Aghayeva, Mahmoud Khalil rebuked the university’s accordance to “the Palestine exception.”
‘In Gaza, we are never far from fear’: Palestinians feel the impact of U.S.-Israeli war with Iran, Malak Hijazi writes in this dispatch. Amid its war with Iran, Israel shut down Gaza border crossings again, leaving Palestinians to face renewed fear & rising concerns about daily necessities.
A young adult Cuban-American woman with long, dark, wavy hair worn over one shoulder smiles at the camera. She is wearing a sleeveless, high-neck white top and a turquoise statement earring. The photo is taken outdoors, with green trees and foliage softly blurred in the background. Natural lighting illuminates her face, and she is facing forward in a relaxed, upright posture.
Our eight new Freedomways Reporting Fellows are busy planning their movement journalism projects with support from our three marvelous mentors, including Alexandra! She is the Senior News Reporter @prismreports.org, and her award-winning reporting spans immigration, labor, housing & the arts.
Latest legal fight over admissions at top Boston public schools garners pushback from multiracial coalition, Eliza Dewey reports. A second lawsuit brought by a group of white & Asian parents alleges racial discrimination over changes to “exam schools” admissions that seek to increase diversity.
“When we would do a video call when we were at Adams, my son would be like, ‘I just really wish I could be there.’”
Some families are suing jails for banning in-person visits as they're forced to turn to costly calls to stay in touch with loved ones inside, @vevalenz.bsky.social reports.
“I think there could have been a lot more that was done.”
The largest strike in New York City history won concessions on workplace safety & health benefits, but some nurses say contracts do not do enough to protect immigrant & trans staff & workers, Eddie Velazquez reports.
“This glaring disconnect between modern toxicology & outdated regulations is a serious threat to workers’ daily lives & a critical national issue.”
OSHA has not sufficiently revised its limits for ethylene oxide since 1984. The colorless, flammable gas is a threat to workers, writes Jordan Cade.
“I have likened my experience with health care as being treated like cattle. Absolutely no voice.”
Some users of GLP-1s for weight loss are conflicted, Jennifer K. Rumple reports. Are these ‘miracle drugs’ breakthroughs in treating metabolic diseases or the newest front in America’s weight war?
This war is not about Iran’s nuclear program or freeing Iranians, writes @neginowl.bsky.social in an op-ed originally published in @truthout.org. It’s about preserving U.S. hegemony in the Middle East. We must chip away at the war-making systems inflicting this horror, which are embedded in the U.S.
What we have witnessed U.S.-based fascism accomplish in a very short time should lead us to reassess *everything.* All of us are in danger as long as the empire stands, argues @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest ‘Another way out.’
“It is completely inappropriate for Louisiana to try to export its own restrictive laws in this way.”
A federal judge in Louisiana is weighing whether to roll back telehealth access to mifepristone, of which people already facing barriers to care would bear the brunt, @alexmar.bsky.social writes.
Louisiana lawsuit targeting telehealth access to abortion pill could ripple nationwide, providers warn. A federal judge in Louisiana is weighing whether to roll back a federal policy change that allows mifepristone to be dispensed by a local pharmacy or by mail, @alexmar.bsky.social reports.
“Sometimes we’d get off the phone & my son would just cry because either the time would cut off or it would cut out & he just wouldn’t get to say goodbye properly.”
Families are suing jails for banning in-person visits & forcing them to turn to high-cost calls, @vevalenz.bsky.social reports.
Historic NYC nurses strike sees wins, but some nurses say contracts fall short, @evelazquez.bsky.social reports. The largest strike in city history won concessions on workplace safety & health benefits, but some nurses say contracts do not do enough to protect immigrant & trans staff & workers.
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Some users of GLP-1s for weight loss are conflicted about ‘miracle drug,’ Jennifer K. Rumple reports. Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro & similar drugs claim to limit “food noise” & help with weight loss. But at what cost?
A year after New York prison guard strike, prison visits are still being limited, Indy Scholtens reports. Families say restricted hours are preventing them from seeing loved ones inside, as are new body scanners used to turn away women wearing menstrual products.
Factions of the US left should learn from failures. Instead, many are preoccupied with being an authority on other people's global struggles while neglecting to beat back empire at home. I wrote about changing this cycle or facing destruction for @prismreports.org.
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All of us are in danger as long as the empire stands, writes @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest ‘Another way out.’ As people across the U.S. left react to attacks on Venezuela, Iran & Cuba, Anderson calls on us revolutionary travelers to go further left—led by study, practice & daringness.
This war is not about Iran’s nuclear program or freeing Iranians, writes @neginowl.bsky.social. It’s about preserving U.S. hegemony in the Middle East.
“We in the U.S. need to reckon with the fact that so much of our state wealth, capacity & technology goes toward burying children in rubble.”
Ethylene oxide, this colorless, flammable gas, is a persistent threat to workers under outdated federal rules, writes Jordan Cade in a new op-ed. The OSHA’s permissible exposure limits for ethylene oxide have not been sufficiently revised since 1984.
“ A government [that] is criminal, [that] has done mass killings & genocide, cannot help [our] country.”
More than 550 Iranians, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have been killed by illegal U.S. & Israeli airstrikes hitting an elementary school & a hospital, Neha Madhira reports.
We cannot afford to slip into despair. We must push back against militarism everywhere, at every turn.
As the vandalism proliferated, Sarah believes that it made an impact on AI discourse. “Maybe I’m being optimistic but … it made me feel like pushback is possible, and it’s happening,” she said. One New Yorker even went viral on TikTok after dressing as a vandalized Friend ad for Halloween.
What is happening in Minneapolis is a precursor to a vile national operation that is eugenic & supremacist at its core.
As our government targets, abducts & kills us, we are being presented with an opportunity to rely on each other, writes @autumnmeghanbrown.bsky.social in an op-ed.
Illegal bombardment of Iran by U.S. & Israel causes further escalation across the region, Neha Madhira reports. More than 550 Iranians, including Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, have been killed, with U.S. & Israeli airstrikes hitting an elementary school & a hospital.
