Good god this essay is incredible.

'The freelance writer is no different than any other gig worker in our fractured, dystopian modern economy. We only eat what we kill.'

dirt.fyi/article/2024/0…

outside PEN America HQ with PEN America United, who have been bargaining a first contract for 18 months

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Rally with PEN America United for a fair contract now!!

This Wednesday, April 17th at 12 pm - wear red and join us outside the PEN America Head Quarters at 588 Broadway New York, NY 10012 !!!

Share widely!! We'll see you there!!!

i'll be joining this stellar panel on the 24th to chat about community empowerment as it relates to news, journalism, and disinformation 🤓 check it out!

We're thrilled to announce that In These Times been awarded an Izzy Award for outstanding achievement in independent media.
democracynow.org/2024/4/2/headl…

'We cannot talk about voting rights in the South without talking about felony disenfranchisement and voting rights restoration for people with felony convictions.' - Amir Badat, LDF Voting Special Counsel & Manager of the Prepared to Vote and Voting Rights Defender Projects

'Leaning into community will be key to combating #disinformation this election season. It’s imperative that we defend the integrity of our voices,' writes Michelle Beaver, who leads the Arizona chapter of PEN America. azmirror.com/2024/03/18/dis… #Election2024

And here we are...the poem I wrote engraved on the vault plate of the Europa Clipper! Truly a moving experience. What is this life?

the lady who be screaming on the dune score is such an icon

This is a true loss to our community.

Well-informed residents are essential to democracy, and good government is harder to accomplish without rigorous public examination and discussion of what we do. The absence of @dcist will be heartfelt by all of us.

DC, LGBTQ+ fam: as you are. needs our support and our voices. Please share this call to rally behind AYA! And if you can give, please do. gofundme.com/f/save-as-you-…

Annie Lennox calls for a ceasefire at the #GRAMMYs :

“Artists for ceasefire. Peace in the world.”

iconic dc third spaces: the summer 2022 georgia ave mpox vaccine distro site, the s9 bus route, and the angela davis line outside of busboys and poets rn

EXCLUSIVE by me in Washington City Paper, DC Abortion Fund is hosting Body, My Festival, a pro-abortion all-things-local music festival this May in D.C.
washingtoncitypaper.com/article/660268…

'As a world we have failed the children of Gaza. We have failed our fellow parents.' New from Heba Gowayed هبة جويد: On Parenthood and Genocide.

'For the past 100 days we have witnessed a massacre of children, of childhoods,' Gowayed writes.
inthesetimes.com/article/gaza-g…

Really proud of this story. I spent a month interviewing Black and Palestinian-American activists who traveled to Palestine after Ferguson. Their work is quietly fueling today's historic resistance against Israel’s war on Gaza. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

if you're running an organizing program, you *have* to center relational --

'more americans trust their friends and families to provide accurate information about elections than trust poll results, the news media, social media, and political campaigns.'

Meet the Black kingmakers left behind after Democrats killed their Iowa caucus
bit.ly/47NyOut