Mishmash of how US heat deaths are counted complicates efforts to keep people safe as Earth warms Even when it seems obvious that extreme heat was a factor, death certificates don’t always reflect the role it played. Experts say a … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Monitoring the Lettuce

10 Million Names Project Digs Into History Of Black Families The 10 Million Names Project is a project from American Ancestors that is designed to create a database of names and stories of Black people who were enslaved in the … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Still Waiting For That Perp Walk

Sinéad O’Connor Redefined Pop Stardom. It Came At a Cost And so she could stay chaotic; deeply funny; unabashedly serious; mercurial; uncompromising to her values. Teen Vogue On the 75th Anniversary of Armed Forces Desegregation, Republicans Don’t Get to Pretend … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Counts Down to the End of Summer

Elon Musk is rebranding Twitter to ‘X’ and killing the bird logo “And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds,” he tweeted. He later said in a Twitter space that the Twitter logo … Continue reading The Ǻ Is Now The Thread Formerly Known As Monday Politics Thread

Heat waves, poor air quality and severe storms: US experiencing acute weather conditions from coast to coast More than 80 million Americans across 14 states from Washington to Florida are currently under heat alerts. The temperature at Furnace Creek in … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Pro-PT Writers Union

Stymied by the Supreme Court, Biden wants voters to have the final say on his agenda After major blows to his agenda by the Supreme Court, President Joe Biden is intent on making sure voters will have the final say.When … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Gets Back to Work

How to Be an Ally to the LGBTQ Community and Stand Up for LGBTQ Rights Amid a climate of anti-LGBTQ laws and backlash, it’s on all of us to stand up for the queer community during Pride and beyond. Teen … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is One Last Hurrah in June

Juneteenth 2023: The True Story Behind Our Newest Federal Holiday The Root is doing a deep-dive on all things Juneteenth this year. Here’s how the Texan-based celebration began. The Root No One Ever Made the Case for Reparations Better Than … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates Juneteenth

To pardon or not to pardon: GOP candidates highlight positions on Trump indictment Offering a preemptive pardon “undermines our jury system,” former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said. Politico Large-scale study will culminate in the Oxford Dictionary of African American English, … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Keeps All of the Classified Documents in The Outhouse

Leslie Feinberg, Trailblazing LGBTQ Activist, Changed the Way We Talk About Trans Identity Recent attacks on transgender and non-binary individuals often frame the struggle for expansive gender representation and rights as a new, emerging phenomenon and evidence of societal degeneration. But gender … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Had to Write This in Edge Browser

Memorial Day Lesson: Hate Diminishes the Memory of Our Fallen Bob Casey fought so that we could have the freedom to be ourselves — including marry who we love, embrace our gender identity, and teach our children acceptance. Advocate Daniel … Continue reading The Memorial Day Politics Thread Is Having a 50% Off Sale For The Troops

Biden announces new $375M military aid package for Ukraine President Biden met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Sunday and unveiled a new $375 million military aid package for Ukraine. The Week Writers Strike Explained: Why the Writers Guild of … Continue reading The Moon’s Day Polotocz Thread Has Not Defaulted Yet

New Biden Asylum Policy Will Hurt LGBTQ+ Migrants and Others, Activists Say Human rights groups are criticizing President Joe Biden’s new policy on asylum-seekers, saying it’s as restrictive as the one enacted by Donald Trump or possibly more so. Advocate … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Is Not a George Santos Scheme

Restrictive border policy Title 42 ends this week but leaves imprint on future of asylum The first day that asylum seekers could make appointments through their smartphones to request protection at U.S. ports of entry, a 22-year-old mother and her … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread is Counting Down to the End of Title 42

Hi there. HP here holding it down for our usual Tuesday wonder woman, SheleetaHam. The last couple of days I’ve been sitting with feelings of compassion and admiration for those of Asian American and Pacific Island heritage, as this is … Continue reading The Tuesday Politics Thread observes Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.

The World Wide Web turns 30 Thirty years ago, the internet was made available to the public for the very first time. Little behind the technology has changed since but artificial intelligence could have a major impact. Deutsche Welle Border … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Celebrates The World Wide Web’s Dirty Thirty

Twitter Users With a Million Followers Are Getting ‘Paid’ Blue Checks, Like It or Not “Wait I’m crying they’re giving them for punishment now,” Chrissy Teigen tweeted. The change appears to include doling subscription badges out to popular people who … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Asks: Got Malk?

Latina radio network owners fend off conservative critics, tout cultural focus Latino Media Network’s Stephanie Valencia and Jess Morales Rocketto’s new ownership of key Latino radio stations was slammed as a Democratic power play, which they insist misses the point. … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Stays In Character Until The Commentary Track Is Finished

HHS secretary says ‘everything is on the table’ in response to medication abortion ruling Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra on Sunday said “everything is on the table” following a Texas federal judge’s ruling to suspend the Food and … Continue reading The Monday Politics Thread Rises Again

A Grand Jury Voted to Indict Donald Trump, Making Him First Ex-President Charged With a Crime Trump will become the first former president charged with a crime. Teen Vogue New York, city of Trump’s dreams, delivers his comeuppance His name … Continue reading It’s The Fireworks Facto–I Mean, The Monday Politics Thread