Bernard LaFayette, who died Thursday, laid the foundations of the Selma, Alabama, campaign that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act. He was a Freedom Rider and helped found the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. n.pr/4csIbWh
Congratulations!
This title was my selection for nonfiction book club. Can’t wait to re-read this with the group; such an important subject, covered expertly and compellingly.
Our country was founded on resistance to a tyrant.
Every accusation is a confession with these scumbags.
Wishing you all the best! Hope everything goes well.
New in PN: Corporation for Public Broadcasting's patriotic goodbye
"We’re in thrall to a con man who denigrates the very idea of truth and uses media only to distract and divide. And so the CPB board members broke their plowshares lest they be beaten into swords by a deranged demagogue."
The Museum of the Earth in Ithaca, NY is facing foreclosure by December 31st. The Paleontological Research Institution needs to raise $1 million or their collection of 7-10 million fossils — one of the largest in North America — gets scattered across the country. This includes world-renowned Burgess Shale specimens, the most complete eurypterid ever found, and the Hyde Park Mastodon. Many fossils came from sites that are now paved over and can never be collected again. The NYT just covered their fight for survival. If you've ever visited or care about preserving paleontological research, they're accepting donations of any size.
I know one of you has to have a billionaire’s phone number, $1m to save one of the best fossil collections in the country is a bargain. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/s...
Gorgeous!
NEW: Gregory Bovino is exactly who E.B. White — author of 'Charlotte's Web' — warned us about.
DHS named its North Carolina anti-immigrant effort "Operation Charlotte's Web." In 1940, White wrote of the "smell" that "rises" from those who "adjust to fascism" over freedom.
Tonight, at Law Dork:
“According to a 2019 USDA report, every dollar in new SNAP benefits increases GDP by $1.50 in a weak economy.”
“SNAP benefits are one of the fastest, most effective forms of economic stimulus because they get money into the economy quickly during a recession.”
~Center for Budget and Policy
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No Kings from the original location 💙💙💙
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History professor Heather Cox Richardson reviews the life of one of the most amazing women in America's history: Frances Perkins. Tomorrow, Social Security, which she championed as Secretary of Labor for 12 years, will be 90 years old. 11mins
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thanks for the link!
Way to go, Kokomo!
Town of Milford and neighboring towns showed UP for the Milford, MA high school junior detained by ICE on his way to volley ball practice yesterday (Saturday 5/31) morning.
Hands off our kids and families. Hundreds gathered. Hundreds more honked support. Not in our towns.
Seriously. He’s another craven scumbag eugenicist in this administration.
“Dr. Makary is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Nobility in Science Award from the National Pancreas Foundation.”
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He’s a pancreatic surgeon, no less.
Here is my best guidance for action, rendered beautifully by the great John Lithgow. - Timothy Snyder
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Peter says hello!
In our latest episode, @jackschneider.bsky.social reaches out to voters who cast their ballots for Donald Trump.
His ask? Stand up for the public good...even in these times when we are encouraged to believe that no such thing exists.
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I’ve been looking at personal home weather stations at acurite.com. Can’t believe this is happening.
This tool is amazing and gives you the numbers to explain the human impact — at the district level.
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Truth. He had a good crowd in Mendon a few hours later, too.
Week one disability rights watch. What happened?
Removal of the accessibility page and all content in ASL from the White House website. The administration sets the tone for what it does and does not value on its official website.
Executive Order "ending radical and wasteful government DEI programs and spending". this seeks to terminate all DEI related programs and work within the federal government in the text DEI is sometimes written to include accessibility as DEIA
Executive Order "Ending illegal discrimination and Restoring Merit based Order". Expands the reach of Anti-DEIA tasks including investigating private sector businesses that have any DEI or accessibility initiatives
Trying to collect info in one place for folks. Things are moving quickly. The multiply marginalized will be disparately impacted, especially BlPOC, immigrant, and/or queer disabled folks. Here's the round up from week 1.
