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I stand with Minneapolis.
January 7, 2026 at 9:22 PM
Are the kids off from school? Are a million relatives descending on you this week? Then escape with this story of a woman who actually did ...

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The Unguilt Trip – Persimmon Tree
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December 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I love this story. It is so crafty. Cotton Mill Girl persimmontree.org/fall-2025/co...
Cotton Mill Girl – Persimmon Tree
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December 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Fall 2025 persimmontree.org -- You really should be reading this!
Persimmon Tree – An Online Magazine of the Arts by Women Over Sixty
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December 12, 2025 at 4:03 AM
How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/m...
How a Group of Students in the Pacific Islands Reshaped Global Climate Law
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September 10, 2025 at 4:50 PM
I have a question. One of the many ways Trump gets rid of or silences people he doesn’t like or who would disagree with him is to dig up dirt on them. Finding that (often erroneous) dirt takes a squad of investigators. Who are they? Who commands them? Who pays them?
August 26, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm attending No Kings's event, “NO KINGS New York City March” - sign up now to join me! www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...
NO KINGS New York City March · No Kings
**In America, we don’t put up with would-be kings.** NO KINGS is a national day of action and mass mobilization in response to increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption from Trump and his allie...
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June 13, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Here is another article about the life our dear friend Mohsen has been torn away from. Please donate to Mohsen’s defense fund on Go Fund Me. And many thanks to the good people who already have!

www.vermontpublic.org/local-news/2...
Before his ICE arrest, Mohsen Mahdawi built a broad network of friendships in Vermont's Upper Valley
Mahdawi’s friends in the Upper Valley say he’s an extrovert who connected with people at Dirt Cowboy Cafe in Hanover and Dan & Whit’s in Norwich, at bonfires at his cabin, at seders and church service...
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April 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
I am a Jew. I know what antisemitism is. It includes dismantling Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion programs. It does not include the support of free speech and peaceful demonstrations on campuses and elsewhere. It definitely does not include opposition to a genocidal war.
April 17, 2025 at 3:46 PM
@kermodeandmayo.bsky.social — Jason Isaacs makes the news again! This time wearing a very sporty Duke University tee shirt. www.nytimes.com/2025/03/26/s...
Duke University Wants No Part of ‘The White Lotus’
In a show that features an array of disturbing story lines, the actions — and wardrobe — of a character have gone “too far” for the university.
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March 29, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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Dean Chemerinsky and other #lawschool deans "speak as legal educators, responsible for training the next generation of lawyers, in condemning any government efforts to punish lawyers or their firms based on the identity of their clients or for their zealous lawful and ethical advocacy."
March 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Winter 2025 persimmontree.org

Read it. You need it. You’ll love it.
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March 5, 2025 at 3:11 PM
February 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
All the folks who exited NBC today. Seen together, hoo boy. Message received.
February 26, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I wonder how many people even know what DEI stands for?
February 3, 2025 at 3:12 PM
This a great day after all! In one of his last official acts, President Biden granted clemency to Leonard Peltier! At 80 years old, after almost 50 years in prison, Peltier can at last go home. Best wishea to Leonard. And CONGRATULATIONS to his lawyer, my former student, Moira Meltzer-Cohen.
January 20, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Exegesis of the Supreme Court’s TikTok takedown: Free speech is supremely important to the right when it’s about their freedom to lie on X. But they could care less about it when it’s speech from the other side.
January 19, 2025 at 3:26 PM
AOC is 35. Old enough to be President. There is hope for the future after all.
January 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Reposted
January 2, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Reposted
Happy New Year
January 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
A new version of Meet the Press
South Korean soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly repelled by a fire extinguisher and camera flashes.
December 4, 2024 at 3:05 AM
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South Korean soldiers attempting to enter the National Assembly repelled by a fire extinguisher and camera flashes.
December 3, 2024 at 5:35 PM
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December 2, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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November 21, 2024 at 10:27 PM