Tischgirl
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#books: Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America www.democracynow.org/2026/1/23/ho...
“Kings and Pawns”: Howard Bryant on What Jackie Robinson & Paul Robeson Reveal About America
Today marks the 50th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s death on January 23, 1976. The actor, singer, athlete and scholar was once famous around the world, but he was attacked, blacklisted and hounded by t...
www.democracynow.org
January 25, 2026 at 11:00 PM
#books: Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America www.democracynow.org/2026/1/23/ho...
Follow the money: when they ban physical #books, they can charge for tablets and e-book rentals. They even charge for public domain books.
#Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals. bookriot.com/arkansas-pri...
#Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals. bookriot.com/arkansas-pri...
Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals
Starting February 1, Arkansas prisons will ban individuals from receiving books, magazines, and newspapers in the mail.
bookriot.com
January 25, 2026 at 10:50 PM
Follow the money: when they ban physical #books, they can charge for tablets and e-book rentals. They even charge for public domain books.
#Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals. bookriot.com/arkansas-pri...
#Arkansas Puts Complete Ban on Incoming Books, Magazines, Other Materials for Incarcerated Individuals. bookriot.com/arkansas-pri...
The Great #Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
The Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country
Even cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains.
www.theatlantic.com
January 25, 2026 at 4:02 PM
The Great #Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the Country www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
You should be skeptical when you hear panicked claims about social media's effects on #teens: open.substack.com/pub/taylorlo...
The New Satanic Panic Is Here
+ Admin nights, Steal A Brainrot, GAP's AI orb, IG for fishing, influencer peptides, a16z's pro-AI creator class, and one man's journey from foreign correspondent to Uber driver in Trump’s America
open.substack.com
January 24, 2026 at 12:51 AM
You should be skeptical when you hear panicked claims about social media's effects on #teens: open.substack.com/pub/taylorlo...
How the Trump administration is targeting the press. open.substack.com/pub/chills/p...
The Canary Is Dead in the Coal Mine
This is red-alert time for freedom of the press.
open.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 9:24 PM
How the Trump administration is targeting the press. open.substack.com/pub/chills/p...
Women continue to die after being denied an #abortion link.propublica.net/view/5f0a090...
In North Carolina, a state that had legislated its commitment to life, Ciji Graham spent her final days struggling to find anyone to save hers.
link.propublica.net
January 14, 2026 at 12:39 PM
Women continue to die after being denied an #abortion link.propublica.net/view/5f0a090...
Two of my #cats died from FIP (feline coronavirus). They could have been saved with this drug, but it’s not available in the US: revealnews.org/podcast/cat-...
January 10, 2026 at 2:04 PM
Two of my #cats died from FIP (feline coronavirus). They could have been saved with this drug, but it’s not available in the US: revealnews.org/podcast/cat-...
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The no-angeling is already in full swing.
January 8, 2026 at 4:19 PM
The no-angeling is already in full swing.
#Books: How people in the US read in 2025: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-ameri...
Most Americans didn't read many books in 2025
Welcome to YouGov's weekly newsletter The Surveyor, with new polling data, insights, and charts on politics, life, and other topical issues — from our U.S. News team.
yougovamerica.substack.com
January 3, 2026 at 1:40 PM
#Books: How people in the US read in 2025: yougovamerica.substack.com/p/most-ameri...
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Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
December 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Agents in Key Largo, Florida ripped this woman wearing medical scrubs out of her car as she screamed she is a US citizen. Agents cuffed her and put her in one of their cars.
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
She was eventually let go, per David Goodhue of the Miami Herald, who also took this footage:
#ReproductiveFreedom Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Due to Homicide, Suicide, and Drug Overdose jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Due to Homicide, Suicide, and Drug Overdose
This cross-sectional study examines pregnancy-associated homicide, suicide, drug overdose, and death by firearms from 2018 to 2022 throughout the US.
jamanetwork.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:37 PM
#ReproductiveFreedom Pregnancy-Associated Mortality Due to Homicide, Suicide, and Drug Overdose jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation - by Hannah B. Waldfogel - Behavioral Scientist
For reasons I can’t fully explain, people’s failure to return their carts bothers me more than it probably should. But then I realized I can do something about it.
behavioralscientist.org
December 2, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Why Don’t People Return Their Shopping Carts? A (Somewhat) Scientific Investigation behavioralscientist.org/why-dont-peo...
While #food prices soar and #SNAP benefits are cut, there is ever more food wasted by companies. City Harvest NYC rescues this food and gets it to needy families: sentientmedia.org/new-york-cit...
How New York City’s Largest Food Rescue Organization Stepped Up During the SNAP Crisis
City Harvest’s food rescue efforts are a win for both climate and food insecurity.
sentientmedia.org
November 26, 2025 at 4:47 PM
While #food prices soar and #SNAP benefits are cut, there is ever more food wasted by companies. City Harvest NYC rescues this food and gets it to needy families: sentientmedia.org/new-york-cit...
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Human Rights Watch's ICE Flight Monitor documented 10,672 total flights during the Trump admin. October alone saw a record 1,014 domestic shuffle flights—the highest on record—plus 199 deportation flights, which is above historic levels.
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Trump Administration Conducts 10,067 Immigration Enforcement Flights in Less Than 10 Months
Human Rights First finds ICE conducted record deportation and shuffle flights in ten months, chaotically transferring people between detention centers and deporting them to more countries.
austinkocher.substack.com
November 23, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Human Rights Watch's ICE Flight Monitor documented 10,672 total flights during the Trump admin. October alone saw a record 1,014 domestic shuffle flights—the highest on record—plus 199 deportation flights, which is above historic levels.
austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
austinkocher.substack.com/p/trump-admi...
#NY An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again. The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct. nysfocus.com/2025/11/17/n...
An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again.
The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined…
nysfocus.com
November 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#NY An Officer Bungled a Teen Rape Case. The Victim Was Abused Again. The investigator, who did not believe the teen, faced little punishment, illustrating the different ways that officers in New York State are disciplined for misconduct. nysfocus.com/2025/11/17/n...
Stories of women who died because they weren't able to access #abortion: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
“Ticking Time Bomb”: A Pregnant Mother Kept Getting Sicker. She Died After She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas.
Walker is one of several women ProPublica found with underlying health conditions who died when they couldn’t access abortions.
www.propublica.org
November 19, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Stories of women who died because they weren't able to access #abortion: www.propublica.org/article/texa...
#history There's something about this nation, and about the way Ken Burns sees it, that makes me want to weep. He makes me fall in love with it all over again. This weekend, I recommend The American Revolution #documentary on PBS: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
The American Revolution | Premieres Nov. 16 | PBS
The American Revolution, a landmark documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt, premieres Nov. 16, 2025.
www.pbs.org
November 14, 2025 at 11:17 PM
#history There's something about this nation, and about the way Ken Burns sees it, that makes me want to weep. He makes me fall in love with it all over again. This weekend, I recommend The American Revolution #documentary on PBS: www.pbs.org/kenburns/the...
New #podcast alert. Check out animal activist @flatbushcats podcast Underfoot, about the systemic issues affecting strays #cats #pets podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
Underfoot
Education Podcast · Updated Weekly · Underfoot is a new podcast about the hidden cat crisis in NYC and what we can do to solve it. In this podcast, we go beyond rescue stories to reveal the systems th...
podcasts.apple.com
November 9, 2025 at 11:59 PM
New #podcast alert. Check out animal activist @flatbushcats podcast Underfoot, about the systemic issues affecting strays #cats #pets podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/u...
While our government remains #shutdown - and republicans claim they want to eliminate waste - Trump's buddies in #Argentina may get $20 to $40 million from US taxpayers popular.info/p/update-tax...
UPDATE: Taxpayer bailout of Argentina may grow to $40 billion
The bailout, which Trump admitted is of little benefit to Americans, keeps getting bigger.
popular.info
October 22, 2025 at 11:52 AM
While our government remains #shutdown - and republicans claim they want to eliminate waste - Trump's buddies in #Argentina may get $20 to $40 million from US taxpayers popular.info/p/update-tax...
influencers who are not disclosing that they are right-wing hacks are dissuading women from using hormonal #birthcontrol. www.khou.com/video/news/h...
Doctors warn against trend of influencers urging women to ditch hormonal birth control
KHOU 11's Ilona Carson spoke with an OBGYN about influencers urging women to ditch hormonal birth control in favor of "natural" methods.
www.khou.com
October 11, 2025 at 5:11 PM
influencers who are not disclosing that they are right-wing hacks are dissuading women from using hormonal #birthcontrol. www.khou.com/video/news/h...
More information on the cops who used 83k cameras to track an #abortion patient on her abuser's tip, and how the cops tried to cover their tracks. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-abor...
Cops Used 83K Cameras to Track an Abortion Patient—on Her Abuser’s Tip
Turns out the cop was also an abuser
jessica.substack.com
October 8, 2025 at 12:06 AM
More information on the cops who used 83k cameras to track an #abortion patient on her abuser's tip, and how the cops tried to cover their tracks. jessica.substack.com/p/texas-abor...
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your #HealthInsurance to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. www.propublica.org/article/heal...
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your Insurer to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It.
When a health insurer refuses to pay for your treatment, you may have the right to have the denial reviewed — and potentially overturned — by an independent provider. Here are six steps experts sugges...
www.propublica.org
October 8, 2025 at 12:04 AM
This Little-Known Appeal Could Force Your #HealthInsurance to Pay for Lifesaving Care. Here’s How to File It. www.propublica.org/article/heal...
#Environment The political killings you don’t hear about:
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable. heated.world/p/the-politi...
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable. heated.world/p/the-politi...
The political killings you don’t hear about
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable.
heated.world
September 30, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#Environment The political killings you don’t hear about:
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable. heated.world/p/the-politi...
Across the globe, standing up for the planet can be a death sentence—and the perpetrators are almost never held accountable. heated.world/p/the-politi...