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Love the UP, New Mexico and French fries
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A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
A Philly family bought their first home thanks to reparations from Quakers in Germantown
Green Street Friends Meeting, a Quaker congregation in Germantown, pledged to spend $50,000 a year for 10 years as part of its reparations work. It’s helping Black Philadelphians become homeowners.
www.inquirer.com
September 16, 2026 at 5:38 PM
A Philadelphia family just bought their first home with a $10,000 first-time homebuyer grant funded by a group of Quakers
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
It’s part of the congregation’s racial justice plan to redistribute wealth to Black residents in the Germantown area as a form of reparations
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Consider this your assignment for National Voter Registration Day.
Head to IWillVote.com and check your voter registration status. Then send this to the group chat and make sure they check theirs, too.
We all need to turn out this November and be too big to rig.
Head to IWillVote.com and check your voter registration status. Then send this to the group chat and make sure they check theirs, too.
We all need to turn out this November and be too big to rig.
September 15, 2026 at 8:07 PM
Consider this your assignment for National Voter Registration Day.
Head to IWillVote.com and check your voter registration status. Then send this to the group chat and make sure they check theirs, too.
We all need to turn out this November and be too big to rig.
Head to IWillVote.com and check your voter registration status. Then send this to the group chat and make sure they check theirs, too.
We all need to turn out this November and be too big to rig.
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700,000 Black women because this administration was mad at us.. the sadness I feel for my sisters… the rage
September 13, 2026 at 12:42 PM
700,000 Black women because this administration was mad at us.. the sadness I feel for my sisters… the rage
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Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is being forced to dedicate a $2 million beachfront property for public use after his company allegedly used heavy machinery to rip sand and rocks from a protected California beach to shore up his Malibu mansion.
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Billionaire Brewers owner ordered to spend $2 million returning sand he ‘stole’ from California beach to protect his Malibu mansion
Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio must give up the $2 million property.
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September 12, 2026 at 3:49 PM
Milwaukee Brewers owner Mark Attanasio is being forced to dedicate a $2 million beachfront property for public use after his company allegedly used heavy machinery to rip sand and rocks from a protected California beach to shore up his Malibu mansion.
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Beautiful
Sat with his friend & colleague JUDI DENCH, KENNETH BRANAGH becomes visibly moved when talking about the nature of loss & grief and simply not having the words to express these emotions.
He then he turns to a line from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’…
TEA WITH JUDI DENCH (2025)
He then he turns to a line from Shakespeare’s ‘Hamlet’…
TEA WITH JUDI DENCH (2025)
September 12, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Beautiful
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Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week.
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September 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
Christian Bale quietly dedicated roughly 17 years to developing a foster care village in Palmdale, California. The $20–22 million project was intentionally designed to keep siblings together in the foster system, providing them with family-style homes. It opened this week.
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"Masked men in black shirts 'echo the 1930s' warns Lord who escaped Nazis"
'Today, Alf’s decision to speak up for refugees means he suffers abuse, mainly online... “But it’s always much worse for women than men, and for black women than white women ...'
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'Today, Alf’s decision to speak up for refugees means he suffers abuse, mainly online... “But it’s always much worse for women than men, and for black women than white women ...'
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Masked men in black shirts 'echo the 1930s' warns Nazi survivor
Lord Alf Dubs is still giving back to the country that adopted him. Now he's released his autobiography 'The Boy with the Knapsack’
www.mirror.co.uk
September 12, 2026 at 7:00 AM
"Masked men in black shirts 'echo the 1930s' warns Lord who escaped Nazis"
'Today, Alf’s decision to speak up for refugees means he suffers abuse, mainly online... “But it’s always much worse for women than men, and for black women than white women ...'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
'Today, Alf’s decision to speak up for refugees means he suffers abuse, mainly online... “But it’s always much worse for women than men, and for black women than white women ...'
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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More erasure of history!
‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation
The Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco National Archives contain incredibly important Bureau of Indian Affairs documents and are reportedly closing as soon as Oct. 1
The Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco National Archives contain incredibly important Bureau of Indian Affairs documents and are reportedly closing as soon as Oct. 1
‘These records are priceless’: 3 National Archives locations set to close without tribal consultation - ICT
The Chicago, Seattle and San Francisco National Archives contain incredibly important Bureau of Indian Affairs documents and are reportedly closing as soon as Oct. 1
ictnews.org
September 9, 2026 at 4:44 PM
More erasure of history!
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Progress is never inevitable. Every generation has to earn it. We are so proud of our daughter, Yolanda Renee, for calling on her generation to restore what others are working to tear down.
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Granddaughter of Martin Luther King, Jr. calls on her generation to 'restore the dream' at 63rd anniversary of March on Washington
Yolanda King, the granddaughter of Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr., called on her generation to "restore the dream" on the 63rd anniversary of the March on Washington.
abcnews.com
September 10, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Progress is never inevitable. Every generation has to earn it. We are so proud of our daughter, Yolanda Renee, for calling on her generation to restore what others are working to tear down.
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abcnews.com/US/granddaug...
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STAN LAUREL and DICK VAN DYKE pose together in Stan’s apartment at the Oceana Motel - Santa Monica, California in 1964.
Dick idolised Stan, gave the eulogy at Stan’s funeral and was left a hat by Stan which he still treasures.
Dick idolised Stan, gave the eulogy at Stan’s funeral and was left a hat by Stan which he still treasures.
September 10, 2026 at 3:17 PM
STAN LAUREL and DICK VAN DYKE pose together in Stan’s apartment at the Oceana Motel - Santa Monica, California in 1964.
Dick idolised Stan, gave the eulogy at Stan’s funeral and was left a hat by Stan which he still treasures.
Dick idolised Stan, gave the eulogy at Stan’s funeral and was left a hat by Stan which he still treasures.
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I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen.
If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
September 10, 2026 at 4:33 PM
I hope everyone is paying attention to Yemen.
If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
If the Houthis are able to hold Mokha and significantly impede Bab al-Mandab, this gets really, really bad.
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loswhit
Carlos Whittaker
I can't share what he sent to me🤷♂️
Carlos Whittaker
I can't share what he sent to me🤷♂️
September 7, 2026 at 7:29 PM
loswhit
Carlos Whittaker
I can't share what he sent to me🤷♂️
Carlos Whittaker
I can't share what he sent to me🤷♂️
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MINORITY Leader Jeffries formed a Rapid Response Task Force & Litigation Working Group to combat the admin over a year ago. House Dems are largely united in major caucus votes. There have been more successful discharge petitions under him than there had been in the previous 4 decades. Learn his job.
September 6, 2026 at 5:53 AM
MINORITY Leader Jeffries formed a Rapid Response Task Force & Litigation Working Group to combat the admin over a year ago. House Dems are largely united in major caucus votes. There have been more successful discharge petitions under him than there had been in the previous 4 decades. Learn his job.
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September 4, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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Part of the reason I go so hard for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , VP Harris, and other Black political leaders is because I know firsthand how hard it is to lead in American politics while navigating a racism that knows no boundaries and wears no single party label.
September 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Part of the reason I go so hard for @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social , VP Harris, and other Black political leaders is because I know firsthand how hard it is to lead in American politics while navigating a racism that knows no boundaries and wears no single party label.
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The State Library & Archives of Florida calls this image Seated Girl & Boy Holding Hat. It’s among many beautiful portraits of Black Floridians made by photographer Alvan Harper between 1884 & 1910 whose names were not preserved.
September 4, 2026 at 7:03 PM
The State Library & Archives of Florida calls this image Seated Girl & Boy Holding Hat. It’s among many beautiful portraits of Black Floridians made by photographer Alvan Harper between 1884 & 1910 whose names were not preserved.
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1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA.
This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
September 3, 2026 at 4:41 PM
1. Rick Steves has spent $2 million of his own money to rescue a single-screen theater in Edmonds, WA.
This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
This is part of a multi-million-dollar effort he has made to invest in community properties in order to preserve local institutions and keep them serving the communities they were built for.
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D’Romanos Pizza
3579 East Tremont Ave Bronx, NY
Monday- Sunday 11am -11pm
718-431-0055
Free Delivery
3579 East Tremont Ave Bronx, NY
Monday- Sunday 11am -11pm
718-431-0055
Free Delivery
August 30, 2026 at 8:33 PM
D’Romanos Pizza
3579 East Tremont Ave Bronx, NY
Monday- Sunday 11am -11pm
718-431-0055
Free Delivery
3579 East Tremont Ave Bronx, NY
Monday- Sunday 11am -11pm
718-431-0055
Free Delivery
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Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning singer whose moody, instantly recognizable voice and adventurous choice of material helped redraw the boundaries of contemporary jazz, has died. She was 70.
Cassandra Wilson, Grammy-winning jazz singer with deep Bay Area ties, dies at 70
Cassandra Wilson, the Grammy-winning singer whose moody, instantly recognizable voice and adventurous choice of material helped redraw the boundaries of contemporary jazz, has died. She was 70.
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September 2, 2026 at 9:43 PM
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My family is Black and from rural Texas. I have family from rural Arkansas as well. Democrats don't fail to reach them, because Black folks are subjected to racism, not the perpetrators of it, and they didn't fall for the Southern Strategy, like their white rural counterparts.
August 31, 2026 at 5:35 AM
My family is Black and from rural Texas. I have family from rural Arkansas as well. Democrats don't fail to reach them, because Black folks are subjected to racism, not the perpetrators of it, and they didn't fall for the Southern Strategy, like their white rural counterparts.
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James Baldwin in 1968, explaining that since we used the US as a dumping place for our convicts, we now deserve the presidents.
August 30, 2026 at 11:59 AM
James Baldwin in 1968, explaining that since we used the US as a dumping place for our convicts, we now deserve the presidents.
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Forbidden Planet (1956): The Deleted Scene That Revealed What the Krell Actually Looked Like
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Forbidden Planet (1956): The Deleted Scene That Revealed What Actually Caused the Krell’s Extinction
YouTube video by The Vintage Fame
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August 29, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Forbidden Planet (1956): The Deleted Scene That Revealed What the Krell Actually Looked Like
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NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
Listen to 911 Calls From Inside an Immigration Detention Center: “We Just Need to Take Him to the Hospital”
Reporters don’t have access to Camp East Montana, one of the largest immigration detention centers in the country. Emergency calls from the Texas facility offer a glimpse of unfolding crises faced by ...
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August 28, 2026 at 12:12 PM
NEW: We obtained recordings of 160+ emergency calls made from or about an immigration detention center where three people died within six weeks.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
“They will not give them medical treatment,” one caller said, seeking help for a detainee with kidney stones.
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Are states really cutting Dolly Parton’s reading program?
August 28, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Are states really cutting Dolly Parton’s reading program?
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DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover.
Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing.
👂 Listen to the full episode:
Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing.
👂 Listen to the full episode:
The True Story of Why Immigration Agents Raided a Chicago Apartment Building
Podcast Episode · Paper Trail · August 20 · 42m
podcasts.apple.com
August 27, 2026 at 12:40 PM
DHS repeatedly said that an aggressive Chicago apartment raid was prompted by intel on a Venezuelan gang takeover.
Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing.
👂 Listen to the full episode:
Records reveal the real story behind the raid: targeting alleged squatters with the landlord’s blessing.
👂 Listen to the full episode: