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Our official statement in response to the wave of anti-trans legislation.
To our trans and nonbinary communities: We see you, we love you, and we side with you.
#TransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful 🏳️⚧️
To our trans and nonbinary communities: We see you, we love you, and we side with you.
#TransLivesMatter #TransIsBeautiful 🏳️⚧️
At the beginning, the coroner system was a multifaceted political institution that worked with community and experts. It wasn’t clouded in secrecy. After emancipation and the end of Reconstruction, @terencekeel.bsky.social explains why that changed.
Professor Uncovers How Coroners are HELPING COPS COVER UP FOR KILLINGS!!!
Brittany Page welcomes Dr. Terence Keel to the Page Perspective to discuss his new book, "The Coroner's Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence."
OUT NOW! Buy Dr. Keel's…
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December 9, 2025 at 10:16 PM
At the beginning, the coroner system was a multifaceted political institution that worked with community and experts. It wasn’t clouded in secrecy. After emancipation and the end of Reconstruction, @terencekeel.bsky.social explains why that changed.
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No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Jimmy Fallon: "And do you use ChatGPT when raising your baby?"
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
Sam Altman: "I cannot imagine figuring out how to raise a newborn without ChatGPT."
December 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
No one before Sam successfully raised a child, which is why the human species went extinct in Mesopotamia. Seriously, the best way to read this is that countless billions of humans did just fine but Sam is not as competent and self-reliant as them, and that's what AI wants us to be: dependent.
Happy #PublicationDay, Sara Moslener!🎊
AFTER PURITY, her intersectional analysis of evangelical purity culture’s influence on gender, sexuality, race, and national identity in the US, is “a sobering wake-up call.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social buff.ly/8O1JZAM
AFTER PURITY, her intersectional analysis of evangelical purity culture’s influence on gender, sexuality, race, and national identity in the US, is “a sobering wake-up call.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social buff.ly/8O1JZAM
December 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Happy #PublicationDay, Sara Moslener!🎊
AFTER PURITY, her intersectional analysis of evangelical purity culture’s influence on gender, sexuality, race, and national identity in the US, is “a sobering wake-up call.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social buff.ly/8O1JZAM
AFTER PURITY, her intersectional analysis of evangelical purity culture’s influence on gender, sexuality, race, and national identity in the US, is “a sobering wake-up call.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social buff.ly/8O1JZAM
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Learn about BioCritical Studies Lab below in LAist! Proud of my students and the important work we do. ⬇️ #research #interdiciplinaryresearch #policeviolence
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How UCLA students use autopsy reports to help keep police accountable
Professor Terence Keel teaches students to examine autopsy reports and death records — and to think critically about how in-custody deaths affect families and society.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Learn about BioCritical Studies Lab below in LAist! Proud of my students and the important work we do. ⬇️ #research #interdiciplinaryresearch #policeviolence
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“If they do this to the president,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “what happens to all the other women in the country?” #MeToo @monaeltahawy.bsky.social
The president is groped in broad daylight, and Mexican women cry: MeToo, MeToo, MeToo | Mona Eltahawy
After Claudia Sheinbaum was assaulted this week, her opponents claimed she staged it. From their own experiences, the women I met know she didn’t have to, says author Mona Eltahawy
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December 9, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“If they do this to the president,” President Claudia Sheinbaum said, “what happens to all the other women in the country?” #MeToo @monaeltahawy.bsky.social
FINALLY!!!
December 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
FINALLY!!!
As a model and aspiring actress, it was trendy for Sacheen Littlefeather to claim Native American heritage. On that claim, she rejected Marlon Brando’s Academy Award on his behalf at the Oscars. But it was all a lie. @dinagw.bsky.social
Indigenous identity, independent bookstores, and wine from Cambria by Issues & Ideas
Indigenous identity, independent bookstores, and wine from Cambria from Issues & Ideas on Podchaser, aired Saturday, 22nd November 2025. David McAbee talks with Dina Gilio-Whitaker about her new…
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December 9, 2025 at 5:05 PM
As a model and aspiring actress, it was trendy for Sacheen Littlefeather to claim Native American heritage. On that claim, she rejected Marlon Brando’s Academy Award on his behalf at the Oscars. But it was all a lie. @dinagw.bsky.social
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#Shameless #Sexuality: Sara Moslener - #Sexual #Purity & Construction of #White #Women’s #RacialIdentity
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Shameless Sexuality: Sara Moslener - Sexual Purity & Construction of White Women’s Racial Identity
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November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#Shameless #Sexuality: Sara Moslener - #Sexual #Purity & Construction of #White #Women’s #RacialIdentity
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“This book made me question assumptions I’d made about child-rearing ... A mind-opening read.”—Emiko Tamagawa, senior producer, Here & Now
That’s why @jessicaslice.bsky.social’s UNFIT PARENT is on @npr.org’s Books We Love roundup! 😁
That’s why @jessicaslice.bsky.social’s UNFIT PARENT is on @npr.org’s Books We Love roundup! 😁
Books We Love
Here are 380+ great reads from 2025 handpicked just for you by NPR staffers and trusted critics.
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December 9, 2025 at 3:27 PM
“This book made me question assumptions I’d made about child-rearing ... A mind-opening read.”—Emiko Tamagawa, senior producer, Here & Now
That’s why @jessicaslice.bsky.social’s UNFIT PARENT is on @npr.org’s Books We Love roundup! 😁
That’s why @jessicaslice.bsky.social’s UNFIT PARENT is on @npr.org’s Books We Love roundup! 😁
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♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 PM
♥️ “ICE looked at that school, saw a community standing up for families, and decided it wasn’t worth it.”
Happy #PublicationDay to Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina!✊🏼
POLITICAL GIRL, her intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin’s Russia, is “irreverent, urgent, and illuminating.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social
POLITICAL GIRL, her intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin’s Russia, is “irreverent, urgent, and illuminating.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social
December 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Happy #PublicationDay to Pussy Riot member Maria Alyokhina!✊🏼
POLITICAL GIRL, her intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin’s Russia, is “irreverent, urgent, and illuminating.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social
POLITICAL GIRL, her intimate, firsthand account of grassroots dissent, bravery, art, and spectacle in Putin’s Russia, is “irreverent, urgent, and illuminating.” — @publisherswkly.bsky.social
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If simply being born in the US is not enough to guarantee citizenship, then what is? Where do we draw the line?
Well, if you’re Trump, then it’s the color line.
Well, if you’re Trump, then it’s the color line.
We Must Protect Birthright Citizenship From Trump’s Xenophobic, Eugenic Ideology
If the Supreme Court rules in his favor, it could pave the way for any president (or wannabe-monarch) to redefine citizenship at their discretion.
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December 9, 2025 at 1:41 PM
If simply being born in the US is not enough to guarantee citizenship, then what is? Where do we draw the line?
Well, if you’re Trump, then it’s the color line.
Well, if you’re Trump, then it’s the color line.
Massive thanks to @ala-booklist.bsky.social for recognizing the importance of Alix Dick and @anterobot.bsky.social’s THE COST OF BEING UNDOCUMENTED. 🙏🏼 With the US’s anti-immigrant sentiment rearing its ugly head again, this is a book for our times.
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Massive thanks to @ala-booklist.bsky.social for recognizing the importance of Alix Dick and @anterobot.bsky.social’s THE COST OF BEING UNDOCUMENTED. 🙏🏼 With the US’s anti-immigrant sentiment rearing its ugly head again, this is a book for our times.
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Abortion pills CANNOT BE STOPPED.
Yeah, TX's new law HB7 just went into effect. But there are 20 different options for getting pills if you're in TX.
Maybe (maybe!) one or three of them might (might!) be affected by HB7. But the vast majority won't.
Jonathan Mitchell's sadness notwithstanding.
Yeah, TX's new law HB7 just went into effect. But there are 20 different options for getting pills if you're in TX.
Maybe (maybe!) one or three of them might (might!) be affected by HB7. But the vast majority won't.
Jonathan Mitchell's sadness notwithstanding.
Abortion Pill Providers in Texas | Plan C Guide
Abortion pills are available by mail in Texas. Compare providers by price, delivery time, and financial aid in this updated guide from Plan C.
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December 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Abortion pills CANNOT BE STOPPED.
Yeah, TX's new law HB7 just went into effect. But there are 20 different options for getting pills if you're in TX.
Maybe (maybe!) one or three of them might (might!) be affected by HB7. But the vast majority won't.
Jonathan Mitchell's sadness notwithstanding.
Yeah, TX's new law HB7 just went into effect. But there are 20 different options for getting pills if you're in TX.
Maybe (maybe!) one or three of them might (might!) be affected by HB7. But the vast majority won't.
Jonathan Mitchell's sadness notwithstanding.
What do you do when what brings you joy and also takes up your time and resources doesn’t give you the time and resources to keep doing it in exchange? This is one of the struggles of pursuing a creative life. @sgriest.bsky.social
The latest on Border Patrol operations in Charlotte. Plus, the sacrifices people make to put art above everything.
The latest on Border Patrol operations in NC, Asheville celebrates the 100th anniversary of early folk and country music recordings, and author Stephanie Elizondo Griest shares her new book Art Above…
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December 8, 2025 at 7:26 PM
What do you do when what brings you joy and also takes up your time and resources doesn’t give you the time and resources to keep doing it in exchange? This is one of the struggles of pursuing a creative life. @sgriest.bsky.social
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It's been such a rewarding book tour so far sharing "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) and meeting readers in their own communities. Thanks to Troy Upperman for beautifully capturing highlights of our launch event at Reparations Club in LA. #newbook #nonfiction #truecrimebooks
December 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's been such a rewarding book tour so far sharing "The Coroner's Silence" (@beaconpress.bsky.social) and meeting readers in their own communities. Thanks to Troy Upperman for beautifully capturing highlights of our launch event at Reparations Club in LA. #newbook #nonfiction #truecrimebooks
Silicon Valley’s tech bros are like bouncers. Thiel, Apple, Google et al. snort up our data, rig information flows (algorithms, anyone?) then lobby to block regulation. @heidsky.bsky.social urges us to use immediate digital self-defense.
Ep 352 - Nothing to Hide with Heidi Boghosian - Macro N Cheese
Attorney and author Heidi Boghosian joins Steve to discuss the surveillance-security state as a tool of class discipline and repression. Tech giants, corporate media, and both political parties…
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December 8, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Silicon Valley’s tech bros are like bouncers. Thiel, Apple, Google et al. snort up our data, rig information flows (algorithms, anyone?) then lobby to block regulation. @heidsky.bsky.social urges us to use immediate digital self-defense.
Joining a labor union is protest. Voting unqualified elected officials out of office is a form of protest. The most effective protests have an element of disruption to draw attention to the change that needs to happen.
The Ins and Outs of Protesting Effectively
Podcast Episode · We the Unhoused · 11/18/2025 · 1h 4m
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December 8, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Joining a labor union is protest. Voting unqualified elected officials out of office is a form of protest. The most effective protests have an element of disruption to draw attention to the change that needs to happen.
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Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Q: Should Netflix be allowed to buy Warner Brothers?
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
TRUMP: That's a question. They have a very big market share. I'll be involved in that decision
December 8, 2025 at 2:03 AM
Donald Trump said he’ll “be involved in” deciding if Netflix can buy Warner Bros.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Is that an open invite for CEOs to curry favor with Trump in exchange for merger approvals?
It should be an independent decision by the Department of Justice based on the law and facts.
Going as far back as 1875, the US’s country-specific immigration bans were the norm, not the exception. Now Trump’s admin is reviving nationality-based discrimination. @amandafrost.bsky.social #BirthrightCitizenship
Opinion | We Rejected This Practice 60 Years Ago. We Must Do So Again Today.
Once nativism escalates, it’s hard to stop.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Going as far back as 1875, the US’s country-specific immigration bans were the norm, not the exception. Now Trump’s admin is reviving nationality-based discrimination. @amandafrost.bsky.social #BirthrightCitizenship
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Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What we get wrong about the Montgomery bus boycott – and what we can learn from it | Jeanne Theoharis
The movement’s success was never a given. It took much longer and required tremendous sacrifice without certainty it would work
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December 7, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Like @prisonculture.bsky.social, I've been worried about the ways popular myths of the civil rights movement make it hard to see how to struggle today. On the 70th anniversary of the Montgomery bus boycott, the things we get wrong & what a fuller history shows us: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
According to @terencekeel.bsky.social, one of the missing parts of criminal justice reform is paying attention to medical examiners and coroners who cover up deaths caused by police violence.
Terence Keel - 11.26.25 Wake Up With WURD w/ Solomon Jones
Terence Keel joins the show. He is Professor of Human Biology & Society UCLA. He’s the author of the new book,
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December 8, 2025 at 2:40 PM
According to @terencekeel.bsky.social, one of the missing parts of criminal justice reform is paying attention to medical examiners and coroners who cover up deaths caused by police violence.
Psst! If you want to give the gifts of resistance this holiday to your loved ones, @bookshop.org can suggest some our books as stocking stuffers. 😉🎁📚
This Season Give The Gift of Resistance
Checkout out this list on Bookshop
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December 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Psst! If you want to give the gifts of resistance this holiday to your loved ones, @bookshop.org can suggest some our books as stocking stuffers. 😉🎁📚
Nora Neus’s oral history about that day, 24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL, comes out later this month. The eyewitness accounts are more maddening than you can believe. ➡️ www.beacon.org/24-Hours-at-...
December 5, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Nora Neus’s oral history about that day, 24 HOURS AT THE CAPITOL, comes out later this month. The eyewitness accounts are more maddening than you can believe. ➡️ www.beacon.org/24-Hours-at-...
If you’re looking for a book that does a good job of encouraging readers to re-examine texts like the Declaration of Independence alongside the musings of contemporary pop culture figures and activists, Kyle Mays’s AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE US is it!
Roots That Speak: 6 Books That Highlight Black And Native Stories | Essence
Explore six books that highlight Black and Native histories—offering deeper insight into Afro-Indigenous experiences.
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December 5, 2025 at 7:26 PM
If you’re looking for a book that does a good job of encouraging readers to re-examine texts like the Declaration of Independence alongside the musings of contemporary pop culture figures and activists, Kyle Mays’s AN AFRO-INDIGENOUS HISTORY OF THE US is it!