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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/10/2026
Christian nationalism's grip on American faith is finally breaking
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Christian nationalism's grip on American faith is finally breaking
I helped build the religious right. After ICE killings, I saw what could replace it.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 06/08/2026
Looks like Rev. Sarah Trone Garriott, a Lutheran minister and state senator running for Congress in Iowa as a Democrat in one of the most hotly contested races in the country, has a new ad out. The entire ad is framed around a Bible reference — namely, James 1:19: m.youtube.com/watch?v=tipE...
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Sarah Trone Garriott for Congress | Quick
YouTube video by Sarah for Iowa
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 05/06/2026
1. A quick thread on faith leaders who have had violent encounters with DHS agents and law enforcement under the Trump administration while advocating for immigrants. First, most recently: a UU minister, rabbi, and Catholic org leader hit with pepper smoke outside Delaney Hall — as well as others:
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
The national debt just crossed a once-unthinkable threshold: It now exceeds 100% of America’s GDP. But there's an important piece missing from the conversation about the debt that you should know about. Let me explain... robertreich.substack.com/p/what-no-…
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 14/02/2026
Once a leader in the Christian right, I joined clergy risking arrest to confront ICE—and the faith I helped weaponize.
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I went to Minneapolis to bear witness—and to make amends
Once a leader in the Christian right, I joined clergy risking arrest to confront ICE—and the faith I helped weaponize.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 11/02/2026
DHS must provide 'constitutionally adequate healthcare' at ICE detention center, judge rules
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DHS must provide 'constitutionally adequate healthcare' at ICE detention center, judge rules
A federal judge also required an external monitor be appointed to ensure compliance, including through review of medical records and on-site inspection and interviews with patients and staff at the California City Detention Facility in the Mojave Desert.
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 10/02/2026
A judge in Maine ordered ICE to bring 2 men back. They were released in Ohio.
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A judge in Maine ordered ICE to bring 2 men back. They were released in Ohio.
Their attorney said volunteers from immigrant support groups helped them buy bus tickets so they could travel back to New England.
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Disgusting
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 06/02/2026
We're not even a week into Black History Month, and Trump has shared a video that depicts former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama as apes. Republican Sen. Tim Scott called it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”
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Trump posts video that depicts Obamas as apes
Republican Sen. Tim Scott called it “the most racist thing I’ve seen out of this White House.”
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 30/01/2026
The Minnesota Star Tribune, @mprnews.org @minnesotareformer.com , @spokesmanrecorder.bsky.social, @sahanjournal.bsky.social, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:
The Minnesota Star Tribune, Minnesota Public Radio, the Minnesota Reformer, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder, Sahan Journal, Center for Broadcast Journalism and Minnesota Newspaper Association today released the following statement:

“We strongly condemn the arrest of journalists Georgia Fort and Don Lemon, as well as any attempt to intimidate members of the press. The First Amendment recognizes the press as holding a distinct and protected role in our democracy. In America, we do not arrest journalists for doing their jobs. The Minnesota journalism community stands united in defense of press freedom and the essential role reporting plays in holding power to account.”
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 24/01/2026
NEW: I was one of 3 reporters granted access to the convening of 600+ clergy in Minneapolis this week. It was a striking show of solidarity with MN clergy resisting ICE, but heralded something else: the emergence of a vast, faith-based network trained to resist ICE. religionnews.com/2026/01/23/i...
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Inside the effort to organize clergy nationwide to resist ICE
(RNS)— Hundreds of clergy from around the country gathered in Minneapolis to learn from Minnesota faith leaders how to protest against ICE enforcement. Then they took to the streets and helped block t...
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Portland Press Herald @pressherald.com · 23/01/2026
ICE detainees removed from Cumberland County Jail after sheriff’s criticism * This story has been made free to access as a public service to our Maine communities.
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ICE detainees removed from Cumberland County Jail after sheriff’s criticism
Despite several court orders that certain inmates remain in Maine, ICE said in filings it plans to move detainees to its Boston facilities.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 20/01/2026
An off-duty Brooklyn Park police officer was stopped by federal agents who demanded proof of her citizenship, the city’s police chief, Mark Bruley, said Tuesday. Video: Allison Kite/The Minnesota Star Tribune
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 16/01/2026
Federal agents’ use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools. This includes a 6-month-old, whose mother was forced to perform CPR on him after being exposed to ICE's tear gas.
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ICE's tear gas sent a 6-month-old to the hospital, the latest in an alarming pattern
Federal agents' use of chemical weapons has hurt children at immigration raids, while walking down their block, and in their schools.
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Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 12/01/2026
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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Tribal leaders say ICE is detaining American Indians during immigration sweeps
The Oglala Sioux Tribe is trying to locate four members detained by ICE agents in Minneapolis.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 11/01/2026
NEW from me: In MN, George Floyd-era faith networks have reignited after Renee Good's killing by ICE. They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event. If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...
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In Minneapolis, George Floyd-era faith networks reignite after Renee Good's killing by ICE
MINNEAPOLIS (RNS) — The faith-based networks, which developed organizing infrastructure and relationships during the Floyd era, are joined by newcomers as resistance efforts have intensified following...
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 10/01/2026
PSA: I'm in Minneapolis (*and*, as many of you rightly pointed out, St. Paul), so if you know of faith-related protests/actions/vigils/activities/angles related to all this, feel free to reach out. My Signal is: jackmjenkins.60
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NPR @npr.org · 23/12/2025
Catholic Bishops is Florida want a holiday moratorium on immigration enforcement so people can go to church and celebrate Christmas and New Years.
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Florida Catholic Bishops call for moratorium on immigration enforcement during Christmas holidays
"Such a pause would show a decent regard for the humanity of these families," they said. "Now is not the time to be callous toward the suffering caused by immigration enforcement."
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The Contrarian @contrariannews.org · 22/12/2025
Lots of unhinged news = a treasure trove for cartoons. Here’re some of the best
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Cartoons of the Year
The best editorial cartoons of the year from Nick Anderson, Michael de Adder, and RJ Matson.
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RNS @rns.org · 14/12/2025
“On average, young adults remain much less religious than older Americans,” reads the report released Monday (Dec. 8). religionnews.com/2025/12/08/d...
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Decline of religion remains stalled, says new Pew report. But there's no revival yet.
(RNS) — For the past five years, the decline of religion in America has stalled, after years of decline.
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RNS @rns.org · 03/11/2025
The Episcopal bishop of Texas said the priest was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials this week while returning home from his workplace. religionnews.com/2025/11/02/e...
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Episcopal priest has been detained by ICE in Texas, says diocese
(RNS) — 'We do not know yet why he was targeted,' said the Rt. Rev. C. Andrew Doyle, who leads the Diocese of Texas.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 27/10/2025
Good roundup from @usatoday.com here of recent faith-based activism challenging the Trump administration, especially the president's immigration agenda: www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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Pastors at a protest? That's the scene at anti-Trump rallies across the US.
It is time, faith leaders say, to remind the country of religion's role in caring for the poor and the stranger
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Bill Kristol @billkristolbulwark.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
"Pritzker and Newsom see it as a defining challenge of this moment that Trump is consolidating authoritarian power daily, and using it to subjugate and dominate Blue America as if it’s akin to an enemy nation within." newrepublic.com/article/2014...
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Inside Stephen Miller’s Secret Plan to Normalize Trump’s Dictator Rule
He wants to supercharge searing civil tensions to get low-information voters to embrace their inner authoritarian. Exactly two Democrats appear to fully grasp this.
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
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NPR @npr.org · 24/08/2025
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
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Smithsonian artists and scholars respond to White House list of objectionable art
A page published by the White House entitled "President Trump Is Right About the Smithsonian" lists exhibits, educational sites and more that the administration seems to take issue with.
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
I. Can’t. Even.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
One in four healthcare workers in Massachusetts are immigrants. Many recently lost their jobs when their parole and work permits were terminated by the Trump administration. www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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Mass. immigrants who had legal status lose work in home and health care
Immigrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela living in Massachusetts have lost their legal status — and their work permits.
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Colin Woodard @colinwoodard.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
#AmericanNations traced the history of the rival regional cultures of North America, but we've never had a proper, continent-scale map of them...until now. www.nationhoodlab.org/the-american...
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The American Nations regions across North America
Nationhood Lab recently mapped the regional cultures across Canada, Greenland, Northern Mexico and parts of the Caribbean, allowing the American Nations analytical model to be used for cross-country c...
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RNS @rns.org · 20/07/2025
OPINION: San Francisco had long been the mind-bending mecca for the spiritual counterculture of the baby boom generation, with rock music, particularly the Grateful Dead’s trippy, open-ended jams, furnishing the liturgical soundscape. religionnews.com/2025/07/17/d...
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A long strange trip from early Christianity to the Grateful Dead's Haight-Ashbury days
(RNS) — Both Christians and Deadheads were a ragtag group of communal devotees, preaching a simple message of love and peace and challenging the materialism of the powers and principalities of their…
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NPR @npr.org · 08/07/2025
Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
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IRS says churches can now endorse political candidates
Since 1954, an IRS rule had barred houses of worship from explicitly endorsing political candidates.
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NPR @npr.org · 06/07/2025
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
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Poll: Most feel democracy is threatened and political violence is a major problem
76% of Americans think that democracy is under a serious threat, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll. And their faith in political leadership in the White House and Congress is low.
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 27/06/2025
1. I’ve got a few minutes, so gonna craft a quick thread about something that hasn’t gotten as much attention over the past few months: Trump has vowed to be a champion of religion, but *religious opposition* to his administration and policies is loud, persistent and, frankly, overwhelming.
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ONE Campaign @onecampaign.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Every $1 spent on vaccines saves $21 in healthcare costs. 💉💰 Vaccines aren’t just lifesaving, they’re cost-saving. As @gavi.org prepares for its replenishment this month, global leaders have the opportunity to invest in a stronger, more resilient future for everyone, everywhere. 💪
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Governor Gavin Newsom @governor.ca.gov · 08/06/2025
The federal government is taking over the California National Guard and deploying 2,000 soldiers in Los Angeles — not because there is a shortage of law enforcement, but because they want a spectacle. Don't give them one. Never use violence. Speak out peacefully.
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Los Angeles Times @latimes.com · 08/06/2025
Follow along for ongoing coverage of the protests around U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids in the Los Angeles area.
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Trump administration sending National Guard troops to L.A. amid clashes over raids
The Trump administration said it would send 2,000 National Guard troops into Los Angeles after a second day in which protesters confronted immigration agents during raids of local businesses.
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RNS @rns.org · 10/05/2025
OPINION: Reread “The Great Gatsby," then ask yourselves: How do we reclaim America from the casual racism of its leaders? And how do we reclaim America from careless people? religionnews.com/2025/05/08/g...
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Trump supporters should revisit 'The Great Gatsby'
(RNS) — How do we reclaim America from careless people?
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RNS @rns.org · 24/04/2025
The ADL dismayed some progressive Jewish leaders by welcoming Columbia’s acquiescence in March to Trump administration demands and by initially commending the campaign targeting pro-Palestinian activists such as Mahmoud Khalil.
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Anti-Defamation League says anger at Israel is now the driving force behind antisemitism in the US
NEW YORK (AP) — The ADL’s findings add grist to an intense, divisive debate among American Jews — and others — over the extent to which vehement criticism of Israeli policies and of Zionism should be…
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Ashton Pittman @ashtonpittman.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
It's really extraordinary to get a 1 a.m. order from the U.S. Supreme Court on litigation that didn't even exist until 8 hours ago. That suggests that (at least 7 of them) are taking this Constitutional threat seriously.
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Rolling Stone [Unofficial] @rollingstone.com.web.brid.gy · 18/04/2025
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Lawyer Warns Trump Is Moving to Deport Teen to El Salvador for Photo of Water Pistol
The teenager was accused by immigration officials of being a member of Tren de Aragua
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
"The Trump administration is substantially scaling back the State Department's annual reports on international human rights to remove longstanding critiques of abuses such as harsh prison conditions, government corruption.." www.npr.org/2025/04/18/n...
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The State Department is changing its mind about what it calls human rights
The agency's annual human rights reports are being purged of references to prison conditions, political corruption and other abuses.
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RNS @rns.org · 16/04/2025
OPINION: There is a long and ignoble history of antisemites scheduling their attacks on or around Jewish holidays. The timing of the attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro is no coincidence. religionnews.com/2025/04/14/g...
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The Passover attack on Gov. Josh Shapiro was an attack on all Jews
(RNS) — When you attack another Jew on Passover, you are coming after me.
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This is so un-American:
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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
"Eight points makes someone a “validated” member of the group. Having tattoos associated with the gang is worth four points. Wearing clothing associated with the gang is worth another four." Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/w...
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Inside Trump’s Rushed Effort to Deport 238 Migrants (Gift Article)
The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal backg...
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
This just seems like a cruel way to treat children: www.npr.org/2025/04/15/g...
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Bipartisan senators rebuke White House move to end legal aid for unaccompanied minors
The letter obtained by NPR marks a rare bipartisan critique from Capitol Hill of the administration's immigration policy.
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WBUR @wbur.org · 10/04/2025
COMMENTARY: A hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald saw the dire patterns we are living through today. This is why “The Great Gatsby” still matters, writes Steve Almond.
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'Gatsby' is 100 years old, and Fitzgerald’s tale is still America’s story
A hundred years ago, F. Scott Fitzgerald saw the dire patterns we are living through today. This is why “The Great Gatsby” still matters, writes Steve Almond.
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
400 million times
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dcd737.bsky.social @dcd737.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.
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gbhnews @gbhnews.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker has broken the record for longest floor speech in the U.S. Senate's history as an act of resistance against the actions of the Trump administration. The record previously belonged to Sen. Strom Thurmond, who filibustered against the Civil Rights Act of 1957.
Cory Booker, standing at a podium in the Senate, holding a pocket copy of the US Constitution.
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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 28/03/2025
After decades of research, science delivered the most effective, preventative HIV drugs the world has ever seen—and the US is throwing up its hands and abandoning efforts to share them with those most in need. Read @jackiefmogensen.bsky.social + @samveep.bsky.social's report.
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Now is a uniquely terrible time to cut funding for HIV
New breakthrough drugs could eradicate AIDS. Why are we hobbling their distribution?
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ONE Campaign @onecampaign.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
ONE co-founder Bono in @nickkristof.bsky.social's powerful piece for the @nytimes.com this morning. Read the full article here: www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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