Molly G. Martin

Screenshot of a CNN segment shared by Acyn. A split-screen shows commentator Lydia Moynihan on the left and Kevin O’Leary on the right during a heated exchange. The chyron reads, “Obama: Dems need to avoid scolding and ‘virtue-signaling.’” The post quotes O’Leary referencing China and concentration camps, and McGowan responding about West Virginia.

I spent my childhood inside of American concentration camps. I know one when I see one. And that is what ICE is building.

Jesse Jackson was a champion for civil rights, economic justice, and world peace.

I have always remembered his moving call for moral clarity at the 1988 DNC.

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The very first time I twisted my ankle ice skating—in 1986—was the last time I ever went ice skating.

Meanwhile, Lindsey Vonn is pulling her ligaments out with her bare hands, draping them over a folding chair, and saying, “I’ll compete knee-less, thanks.”

In Minnesota, ICE agents are illegally racially profiling residents, drawing weapons during arrests, claiming people’s citizenship documents are fake, and leaving people with long-lasting injuries.

There is no excuse for Democrats to continue funding these jackbooted thugs.

Our government functions like a rich nuclear family with an abusive dad. You don’t even have to look too deeply to see it. It’s After-School Special shit.

Anyone being murdered is a tragedy. The state murdering someone is an emergency.

Photography Scholar Sarah Lewis to Organize Exhibition Asking ‘What If Emmett Till Lived?’ The Museum of Contemporary Photography will host an exhibition titled “If Emmett Till Lived: Freedom on American Ground,” guest curated by Sarah Lewis.

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What we watch shapes us!

Oh noooo! Not our Indiana infrastructure…

The inability to listen to yourself when creating care policy is a real liability.

I am reminded of being at a table of business leaders where someone was very proud of allowing folks working their factory floor to use meal breaks to read to their kids, who’d be bussed in for the break and then bussed back to “wherever their parents paid for childcare…maybe their grandparents?”

State employees can bring infants to work under new 'Family First' program Gov. Braun has announced the "Family First Workplace," a new initiative that allows state employees to bring their infants up to six months old to work.

Offensive, ineffective care theater. Period.

Calls for increased & improved paid parental leave (paid leave period) have broad bipartisan support. This sort of gesture = avoiding doing what we know is desired, needed, beneficial, & — FWIW — a retention strategy. www.wthr.com/article/news...

A person with long hair works on a laptop at a conference booth. Text overlay reads "#STMIC 2025 Report" and "A Politico: Against Women Nonconsensury Synthetic Inimate Imagery." The image is in monochrome.

Women in politics are often targeted with digitally altered content that sexualizes them without consent.

In this report, our #ShareTheMicInCyber Fellow examines the harm and how to stop it.

💻 https://go.newamerica.org/a-weapon-against-women-in-politics-5

Map of Regional Public Health Coalitions Northeast Public Health Collaborative (Blue) West Coast Health Alliance (Yellow)

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative.

The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

Pretty sure I was promised bread with these circuses… *taps foot*

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Our @newamerica.org CEO @slaughteram.bsky.social in conversation with Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team at the 15th anniversary of @opentechinstitute.bsky.social

He’s not “just kidding.” It’s not funny. It’s not okay. Chicago*, we love you.

*and D.C. and L.A.

Your reading list for the week!

Think Tanks in an Authoritarian Moment When the “war of ideas” meets the war on knowledge, how can ideas come out on top?

Working at a think tank is an interesting place to be right now. I wouldn’t trade it. But my @newamerica.org colleague Mark asks the right questions: how do we do this?

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My beloved former employers at Lumina Foundation have launched a sustaining challenge.

Indianapolis, WFYI needs YOU.

Please, give what you can. Thank you!

#Indiana #Indy #PublicMediaMatters

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Looking for a way to talk to everyone you know about the implications of the big bill? Look no further! #Medicaid #SNAP #Families #Bill #ReconciliationBill #NotSo #BigBeautifulBill

Cuts with Consequences Cutting Medicaid puts infants, toddlers, and young children at risk.

ICYMI from @NewAmericaOrg last month and in case—as you’re hitting the phones this weekend—you need first-person stories on some of the families who will be navigating possible #Medicaid cuts. www.newamerica.org/education-po...

The evil bill is on its way to the House. Cancelled our events at home for the week and just got to DC. I’m getting ready to debate. Please help us stop this. Link below 👇🏾

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The Disability Pride flag with bold text that reads: “All Policy is Disability Policy. July is Disability Pride Month.”

Welcome to #DisabilityPrideMonth!

➡️ ICYDK: Inclusive education isn’t charity—it’s a legal right.

And celebrating with us in July also means celebrating year-round the policies that build systems for all learners: like early intervention services, accommodating classrooms, and a fully-funded IDEA.

If a sitting president can openly muse about arresting and disappearing someone who is likely to become mayor of the country's largest city, while also getting the funding for a massive secret police, it'd be hard to find sufficient evidence to qualify that country as a democracy.