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Press On is a Southern media collective that catalyzes change and advances justice through the practice of #movementjournalism. | presson.media
#MovementJournalism is in service to liberation. It centers oppressed people & exposes root causes of injustice.
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
December 3, 2025 at 8:52 PM
#MovementJournalism is in service to liberation. It centers oppressed people & exposes root causes of injustice.
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
Southern BIPOC & LGBTQIA+ journalists coined the term in 2017—but the practice is centuries old. Learn more from our Movement Journalism 101 zine @ bit.ly/movementjournozine!
The recent pause of & cuts to SNAP benefits created a real hunger crisis. But Southerners have a legacy of feeding our own—like Georgia Gilmore, who funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott by cooking & selling food. In her honor, we've compiled resources for free food assistance.
December 1, 2025 at 6:13 PM
The recent pause of & cuts to SNAP benefits created a real hunger crisis. But Southerners have a legacy of feeding our own—like Georgia Gilmore, who funded the Montgomery Bus Boycott by cooking & selling food. In her honor, we've compiled resources for free food assistance.
We reject the Thanksgiving myth and stand with Indigenous peoples fighting ongoing genocide and land theft. For us, tomorrow isn’t about honoring a “peaceful feast.” Join us as we observe November 27 as the National Day of Mourning.
November 26, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We reject the Thanksgiving myth and stand with Indigenous peoples fighting ongoing genocide and land theft. For us, tomorrow isn’t about honoring a “peaceful feast.” Join us as we observe November 27 as the National Day of Mourning.
ICE & CBP are terrorizing North Carolina immigrants. Read @tinavasquez.bsky.social’s story for @prismreports.org at bit.ly/melticenc detailing the current immigrant raids in the state & the powerful community resistance growing in response.
North Carolina immigration raids expected to escalate
As the impacts of the raids quickly ripple outward from Charlotte, North Carolinians are mobilizing to stem enforcement operations in their communities
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November 22, 2025 at 1:03 AM
ICE & CBP are terrorizing North Carolina immigrants. Read @tinavasquez.bsky.social’s story for @prismreports.org at bit.ly/melticenc detailing the current immigrant raids in the state & the powerful community resistance growing in response.
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An Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon killed 13 people amid escalating Israeli bombardment across Lebanon, threatening the ceasefire with Hezbollah - which Israel has already broken dozens of times.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
Israeli airstrike on Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon kills 13 young boys,
An Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon killed 13 people amid escalating Israeli bombardment across Lebanon, threatening the ceasefire with Hezbollah - which Israel...
mondoweiss.net
November 21, 2025 at 11:01 PM
An Israeli airstrike on the Palestinian refugee camp of Ain al-Hilweh in Lebanon killed 13 people amid escalating Israeli bombardment across Lebanon, threatening the ceasefire with Hezbollah - which Israel has already broken dozens of times.
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
#Palestine #Israel
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, we move from mourning to action. The phrase "Protect the Dolls" is a mandate: show up, donate, intervene, and center trans leadership every day.
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
TDOR: Southern Black Trans Power is the Solution - Transgender Law Center
Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) is a time to memorialize the trans folk who have been murdered each year.
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November 20, 2025 at 4:19 PM
This Transgender Day of Remembrance, we move from mourning to action. The phrase "Protect the Dolls" is a mandate: show up, donate, intervene, and center trans leadership every day.
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
Honor the lost by protecting the living.
Learn more: bit.ly/protecttranspeople
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On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Read more here: mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
November 20, 2025 at 4:06 PM
On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Read more here: mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
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On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, activists are distributing whistles to community members to notify their neighbors about the presence of ICE and federal goons.
November 16, 2025 at 8:06 PM
On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, activists are distributing whistles to community members to notify their neighbors about the presence of ICE and federal goons.
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On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, ICE shot a Hispanic man on Milton Road during citywide enforcement.
November 17, 2025 at 12:15 AM
On November 16, 2025, in Charlotte, North Carolina, ICE shot a Hispanic man on Milton Road during citywide enforcement.
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Ice agents shooting Charlotte NC
November 16, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Ice agents shooting Charlotte NC
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ICYMI: Protesters marched in Charlotte yesterday as #ICE begins crackdown in their city. @50501movement.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 7:29 PM
ICYMI: Protesters marched in Charlotte yesterday as #ICE begins crackdown in their city. @50501movement.bsky.social
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Last month, our co-director, Neesha, joined dozens of women & gender-expansive labor leaders for WILL Empower’s retreat & celebration. We love WE & worker justice orgs that support movement journalists like the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social.
November 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Last month, our co-director, Neesha, joined dozens of women & gender-expansive labor leaders for WILL Empower’s retreat & celebration. We love WE & worker justice orgs that support movement journalists like the National Writers Union’s Freelance Solidarity Project @fspnwu.bsky.social.
In a @prismreports.org op-ed, formerly incarcerated writer Derek Trumbo guides us through the social barriers that have replaced the physical bars of prison upon his release. Read his piece @ bit.ly/acheofuncertainty; his words are essential, humanizing the post-incarceration plight. 🎨: Rikki Li
Never eat the candy on your pillow: The ache of uncertainty
My first months of reentry are forcing me to confront the reality that freedom brings its own set of burdens and responsibilities
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November 14, 2025 at 7:12 PM
In a @prismreports.org op-ed, formerly incarcerated writer Derek Trumbo guides us through the social barriers that have replaced the physical bars of prison upon his release. Read his piece @ bit.ly/acheofuncertainty; his words are essential, humanizing the post-incarceration plight. 🎨: Rikki Li
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READ: Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinian women as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known to Israeli commanders and acknowledged by soldiers. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/pale...
Palestinian women share how Israeli forces used them as human shields in Gaza and the West Bank
Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinian women as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known…
mondoweiss.net
November 14, 2025 at 3:03 PM
READ: Throughout the Gaza genocide, testimonies have documented the Israeli army’s use of Palestinian women as human shields. These are not isolated acts by rogue soldiers but a systematic practice known to Israeli commanders and acknowledged by soldiers. mondoweiss.net/2025/10/pale...
Last month, we attended the Oral History Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. We’re grateful for oral historians who engage with movement-building & movement journalism. They help us shape our collective memory & never forget the wins of our movement ancestors.
November 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Last month, we attended the Oral History Association’s annual meeting in Atlanta, Ga. We’re grateful for oral historians who engage with movement-building & movement journalism. They help us shape our collective memory & never forget the wins of our movement ancestors.
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The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers, but also as writers who lend the paper legitimacy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/why-...
Why writers must boycott the New York Times
The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers,…
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November 10, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The New York Times is the paper of record and has played a key role in enabling the Gaza genocide. To hold the newspaper accountable, we must sever our ties —not only as subscribers or advertisers, but also as writers who lend the paper legitimacy. mondoweiss.net/2025/11/why-...
Your story is a tool for liberation. But how do you make sure it's heard? Our tip sheet @ bit.ly/personalnarrativetips breaks down the 3 A's of first-person narratives according to narrative sovereignty strategist Dionicia “Dio” Roberson:
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
November 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Your story is a tool for liberation. But how do you make sure it's heard? Our tip sheet @ bit.ly/personalnarrativetips breaks down the 3 A's of first-person narratives according to narrative sovereignty strategist Dionicia “Dio” Roberson:
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
🎯 Audience
🎯 Aim
🎯 Argument
We’re sponsoring a panel @objectivejournos.bsky.social’s 11/14 Trans Media Convening: “The free, virtual gathering will focus on outlining what trans people need from journalism and from cis allies not just in this moment, but beyond.”
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
November 5, 2025 at 9:12 PM
We’re sponsoring a panel @objectivejournos.bsky.social’s 11/14 Trans Media Convening: “The free, virtual gathering will focus on outlining what trans people need from journalism and from cis allies not just in this moment, but beyond.”
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Join us—register by 11/7 @ bit.ly/transmediaconvening!
Your story has power. Learn how to write an effective story pitch & what comes after it’s accepted/published @ our 11/13 virtual workshop, Landing the Pitch: How to Pitch Your Stories to Outlets. Registration closes in three days—sign up now @ bit.ly/landingthepitch!
November 4, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Your story has power. Learn how to write an effective story pitch & what comes after it’s accepted/published @ our 11/13 virtual workshop, Landing the Pitch: How to Pitch Your Stories to Outlets. Registration closes in three days—sign up now @ bit.ly/landingthepitch!
From Stonewall, to Attica, to the clubs of NYC, to the streets of San Francisco, to the oasis of Little Rock. Miss Major taught us how to love, how to fight, how to be in it for the long haul.
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
October 31, 2025 at 11:33 PM
From Stonewall, to Attica, to the clubs of NYC, to the streets of San Francisco, to the oasis of Little Rock. Miss Major taught us how to love, how to fight, how to be in it for the long haul.
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
Rest well, new trancestor & thank you. We won’t let you down. What did Miss Major teach you?
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“This is testimony, this is history. This is life, crushed by power. These scribblings are the words of the vanquished. But this collection is also literary art.“
In the ‘Voices of Resistance’ anthology, Palestinian women write to us from the end of the Earth, writes Avik Jain Chatlani.
In the ‘Voices of Resistance’ anthology, Palestinian women write to us from the end of the Earth, writes Avik Jain Chatlani.
Palestinian women write to us from the end of the Earth
The devastating anthology, “Voices of Resistance,” reminds us that despite our overwhelming grief, we won’t be alone forever
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October 28, 2025 at 3:47 PM
“This is testimony, this is history. This is life, crushed by power. These scribblings are the words of the vanquished. But this collection is also literary art.“
In the ‘Voices of Resistance’ anthology, Palestinian women write to us from the end of the Earth, writes Avik Jain Chatlani.
In the ‘Voices of Resistance’ anthology, Palestinian women write to us from the end of the Earth, writes Avik Jain Chatlani.
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Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa, forecast as one of the most devastating storms on record, with Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos also expected to face severe impacts.
Jamaica Prepares for One of the Most “Devastating Hurricanes on Record”
Cuba, Turks and Caicos, the Bahamas, and Haiti are also within reach of Hurricane Melissa’s impacts.
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October 27, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Jamaica braces for Hurricane Melissa, forecast as one of the most devastating storms on record, with Cuba, Haiti, the Bahamas, and the Turks and Caicos also expected to face severe impacts.
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A U.S. official says the Biden administration buried his finding that the IDF intentionally shot a journalist, alleging the State Department downplayed it to avoid angering Israel.
Biden Admin Discarded Internal Finding That Israel Killed Journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Purpose
The State Department seemingly contradicted the findings to appease the Israeli government, he said.
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October 27, 2025 at 7:40 PM
A U.S. official says the Biden administration buried his finding that the IDF intentionally shot a journalist, alleging the State Department downplayed it to avoid angering Israel.
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ICE is doing its dirty work, detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records. And doing it without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social
Resisting ICE
ICE is detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records and without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. This is episode 73 of Stories of Resistance.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:46 PM
ICE is doing its dirty work, detaining thousands of people a day without criminal records. And doing it without a warrant. But people are standing up. And the resistance is growing. Latest episode #StoriesOfResistance @undertheshadow.bsky.social