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Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
January 27, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Last week in Minnesota, I watched ordinary people risk their lives to protect their neighbors. In the process, they not only won a significant—though not final—victory against authoritarianism, they proved virtually every MAGA social theory wrong. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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ta-nehisi on renee good, alex pretti, and the "culture war"
“The Homeland” Is War on America: The Blood-and-Soil Nationalism That Killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti
In the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, Trump has clarified an inconvenient fact: The culture war is an actual war.
www.vanityfair.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:52 AM
ta-nehisi on renee good, alex pretti, and the "culture war"
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Best thing I've read in the Atlantic in years
How the Bernie Goetz Shootings Explain the Trump Era
A notorious event in 1984 divided New Yorkers in ways that feel extremely familiar four decades later.
www.theatlantic.com
January 26, 2026 at 1:48 PM
Best thing I've read in the Atlantic in years
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Freezing rain from a severe winter storm led to tens of thousands of power outages in Mississippi's Lafayette County over the weekend, officials said. The mayor of Oxford said trees had fallen under the weight of ice and that power lines were down across the city.
Ice Storm Leaves Thousands Without Power in a Mississippi County
More than 20,000 households had no power late Sunday in Lafayette County, a day after freezing rain hit the Oxford area.
nyti.ms
January 26, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Freezing rain from a severe winter storm led to tens of thousands of power outages in Mississippi's Lafayette County over the weekend, officials said. The mayor of Oxford said trees had fallen under the weight of ice and that power lines were down across the city.
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Angry? We should be. Show up this afternoon with @handsoffnyc.bsky.social to reject ICE terror.
January 24, 2026 at 7:03 PM
Angry? We should be. Show up this afternoon with @handsoffnyc.bsky.social to reject ICE terror.
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His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
This picture making the rounds on reddit, Columbia Heights. I'm not OK.
January 21, 2026 at 11:27 PM
His name is Liam Ramos, and he is 5. He was abducted from Minneapolis and trafficked to a detention camp in Texas.
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This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
January 22, 2026 at 2:13 AM
This guy went to work today, put a mask on, kidnapped a 5 year old child, and then used him as bait so both he and his father could be sent behind bars
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things are bad! (gift link)
Opinion | Trump’s ‘Dear Jonas’ Letter Is No Prize
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 3:25 PM
things are bad! (gift link)
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"These artists have helped me remember that my life is valuable and worth protecting."
Grae Salisbury, an artist with #LongCOVID, rounded up some of their favorite illustrators who bravely explore the ongoing pandemic in their work. bit.ly/4jQ2gY9
Grae Salisbury, an artist with #LongCOVID, rounded up some of their favorite illustrators who bravely explore the ongoing pandemic in their work. bit.ly/4jQ2gY9
January 21, 2026 at 5:24 PM
"These artists have helped me remember that my life is valuable and worth protecting."
Grae Salisbury, an artist with #LongCOVID, rounded up some of their favorite illustrators who bravely explore the ongoing pandemic in their work. bit.ly/4jQ2gY9
Grae Salisbury, an artist with #LongCOVID, rounded up some of their favorite illustrators who bravely explore the ongoing pandemic in their work. bit.ly/4jQ2gY9
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In addition to being bad, this is all pretty stupid.
January 20, 2026 at 3:20 PM
In addition to being bad, this is all pretty stupid.
Annual read.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
Martin Luther King Jr.’s ‘Letter From Birmingham Jail’
‘The Atlantic’ published this landmark document of the civil-rights movement in the August 1963 issue
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:46 PM
Annual read.
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
Handing Out Free Tickets, Mamdani Says Theater Should Not Be ‘a Luxury’
www.nytimes.com
January 10, 2026 at 12:22 AM
“When I speak about making our city more affordable, my vision is not limited to the homes that we live in or the child care that we’re making universal — it’s also a vision where we make it possible for working people to afford lives of joy, of art, of rest, of expression.”
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On only hours notice, hundreds of New Yorkers are gathering in Foley Square to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good
January 7, 2026 at 11:06 PM
On only hours notice, hundreds of New Yorkers are gathering in Foley Square to protest the murder of Renee Nicole Good
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NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
January 7, 2026 at 11:22 PM
NOW: Crowd continues to grow in Minneapolis at a vigil where a federal agent shot and killed Renee Good this morning.
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
“SAY HER NAME!”
“RENEE GOOD!”
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“we are each other’s harvest”
January 4, 2026 at 6:36 PM
“we are each other’s harvest”
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omg he's drinking iced coffee in the dead of winter. one of us! one of us!
Mayor Mamdani hasn't moved into Gracie Mansion yet and remains in his Astoria apartment for now, his team says. He expects to move at some point before his lease is up Jan. 30.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
His team also shares this pic of him taking the W train to City Hall this morning from Astoria.
January 2, 2026 at 6:40 PM
omg he's drinking iced coffee in the dead of winter. one of us! one of us!
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
January 1, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Mamdani: For too long, those fluent in the good grammar of civility have deployed decorum to mask agendas of cruelty
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Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
December 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Zohran Mamdani will be sworn in as NYC's first Muslim mayor on a Qur'an from the personal collection of the great Afro-Boricua intellectual Arturo Schomburg—as well as Qur'ans owned by Mamdani's grandparents. www.nypl.org/press/schomb...
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“You have come so far / to love your little life so much / that you would not trade a single scar.”
— Helen Meneilly
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This poem appeared in Baltimore Review, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Helen Meneilly
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This poem appeared in Baltimore Review, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.
December 31, 2025 at 2:01 PM
“You have come so far / to love your little life so much / that you would not trade a single scar.”
— Helen Meneilly
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This poem appeared in Baltimore Review, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.
— Helen Meneilly
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This poem appeared in Baltimore Review, 2025. Shared here with deep gratitude.
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Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr
December 30, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Cornelius Eady, a National Book Award finalist, will read an original poem at Zohran Mamdani’s swearing-in as mayor of New York City on Thursday. Read an excerpt from “Proof,” the poem he wrote for the ceremony. trib.al/i0Uhwxr