Faith Smith
@faithsm.bsky.social
Events and other fun things @19thnews.org. I'm always happy to tell you how to make your event less sexist/racist/ableist. Married, mom, too many pets. Okie by birth, Argentine by marriage. fsmith(at)19thnews(dot)org
Can someone please explain how playing quality star players a reasonable amount of money is "against the spirit of the league"? This isn't a rec league!
December 4, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Can someone please explain how playing quality star players a reasonable amount of money is "against the spirit of the league"? This isn't a rec league!
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on Sept. 15, when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights conventions.
Family of Colombian man killed in U.S. strike files human rights challenge
In a petition to the premier human rights watchdog in the Americas, the first challenge to U.S. military strikes on alleged drug-carrying boats argues that the death was an extrajudicial killing.
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December 4, 2025 at 2:09 PM
The petition from the family of Alejandro Carranza says the military bombed his fishing boat on Sept. 15, when he was sailing off Colombia's Caribbean coast, in violation of human rights conventions.
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Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
December 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Are you a Gen Zer with a disability, particularly neurodivergence? Want to talk to a journalist about your thoughts on disability, stigma and and identity? Email me at sluterman dot 19thnews dot org or DM.
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I dug into the expanding fight over disability parking placards for pregnant people.
Is it a no-brainer pro-family move or does it make life harder for disabled people? Are those even discrete categories?
Is it a no-brainer pro-family move or does it make life harder for disabled people? Are those even discrete categories?
Behind the fight over expanding disability parking placards for pregnancy
Supporters call the efforts pro-family. But critics warn that with too few accessible spots already, expanding placards could shut more disabled people, including moms, out of everyday life.
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December 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
I dug into the expanding fight over disability parking placards for pregnant people.
Is it a no-brainer pro-family move or does it make life harder for disabled people? Are those even discrete categories?
Is it a no-brainer pro-family move or does it make life harder for disabled people? Are those even discrete categories?
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Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
December 2, 2025 at 4:27 AM
Since I haven’t seen anyone mention this: When the U.S. commits war crimes it puts our troops in danger also, as it gives a green light to other countries that they can do the same to us
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“We used a lot of the tactics that were used by Dr. King and Gandhi and we were inspired by the fact that Rosa Parks as a Black woman couldn’t even really sit at the front of the bus and those of us who use wheelchairs couldn’t even get on the bus."
How Rosa Parks' legacy inspired a new fight over who could ride the bus
Decades after the Montgomery Bus Boycott, these activists in Chicago turned to Parks’ playbook to broaden disability access.
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December 1, 2025 at 8:17 PM
“We used a lot of the tactics that were used by Dr. King and Gandhi and we were inspired by the fact that Rosa Parks as a Black woman couldn’t even really sit at the front of the bus and those of us who use wheelchairs couldn’t even get on the bus."
Just 15 days after her daughter’s birth, as Nayra Guzmán, her mom and younger brother loaded into their car for their daily drive to the NICU, they were surrounded by immigration enforcement agents and whisked away to detention. @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay for @19thnews.org
Her baby was in the NICU. She was in ICE detention.
Before Trump took office, postpartum immigrants were rarely detained by ICE. Nayra Guzmán was detained while her 15-day-old baby was in the NICU.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Just 15 days after her daughter’s birth, as Nayra Guzmán, her mom and younger brother loaded into their car for their daily drive to the NICU, they were surrounded by immigration enforcement agents and whisked away to detention. @shefali.bsky.social and Mel Leonor Barclay for @19thnews.org
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I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
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Green Card Interviews End in Handcuffs for Spouses of U.S. Citizens
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November 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
I need everybody to read this and understand what’s going on. These are spouses of US citizens in the country legally. They have entry clearance and green cards, they’ve passed background checks and have no criminal records. ICE is taking them anyway.
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I don’t know a woman who hasn’t been called fat or ugly by a frustrated boy/man. A tale as old as the kindergarten playground.
Trump responds to a detailed report about his waning energy and propensity to sleep through on-camera events by calling the New York Times's Katie Rogers ugly
November 26, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I don’t know a woman who hasn’t been called fat or ugly by a frustrated boy/man. A tale as old as the kindergarten playground.
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Rest in power, Viola
Viola Fletcher, one of the last two known survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations for the attack — one of the worst episodes of racial violence in American history — has died. She was 111.
Viola Fletcher, oldest survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, dies at 111
A century after a White mob destroyed her prosperous Black community in 1921, she became a plaintiff in a symbolic lawsuit seeking reparations.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Rest in power, Viola
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“I’m devastated because I know that this [season] is happiness for him, he loves presents and he knows these days are supposed to be joyful. On Monday I asked for permission to see if he could spend Thanksgiving with me but they told me it wouldn’t be possible.”
A disabled child’s mom reported him missing. He was in federal custody for 48 days.
When Emmanuel Gonzalez walked away from his mom’s fruit stand in October, Houston Police called ICE instead of reuniting them.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:02 PM
“I’m devastated because I know that this [season] is happiness for him, he loves presents and he knows these days are supposed to be joyful. On Monday I asked for permission to see if he could spend Thanksgiving with me but they told me it wouldn’t be possible.”
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols
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New: I talked to @replamonica.bsky.social about her decision to get on a train just hours after surgery for uterine fibroids to vote on the government funding bill last week
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A vote too important for Rep. LaMonica McIver to miss
Just hours after surgery for uterine fibroids, the New Jersey Democrat — a target of Trump’s Justice Department — was in Washington to vote last week.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
New: I talked to @replamonica.bsky.social about her decision to get on a train just hours after surgery for uterine fibroids to vote on the government funding bill last week
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Journalists ask the powerful tough questions because it's their job. No one should be treated like this for doing their job. No one should be treated like this.
When asked if there was anything "incriminating" in Epstein's emails, Trump pointed a finger in a female reporter's face and snapped. 'Quiet. Quiet, Piggy.'
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Donald Trump Snaps at Female Reporter Who Asks About Epstein Files: 'Quiet Piggy'
Donald Trump Says 'Quiet Piggy' to Female Reporter Asking About Epstein Files
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November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Journalists ask the powerful tough questions because it's their job. No one should be treated like this for doing their job. No one should be treated like this.
“I want everybody to take a look,” survivor Haley Robson said. “I know everybody sees us today as grown adults, but we are fighting for the children that were abandoned and left behind in the reckoning. This is who you’re fighting for.”
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‘This is who you’re fighting for’: Epstein survivors push for justice for their younger selves
The survivors spoke at the Capitol ahead of a House vote that seeks to compel the Justice Department to release files about the convicted sex offender.
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November 18, 2025 at 5:10 PM
“I want everybody to take a look,” survivor Haley Robson said. “I know everybody sees us today as grown adults, but we are fighting for the children that were abandoned and left behind in the reckoning. This is who you’re fighting for.”
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I've been working on this for awhile, and now it's finally out in the world — our new series explores the nuances of detransitioning in America right now.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
Detransition is key to politicians’ anti-trans agenda. But what is it really like?
The 19th spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed and used by the Trump administration, which has positioned itself as a protector of those who detransition.
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November 13, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I've been working on this for awhile, and now it's finally out in the world — our new series explores the nuances of detransitioning in America right now.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
I spoke with two detransitioners who feel harmed by the Trump administration. Their stories can teach us a lot. I hope you'll read them.
When places like Teen Vogue, NBC, CBS lose racial and gender diversity on their staff, they lose the ability to elevate stories from the Black community and the ability to capture nuances and perspectives from different Black communities"
@candicenorwood.bsky.social for @19thnews.org
@candicenorwood.bsky.social for @19thnews.org
Teen Vogue changed how a generation saw politics and inclusion. That era could be over.
Journalists who cover race, gender and inequality are often the first to go, raising deeper questions about who gets to tell the news.
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November 13, 2025 at 5:28 PM
When places like Teen Vogue, NBC, CBS lose racial and gender diversity on their staff, they lose the ability to elevate stories from the Black community and the ability to capture nuances and perspectives from different Black communities"
@candicenorwood.bsky.social for @19thnews.org
@candicenorwood.bsky.social for @19thnews.org