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“This particular project is about my father, but it’s also about so many other people’s fathers. There are so many people who were involved in the Panthers,” she says. “So many people have a file like this on them, many of whom are still in prison, or many of whom might not have a child who happens to be an artist and can use their family as a way to talk about the greater black community and American history.”

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That whole exhibit is fucking amazing. It should be seen by everyone.

7-year-old Bana al-Abed is using Twitter to shed light on the plight of Syrian children

For many, the ongoing conflict in Syria is a distant problem faced by people thousands of miles away. 

But via Twitter, 7-year-old Bana al-Abed has shared her personal story within this horrifying tragedy.

Since September, al-Abed and her mother Fatemah have been tweeting to the world about the terror and fear they face living with the daily bombings in Aleppo

Their account has garnered 186,000 followers in the process. 

Though they posted a farewell message on Sunday in the face of heavy bombing, the family is still alive

[BREAKING: #NoDAPL November 25th, 2016, 5:40pm. Confirmed that The US Army Corps of Engineers has given an eviction notice to the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ camp. The ramifications and process is still unclear. Expect statements from Standing Rock, as well as key camps and organizations, shortly.]

Standing Rock Sioux Tribe have responded

The following statement from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe’s Chairman, Dave Archambault II, can be quotes in part of in full:

“Today we were notified by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that on Dec. 5th, they will close all lands north of the Cannonball River, which is where the Očhéthi Šakówiŋ camp is located. The letter states that the lands will be closed to public access for safety concerns, and that they will allow for ‘free speech zone’ south of the Cannonball River on Army Corps land.

Our Tribe is deeply disappointed in this decision by the United States, but our resolve to protect our water is stronger than ever. The best way to protect the people during winter, and reduce the risk of conflict between water protectors and militarized police, is to deny the easement for the Oahe crossing, and deny it now.”

6 Native American girls explain the tragic story behind Thanksgiving

As a Native woman who has been to Standing Rock three times, and whose health now prevents me from making a fourth trip, I have my own asks. Call every  number put in front of you. Jam every phone line. Look at the target list of financial institutions supporting this pipeline. Pick a bank. Shut it down, just like we did in Chicago on Saturday and people did in Philadelphia this morning. The Trump administration hasn’t even taken hold yet, and I watched over a livestream last night as my friends and people were battered with water streams that can tear skin from flesh and eyes from sockets. I watched my people hold space and scramble to save one another as drops of water froze to razor wire.

I know marginalized people around the county are organizing for their own survival right now, and sitting around tables discussing the difficult days ahead. But a strategy of protection, defense and obstruction cannot wait for the inauguration of an autocrat. It must be applied here and now.

Please show us that you see us. Please do all you can to stop this.

If you cannot travel to Standing Rock, or support or organize an action where you live, consider contacting one of these Sheriffs and police departments that have loaned out the officers who are abusing Native peoples in Standing Rock. Jam their phone lines and tell them to bring their people home. If your community is on this list, actively organize to recall the deployment.

Michigan City Police Department Michigan City, IN (219) 874-3221

North Dakota Highway Patrol Offices across North Dakota (701) 328-2455

Hammond Police Department Hammond, IN 219-852-2900

Munster Police Department Munster, IN (219) 836-6600

Griffith Police Department Griffith, IN (219) 924-7503

Anoka County Sheriff’s Office Andover, MN (763) 323-5000

Washington County Sheriff’s Office Stillwater, MN 651-430-6000

Marathon County Sheriff’s Department Wausau, WI (715) 261-1200

La Porte County Sheriff’s Office La Porte, IN (219) 326-7700

Newton County Sheriff’s Office Kentland, IN 219-474-3331

South Dakota Highway Patrol Pierre, SD 605-773-3105

Jasper County Sheriff Rensselaer, Indiana 219-866-7344

Lake County Sheriff Sheriff’s Department Crown Point, IN 219-755-3333

Laramie County Sheriff’s Department Cheyenne, WY 307-633-4700

Wyoming Highway Patrol Cheyenne, WY 307-777-4301

Ohio State Highway Patrol Columbus, Ohio 614-466-2660

Nebraska Emergency Management Agency Lincoln, NE (402) 471-7421

Supply note: With at least two hundred injured last night, Standing Rock medics are in critical need of the following items:

Milk of Magnesia Wool socks Wool blankets Space blankets Hand warmers Trauma kits (portable) Suturing kits Straw bales

Supplies can be shipped to: Standing Rock Medic and Healer Council PO Box 1251, Bismark ND, 58502 or if you are shipping via UPS or Fed Ex, please use the address: 220 E. Rosser Ave. 1251, Bismark, ND, 58502

8 Year old Mari gives a few facts about the Flint Water Crisis

Judith Slaying Holofernes, Artemisia Gentileschi, 1620

More than a dozen teen girls gone missing raising fear in the community.

Every other week one or more girls just vanished off the streets and people are scared about their loved ones. Most of the girls are colored and this raises even more questions.

Police says that it might be a  forced prostitution.

Six of the teens were reported missing this month alone, including two who vanished June 23.

The list of missing girls released Wednesday by Councilman Andy King is long enough to fill the roster of a softball team.

1)15-year-old Karla Gros

2) Sierra Rivera, 14, who was last seen on June 2 near White Plains Road.

3) Ashley Bissal, 16, was last seen on June 23, leaving her Grand Concourse apartment.

4) Emily Arroyo, 15, has been missing since April 26, when she was supposed to come home from a juvenile program on Bergen Ave.

5) Jada Jordan, 12, was last seen about 8:30 a.m. on March 23 inside Bronx-Manhattan Seventh Day Adventist School on 1440 Plimpton Ave. in Mount Eden, police said.

6) Miracle Mann was last seen at 3:15 p.m. on June, 23, 2016 leaving her residence.

7)  12-year-old Jada Jordan, who is missing from her Bronx, New York home. She was last seen March 21, 2016.

This is our duty to help. If you know anything about these girls ,please,contact the police!

There are so many hate crimes happening every day and there are so many crazy people on the streets, so please stay woke!

Rep. Gwen Moore (D-WI) has had enough of the growing movement to drug test poor people who need government assistance. So on Tuesday, she’s introducing a bill that she says will make things fairer.

Her “Top 1% Accountability Act” would require anyone claiming itemized tax deductions of over $150,000 in a given year to submit a clean drug test. If a filer doesn’t submit a clean test within three months of filing, he won’t be able to take advantage of tax deductions like the mortgage interest deduction or health insurance tax breaks. Instead he would have to make use of the standard deduction.

Her office has calculated that the people impacted will be those who make at least $500,000 a year. “By drug testing those with itemized deductions over $150,000, this bill will level the playing field for drug testing people who are the recipients of social programs,” a memo on her bill notes.