Target has allowed ICE to abduct its workers and use its property for staging. Now Minnesota organizers are building a pressure campaign against the company. "There is no neutral here," says labor organizer Veronica Mendez Moore. Vital reporting by Isabela Escalona.
“When I think about navigating the start of the year here, especially in our hometown in Minneapolis, the thing that we have kept front and center every single day is the safety of our team.” – Target CEO Michael Fiddelke
Emmanuel Damas in a patterned dress shirt and striped tie leaning against a metal railing on a sunny residential street with red brick rowhouses and flowering trees in the background.
Emmanuel Damas, 56, died in ICE custody on Monday.
Damas came to the U.S. from Haiti seeking asylum. After six months in ICE custody—the last four at CoreCivic's Florence Correctional Center—he died from complications from a tooth infection.
A tooth infection.
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I would like to have a word with the insurance genius who decided that teeth don't really count as "health care"
When I went in, I was told if I had waited any longer, the infection would've entered my jawbone 😬 I'm thinking of Emmanuel Damas, age 56, kidnapped by ICE and who ultimately died of complications from a tooth infection. How much pain he must've been in! A totally preventable death. #AbolishICE
Leading up to that emergency appointment, I was in so much pain that I took over-the-counter acetaminophen and Ibuprofen (alternating between the two) around the clock. Having reached my dental insurance maximum by mid-2025, I tried to wait until January to see the dentist, but I couldn't hold out.
Right before Christmas, I had another emergency dental appointment where I unexpectedly underwent a tooth extraction and a bone graft, adding to my existing dental debt. I chose not to update my #GoFundMe goal. Still, every donation helps. 🦷 www.gofundme.com/f/help-me-er... #MutualAid #FundMeFriday
Ever wondered who the people behind NYC’s street names are?
A new interactive map reveals the stories behind 2,500 co-named street signs honoring famous New Yorkers—and unsung heroes—across the five boroughs.
Check it out here: on.nyc.gov/4iIjQvY
Next on the Bowery Boys Podcast: We're getting lost in the West Village. First episode in this new limited series arrives Friday.
ACT UP & our allies will be marking our 39th anniversary by demanding money for HIV/AIDS and healthcare, not for ICE and warfare. Rally at the NYC AIDS Memorial (located at Greenwich Ave. and 12th St.) at 12 PM on Sat, March 21st. Get ready to be there on time, because we won’t stay there for long!
For The Observer, I’ve written about growing up under the shadow of Section 28, bi erasure, and the role of the Bishopsgate Institute’s archive informing new books on LGBT+ history that offer resistance and lessons in our own increasingly intolerant times
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I think about this Tony Benn speech much more than I used to
Passers-by on the street. A man looks into the camera; a boy plays with a car tire.
Jean Mounicq
Notting Hill Gate, 1958
A great photographer (incidentally, director of the game-changing 1971 Blaxploitation film SHAFT as well); if I were in London I would visit this expo for sure.
Bernard LaFayette, the advance man who did the risky groundwork for the voter registration campaign in Selma, Alabama, that culminated in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, has died.
Virginia proposes a law to teach facts in schools
Not that it was asked, but my grandmothers didn’t have the (comparative) luxury of being housewives and had to work for a living, too.
Paternal:
Joined in cleaning fish at the market; cleaned white peoples’ houses.
Maternal:
Nanny for a white NYC family; back home in NC, baked for a local diner.
Paternal:
Cleaned fish at a riverside market during the day and ran a juke joint with his older brother at night.
Maternal:
Inspected commercial and residential fuel storage tanks and checked meters for an oil company.
Gayle said “integrity for thee, compensation for me”
It just all feels really scripted. And the revenue loss never made sense *unless* you consider they were intentionally paying to get rid of customers they don’t want.
My hot sauce brand Hot N Saucy will proudly no longer be available there 🙂↕️. Our integrity is more important than $. You can purchase on our website www.hotnsaucy.co
How did Oakland’s favorite movie theater survive for a century? The answer includes Ryan Coogler, real butter and a theater operator who fell in love with a money pit.
The City of Oakland selected Fruitvale BART Bike Station to launch its new e-bike lending program, which allows Oakland residents 18 and up to borrow an e-bike for four weeks for $120.
Qualifying low-income residents, including those signed up for Clipper START, pay just $20.
A smiling man stands with his bicycle on a concrete pier along a grey, choppy lakefront under an overcast sky. He has dark skin, locs, and a short beard, and is wearing a black puffer jacket, a grey knit scarf, blue jeans, and tan sneakers. His bicycle is a grey bike featuring drop handlebars, disc brakes, full fenders, and a black rear cargo rack.
A closer shot of the same man leaning over his bike and smiling wide, with the lake behind him and some seagulls blurred on the pier.
“I have days in the summertime when I take the whole day and I just ride through Chicago. I'll start in Uptown or West Ridge and I'll go all the way out to Beverly. And those are some of my favorite rides.” 🧵
The kids can’t even find cheap used cars anymore. And adults be wondering why they don’t be in a rush to drive like we used to.
How a bill targeting trans literature could ban all LGBTQ+ books from American public schools (and why you should care).
Hello! I am a trans journalist looking to speak with trans kids and parents of trans kids across the US who have been impacted by the clinic closures---please get in touch or share!
According to Wikipedia: “Bailey coined the term ‘misogynoir’ while she was a graduate student at Emory University to discuss anti-Black misogyny in rap music.”
Misogynoir impacts all Black women, including our trans sistas.
(Also, I capitalize the “b” in “Black.”)
#BlackWomen #WomensHistory
I’m so thankful for the word “misogynoir,” which specifically describes “the unique combination of misogyny and anti-Black racism experienced by Black women.” The word was coined by Dr. Moya Bailey, currently a professor at Northwestern. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Misogyn... #BlackWomen #WomensHistory
