@mariyaparodi
Comms for good professional (Current: Media advisor to CIVICUS & advisor to CSP. Past: Amnesty International, UNICEF, IRC, PEN America, StoryCorps). Lecturer at Schiller International University on peace & conflict. "Mama" to my 3-year-old.
God, great piece from @damemagazine.bsky.social about living with institutional failure. I'll freely admit I'm furious at times just thinking about the institutions that should have at least tried to do something and instead contented themselves with the sidelines or outright collaboration.
"Post journalists aren't required to take the severance offer, and they could lose the package if they don't act professionally during the process."
EXCUSE ME?!
www.businessinsider.com/read-washing...
Just rereading these graphs from @theatlantic.com’s June issue.
"Join the military or we'll deport your loved ones" is just beyond appalling. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/u...
Every day I'm stumped by how little emotional intelligence, emotional growth, and emotional regulation the men that control our world have.
Once again: a far-right president asking Jews to register as Jewish, in the name of protecting the Jews, after he has repeatedly accused Jews of being “disloyal.” What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Peace, democracy, justice, rule of law, conservation of nature, the protection of oceans, the study of geography and history, criminal tribunals, gender equality and empowerment.
These are just a few of the threats to Trump and his administration.
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1) This woman should be here.
2) ICE should not.
3) Abolish ICE.
Ah yes, this is the peak Forever Wars Jon Stewart content I remember from my childhood. A whole new generaton now gets to witness this.
"The U.S. can be and has been, a multi-racial democracy, and we should continue striving to achieve that." 👏
A black-and-white portrait of Matthew Shepard, with his name and birth and death dates displayed prominently above.
Hey Queers & Weirdos; today should’ve been Matthew Shepard’s 49th birthday. He never got the chance to grow up, to grow wiser, to live the full queer life he deserved. As small-minded people still try to erase or harm us, we keep fighting. For him. For the entire LGBTQ+ family
"Asked for comment about Trump’s insult, a White House official blamed Lucey."
When they can't blame the victims, they've got nothing.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
For The Redoubt (@theredoubt.bsky.social), I wrote about Trump's killings in the Caribbean — his "kinetic strikes" — and the euphemisms we use to describe murder. www.theredoubt.net/how-we-talk-...
Pentagon reporters could be seen leaving the sprawling U.S. military headquarters with boxes after at least 30 news organizations declined to sign a new Pentagon access policy for journalists, warning of the potential for less coverage of the world's most powerful military.
"Opponents as well as supporters of this president would do well, again, to consider the Philippines. The same Rodrigo Duterte who enjoyed popular support as he waged war on his own country is today behind bars" 👏
Anyone with a heart should be stopping in their tracks 💔
One less place to be able to place human rights and civil society stories. The media system ecosystem for human centerer stories is shrinking at the exact moment it needs to expand.
“Move Fast”: From McCarthyism to Authoritarianism, Jane Fonda Relaunches Father’s Free Speech Group
https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/jane_fonda_committee_for_first_amendment
Actor and activist Jane Fonda has relaunched the Committee for the First Amendment first backed by her father Henry Fonda in 1947, to fight against what the group calls a “coordinated campaign” from the Trump administration to curb freedom of expression. https://wapo.st/4nxKYQw
Eight decades after Hollywood legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda is bringing back the organization. https://cnn.it/3KsdDYR
Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
ICC judges, the UN, Albanese, Palestinian NGOs, who's next?
The #Trump administration has launched an assault on international justice - and those who claim to stand for it are missing in action, EU included
Joint oped by @amnesty.org & @hrw.org: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/o...
"The US cannot continue to turn its back on victims while it embraces war criminals. Civil society has spoken clearly: stop enabling crimes, stop silencing dissent, stop treating accountability as optional.& Arrest Netanyahu this week so he can be tried for genocide"
theglobepost.com/2025/09/30/n...
Tell me Trump is using the authoritarian playbook passed down from Putin and Orban, without telling me he's using the authoritarian playbook passed down from Putin and Orban.
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/25/u...
“Kids are resilient”. 👀 Nope, kids are high risk.
Just gonna leave these here...
The house is on fire, and Democratic leadership is debating what color to paint the kitchen. Either grab a hose or get out of the way because if we lose this fight, there won't be a democracy left to save.
“One of the greatest threats to peace and multilateralism today is the United States President. While President Trump touts his peacemaking abilities, the U.S. is enabling a genocide by Israel, warmongering by Russia, and a breakdown in global stability”. More:
civicus.org/index.php/me...
“The response to the latest attempt to force a terror state upon us in the heart of our land will be given after my return from the United States. Wait for it” —Netanyahu.
