Tonight I get to ask author Helen Benedict all about her trenchant and moving new novel THE SOLDIERS HOUSE— join us 7pm at Book Culture- NYC

The United States is destroying itself | Rebecca Solnit

Author Helen Benedict's novel THE SOLDIER'S HOUSE is the story of an Iraq War vet & the Iraqi family he brought to the US. It's a hard look at the aftermath of war, and what it takes to forgive. Join Helen and me in conversation at Book Culture Weds., 4/22, 7pm
536 West 112th St NYC.

1,700 nurses in Chicago just filed a huge petition to unionize.

The petition from the nurses at Chicago’s Rush University Medical Center demands better pay, improved benefits, and increased staffing to better support both nurses and patients.

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Her story was framed and told by men—high time for a complex portrait of this important American woman: www.nytimes.com/2026/04/11/o...

“Worse than Nixon”

Jeff Bezos has $222 billion.

If he paid my wealth tax this year, we could fund insulin in America for everyone who needs it plus free school lunch for every kid in Texas—and have plenty of money left over.

And Bezos would still have $215 billion dollars to spare.

Let's focus on something we ALL agree on:

#ReleaseTheEPSTEIN_Files

The Supreme Court Ruled Against Copyright Owners in Cox v. Sony: Here's What That Means - The Authors Guild Last October, the Authors Guild joined a coalition of creators’ organizations in filing an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Cox Communications v. Sony. The case asked a simple yet consequen...

SCOTUS ruled against authors and creators yesterday in Cox v. Sony, limiting our ability to hold internet providers accountable when they look the other way while piracy runs rampant on their networks.

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer | Common Dreams Indivisible co-founder Ezra Levin announces nationwide general strike on May 1 in next No Kings mass action.

Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer www.commondreams.org/news/no-king...

NO KINGS ACCESSIBLE RALLY · No Kings **We have the power and are claiming it together. No Thrones. No Crowns. No Kings.** What began in 2025 as a single day of defiance has become a sustained national resistance to tyranny, spreading fr...

Can’t be in the street? Join No Kings online. Saturday 3/28! Be a part of the biggest peaceful protest in history #NoKings #March28 www.mobilize.us/nokings/even...

Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.

Documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY exposing how ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts.

According to documents filed this morning by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of NY, ICE has been lying for a year — not only to the public, but to the courts and to prosecutors — about being authorized to make arrests at 26 Federal Plaza and other immigration courts. (1/2)

Millions of Americans Joining the Ranks of the Uninsured Thanks to Trump-GOP Cuts in 2025 | Common Dreams Last year, 24.3 million Americans relied on ACA plans, but 1 in 10 faced tough choices when subsidies expired. Premiums soared by 114%, leaving many uninsured. People are struggling to afford basic he...

Millions of Americans Joining the Ranks of the Uninsured Thanks to Trump-GOP Cuts in 2025 www.commondreams.org/news/aca-and...

NO KINGS, QUEENS, NY
March 28, 10 am
Macdonald Park

NO KINGS, NYC
3.28.26
2:00 pm
7th Ave & Central Park South

Volunteer via the link below:
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BREAKING: Workers at CBS are walking out.

The unionized team that works CBS' streaming service are going on a 24 hour strike in New York and San Francisco.

The walkout comes after negotiations with CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss reportedly imploded.

So dark. Kushner raises billions for his fund while the family of a soldier killed in Truml’s war gets help on Go Fund Me: www.gofundme.com/f/major-alex...

If your organization would like to endorse NO KINGS, NYC, click the link below:
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Where Censored Words Find a Safe Haven: Inside Minecraft

Brilliant. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/a...

What does it mean to rise, resist, and raise your voice right now? Authors and illustrators, including Jackie Woodson, Sharon Draper, Margarita Engle, are joining us for a virtual event to answer exactly that. Don’t miss it!

The Statues Were Mostly Men or Nude Women. So These Knitters Got to Work.

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/05/a...

Democrats Question Credentials of Armed Squad Created by Trump Ally

Free+Fair Litigation group at work here: www.nytimes.com/2026/03/03/n...

Tillis to Noem: "A 14 month old dog is basically a teenager in dog years. You decided to kill that dog bc you hadn't invested the appropriate training, then you have the audacity to write a book & say it's a leadership lesson! ... Those are bad decisions not unlike what happened in Minneapolis"

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NO KINGS NYC MARCH 28, 2026 VOLUNTEERS NEEDED SEE LINK FOR DETAILS

We all want to make the NYC No Kings 3 march to be an amazing, safe, and coordinated event.  We need many hands to make this happen!  Please consider volunteering. Below is a link to register.

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Wow.

“(They are) worried that we are going to flip Texas.” #bluewave2026

Yes it’s Valentine’s Day. But it’s also the chosen birthday of Frederick Douglass who was born in 1818 on a plantation in Talbot County, Maryland. He escaped from slavery & rose to become the most eloquent and forceful voice for the abolition of slavery & for Black voting rights in the U.S.