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I care/think about healthcare, films, music and abolition alot.
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This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
Trump Officials Celebrated With Cake After Slashing Aid. Then People Died of Cholera.
Behind closed doors in Washington, top advisers made a series of decisions that had devastating repercussions for the poorest country on earth. We went to South Sudan and found people who died as a re...
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December 15, 2025 at 9:19 PM
This summer, Brett Murphy, @peterdicampo.bsky.social and I went to South Sudan, where the U.S. had been supporting the response to a historic cholera outbreak in the world’s poorest country before pulling the plug.
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
We found shuttered clinics and dead bodies. www.propublica.org/article/usai...
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Some of the same churches that are part of the Undocumented Underground in New York played key roles in the fight against slavery.
They are springing back into action to defend migrants.
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They are springing back into action to defend migrants.
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Inside the Secret Network Offering Sanctuary to Immigrants Amid Trump’s ICE Onslaught
They call them the “forgotten migrants.” Of the approximately 11 million undocumented...
talkingpointsmemo.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Some of the same churches that are part of the Undocumented Underground in New York played key roles in the fight against slavery.
They are springing back into action to defend migrants.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...
They are springing back into action to defend migrants.
talkingpointsmemo.com/feature/insi...
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Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so. These often dangerous facilities operate virtually free of any state oversight.
Why No One Knows How Many People Die in Mississippi’s Jails
Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so.
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November 19, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Mississippi has long failed to count and report all deaths in local jails that serve the state’s 82 counties, despite a federal requirement to do so. These often dangerous facilities operate virtually free of any state oversight.
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“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
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There are so many people who've had a hand in this historic moment, but one person I'm so grateful for is @lindseyboylan.bsky.social. Your courage and your conviction opened a door for so many people and so many futures, and this is one amazing reality you had such a vital role in making possible.
November 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
There are so many people who've had a hand in this historic moment, but one person I'm so grateful for is @lindseyboylan.bsky.social. Your courage and your conviction opened a door for so many people and so many futures, and this is one amazing reality you had such a vital role in making possible.
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You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.
October 11, 2025 at 9:27 PM
You can, in fact, just do stuff. No permission needed. Have an idea? Execute it.
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New York state helped hundreds of asylum-seeker families leave crowded New York City shelters to find housing and jobs upstate. Now, some of them have been swept up in Trump’s immigration dragnet.
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New York Spent Millions to Resettle Them. Trump Is Deporting Them.
The Migrant Relocation Assistance Program helped families leave crowded shelters and put down roots. Trump’s immigration crackdown is upending that.
nysfocus.com
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 PM
New York state helped hundreds of asylum-seeker families leave crowded New York City shelters to find housing and jobs upstate. Now, some of them have been swept up in Trump’s immigration dragnet.
nysfocus.com/2025/09/29/m...
nysfocus.com/2025/09/29/m...
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As tanks closed in and relentless airstrikes occurred within a kilometre of our clinics, it was impossible to continue our vital work.
Thousands of people still remain in Gaza city, now stripped of critical medical support.
Read more here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Thousands of people still remain in Gaza city, now stripped of critical medical support.
Read more here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Palestine: MSF forced to suspend activities amid intensified Israeli offensive in Gaza City | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
MSF halts operations in Gaza City as Israeli offensive intensifies, hospitals overflow and civilians face dire shortages of care, shelter and essentials.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
September 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
As tanks closed in and relentless airstrikes occurred within a kilometre of our clinics, it was impossible to continue our vital work.
Thousands of people still remain in Gaza city, now stripped of critical medical support.
Read more here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
Thousands of people still remain in Gaza city, now stripped of critical medical support.
Read more here: www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/palestine-ms...
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"Caught in this culling were projects to curb stillbirths, child suicides and infant brain damage."
-->the damage is unfathomable. Such important work by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @asiafields.bsky.social @ashleyclarkejourno.bsky.social @zisiga.bsky.social and photographer Bethany Mollenkof
-->the damage is unfathomable. Such important work by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @asiafields.bsky.social @ashleyclarkejourno.bsky.social @zisiga.bsky.social and photographer Bethany Mollenkof
NEW: The Trump administration said their research did not "enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness."
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Thousands of scientists disagreed.
We heard from +150 researchers impacted by the NIH grant terminations on what is being lost in the cuts. 🧵👇
projects.propublica.org/nih-cuts-res...
Shattered Science: The Research Lost as Trump Targets NIH Funding
The Trump administration cut research funding that sought cures for future pandemics, examined the causes of dementia and tried to prevent HIV transmission. More than 150 researchers shared with ProPu...
projects.propublica.org
June 12, 2025 at 2:45 PM
"Caught in this culling were projects to curb stillbirths, child suicides and infant brain damage."
-->the damage is unfathomable. Such important work by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @asiafields.bsky.social @ashleyclarkejourno.bsky.social @zisiga.bsky.social and photographer Bethany Mollenkof
-->the damage is unfathomable. Such important work by @anniewaldman.bsky.social @asiafields.bsky.social @ashleyclarkejourno.bsky.social @zisiga.bsky.social and photographer Bethany Mollenkof
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For the June issue of TNR: I went long on the problems with the recent wave of abortion rights ballot initiatives, focusing on Missouri, which “won” back their rights in November, but for most Missourians, abortions are still nearly impossible to get.
Missouri’s Struggle to Restore Abortion Access
The state’s voters defeated an abortion ban. So why can’t more people get one?
newrepublic.com
May 21, 2025 at 2:55 PM
For the June issue of TNR: I went long on the problems with the recent wave of abortion rights ballot initiatives, focusing on Missouri, which “won” back their rights in November, but for most Missourians, abortions are still nearly impossible to get.
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HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
The Trump Administration’s War on Children
The administration is quietly putting America’s children at risk by cutting funds and manpower for investigating child abuse, enforcing child support payments, providing child care and much more.
www.propublica.org
April 28, 2025 at 3:00 AM
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. dismissed all of the staff that had distributed $1.7B annually in Social Services Block Grant funds, which many states had depended on for their child welfare, foster care and adoption systems.
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Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention—
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
April 5, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mahmoud Khalil's new op-ed from detention—
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
"Faced with a movement for divestment they couldn't crush, your trustees opted to set fire to the institution they're entrusted with…History will redeem us, while those who were content to wait on the sidelines will be forever remembered for their silence."
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“There isn’t a single person in this entire country whose life isn’t impacted by the essential functions of HHS, and soon we’ll see what happens when those functions are destroyed.”
Tracking the HHS April Fools’ Massacre
The Handbasket has created a document to capture the destruction.
www.thehandbasket.co
April 3, 2025 at 1:58 AM
“There isn’t a single person in this entire country whose life isn’t impacted by the essential functions of HHS, and soon we’ll see what happens when those functions are destroyed.”
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“That was the normal briefing…If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’”
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other.
NEW: GlobalX flight attendants were told they would fly rock bands, sports teams and sun-seekers.
Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.
“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
Then the company started expanding into deportation flights.
“They didn’t tell us these people were going to be shackled, wrists to fucking ankles.”
Inside ICE Air: Flight Attendants on Deportation Planes Say Disaster Is “Only a Matter of Time”
Current and former flight attendants for GlobalX, the private charter airline at the center of Trump’s immigration crackdown, expressed concern about their inability to treat passengers humanely and…
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April 1, 2025 at 3:22 PM
“That was the normal briefing…If a fire occurs in the cabin, if we land on water, don’t check on the immigrants. Just make sure that you and the guards and the people that work for the government get off.’”
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other.
“It was as if the detainees’ lives were worthless,” said the other.
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A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.”
March 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
A slide about the death toll in Gaza “could be perceived as antisemitic.”
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The federal Bureau of Prisons directed staff about a month ago to require all participants in medication-assisted opioid addiction treatment programs to switch from monthly injections to daily strips. The changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.
Changes to Opioid Addiction Treatment in Federal Prisons Threaten Peoples’ Lives
Incarcerated people are reporting that the abrupt changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.
buff.ly
March 26, 2025 at 11:00 PM
The federal Bureau of Prisons directed staff about a month ago to require all participants in medication-assisted opioid addiction treatment programs to switch from monthly injections to daily strips. The changes are wreaking havoc on their health and mental well-being.
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It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
The Feminist Law Professor Who Wants to Stop Arresting People for Domestic Violence
For years, Leigh Goodmark was convinced that the way to keep women safe was through arrests and prosecutions. Now she’s pushing for the opposite.
www.newyorker.com
March 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
It took me 28 years to go from carceral feminist to abolitionist. @saaarah.bsky.social tells that story here.
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Raising Abolitionists.
A new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons. inquest.org/raising-abol...
A new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons. inquest.org/raising-abol...
Raising Abolitionists | Kim Wilson, Maya Schenwar & Bill Ayers | INQUEST
A new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons.
inquest.org
January 22, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Raising Abolitionists.
A new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons. inquest.org/raising-abol...
A new anthology invites parents into the work of building a world without prisons. inquest.org/raising-abol...
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Arguably the most essential ingredient in Finland's "miracle cure" for homelessness:
"The municipality of Helsinki owns 60,000 social housing units. It also owns 70% of land within city limits, runs its own construction company, and has a target of building 7,000 new homes a year."
"The municipality of Helsinki owns 60,000 social housing units. It also owns 70% of land within city limits, runs its own construction company, and has a target of building 7,000 new homes a year."
“Finland’s success isn’t a matter of luck or the outcome of quick fixes. It’s the result of a sustained, well-resourced national strategy, driven by a ‘Housing First’ approach, providing people experiencing homelessness with immediate permanent housing.”
oecdecoscope.blog/2021/12/13/f...
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Finland’s Zero Homeless Strategy: Lessons from a Success Story
By Laurence Boone, Boris Cournède, OECD Economics Department; and Marissa Plouin, OECD Directorate for Employment, Labour and Social Affairs Following a period when homele…
oecdecoscope.blog
January 3, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Arguably the most essential ingredient in Finland's "miracle cure" for homelessness:
"The municipality of Helsinki owns 60,000 social housing units. It also owns 70% of land within city limits, runs its own construction company, and has a target of building 7,000 new homes a year."
"The municipality of Helsinki owns 60,000 social housing units. It also owns 70% of land within city limits, runs its own construction company, and has a target of building 7,000 new homes a year."
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No words, just Sonny 🤌
December 20, 2024 at 1:05 AM
No words, just Sonny 🤌
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Fucking hell... Seriously, there's no going back from this. If it were not from Haaretz, nobody would believe it. Worse part? Nobody fucking cares.
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![A recently discharged Division 252 officer describes the arbitrary nature of this boundary: "For the division, the kill zone extends as far as a sniper can see." But the issue goes beyond geography. "We're killing civilians there who are then counted as terrorists," he says. "The IDF spokesperson's announcements about casualty numbers have turned this into a competition between units. If Division 99 kills 150 [people], the next unit aims for 200."
These accounts of indiscriminate killing and the routine classification of civilian casualties as terrorists emerged repeatedly in Haaretz's conversations with recent Gaza veterans.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:jjfethf2y735ux2mhcy46crq/bafkreiglnzxoplsvffuhw6r257kirizidrogiharovvcjthkp7krbvwh7y@jpeg)
December 19, 2024 at 7:48 AM
Fucking hell... Seriously, there's no going back from this. If it were not from Haaretz, nobody would believe it. Worse part? Nobody fucking cares.
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