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“[Movement journalism is] not in ‘business’ to funnel advertising dollars to the pockets of billionaires; we’re here to perform liberatory work” write @femmfeministe.bsky.social & @mayaschenwar.bsky.social. It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism.
Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
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November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“[Movement journalism is] not in ‘business’ to funnel advertising dollars to the pockets of billionaires; we’re here to perform liberatory work” write @femmfeministe.bsky.social & @mayaschenwar.bsky.social. It’s time for progressive philanthropy to commit to funding journalism.
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“You can’t not consider the issue of immigration as a child well-being issue.”
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
For children of immigrants, Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis
The fear that they could lose their parents defines the daily lives of many children in immigrant families
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November 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
“You can’t not consider the issue of immigration as a child well-being issue.”
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
Immigration enforcement fuels mental health crisis among children of immigrants, @jenniferchowdhury.bsky.social reports. Many of these children grow up carrying invisible scars that resurface later in life.
When sheriff’s deputies arrived at Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater, FL, Ligia Siles sat on the steps of the home she’d built over 35 years, feeling powerless as she watched deputies change the lock on her door.
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on on the mass eviction at Li’l Abner.
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on on the mass eviction at Li’l Abner.
Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park residents evicted
Hundreds of residents were given 24 hours to leave their homes in October after a judge ruled against them in September
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November 22, 2025 at 7:13 PM
When sheriff’s deputies arrived at Li’l Abner Mobile Home Park in Sweetwater, FL, Ligia Siles sat on the steps of the home she’d built over 35 years, feeling powerless as she watched deputies change the lock on her door.
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on on the mass eviction at Li’l Abner.
@alexmar.bsky.social follows up on on the mass eviction at Li’l Abner.
“The only way to get through that fear is to put your body in motion, get your brain together, & be with other people so you don’t feel alone.”
Scores of NYC volunteers are preparing for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports.
Scores of NYC volunteers are preparing for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports.
Volunteers prep for potential military deployment in New York City
Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race
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November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“The only way to get through that fear is to put your body in motion, get your brain together, & be with other people so you don’t feel alone.”
Scores of NYC volunteers are preparing for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports.
Scores of NYC volunteers are preparing for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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“We have the people power, & that will win over this outside funding.”
Somerville became the first U.S. city to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid & genocide of Palestinians, Tamar Sarai reports. Here’s how organizers pulled off the win against the ADL-funded $200,000+ opposition.
Somerville became the first U.S. city to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid & genocide of Palestinians, Tamar Sarai reports. Here’s how organizers pulled off the win against the ADL-funded $200,000+ opposition.
How Somerville organized to pass Israel divestment ballot question
Somerville became the first in the U.S. to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid and genocide of Palestinians
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November 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
“We have the people power, & that will win over this outside funding.”
Somerville became the first U.S. city to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid & genocide of Palestinians, Tamar Sarai reports. Here’s how organizers pulled off the win against the ADL-funded $200,000+ opposition.
Somerville became the first U.S. city to vote in favor of divesting from Israel’s apartheid & genocide of Palestinians, Tamar Sarai reports. Here’s how organizers pulled off the win against the ADL-funded $200,000+ opposition.
“It’s really something that makes you wonder to what point do they need to reach for the international community to pay attention.”
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide as a lack of media coverage leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports.
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide as a lack of media coverage leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports.
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide
A lack of media coverage and international pressure leaves many in Sudan in the dark after el-Fasher was seized by the Rapid Support Forces
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November 21, 2025 at 4:14 PM
“It’s really something that makes you wonder to what point do they need to reach for the international community to pay attention.”
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide as a lack of media coverage leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports.
Advocates spotlight U.S. complicity in Sudan genocide as a lack of media coverage leaves many Sudanese communities in the dark, @nehamadhira.bsky.social reports.
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November 21, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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‼️UPDATE: Citing reporting by Kourosh Ziabari & @meghnadbose.bsky.social last month in October, the National Iranian American Council announced they filed a lawsuit against ICE for withholding documents on the wrongful, targeted detentions & deportations of Iranians.
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Arrested for being Iranian: How war in Middle East gave ICE targets at home
After the U.S. joined Israel’s war against Iran in June, ICE arrests of Iranian immigrants surged, data shows
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November 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
‼️UPDATE: Citing reporting by Kourosh Ziabari & @meghnadbose.bsky.social last month in October, the National Iranian American Council announced they filed a lawsuit against ICE for withholding documents on the wrongful, targeted detentions & deportations of Iranians.
Read their original story here:
Read their original story here:
Young creatives in Gaza are still singing, drawing, & dreaming, writes Ghada Abu Muaileq. Some use their artistic talents to soften the darkness of reality, some use them to portray that reality & others try to reclaim the passion that the genocide has stolen from them.
Gaza still sings, draws, and dreams
Young creatives in Gaza are holding tight to the things that make them feel human amid the horrors of the genocide
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November 20, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Young creatives in Gaza are still singing, drawing, & dreaming, writes Ghada Abu Muaileq. Some use their artistic talents to soften the darkness of reality, some use them to portray that reality & others try to reclaim the passion that the genocide has stolen from them.
For people who have to wade through the noise of mass media, it seems as there’s someone telling us what to do or think, writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest “Another way out.” Facing a wave of misinformation & manipulated algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen.
Another way out: Finding clarity for resistance
Facing a wave of misinformation and the manipulation of algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen, not just how we speak
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November 20, 2025 at 5:34 PM
For people who have to wade through the noise of mass media, it seems as there’s someone telling us what to do or think, writes columnist @williamcson.bsky.social in his latest “Another way out.” Facing a wave of misinformation & manipulated algorithms, resistance starts with choosing how we listen.
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November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
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“Our homes are made of cloth & nylon.”
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Nour Abo Aisha in a dispatch from Palestine. Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments.
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Nour Abo Aisha in a dispatch from Palestine. Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments.
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age
Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments
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November 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
“Our homes are made of cloth & nylon.”
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Nour Abo Aisha in a dispatch from Palestine. Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments.
Deliberate de-civilization has forced Gaza back to the Stone Age, reports Nour Abo Aisha in a dispatch from Palestine. Before the genocide, Gaza was a vibrant, happening place full of life. Now, we are back to an age without basic modern developments.
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"No COP discussion or agreement has ever suggested addressing root causes of climate change and ecological destruction—colonialism, imperialism—through demilitarization."
ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
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ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
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COP28 must address militarization
As the earth approaches climate tipping points, world leaders must consider the world’s largest institutional emitter of fossil fuels: the U.S. military
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November 20, 2025 at 12:22 PM
"No COP discussion or agreement has ever suggested addressing root causes of climate change and ecological destruction—colonialism, imperialism—through demilitarization."
ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
prismreports.org/2023/11/28/c...
ray levy uyeda wrote this for @prismreports.org in 2023 and it's even more relevant for COP30
prismreports.org/2023/11/28/c...
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See @prismreports.org for coverage on a large portion of the Israel Heritage Foundation's ties to Israeli officials and the Trump executive:
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Israel Heritage Foundation tied to 2024 Trump campaign, top Israeli officials
The Israel Heritage Foundation has met with top Israeli leaders and forged unusually close ties to Trump administration officials
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November 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
See @prismreports.org for coverage on a large portion of the Israel Heritage Foundation's ties to Israeli officials and the Trump executive:
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NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors:
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
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
NEW: As immigration enforcement continues across North Carolina, communities are mobilizing--inside and outside formal organizing networks--to protect their neighbors:
“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
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
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
“Many of us are really scared, but we’re still showing up.”
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
Nov. 16 was “the day the most immigrants were arrested in a single day” in North Carolina's history. As immigration raids are expected to escalate, locals are mobilizing to protect their neighbors @tinavasquez.bsky.social reports.
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Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.
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prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
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
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Yesterday, through a flurry of interviews & phone calls, @tinavasquez.bsky.social wrote this excellent report on the immigration raids in cities across North Carolina. She spoke to community members about the devastation & fear, as well as the love & resistance.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/n...
The Yukon River is “a living being.” A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border, Alyssa Choiniere reports. Indigenous peoples view the river as a relative & as a lifeline, while governments regard waterbodies as a resource to extract.
The Yukon River is “a living being”
A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border
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November 19, 2025 at 8:37 PM
The Yukon River is “a living being.” A movement in Canada for the Yukon River to be granted legal personhood is reaching across the U.S. border, Alyssa Choiniere reports. Indigenous peoples view the river as a relative & as a lifeline, while governments regard waterbodies as a resource to extract.
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Issue 73 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was designed by our friends at Wide Angle Youth Media.
November 19, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Issue 73 of Baltimore Beat is live! Our cover was designed by our friends at Wide Angle Youth Media.
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🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
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Progressive philanthropy needs to commit to funding journalism
Marginalized voices are facing new pressures amid industry cutbacks and increasing attacks from the Trump administration
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
🧵 The elimination of Teen Vogue’s entire political desk and layoffs of their Black, brown, trans, and queer workers is part of a devastating mainstream media landscape.
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
prismreports.org/2025/11/19/p...
Scores of NYC volunteers prepare for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports. Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement operation after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race.
Volunteers prep for potential military deployment in New York City
Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race
prismreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Scores of NYC volunteers prepare for potential military deployment to their communities, @mauriziogro.bsky.social reports. Organizers report signs of an impending immigration enforcement operation after Trump threatened action against New York City if Zohran Mamdani won the mayoral race.