Rahawa Haile
@rahawahaile.bsky.social
Eritrean American writer from Miami. Books, housing, immigration, climate. Probably thinking about sound. @coyotemedia.org co-founder.
📚 In Open Country forthcoming
Oakland, CA | she/her
www.rahawahaile.com
📚 In Open Country forthcoming
Oakland, CA | she/her
www.rahawahaile.com
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Really proud of my colleagues for launching this new series at @coyotemedia.org -- First Aid Kit, a set of pieces that help you be safer, healthier, and more helpful in your community.
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Really proud of my colleagues for launching this new series at @coyotemedia.org -- First Aid Kit, a set of pieces that help you be safer, healthier, and more helpful in your community.
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
How to respond to an overdose by @nuala.bsky.social
👆🏾This is exactly what happened. People also started using BIPOC as a replacement for the word Black, as though it were some magical, Super Inclusive💫 term and not one about distinct realities. Its original (and useful!) intent was completely lost, and it became widely derided as a tool of erasure.
November 25, 2025 at 4:29 PM
👆🏾This is exactly what happened. People also started using BIPOC as a replacement for the word Black, as though it were some magical, Super Inclusive💫 term and not one about distinct realities. Its original (and useful!) intent was completely lost, and it became widely derided as a tool of erasure.
Getting to read @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social’s rap criticism for COYOTE is always such a joy, man. I just know I’m in for hit after hit.
“[The album] is as much a spiritual hymn as it is a hyphy resistance… especially when Bank$ veers into anger. ‘Oakland Unified’ facetiously points to the loss of Black residents who’ve been pushed to the geographical and cultural fringes (‘Oakland n***** don’t die, they move to Sacramento County’).”
Oakland Rapper Philip Bank$ Is All Gas, No Fakes
The late-blooming lyricist opens up about his debut solo album, ‘East Bay Times.’
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November 21, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Getting to read @pochoboymeetsworld.bsky.social’s rap criticism for COYOTE is always such a joy, man. I just know I’m in for hit after hit.
“[The album] is as much a spiritual hymn as it is a hyphy resistance… especially when Bank$ veers into anger. ‘Oakland Unified’ facetiously points to the loss of Black residents who’ve been pushed to the geographical and cultural fringes (‘Oakland n***** don’t die, they move to Sacramento County’).”
Oakland Rapper Philip Bank$ Is All Gas, No Fakes
The late-blooming lyricist opens up about his debut solo album, ‘East Bay Times.’
www.coyotemedia.org
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
“[The album] is as much a spiritual hymn as it is a hyphy resistance… especially when Bank$ veers into anger. ‘Oakland Unified’ facetiously points to the loss of Black residents who’ve been pushed to the geographical and cultural fringes (‘Oakland n***** don’t die, they move to Sacramento County’).”
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Oakland People's Arms Embargo is stepping up the campaign to get Port Commission to ban weapons parts shipments that transit through the Oak airport to Israel for use in its genocidal war against Palestinians. Rally today at 3 ahead of 4pm public comment at Port.
November 20, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Oakland People's Arms Embargo is stepping up the campaign to get Port Commission to ban weapons parts shipments that transit through the Oak airport to Israel for use in its genocidal war against Palestinians. Rally today at 3 ahead of 4pm public comment at Port.
COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
Anyone can reverse an overdose, and we should all know how. Naloxone is a social intervention; while our public health systems are woefully inadequate, and the war on drugs continues unchecked, we can empower ourselves and one another to step up.
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
✍️: @nuala.bsky.social
📸: @estefancy.bsky.social
COYOTE First Aid Kit: How to Compassionately Respond to an Overdose
Naloxone, rescue breathing, and 911: Learn the do's, don'ts, and best practices for reversing an overdose.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 19, 2025 at 5:41 PM
COYOTE’s service journalism will always be free to read, including today’s guide to helping someone who might be overdosing.
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Please send submissions to [email protected]. Written submissions should be under 250 words, while voice memos can be 1–2 minutes long. If you want to share a photo of yourself with Alice, or a memory in another form, please do. We may edit lightly for clarity as needed. Thank you! (3/3)
November 18, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Please send submissions to [email protected]. Written submissions should be under 250 words, while voice memos can be 1–2 minutes long. If you want to share a photo of yourself with Alice, or a memory in another form, please do. We may edit lightly for clarity as needed. Thank you! (3/3)
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We are especially interested in hearing from disabled individuals of color, and disabled individuals in general, and will prioritize their responses. Please let us know of any communication needs you may have, or anything else we can do to help you share your memories of Alice. (2/3)
November 18, 2025 at 8:47 PM
We are especially interested in hearing from disabled individuals of color, and disabled individuals in general, and will prioritize their responses. Please let us know of any communication needs you may have, or anything else we can do to help you share your memories of Alice. (2/3)
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Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Given the passing of disability activist and light-in-the-world Alice Wong, we at COYOTE invite people to share what she and her work meant to them. Whether you knew Alice personally, organized with her, or were simply a fan of her writing, we'd love to hear from you. (1/3)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
(📷: Jen White-Johnson)
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Proud to share that @coyotemedia.org is launching First Aid Kit, our ✨paywall-free✨ series that helps you navigate the many challenges of living in the Bay Area and beyond.
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
Mainstream media loves doom, despair, and a sensational headline. But hopelessness is their tool, not ours. Meet COYOTE's First Aid Kit, our service journalism series where we'll pursue intersectional, evidence-based, and sometimes light-hearted solutions to the challenges of living in the Bay Area.
Introducing COYOTE's First Aid Kit
A how-to guide to surviving in the Bay Area.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 17, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Proud to share that @coyotemedia.org is launching First Aid Kit, our ✨paywall-free✨ series that helps you navigate the many challenges of living in the Bay Area and beyond.
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
These stories are a part of our pledge to share critical information during this time of upheaval. ❤️🩹
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Alice Wong was a luminary, and her light will shine on for many years to come. this is a beautiful tribute from @thesicktimes.org co-founder @mileswgriffis.bsky.social
November 16, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Alice Wong was a luminary, and her light will shine on for many years to come. this is a beautiful tribute from @thesicktimes.org co-founder @mileswgriffis.bsky.social
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"We have childcare until 9:30pm so we bundle up, and trundle our middle-aged asses off to Coast Guard Island. Date night in 2025 isn’t as relaxing as it used to be."
Date Night at Coast Guard Island
Date Night, Coast Guard Island, Before 9:30
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November 13, 2025 at 5:33 PM
"We have childcare until 9:30pm so we bundle up, and trundle our middle-aged asses off to Coast Guard Island. Date night in 2025 isn’t as relaxing as it used to be."
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Is it perimenopause, parenthood, the pandemic, or the collapse of the American empire? In this conversation,
@emmaruthless.bsky.social and @nuala.bsky.social unpack post-40 hormones, the failure of Western medicine to serve people with uteruses, and what's keeping them up at night.
@emmaruthless.bsky.social and @nuala.bsky.social unpack post-40 hormones, the failure of Western medicine to serve people with uteruses, and what's keeping them up at night.
Perimenopause, Fascism, and Other Reasons We’re Not Sleeping
Emma and Nuala try to figure out if they’re perimenopausal, wonder if it’s anxiety or the end of the American empire, and designate Tori Amos as their menopause cult leader.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Is it perimenopause, parenthood, the pandemic, or the collapse of the American empire? In this conversation,
@emmaruthless.bsky.social and @nuala.bsky.social unpack post-40 hormones, the failure of Western medicine to serve people with uteruses, and what's keeping them up at night.
@emmaruthless.bsky.social and @nuala.bsky.social unpack post-40 hormones, the failure of Western medicine to serve people with uteruses, and what's keeping them up at night.
"I look at that list [of symptoms] and this is everything that is happening to me. And also I'm 41 years old, and everyone says this is not when it happens."
Today @coyotemedia.org, Nuala and Emma talk about anxiety, perimenopause, and Tori Amos.
Today @coyotemedia.org, Nuala and Emma talk about anxiety, perimenopause, and Tori Amos.
Perimenopause, Fascism, and Other Reasons We’re Not Sleeping
Emma and Nuala try to figure out if they’re perimenopausal, wonder if it’s anxiety or the end of the American empire, and designate Tori Amos as their menopause cult leader.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 14, 2025 at 6:03 PM
"I look at that list [of symptoms] and this is everything that is happening to me. And also I'm 41 years old, and everyone says this is not when it happens."
Today @coyotemedia.org, Nuala and Emma talk about anxiety, perimenopause, and Tori Amos.
Today @coyotemedia.org, Nuala and Emma talk about anxiety, perimenopause, and Tori Amos.
That sound you hear is two state fairs flicking out their switchblades.
November 6, 2025 at 5:23 PM
That sound you hear is two state fairs flicking out their switchblades.
Hard to overstate the extent to which executives across the arts actually hate the arts (and artists).
"'It's time to use it or get left behind,' he said."
Okay, leave me the fuck behind.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
Okay, leave me the fuck behind.
www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...
When It Comes to AI, Adapt or Else, Says Keith Riegert
Keith Riegert, president of the Stable Book Group, offered a master class on AI tools during the recent Sharjah Publishers Conference. He described AI as both transformative and unsettling. It's time ...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Hard to overstate the extent to which executives across the arts actually hate the arts (and artists).
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Third consecutive OPD report listing zero homicides. Oakland is on track to have of its lowest homicide totals in a decades, with one of the lowest numbers of police in decades also. The how/why should be the number one focus of Public Safety Committee discussions and isn't.
November 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Third consecutive OPD report listing zero homicides. Oakland is on track to have of its lowest homicide totals in a decades, with one of the lowest numbers of police in decades also. The how/why should be the number one focus of Public Safety Committee discussions and isn't.
Reposting with alt text because yeah, I remember the discourse around what Black voters would and wouldn’t go for
November 5, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Reposting with alt text because yeah, I remember the discourse around what Black voters would and wouldn’t go for
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This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
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Mississippi Democrats Break Republican Senate Supermajority, Flipping 3 Legislative Seats
After 13 years, Mississippi Democrats broke the Republican Party's supermajority in the Mississippi Senate, flipping 3 legislative seats.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
This is as big a deal as Mamdani actually? In forever fascist ass MS...???
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From all of us at @coyotemedia.org, thank you NYC for making every centrist Californian politician reading the news last night shit their pants.
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028
The Bushwick bisexuals have it! We can ask for so much more, and at COYOTE we plan to.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:33 PM
From all of us at @coyotemedia.org, thank you NYC for making every centrist Californian politician reading the news last night shit their pants.
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Aside from being stoked for all my NYC pals, I'm also happy that Mamdani offers another vision of the future. One that doesn't include Gavin fucking Newsom.
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
Zohran Mamdani’s Win Is Proof We Don’t Have to Settle for Newsom 2028
The Bushwick bisexuals have it! We can ask for so much more, and at COYOTE we plan to.
www.coyotemedia.org
November 5, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Aside from being stoked for all my NYC pals, I'm also happy that Mamdani offers another vision of the future. One that doesn't include Gavin fucking Newsom.
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
Also please enjoy my photoshopping of an Aretha hat on our coyote (which was @rahawahaile.bsky.social's idea).
I need someone to bring Aretha’s hat out of retirement IMMEDIATELY
MAYOR ZOHRAN KWAME MAMDANI!!!!!!!!!!!
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
I need someone to bring Aretha’s hat out of retirement IMMEDIATELY
You were the first person I thought of when I saw the results!
November 5, 2025 at 1:13 AM
You were the first person I thought of when I saw the results!
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
thank you for all the support; the statement from our union is now live here with some more reporting.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
now that this is public I can confirm that the majority of today’s layoffs were women of color. there are no longer any Black women working at Teen Vogue.
November 4, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Ask any of your favorite Black women writers from a decade ago why their bylines stopped appearing, and you’ll likely hear the same response: There is no place for us in media. In TV. In publishing or academia. For the majority of us, there’s no place but gone.
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This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover
I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.
November 3, 2025 at 8:03 PM
This is, pardon my language, FUCKING BULLSHIT! @leximcmenamin.com is a top tier journalist who had a great interview with Mamdani THIS WEEKEND!!! The kind the NYT could never do. It’s bullshit of Anna Wintour to destroy the TV politics desk on the eve of a mayoralty they were born to cover