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Omar Lateef

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AIPAC Tracker @trackaipac.com · 07/09/2026
Rep. Hillary Scholten (#MI03) is one of 33 Democrats who voted with the Republican majority to pass a bill to cut federal funding for colleges and universities that engage in boycotts against Israel.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
HOW is it that In the age of the cell phone, internet, 24 hour news, talk radio and AI that people need Jasmine Crockett to campaign for James Talerico in order to vote in this very important election?!?
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/08/2026
When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth polled top commanders in 2025 about cutting a program meant to protect civilians from harm during military operations, they all said it should be kept intact. Hegseth gutted the program anyway.
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Top Commanders Told Hegseth Not to Cut Civilian Protection Program, Poll Showed. He Did It Anyway.
The U.S. military has killed hundreds of noncombatants since gutting its Civilian Harm Mitigation and Response mission last year. After significant blowback, the Defense Department is considering part...
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Roland S. Martin @rolandsmartin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
WTH?!? White OnlyFans Model ONLY Gets 6 Years After Fatally Stabbing Black Boyfriend www.rfr.bz/be643517f
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City of Takoma Park @takomaparkmd.gov · 29/06/2026
The Washington Area Community Investment Fund (WACIF) is offering $2,500–$5,000 relief grants to small businesses located near the Purple Line in Montgomery County. These funds are intended to help businesses experiencing disruption due to construction and transit changes. Apply here: bit.ly/3SssFSe
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City of Takoma Park @takomaparkmd.gov · 28/06/2026
The new Rent Stabilization Allowance starting July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027 is 3.0%. Read more on the City blog: bit.ly/4w5BbGi
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Democracy Now! @democracynow.org · 20/06/2026
The Paramount-Warner Bros. merger, recently approved by the DOJ, would place two of the largest U.S. broadcast news networks — CBS News and CNN — under the control of a single company that “has shown it is willing to warp and manipulate news coverage to please the president,” says Craig Aaron.
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Paramount-Warner Bros. Merger Would Let Trump Allies Tighten Grip on Media
The Trump administration has approved media conglomerate Paramount’s $111 billion bid to acquire Warner Bros., one year after Paramount and Skydance Media signed a similar merger that placed Paramount...
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org) calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Jun. 16, 1944 | Fourteen-Year-Old George Stinney Executed in South Carolina
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org) calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Jun. 9, 1963 | Fannie Lou Hamer Arrested and Beaten in Winona, Mississippi
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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NPR @npr.org · 09/06/2026
Recent studies suggest GLP-1s, the weight loss and diabetes drugs, may both prevent cancer and slow its progression. While weight loss is known to curb cancer risks, GLP-1s may act on other brain and metabolic pathways to prevent cancer. n.pr/43kFjFh
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GLP-1s appear to protect against cancer. Researchers are trying to figure out how
Recent studies suggest GLP-1s, the weight loss and diabetes drugs, may both prevent cancer and slow its progression. While weight loss is known to curb cancer risks, GLP-1s may act on other brain and metabolic pathways to prevent cancer.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
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#DCSoWhite: End the Black Superhero Drought
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/05/2026
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. This is what experts say you need to know:
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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...
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Black Film Alerts 🎥 @blackfilmalerts.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Keith David’s reaction to receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. So deserved! Thank you for your work and impact! 👏
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
I'm attending a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social event: Speak out for Rent Stabilization at the Takoma Park City Council. RSVP here: actionnetwork.org/events/speak...
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Speak out for Rent Stabilization at the Takoma Park City Council
The Takoma Park City Council has approved a study of the City's rent stabilization law, potentially laying the groundwork to weaken the law. Takoma Park's rent stabilization law is stronger than the c...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 20/05/2026
Allegations against Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center claim that it knowingly falsified medical records to collect $16 million in Medicaid payments for group meetings. With @kentucky.com
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They Needed Treatment for Drug Addiction. The Company They Turned to May Have Used Them to Commit Fraud.
Kentucky’s largest drug rehab center touts a Christian message and a selfless commitment to helping others. But internally, the organization prioritized money over the well-being of its clients and…
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
BREAKING: CAIR Condemns Deadly Attack at San Diego Mosque www.cair.com/press_releas...
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BREAKING: CAIR Condemns Deadly Attack at San Diego Mosque
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its San Diego office (CAIR-San Diego) today condemned a shooting attack at Islamic Center of San Diego. CAIR-San Diego representatives are on the s...
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians www.nytimes.com/2026/05/11/o...
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Opinion | The Silence That Meets the Rape of Palestinians
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
These deaths are on him as well as the parents he has misled.
Screenshot of a tweet from FactPost reporting that newborn death rates are rising as babies die from vitamin K deficiency, which is preventable with a single shot at birth, and attributing the trend to widespread medical disinformation causing parents to refuse the vitamin K shot. Includes a split image of RFK Jr. speaking at a microphone alongside a photo of newborns in a hospital nursery.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Marco Rubio just said that this administration is getting us closer to the values of our founding fathers (I'm paraphrasing). I'm worried...
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Maybe they’ll ignore black gamers like the federal government does and become more profitable.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
I hate the term ‘gaslighting’. I know what it is and I hate when it’s done, but I now hate the word. Mostly because my wife says I do it all the time…
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The Lincoln Project @lincolnproject.us · 05/05/2026
Trump tore down nearly half the White House, without approval, then told you this ballroom would not cost any taxpayer money. Now, Republicans are requesting $1 Billion of your money for security features related to it. #ballroominflation bit.ly/4tdZaAg
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Republicans Make Jaw-Dropping $1B Demand for Trump’s Ballroom
The president has insisted his vanity project would be funded by wealthy donors.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/05/2026
NEW: Investigators found that leaders of a prison gang in Puerto Rico were selling inmates drugs in exchange for voting for Gov. Jenniffer González-Colón, a longtime Republican. After Trump’s election, prosecutors were told not to pursue charges.
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Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme “Locked Up.” Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges.
Before the 2024 election, federal prosecutors were "full steam ahead" looking into how a prison gang in Puerto Rico gave drugs to inmates if they voted for a GOP gubernatorial candidate. After Trump’s...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Oh, I forgot to skeet out my newsletter on Friday. I tried to put the destruction of the VRA in context and I was *once again* forced to defend James Comey against my will. www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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Republicans Can’t Contain Their Glee Over the Death of the VRA
In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores the GOP’s glee over the Supreme Court’s Voting Rights decision. Plus: Elie's take on Musk v. Altman.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
An opioid 100 times deadlier than fentanyl killed her. She won’t be the last. www.thebanner.com/community/lo...
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An opioid 100 times deadlier than fentanyl killed her. She won’t be the last.
Carfentanil first alarmed officials a decade ago, when it was linked to a wave of overdose deaths before fading. Now, amid an unpredictable drug supply, it appears to be making a deadly comeback.
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/04/2026
Last year, we documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “minimum amount of force.” You can judge for yourself. (Published July 2025)
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“We’ll Smash the Fucking Window Out and Drag Him Out”
We’ve documented nearly 50 incidents of immigration officers shattering car windows to make arrests — a tactic experts say was rarely used before Trump took office. ICE claims its officers use a “mini...
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 30/04/2026
In 1993, Trump signed a mortgage for a Florida home, pledging it would be his principal residence. Seven weeks later, he attested a neighboring property would also be his principal residence. In reality, he does not seem to have lived in either home. (Published Dec. 2025)
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Trump’s Own Mortgages Match His Description of Mortgage Fraud, Records Reveal
The Trump administration has argued that Fed board member Lisa Cook may have committed mortgage fraud by declaring more than one primary residence on her loans. We found Trump once did the very thing ...
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Here’s my piece on the “now-completed demolition” of the Voting Rights Act in @thenation.com The VRA is the most important piece of legislation in American history. It more than anything is what ended American-style apartheid. And now Republicans have killed it.
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The Supreme Court Has Completed Its Quest to Kill the Voting Rights Act
In its 6-3 decision, the court gutted the legislation that ended apartheid in this country—and once again gave white people the ability to suppress Black political power.
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Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
I've covered race for two decades. I knew the 2nd Trump Admin would be dangerous for civil rights. Yet the collapse of the federal civil rights architecture and national will to address racial inequality and work on integration is stunning. Here's my latest. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/27/m...
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How Trump Upended 60 Years of Civil Rights in Two Months
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Errrrybody at the Costco gas station!
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NPR @npr.org · 28/03/2026
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
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Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
Data brokers buy up huge amounts of information from cell phones and browsers to sell for targeted advertising. But the government, including ICE, also buys the data.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: ACT NOW: MCPS Removed Eid ul-Fitr as a Day Off, Community Response Needed Now . Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/act-...
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ACT NOW: MCPS Removed Eid ul-Fitr as a Day Off, Community Response Needed Now
Montgomery County Public Schools has designated Friday, March 20 (Eid al-Fitr) as a full instructional day to make up for snow closures. This decision undermines years of progress toward religious inc...
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji.org) calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...
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Feb. 9, 1960 | Home of Carlotta Walls, of the Little Rock Nine, Bombed
Learn more about our history of racial injustice.
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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 07/02/2026
President Donald Trump says he won't apologize for posting a racist video of the Obamas. Trump told reporters, “I didn't make a mistake,” as he flew to Florida aboard Air Force One on Friday.
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Trump shares a racist video that depicts the Obamas as primates in a jungle
President Donald Trump has used his social media account to share a video about election conspiracy theories that includes a racist depiction of former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
In Maryland? Send an email urging your electeds to to hold a vote for the newly proposed congressional map that will counteract MAGA Republican efforts to avoid accountability in the midterms: act.standupamerica.com/letters/ads-...
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Maryland Should Fight Trump’s Election Rigging Scheme
While Trump works to rig the rules in his favor, Maryland is one of the few states where Democratic elected officials can fight back.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
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Surah Ar-Rum - 22 - Quran.com
And one of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth, and the diversity of your languages and colours. Surely in this are signs for those...
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Attorney Ben Crump @attorneybencrump.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Keith Porter Jr. was a father of two, a son, and a brother whose life was stolen by an off-duty ICE agent. His family gathered in grief demanding the truth. We will continue to stand with Keith Porter Jr.’s family until there is justice, transparency, and answers.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 09/01/2026
FOX: Revisions -- October is down 68,000 jobs. November is down 8,000. What do you make of that? HASSETT: We still have to get the BLS numbers to be more reliable
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
ICE Agents don’t have qualified immunity.
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Gizmodo @gizmodo.com · 05/01/2026
US Awards Peter Thiel–Backed Nuclear Startup $900 Million gizmodo.com/us-awards-peter-thiel-b…
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US Awards Peter Thiel–Backed Nuclear Startup $900 Million
The U.S. Department of Energy announced today that it is awarding $2.7 billion to three companies to boost domestic uranium enrichment.
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
Gas prices in my area have gone up😡 after the president’s kidnapping the leader of another country
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Wegmans in New York City has begun collecting biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces from anyone who enters its supermarkets
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NYC Wegmans is storing biometric data on shoppers' eyes, voices and faces
The supermarket chain says it’s a move to ensure shopper safety. Surveillance experts warn of privacy risks.
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Baltimore Banner @thebaltimorebanner.com · 11/12/2025
Maryland’s top lawmakers say they won’t draw new congressional maps in special session
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Maryland’s top lawmakers say they won’t draw new congressional maps in special session
Senate President Bill Ferguson and House of Delegates Speaker Pro Tempore Dana Stein issued a joint statement emphasizing that the scope of the special session will be “strictly limited.”
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Baltimore Beat @baltimorebeat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Indiscriminate ICE arrests have left Baltimore’s immigrant communities in a constant state of fear and anxiety baltimorebeat.com/indiscrimina...
A person wearing glasses, with their hair pulled back sits at a desk and looks at a screen.
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Brenna Pérez @perezbrenna.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
No, You Do NOT Need To "Reward" Disney/ABC For Kimmel's Return #news #analysis #jimmykimmel #boycott
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No, You Do NOT Need To "Reward" Disney/ABC For Kimmel's Return
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Omar Lateef @omrltfm19.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
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i Expose Racists & Pedos on X: "‼️WHITE RACIST Caught By FBI For THREATENING To "SHOOT UP" Black PRESCHOOL & SKIN 20 Innocent Black BABIES Like "ANIMALS"—All Over A YOUTUBE Comment! 📍North Carolina Zachary Charles Newell, 25, ADMITS To Posting VILE RACIST THREATS: "I’m gonna shoot up a black pre-school. 20 https://t.co/pw1iZRfl0U" / X
‼️WHITE RACIST Caught By FBI For THREATENING To "SHOOT UP" Black PRESCHOOL & SKIN 20 Innocent Black BABIES Like "ANIMALS"—All Over A YOUTUBE Comment! 📍North Carolina Zachary Charles Newell, 25, ADMITS To Posting VILE RACIST THREATS
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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
Trump has canceled Kamala Harris' Secret Service protection that had been extended by previously undisclosed Biden order
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Trump cancels Kamala Harris’ Secret Service detail that was extended by undisclosed Biden order | CNN Politics
President Donald Trump revoked Kamala Harris’ Secret Service protection on Thursday, according to a copy of a letter reviewed by CNN.
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Sanford Greene @sanfordgreene.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
Out TODAY! Bitter Root: Next Movement issue 5! Featuring covers from @danielwarrenart.bsky.social and @muaadib.bsky.social !
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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter says the fragility of our rights and democracy is clear, and “this moment calls for creativity, coordination, and intergenerational learning. Most of all, it calls for hope.” wordinblack.com/2025/08/voti...
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The VRA at 60: Our Democracy Belongs to Every Citizen
As the Voting Rights Act turns 60, our fragile democracy demands both defense and offense — now more than ever.
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CAIR @cairnational.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
There are children starving to death as we speak in Gaza, in a man made famine, a man made crisis.
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