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Here’s a map of locations where you can pick up a copy of our Cook County judicial election guide. New locations are being added through the end of this week! www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/v...

04.03.2026 21:31 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 3

The most valuable outlets in the world going forward are going to be the ones that try to help people understand the world we’re all living in.

04.03.2026 03:51 πŸ‘ 98 πŸ” 18 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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When certain books hit at the right time Feeling some feelings outside toddler ballet

"This is why we try."

03.03.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I love @oldstermag.bsky.social and I love @saribotton.bsky.social.

03.03.2026 18:29 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In a conversation between June Jordan and Angela Y. Davis, published in 1990, Jordan said she was concerned about how much despair there is cuz people often take it out on themselves.

She said she wanted a return to rage, where it’s taken out on the system.

28.02.2026 17:28 πŸ‘ 324 πŸ” 88 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
Congress Call List - Contact Your Representatives Complete contact information for all members of Congress. Find phone numbers, emails, and addresses for Senators and Representatives.

I know this feels pointless but everyone has to call their congressional reps and say they oppose war with Iran and they oppose Trump illegally starting one without congressional approval β€” both

congresscalllist.com

28.02.2026 13:11 πŸ‘ 344 πŸ” 238 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 24

❀️

26.02.2026 19:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Nothing Compares to You An intimate and evocative celebration of the life and legacy of music and political icon SinΓ©ad O’Connor, featuring writers including Neko Case, Si...

Anything by Hanif Abdurraqib and this excellent anthology about Sinead O'Connor:

24.02.2026 02:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The house passed the SAVE Act last night. If you need to know more about why that’s bad and why we need to stop it in the senate, let me explain it to you (in comic form)!

aubreyhirsch.substack.com/p/the-save-act

12.02.2026 12:14 πŸ‘ 103 πŸ” 66 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7
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We can write about it.
offassignment.com/writing-rage

10.02.2026 18:06 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

1/ ProPublica collected handwritten letters in mid-January from children held at the Dilley Immigration Processing Center, the same facility where 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was taken.

Hundreds of kids are still detained.

We’ll let the children’s words speak for themselves. 🧡

09.02.2026 12:25 πŸ‘ 11574 πŸ” 7425 πŸ’¬ 197 πŸ“Œ 828
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Pop star Bad Bunny needed a Puerto Rican history scholar. UW–Madison had just the one. Bad Bunny collaborated with UW–Madison history professor Jorell MelΓ©ndez-Badillo on Puerto Rican narratives that accompany the new album β€œDeBÍ TiRAR MΓ‘S FOToS.”
09.02.2026 14:57 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"God Bless America:" then he lists most of the countries in the hemisphere starting with Chile I think? this rules

09.02.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 4773 πŸ” 514 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 36

The majority of organizing happening in Minnesota isn’t just peaceful, it’s INVISIBLE. Moms showing up who won’t be interviewed on TV, people whose ICE patrols don’t turn into viral video. The grocery runs, the donations, the people filming bc they happen to be there. Please remember this.

25.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 17459 πŸ” 4325 πŸ’¬ 143 πŸ“Œ 119

Alex Pretti’s last words were β€œare you ok?” said the woman next to him who ICE also pepper sprayed in the face.

24.01.2026 19:51 πŸ‘ 17009 πŸ” 5531 πŸ’¬ 128 πŸ“Œ 172
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Minnesota is the best of us.

23.01.2026 22:52 πŸ‘ 42552 πŸ” 9694 πŸ’¬ 656 πŸ“Œ 719

β€œOur children are traumatized... After our fourth student was taken yesterday, I just thought someone has to hear the story. They’re taking children.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

22.01.2026 16:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Here’s Wunmi Mosaku (who im over the moon got nominated for supporting actress for Sinners) talking about how playing Annie and this film changed her

22.01.2026 15:36 πŸ‘ 177 πŸ” 52 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 10

JEREMY

22.01.2026 16:17 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

When you focus on the regular people showing up magnificently in all of their flawed beauty, it helps you to keep going.

16.01.2026 11:34 πŸ‘ 1590 πŸ” 398 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 0
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Oh my gosh you guys! The House just passed my bill to extend the health care tax credits for three more years!

08.01.2026 22:39 πŸ‘ 45495 πŸ” 7039 πŸ’¬ 1840 πŸ“Œ 772

β€œ& so to tenderness, I add my action.”—Aracelis Girmay

08.01.2026 11:48 πŸ‘ 53 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

Demonstrators at the January 7, 2026, evening vigil for Renee Nicole Good. A tall flag reads "Fuck ICE."

Minneapolis.

08.01.2026 00:43 πŸ‘ 22654 πŸ” 5425 πŸ’¬ 20 πŸ“Œ 116
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In Chicago's Winnemac Park tonight, a growing crowd of around a hundred neighbors have gathered for an emergency vigil for Renee Nicole Good, a 37 yr old mom shot and killed by DHS in Minneapolis today.

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that, too.

06.01.2026 22:03 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent Book β€” Non-fiction. By Eduardo Galeano. 1997. 360 pages. Gripping history of the land and people of Latin America.

In light of illegal actions by the U.S. gov't in Venezuela, we highlight a few teaching resources, starting with the classic "people's history" of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano, "Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent." 🧡
www.zinnedproject.org/materials/op...

04.01.2026 20:10 πŸ‘ 92 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 7

We're celebrating @volumesbooks.bsky.social in their final weeks as a beloved home for readers and writers in our city. Come join us, Chicago.

03.01.2026 03:03 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

May we all move with fierce love and solidarity in 2026. It's been a brutal year, but I am entering 2026 with more hope than I had at the end of 2024, because the people of my city gave me that hope. I love you, Chicago.

01.01.2026 00:25 πŸ‘ 868 πŸ” 139 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1
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A Battle with My Blood When I was diagnosed with leukemia, my first thought was that this couldn’t be happening to me, to my family.

Tatiana Schlossberg has passed away at 35. Please read this beautiful essay she published last month. It's one of the best things I've read in a long time.

www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

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