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Aviva Stahl

@stahlidarity.bsky.social
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Award-winning investigative journalist covering health and power + RN. She/her. stahlidarity.com

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Will Bunch @willbunch.bsky.social · 21h
My probe into how local cops in Pa.'s York County teamed with ICE to bust 500-plus immigrants on busy highways, terrifying the Haitian community and shattering families over a busted headlight 287(g) has made York the worst place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. www.inquirer.com/opinion/york...
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How York County became the most dangerous place for immigrants in the eastern U.S. | Will Bunch
Local cops working with ICE in York County, Pa. have made hundreds of arrests, with many more afraid to leave home.
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Frances Larina @franceslarina.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Gov Gavin Newsom over the weekend vetoed legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state." He was "worried about constraints on the governor's power to approve extraditions". www.ebar.com/story/170505...
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Newsom vetoes bill aimed at protecting providers of transgender care
Governor Gavin Newsom used his veto pen over the weekend to ax legislation aimed at protecting providers of gender-affirming care from being extradited to face charges for doing so by another state.
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Dan Friedman @dfriedman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“There’s no other nation, only Somali people in Guantanamo Bay, in the prison,” he told me. “And when we ask them why we are here, they tell us…Washington…ordered to keep Somali people in the Guantanamo Bay.” www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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The Trump administration is imprisoning Somali immigrants in Gitmo
“Nobody tell us that we’re going to Guantanamo Bay.”
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
ICYMI, read my latest feature about the incredible, inspiring organizing work of drug user activist Louise Vincent.
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Belinda @misssbelinda.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Thank you @stahlidarity.bsky.social for this piece and for acknowledging Logan prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
@maiasz.bsky.social thought you might be interested in this piece I wrote on Louise Vincent and the National Survivors Union prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Flagging my profile of Louise for folks and organizations that might be interested! including @drugpolicy.org @harmreduction.org
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“This is the strongest drug user advocate in the country, and she can’t even get basic nonjudgmental care for a blood transfusion" - @nabarund.bsky.social prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
“It is not a drug war,” Vincent told me. “It is fucking genocide.” prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you don't know what drug user unions are, or what drug user human rights activists in the US are demanding, read my latest piece profiling the incredible & courageous activist Louise Vincent, who died one yr ago prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
"The price of being authentic and being a person who uses drugs unabashedly and being willing to stand up for that … is losing your life." prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Natalie (prev “NanouTheNomad”) @drnataliestahl.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
My sister @stahlidarity.bsky.social’s latest is a tribute to Louise Vincent.
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Tina Vasquez @tinavasquez.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
If you read one story today, I hope it's this one by @stahlidarity.bsky.social for @prismreports.org about the life and legacy of Louise Vincent, the force once behind the U.S. drug user human rights movement:
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In my latest for @prismreports.org, I wrote about the incredible drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago -- and told the story of the broader fight by drug user unions across the United States to build collective power and demand human rights prismreports.org/2026/08/31/l...
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Prism @prismreports.org · 31/08/2026
“Louise Vincent was a movement visionary who sought to build the collective power of drug users to demand essential human rights.” @stahlidarity.bsky.social uplifts the trailblazing harm reduction movement sparked by drug user activist Louise Vincent, who died one year ago.
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One year after drug use activist Louise Vincent’s death, the movement she sparked struggles to pick up the pieces
Under Vincent’s leadership, the National Survivors Union blazed a trail for harm reduction, uplifted sex workers and mothers, and reframed drug use as a human rights issue
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Prism @prismreports.org · 26/08/2026
“My columns are the place where these different versions of me intersect. The man who survived prison meets the man trying to build a home. The writer who learned to create under confinement meets the writer learning to create in motion.” Derek R. Trumbo, Sr. reflects on his seasons in reentry.
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One bite at a time: Writing reentry
Writing this column about the brutality of prison and the complexity of reentry has taught me that hardship rarely ends with a clean lesson
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Union of Legal Workers for Trans Liberation @ulw4tl.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
BREAKING: A4TE management proposes laying off 44% of the bargaining unit while refusing to take pay cuts In yesterday's negotiation session, A4TE management sent a preliminary list identifying 12 out of 27 bargaining unit positions for potential layoffs.
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
One of my best & oldest friends is also 1 of my favorite writers. Here's the NYT on Colin Asher's latest, 'The Midnight Special': "Asher’s book is a Midnight Special of its own. It’s a fog-piercing down-bound train of a book, better than it had to be... Asher is a calm & sophisticated storyteller...
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/06/2026
We went from over a billion dollars in economic damage to North Carolina and the loss of reelection for a sitting governor over their bathroom ban to cis people now suggesting, "just use the single stall bathroom as a compromise."
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
I'm so thankful to Becky and her mom for their trust, generosity, and strength in front of the Supreme Court. No matter what the Court says, Becky is a hero for standing up for herself and trans girls like her. Doing what's right, even when the odds are against you, is the definition of courage.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Trans rights are human rights.
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
A lot fewer people will be enraged by this, because it feels wonky — but I want you to think about how much harder it is to run progressive candidates when there’s even fewer restrictions on how these rich assholes can throw around their money.
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ElieNYC @elienyc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
See, people always want to make this just about "sports," but the real upshot here is that, 6-3, trans women can't make a claim under the Equal Protection Clause. And if they can't do that, it's hard to see how they have constitutional rights.
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Benjamin McKean @blmckean.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Clarence Thomas citing MIT philosopher Alex Byrne to support his ultra-transphobic opinion. I hope all the analytic philosophers who defended Byrne as a serious, apolitical scholar see this and learn something, but I'm not hopeful.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 30/06/2026
Anyways, pack the damn courts. www.damemagazine.com/2026/06/17/t...
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The Next Front in the Fight for Trans Rights Is the Courts -
The Supreme Court's transgender rights cases reveal the consequences of decades of conservative court-building—and why reform is now a civil rights issue.
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Mical Raz @micalraz.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
New book will be out in September , but the cover and webpage makes it feel real !
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Breaking Families, Making Families
Families in the United States experience child abuse investigations, the removal of children from their homes, and the termination of parental rights at high...
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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
It's still wild that 4 of the justices think that if you properly CAST your vote by Election Day and it's just delayed in transmission by the mail, your vote doesn't get to count.
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emily blight 🐦‍⬛ @threnody.northsky.social · 29/06/2026
plenty of folks, even trans folks, have monetized & incentivized your understandable panic and despair. but just bearing witness doesn’t build character. you can learn facts and implications tomorrow. and if you want it, there’ll always be another chance to choose despair.
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J Escobedo Shepherd @jawnita.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
this is a really good one by my colleagues, esp if you're looking for TRENCHANT ANALYSIS that is funny and NOT BORING on what happened w/ the nyc primary election! give it a listen!!!
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Today would be Coretta Scott King’s 99th birthday. CSK was a lifelong freedom fighter & more of an activist than MLK when they met. As a student she’d supported the Progressive Party’s 3rd party challenge for president opposing US militarism, racism & economic inequality. We need to know her.
A close-up of Coretta Scott King’s face with her eyes closed taken by Black photographer Louise Martin.
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Jaya Saxena @jayasaxena.com · 25/06/2026
They were registered democrats voting for other democrats!! How do you think this works????
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Progressives and liberals abandoned Muslim Americans (& some environmental, animal rights activists) subject to outrageous policing & prosecutions in favor of focusing on the 'lowest hanging fruit' - we failed those individuals and exposed every movement for justice to those same gov't forces
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Seriously though, if you were around for the No Separate Justice demos in front of MCC ..... 15ish yrs ago.... ? you'll know that most legal nonprofits, groups seeking criminal justice reform etc wouldn't TOUCH federal War on Terror prosecutions. This is a creation of our own making.
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Dr Rebecca Hall WakeProductions @wakerevolt.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Free the Prairieland Defendants
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Will Stancil @whstancil.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
The reasoning here is absurd enough that it should be part of the story: "Supreme Court rules that Trump statements that Haitians 'probably have AIDS,' are 'poisoning the blood of our country,' are 'eating cats and dogs," do not constitute racial animus."
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
I wrote about War on Terror federal prosecutions for a long time and cannot tell you how impossible it was / has always been to convince editors, outlets, the general public that the injustice of those prosecutions was relevant, newsworthy, terrifying, outrageous, deserving of airtime.
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Sheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 25/06/2026
The Monsanto ruling today is a farce and exactly why elevating "what the law says" over the impacts of that interpretation on real people's lives is a terrible idea. The correct interpretation of the law should always be the one that provides the greatest benefit to the people directly impacted.
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Melissa Gira Grant @melissagiragrant.com · 25/06/2026
I wrote about the Prairieland defendants and the urgency of opposing the extreme sentences handed down on Tuesday. And they likely will not be the last.
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The Prairieland Sentences Are a National Emergency
A federal court has punished Texas ICE demonstrators with decades in prison. This is dark news not just for them but for anyone who may want to register political dissent.
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
terrifying, critical reporting on the Prairieland case, thank you @lexmcmenamin.com www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...
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‘This is injustice’: how leftist zines were used to sentence anti-ICE protesters to decades in prison
Advocates sound alarm after zines were used as evidence to convict protesters of terrorism charges tied to 2025 protest at Texas ICE facility
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Wondering about Israel Bonds - what they are and why there are so many campaigns to divest from them? (most recently @uaw.org decided to divest) -- learn more here! www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds
How a little-known investment vehicle became a major source of financing for Israel—and a flash point in New York State politics.
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
if you're voting in today's NYS Comptroller race and are like, what are israel bonds anyway... read this primer I put together for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds
How a little-known investment vehicle became a major source of financing for Israel—and a flash point in New York City politics.
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regular meghan 나영지 🇵🇸 @ruemcclammyhand.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
I don't hate. I don't hate anyone.
I don't hate cops. I don't hate Trump. I don't hate Nazis. My beliefs are composed thus:
First, that we should help each other.
And second, that we should protect one another.
I never want to see anyone get hurt. I never want to see good people, standing up for what they believe in, gunned down in the street. What we all saw happen to Renee Good and Alex Pretti is my worst nightmare.
It was the kind of thing I had feared for a long time, after dealing with officers who could be reckless, who could be bullies, who could be violent. But fear is not hate. Sadness is not hate.
Wanting people to live is not hate.People are being treated as if their lives do not matter. All of this is bigger than me. I know I am the person standing here. I know I am the person being judged. But I also know that a case like this can become a warning to everyone else: that if you speak, if you protest, if you try to protect someone, if you are associated with the wrong idea, you can be turned into a symbol instead of treated like a human being.
Nothing saddens me more than when I think about all of these different people and their different families and communities, and how they have suttered, and how unfairly they have been treated, just like me.
Whatever is taken from me is taken from you.
It may be these 22 strangers now, but it will be you tomorrow.What kind of people are not against the hate and war and genocide and concentration camps that the Nazi's brought upon the world?
What kind of people would not agree
The hate has migrated into the government. Now that hate is taking power over me. It is taking power over you, over your words and your ideas.
When will you be called a domestic terrorist, too?
When they killed Renee Good and Alex Pretti, they went on TV and they called them domestic terrorists, the same day, within the hour.
When will that happen to you?
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Christopher Mathias @letsgomathias.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
30 years for moving some zines www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
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DFW Support Committee @dfwsupportcommitt.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Judge O’Connor stated from the bench that he is giving maximum sentences to the Prairieland sentences because “the state wants to send a message to anyone who shares a similar ideology.”
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
If you’re debating whether to vote for @nyscomptroller.bsky.social … read this www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds
How a little-known investment vehicle became a major source of financing for Israel—and a flash point in New York State politics.
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
thanks @jvp.bsky.social @breakthebondsnys.bsky.social + many others for speaking with me and making this story possible
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
if you're voting in today's NYS Comptroller race and are like, what are israel bonds anyway... read this primer I put together for @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...
thenation.com
The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds
How a little-known investment vehicle became a major source of financing for Israel—and a flash point in New York City politics.
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Jeanne Theoharis @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Must-read for people voting today in NYC about the history of Israel Bonds by the great @stahlidarity.bsky.social in the @thenation.com : www.thenation.com/article/poli...
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The Unlikely History of Israel Bonds
How a little-known investment vehicle became a major source of financing for Israel—and flashpoint in New York City politics.
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Aviva Stahl @stahlidarity.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
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Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 23/06/2026
sentences are now coming down in the Prairieland case, the fed government's first conviction in its "Antifa terrorism" effort. defendants are being sentenced 50 to 70 years in prison. the person with the harshest conviction got 100. my profile of some of the defendants will publish tomorrow.
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