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Karen Ruckman @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social · 1d

Jamel Shabazz lovingly documents his sacred space and honors those who’ve stepped in front of his lens.
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‘Visual medicine’: Jamel Shabazz’s evocative photos of Brooklyn’s Prospect Park

The photographer’s new book collects his pictures of the mammoth New York City park from the 1980s up until now

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Photojournalism News @pjournalismnews.bsky.social · 2d

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Returning to ruins: Photos of Palestinian families going home apnews.com/photo-galler... @apnews.com ‪#photojournalism #journalism #photography‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬‬

Returning to ruins: Photos of Palestinian families going home

WADI GAZA, Gaza Strip (AP) — Palestinian families who have been displaced by Israel's two-year war on Hamas have started returning to their destroyed homes in Gaza after the Israeli military announced...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

No Kings. October 18th. Free speech is action. Please join in.
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No Kings

As the president escalates his authoritarian power grab, the NO KINGS non-violent movement continues to rise stronger. We are united once again to remind the world: America has No Kings and the power ...

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Eddie S. Glaude @esglaude.bsky.social · 3d

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Trump Fires Black Officials From an Overwhelmingly White Administration

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 4d

What we do:
document + advocate 📷

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 7d

Grateful to have seen “Photography and the Black Arts Movement” before the National Gallery of Art closure due to government shutdown.

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 7d

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Window Into Solitary @ Mutual Arts Collectiv

Window Into Solitary: Portraits and testimony of 17 men and women who have experienced long-term solitary confinement October 10 through December 31…

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 9d

Juries still have the power to resist. DC will not return to this barbaric act.

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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 11d

my latest is expanding on the observation that your view of the politics of opposition to the administration depend largely on your view of the election (gift link)

Opinion | Trump Has No Mandate to Destroy America

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Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social · 11d

#tdih 1964 Free Speech Movement was launched at UC–Berkeley, with roots in Black Freedom Struggle in South. Goal was to fight racism, sexism, poverty, & war.

Media, univ. leaders, & politicians used Red Scare to attack 1st Amendment rights. Sound familiar? ⬇️

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Oct. 1, 1964: Free Speech Movement

The Free Speech Movement was launched at UC–Berkeley.

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Ken Grossinger @kengro.bsky.social · 11d

Here's the Guardian story on the newly re-created Committee for the First Amendment by Jane Fonda, following her father's Henry Fonda's lead from the 1940s.
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Jane Fonda relaunches free speech group started by her father during the McCarthy era

In wake of the Trump administration’s censorship threats, the actor re-established the Committee for the First Amendment with A-list support

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 14d

Last visit, Lorton Prison closes.

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 14d

Incarceration has deadly consequences for everyone – even those who are not behind bars:

Graph showing that as jail incarceration rates increase, so do county death rates.

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 15d

Reviewing contact sheets
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Maria Popova @mariapopova.bsky.social · 15d

“You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. ”

Baldwin's finest interview www.themarginalian.org/2017/05/24/j...

The Doom and Glory of Knowing Who You Are: James Baldwin on the Empathic Rewards of Reading and What It Means to Be an Artist

“An artist is a sort of emotional or spiritual historian. His role is to make you realize the doom and glory of knowing who you are and what you are.”

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 16d

Why do headlines say "norms shattered" when what is meant is "laws broken" or "Constitution violated"?

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Duquann Sweeney @duquannsweeney.bsky.social · 18d

"That same fight for visibility played out daily on newspaper presses from Pittsburgh to Chicago, where Black photographers documented joy, struggle, and everyday life for readers who rarely saw themselves elsewhere."

Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 18d

Black Photojournalism comes into focus at Carnegie Museum of Art
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Black Photojournalism comes into focus at Carnegie Museum of Art - Pittsburgh City Paper | News, Dining, Music, Best Of, Arts, Film

Black Photojournalism, which opened Sept. 13 in the Heinz Galleries and runs through Jan. 19, 2026, is a landmark exhibition that brings historic photographs into the spotlight.

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Jacob Lawrence @jacoblawrence.bsky.social · 18d

The migrants arrived in great numbers http://www.moma.org/collection/works/78539

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Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 19d

Three U.S. states incarcerate women at a rate higher than El Salvador, a country that's been described as an authoritarian police state.

The rest are not far behind – take a look at who holds the top 10 spots for women’s incarceration around the world:

Graph showing the women's incarceration rate for SD, MT, ID, KY, OK, WY, AR, TN, and ND

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Karen Ruckman @ruckmanphoto.bsky.social · 19d

Women’s incarceration is in crisis 🧵

Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org · 19d

🚨NEW REPORT: The U.S. incarcerates women at a higher rate than almost any other country in the world

So much for the “land of the free” 🧵

Graph showing that the U.S. incarcerates women at a rate more than 3x any other founding NATO country

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 20d

Follow the Citizen Historians Newsletter here
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Citizen Historians Newsletter 9/12/25

Greetings, Citizen Historians.Just two weeks into our shared effort to stand up for the independence and professionalism of the Smithsonian Institution, our national treasure, more than 575 of you hav...

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Monroe Gallery of Photography @monroegallery.bsky.social · 20d

First-of-its-kind exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores photography's role in the Black Arts Movement
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First-of-its-kind exhibition at the National Gallery of Art explores photography's role in the Black Arts Movement

The National Gallery of Art presents Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985, an exhibition exploring the work of American and Afro-At

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 19d

Yes! Definitely participating as citizen historian.

Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 21d

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Lorton Photography Project @ild1985.bsky.social · 21d

“American politics is no longer a fight over policy; it is a fight over the character of the nation itself.”
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Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Opinion | The MAGA Movement Is Not a Debating Society

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