ICE Snatches Star of Painting That Celebrates Modern America Criselda Vasquez’s father, subject of her acclaimed “New American Gothic,” was detained on his way to work.

A granddad who was the subject of a celebrated reimagining of one of America’s most iconic paintings has been detained by ICE.

Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92

It’s hard to express how important Iris was to ACT UP’s scientific development. She was the catalyst who started it all. Iris Long, Scientific Mentor to AIDS Activists, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

Disney's new CEO, whose pay package is worth nearly $45M, just announced 1,000 layoffs.

Reminder that Disney paid an effective federal income tax rate of ZERO in 2025 and aims to buy back $7B of its own stock in 2026.

This is what corporate greed looks like.

This is lunacy.

My career military dad keeps sending them to me. They’re circulating heavily in the Facebook community

Chicago Turns All Public School IDs Into Library Cards To Boost Student Access Chicago Public Library and CPS announced the expansion of The 81 Club, building on a pilot launched in 2022 to give students access to the library system's vast collection and databases.

This is such a good idea. We should do this in NYC.

"All Chicago Public Schools students now have access to nearly everything the city’s libraries have to offer — including physical items like books as well as extensive digital resources."

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My Star Wars hot take is that the only reason Leia is the only Skywalker with a clear, consistent, and unshakable political praxis in fighting fascism is because of her upbringing by brown revolutionaries (both as a fictional character and in her conceptual design)

And Jimmy Smits, playing Senator Bail Organa, who all too often gets left out of the Latino Space Daddy conversation.

“… and it so angered me that I finally thought to myself, ‘Bitch, do something yourself!’”—Dame Elizabeth Taylor

The president isn’t threatening genocide, he’s expanding an ongoing genocidal project.

When we talk about what the NYT is up to now, it’s actually helpful to be attentive to the fact that they have *always* done shit like this

Please help this lawyer.

The DHS working with LAPD, shot and blinded an 18 year old named Tucker Collins on 3/28 in LA. His right eye has been surgically removed. We are asking anyone who has a video or has information to come forward by calling our office (310-693-5561) Jim DeSimone

Yes. "doctors are more likely to minimize or delay treating women’s symptoms."

Exactly. "women with complex chronic illnesses, which are often poorly understood. It can take years to receive a diagnosis, much less relief."

“I wish I would have known that I could speak up.”

“I wish I knew that I could ask for a nurse to be present.”

As we’ve reported on sexual misconduct by OB-GYNs, many women told us they didn’t know what was normal. We created this guide with the help of providers, patients and experts.

I went through TSA at O’Hare today. I didn’t see any ICE in Terminal 5 (which handles international flights), and in fact heard two TSA agents complaining about the lack of assistance or presence of ICE.

This was around 11:45 am today.

American journalists in 2036

Office of Refugee Resettlement Has Become an Arm of Immigration Enforcement “They used my children to grab me,” said a father with temporary protected status who hoped to reunite with his kids.

An immigration officer called Carlos and asked him to attend a meeting at an ICE office to discuss reunification with his children. There, officers tried to force him to sign documents he said he didn’t understand. When he refused, they stripped him, seized his ID and belongings, and chained him.

Two ceramic pigs labeled "pigs with no specific duties"

Every picture of ICE agents in airports is just this again

Bob Hoskins was my sexual awakening because of this movie and Who Framed Roger Rabbit. I will defend this movie far beyond any reasonable expectation or demands for me to do otherwise.

A quote by Rick Owens. It reads: "Working out is modern couture. No outfit is going to make you look or feel as good as having a fit body. Buy less clothing and go to the gym instead."

The proliferation of this quote is so interesting to me. It's often posted by right wing chuds who use it to defend conventional aesthetic ideas — such as the importance of having a lean, athletic body — but they don't really understand Owens's work.

Let's talk about it. 🧵

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Wrongfully Deported More Than 100 Asylum Seekers BALTIMORE—In surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that...

BALTIMORE—In surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that more than 100 asylum seekers were wrongfully deported in violation of a court-ordered settlement agreement in a long-running case that has gotten national attention.

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YouTube channel. Babe we gotta get you started on TikTok. Now give me the brand name so we can secure all the social handles

I analyzed the Proud Boys donor list. The most common occupation was real estate (realtor, mortgage broker) — the same parasitic class that was over-represented among Jan 6th rioters.

ICE detention has hit a historic high of 73,000 people, an 84% increase from early 2025, when the population was below 40,000. This is the largest immigration detention population ever recorded in American history. Here's what's inside those numbers.

V.A. Begins Drive to Put Homeless Veterans Into Guardianship

Every single day, it's a new moral injury. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/11/u...

These women exposed prison sexual abuse. Now ICE wants to deport them. Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.

Federal protections against detention and deportation for sexual abuse survivors have deteriorated under Trump.

This is the woman who wrote about being empathy-driven in her reporting.

Although not the first time a queer woman writer co-opted images of violence in Iran to advance US imperialism. Which…is something we as a community need to talk about.

At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

A screenshot of the video game Clair Obscur of a large wooden looking being, with two long arms, a torso, and a slat of wood for a face, and a brush like head of hair. It's speaking to a human woman. It is saying, "Aren't we all empty once we learn how meaningless our lives are?"

The same being saying, "I am a philosopher. I hope you buy my book someday."

being a writer in 2026