Image of a book entitled End Times Fascism - and the fight for the living world. A wide burst on a yellow background with red letters.

One year after our original Guardian essay, Naomi Klein and I are excited to reveal the North American cover of our forthcoming book END TIMES FASCISM - and the Fight for the Living World. It will be on bookshelves on September 15th and is available for pre-order. More details below. bit.ly/4cbLfEr

Thanks Russ!!

being able to sit patiently with other people's thoughts, sit patiently with your own, and make both of those processes legible to someone who is not you is very valuable. if you can find a new way to do this that is fantastic news but I suspect it will at least resemble the model we've inherited

more seriously: both an adult life spent teaching and an adult life spent on message boards and sites like this one have underscored to me that reading and communicating about reading is very much not a trivial skill. the recent tech developments further underscore this for me

Come work with us! Building something new in the end times is a really special thing to get to do

Some personnel news Thanks to you, we’re hiring two journalists — and looking for one more.

I'm thrilled to be *officially* joining @51st.news as Managing Editor this summer (and that @samdelgado.bsky.social is joining our team!). Plus, we're hiring! Know a talented D.C. reporter passionate about community-driven local news? Is that you? Get in touch!!
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Hammer & Hope A magazine of Black politics and culture

The newest edition of @hammerandhope.bsky.social is now out! Find the entire issue here. A few highlights:

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I hope this forces some soul-searching inside the labor movement. UFW is an extreme case, but the reality is that the relationship between leadership and organizers in other unions is ripe for abuse and domination in the hands of the wrong leadership or the absence of internal accountability.

You know what? Fine, tech bros. You win. You get to do algorithmic pricing.

But in return, we get to do algorithmic taxing on everyone with a net-worth over $5million. As a little treat.

Let me just say that having been there, the idea of being a Black woman in labor in America and having to go before a judge is terrorism.

The 51st is expanding D.C. needs more local journalists. You can help us hire them.

IF YOU'VE ALREADY DONATED — or you believe in us but can’t afford to donate — spreading the word is just as vital. We have 16k+ subscribers (25% are paid). There are 500k+ adults in DC.

First, THANK YOU!

Second, please tell your friends! 📣

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With Washington Post Local diminished, other news sites step up their D.C. coverage The 51st, City Cast, and The Baltimore Banner are among the outlets to announce expansions of Washington, D.C. metro area coverage since the Post layoffs.

@51st.news should feel as if it belongs to the city and its readers, not to its journalists,' our president @abigailhiggins.bsky.social told @niemanlab.org re: our efforts to hire more journalists after the Washington Post layoffs.

^Those #️⃣s show it does!
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We also aim to support more organizations like us!

We've helped inform resources like powering.news.

Co-founders @abigailhiggins.bsky.social and @maddiepoore.bsky.social just spoke at a local co-op development event with @dc-bci.bsky.social last night!

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The Washington Post Is Using Reader Data to Set Subscription Prices. How Does That Work? - Washingtonian If recent events have not compelled you to cancel your Washington Post subscription, then you might have been in for sticker shock at the dawn of your latest billing cycle. Many readers have been…

Many Washington Post readers have been notified via email that their subscription rates are set to increase. Nestled at the bottom of these emails, you’ll find an asterisk and the following: “This price was set by an algorithm using your personal data.”

D.C. Gears up for First Ranked-Choice Election with a Citywide Voter Education Effort - Bolts Election officials and community groups are holding education campaigns ahead of Washington D.C.’s first use of ranked choice, with many focused on older and low-propensity voters.

New: It's the first collab between @boltsmag.org & @51st.news.

Need I say more? OK, fine, it's about ranked-choice voting coming to DC:

Coops 101: Why Cooperatives? with The 51st Join BCI and The 51st as we look at different cooperative structures and how worker-led newsrooms are creating sustainable local jobs!

When we were launching @51st.news we received guidance and support from DC's very own coop incubator @dc-bci.bsky.social, join @abigailhiggins.bsky.social and I tonight talking about this growing newsroom model: www.eventbrite.com/e/coops-101-...

tomorrow's the night! see you at @metrobaltimore.bsky.social with Eat the Cake Band and Night Walks.

The 51st is expanding D.C. needs more local journalists. You can help us hire them.

one last pitch I'll make; I would strongly make a case for indie outlets, especially ones run by their workers rather than rich owners: @defector.com @hellgatenyc.com @404media.co are all worker-owned outlets putting out first rate reporting (that you should support!)

51st.news/the-51st-is-...

if you're local to DC, these are all here:

@streetsensedc.bsky.social
@washingtoninformer.com
@ethiopique202.bsky.social

if you're local to elsewhere, you may find @laminda.bsky.social's list useful

go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

so I am once again loudly tapping the sign: please support independent, worker-owned, billionaire free media. if you're local to DC that of course includes @51st.news, which @russ41.bsky.social can help you get across the finish line via 2Xing

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Trump-aligned oligarchs are gobbling up media outlets Trump-aligned oligarchs are gobbling up media outlets

we live in an era where the most powerful people in the world are not content to buy total personal impunity, not just content to buy the politicians whose job it is to constrain them, but want to buy our very ability to perceive that those things are happening

investigativepost.org/2025/09/29/m...

How Jeff Bezos Brought Down the Washington Post The Amazon founder bought the paper to save it. Instead, with a mass layoff, he’s forced it into severe decline.

clearly biased as a Wife Guy ( @abigailhiggins.bsky.social is a founding member!), and a lefty. but also biased as a DC resident who watched one of world's richest buy the city's biggest paper, enjoy news cycles about him "saving" it, and then feed it to the wolves

www.newyorker.com/news/annals-...

The 51st is expanding D.C. needs more local journalists. You can help us hire them.

"We want to be the newsroom D.C. needs at this critical time, so we’re raising funds to triple our reporting capacity."

a quick thread on why you should support this (if you're in the DMV) and similar outlets if you're elsewhere

51st.news/the-51st-is-...

Initial follower counts:
@51st.news: 40088
Me: 2537

Down-payment and a list of my previous fundraisers (including one where we helped raise enough money to bring @maustermuhle.bsky.social and @christurdisani.bsky.social on full time!)👇

You can help build billionaire-free local news.

Repost this -> I give $1
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Follow me -> I give $1
Donate -> I match your gift

Let's fight misinformation, help good journalists to make a decent living, and stick a big ol' finger in Jeff Bezos' eye.

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Moon Soul w/ Femi & The Foundation Moon Soul w/ Femi & The Foundation Live at Groove | 7PM Show, 6PM Doors

but can't stop there. the next night we will be in NYC, in the East Village. come for Washington Square Park, stay for guitar magic with Moon Soul at Groove!

www.eventbrite.com/e/moon-soul-...

EAT THE CAKE BAND + FEMI AND THE FOUNDATION w/ Night Walks Tickets | $20.60 | Mar 13 @ Metro Baltimore, Baltimore | DICE EAT THE CAKE BAND + FEMI AND THE FOUNDATION with Night Walks Friday March 13, 2026 Doors at 7:00 PM, Show at 8:00 PM All Ages

thought we'd take this show on the road! we will be in Baltimore Friday March 13th at Metro Baltimore with local favorites Eat the Cake and Night Walks.

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"The utility has pointed to the region’s historically cold winter as a cause of rising heating demand and costs...But in an email to The 51st, Pepco’s own data show that their D.C. customers actually used more energy in January 2025 than January 2026."

“I Have Been Here Too Long”: Read Letters from the Children Detained at ICE’s Dilley Facility Hundreds of children are currently being held with their parents at an immigration detention center in Dilley, Texas. In letters and drawings, eight kids convey the pain of feeling trapped with no end...

ProPublica received eight handwritten letters from children who have been held at the detention center that 5-year-old Liam Conejo Ramos was recently released from.

We'll let their words speak for themselves.