There’s a piece that writes itself: the right’s adulatory attitude towards Sydney Sweeney’s immodest AE commercial, & its unapologetic misogyny & derision aimed at this Orthodox nun who made a lifelong convent to live for God
A 4-year-old migrant girl recently appeared in NYC immigration court without a lawyer.
That's after the Trump administration cut funding for lawyers for unaccompanied children.
Read on for more of what the impact's been on the ground.
https://t.co/jy7AQFUjlS
Today, the body of Syrian activist Mazen al-Hamada was found. He was tortured in 2012 before his release and departure from Syria. Mazen disappeared in 2020 after being coerced by the Syrian regime’s embassy in Berlin to return to Syria.
This week’s main story is about school lunch, why it’s so important for students, why the national school lunch program in many US states is not working as well as it can, and – what else – a moonwalking werewolf.
Police knew her white abuser had a history of targeting and sexually exploiting underage Black girls for profit and were slow to respond. Really shows the power imbalances comparing this case to Rittenhouse. Poor Black girls are not protected in this world.
Uncommitted Dearborn cofounder Layla Elabed just left the podium in tears as Dr. Tanya Haj-Hassan described treating a child with his face blown off in Gaza and hearing another child say he wanted to die because all of his family was gone
José is 75 yrs old. He is currently laboring all day long weeding various vegetables in Gonzales CA. "I've worked in the field 56 years. I remember when they paid me $1/hr. My body's tired as I am very old. But I'll continue working until I can no longer function." #WeFeedYou
More than three dozen members of Congress have announced they will not seek re-election next year, some to pursue other offices and many others simply to get out of Washington. Twelve have announced their plans just this month. https://t.co/Y8P49Rptb2
Many of you read and shared Joe Garcia's essay in the New Yorker about listening to Taylor Swift while in prison. Hoping you'll consider donating to the Prison Journalism Project (@prisonjourn) which helped get that piece published (a short thread) https://t.co/apitzA3yD2
My @latimes story on a resilient rural California teenager who was essentially homeless for two years is in print today on the front page. Or give it a read here: https://t.co/vZtoUIhd2V
"Charles Wright said he couldn’t connect the fragments of his life. That’s how I feel too. How can I connect the fragments when the ground is still heaving up new ones?"
an unforgettable story from the unforgettable @JenishaWatts
https://t.co/f7FhiOAznW
Carmen Ayala, the extraordinary woman who cared for my aunt, died two days after my cover story about Adele went to press. Rather than add an italicized coda to the piece online, I wrote a separate obit for her. Like my aunt, she deserves to be celebrated. https://t.co/xELeCN0Y51