Ice agents with automatic weapons and helmets and body armor

ICE agents at the place where Renee Good was killed.
When federal agents dress like they are in a war zone, they must imagine that their fellow citizens are the enemy. (Photo by David Guttenfelder)

Grateful to CineFest Latino Boston for programming Woman Who Lives at the End of Time 🎞️

Grateful to #CineFestLatino Boston & moderator/filmmaker Monica Cohen for an engaging post screening Q&A 🙏🏼

Here's part of Stephen Colbert's monologue about Jimmy Kimmel

Boston friends! “Woman Who Lives at the End of Time / Mujer Que Vive en el Fin de Los Tiempos” will screen:

🗓️ Saturday, September 27 @ 2pm
📽️ Paramount Theatre, Emerson College
🔈Shorts Program #2: Directed by Women
📍@CineFestLatino Boston
🎙️q&a to follow

#cinefestlatinoboston

Image of two women yelling in protest.

Excited and grateful that CineFest Latino Boston has selected, Woman Who Lives at the End of Time / Mujer Que Vive en el Fin de Los Tiempos! It will screen on Saturday, September 27 as part of the Shorts Program #2: Directed by Women/Yo Mismo Fui Mi Ruta. 🎞️ #cinefestlatinoboston

We lost a shero this week. Jewel Thais-Williams was a brilliant businesswoman and activist who put her community first creating safe and healing spaces at her club, Catch One and the Village Health Center. A kind and selfless, human and my dear friend and mentor who I will miss tremendously, RIP 💔

Eight months after Bright Lights, the screening room remains an important community space On Tuesday, three films by VMA faculty were screened in the Bright Family Screening Room, around immigration issues relevant to today’s political discourse.

“Woman Who Lives at the End of Time”….centers on a group of queer women who create an enclave in Mexico, but who encounter and take in a mysterious woman who seems to be bringing trouble with her.”

berkeleybeacon.com/eight-months...

The Makeup Artist Donald Trump Deported Under the Alien Enemies Act The President has invoked the law to send Venezuelans to prison in El Salvador without due process—and, in many cases, under false pretenses.

A gay makeup artist named Andry José Hernández Romero was among the Venezuelans President Trump deported to El Salvador. Andry’s offense? Having the wrong tattoos.

I asked the one high ranking policeman I saw on 5th Ave why there were so few police. He said “We did not expect anything like this. Don’t tell anyone but I’ve only got 44 officers out here — and it’s a great crowd, great event, no incidents.”

The Gaza paramedic killings: a visual timeline A week after contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza, their bodies were found in a mass grave

Politicians in the 'West' have been quiet. Imagine if Russia would have done this in Ukraine.

"On 23 March contact was lost with a team of Palestinian rescue workers and medics in southern Gaza. A week later their bodies were recovered from a mass grave."

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

Willem Dafoe on the Art of Surrender Four decades into the actor’s career, he is more curious about his craft than ever.

"Cinema is not just about telling stories. It’s about people having experiences in front of you, where, if it’s transparent enough, they can experience it with you. You become them. They become you. That’s the communion. That’s the experience."--Willem Dafoe

www.vulture.com/article/will...

A whirlwind inspirational week with Artist-in-Residence and masterful filmmaker/cinematographer Kirsten Johnson visiting classes and presenting her work at Emerson College 🎥

NO OTHER LAND wins for DOCUMENTARY FEATURE 🏆

A wonderfully inspiring and hopeful conversation on the climate crisis and the impact art/storytelling can have to galvanize change. With playwright Sarah Ruhl, former Prime Minister of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern, and moderated by our own Distinguished Professor P Carl.

Artists release silent album in protest against AI using their work Music stars including Kate Bush and Damon Albarn say law changes would damage people's livelihoods.

Over 1,000 musicians - incl., Annie Lennox, Damon Albarn and Kate Bush - released a silent album on Tuesday in protest at the UK government's planned changes to copyright law, that would make it easier for AI companies to train models using copyrighted work without a licence.”
#MusicSky #AIEthics

Congratulations!! Enjoy 🙌🏼

This Black History Month, we're highlighting stories from community changemakers Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

Black history happens every day, and the stories from NPR listeners are good examples of that. From becoming the first Black mayor of a town to singing music about change, these stories matter.

BREAKING: Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier released from prison after nearly 50 years

Boston, MA present in frigid temperatures ✊🏼 #50501movement

Boston, MA present in frigid temperatures ✊🏼

Organizing doesn’t require every single person to have contact with every other kind of person. Choose where you want to do your organizing, who you want to organize with, where you want to put your energy, your focus.

But sitting back and saying “let them suffer” isn’t anti-fascist.

Elon—the richest man on Earth—is gutting the world’s largest provider of food aid. He could end world hunger single-handedly and still be the richest man alive. But he won’t.

Instead, he spent 40 million on Super Bowl ads attacking USAID!

Stand with USAID: share this counter-ad…

Cancelled my Amazon membership and will be avoiding all of these companies.

Hi, my name is [NAME], I'm a constituent in [ZIP CODE]. I'm calling because I saw that [TERRIBLE THING] is happening. I think this is appalling. [PERSONAL STORY, if you have one.] I want you to do everything you can to stop this. I will remember your actions when I cast my next vote. Thank you.

Here is a script you can use for any issue. Find your reps' # at reps.fyi or 5calls.org. Every time you see a news story that horrifies you: call, or something else about it. It matters to say what you believe. You are setting a norm.

I’ve spent my adult life in these supposed “woke institutions” (Harvard, Yale, Stanford, UCSF).

I have never once experienced “reverse racism.”

I’ve witnessed tons of racism.

Listen friends - gather your hope where you can. People showed up in all 50 states on a moments notice. Voicemail boxes of senators are filling up. Lawsuits are being filed.

Look at all the good people.

And do not forget to take care of yourselves. Seriously. This is a long haul.

This playbook is laid out explicitly in Project 2025. Eliminate the collection of race data. Eliminate diversity efforts. Then end disparate impact, which uses data to prove discrimination in an era where explicitly discriminating has been illegal for 60 years.

they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government