It should go without saying that when a dictator decides to re-create reality, it will eventually be abused to commit horrors.
A second Trump administration, armed with a federal bureaucracy and possibly even hand-picked military leadership, will tell us to ignore everything we know and can see, and instead accept their “alternative facts.”
The proliferation of anti-LGBTQ conspiracy theories has ravaged schools across the U.S., turning many places of learning into hostile environments for #LGBTQ students.
In addition to right-wing media & social media platforms, the New York Times and other local & national publications have played a role in lending legitimacy to #misinformation surrounding the number of young people coming out as trans and nonbinary.
For years, #reproductivejustice activists have been warning that the GOP’s “fetal personhood” bills would endanger access to birth control and fertility treatment—especially IVF. Why hasn't the media taken them to task? @Athenae for us today.
The Narwhal snags 3 National Newspaper Awards nominations
The National Newspaper Awards celebrate some of the best journalism in Canada. This year, our work is in the running in three categories https://thenarwhal.ca/national-newspaper-awards-nominations-2024/
When events like The Fifth Circuit ruling this week that fathers have the right to deny daughters access to #birthcontrol making it clear that the #Dobbs decision was just the beginning of the rollback of women’s rights, we have loudly question who exactly gets to be "We" in "We the People.
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Sumaúma newsletter a.o.:
-For whom the Amazon's waters run dry
-Cargill wants to expand its destruction in the Amazon
-The cyclones and droughts that wipe out lives and force a new perspective on the enviro crisis
-‘Nobody will forget the agony of the river dolphins’
-The Amazon of Fungi
A search for beings that sustain the Earth in a forest nearing the point of no return
-King’s College and SUMAÚMA join forces to investigate transnational corps #independentJournalism https://sumauma.com/en/newsletters/newsletter-11-10-2023/
Trials of love and strength at a traditional indigenous wedding
in a Pataxó ceremony known as the Aragwaksã... the traditional wedding is a ritual marked by profound symbolism. The couple must undergo several stages of preparation... Every detail of the paintings and costumes worn by the bride and groom has a meaning.
Meta has started blocking news for some Canadians on its Facebook & Instagram platforms in response to a Liberal government bill that could soon become law
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Postmedia is a case in point. The chain has gobbled up media titles across Canada using complex financing to extract the value of assets. But as it did so, it shrank the number of titles and the number of full time reporters.
It's #Newstodon Friday, and that means it's time to remind folks that as an #independentjournalism outlets, we rely on #reader support to help us keep publishing.
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The U.S. has long presented itself as #humanitarian but a look at our #immigration history tells a different story.
Humanitarianism underscores America’s identity as a nation of immigrants. This “melting pot” perception, though, ignores the #history of violence and exclusion that immigrants have experienced.
With #Title42 set to expire tomorrow, an important piece from our series, The American Values Report.