Sunday Snippets: June 14th

We march again. June 14, No Kings Day!

With Assad gone and Syria's war over, the White Helmets have a new mission

4-year-old migrant girl, other kids go to court in NYC with no lawyer: 'The cruelty is apparent'

Trump is jailing immigrant families again. A mother, father and teen tell of ‘anguish on a daily basis’

NHS to test all ‘trans’ children for autism

Death doula to a dying empire

The Future of the Fetal Personhood Movement

‘We’re citizens!’: Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren’t suspects

An Update on Abrego Garcia

‘They disappear them’: families of the detained see grim echo of Latin American dictatorships in Trump’s US

The Trump Administration Is Not Just Erasing History, They're Rewriting the Future and Attacking Democracy | Opinion

The United States is witnessing the return of psychiatric imprisonment

Trump orders reopening of "enlarged" Alcatraz prison

Wisconsin governor says he’s not afraid after Trump official suggests possible arrest

Nearly half of Americans breathing in unsafe levels of air pollutants – report

Newark mayor released after arrest at immigration facility protest, says, ‘I didn’t do anything wrong’

Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden is fired by Trump

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Permanent ceasefire now. This needs to stop.

The Feminine Urge

College student explores rare mental health condition in award-winning podcast

This government memo warned of climate change in 1969

Here's this year's list of the most endangered historic places in the U.S.

Goodbye, carpet on Metro. Oldest trains in system to be removed

As a brutal genocide raged around her, Josephine smuggled 12 people to safety

Their first baby came with medical debt. These Illinois parents won't have another.

‘I will return to the US in an urn’: She moved to Portugal with her husband, and this American says she’s never coming back

Women Reading

Collapsed Baltimore bridge span comes down with a boom

Thawing permafrost threatens Alaska's rural villages. And time is running out

Sunday Snippets: Leo season

Leos unite! Love being a summer baby.

The Dutch are returning looted artifacts to Indonesia and Sri Lanka. Does it matter?

The Sunday Story: Permission to share

Employees consider suing employers for ‘geographical discrimination’ against remote work

Prince George's Dinosaurs: Here's what to know about the dig site where paleontologists find fossils with the public

'Missing' Houston man Rudy Farias says his mother brainwashed him

FDA approves Opill, the first daily birth control pill without a prescription

MINIMALISM IS NEAT, BUT CLUTTER MAKES A HOME

The Science of Analysis Paralysis

Sunday Snippets: February

Already February somehow.

Shelter Reunites Homeless Woman with Her Dog and Vows to Help Both After Finding Pet with Note All the feels

When gun violence ends young lives, these men prepare the graves Also feels

Second gentleman Emhoff visits Auschwitz, part of a push against antisemitism

A project collects the names of those held at Japanese internment camps during WWII

Prompt 227. The Shape of Goodbye

A Total Amateur May Have Just Rewritten Human History With Bombshell Discovery

The Minimalist Photography Awards for 2022

North Dakota weighs ban on 'sexually explicit' library books

Opinion: Maryland is striking a blow at the absurd culture of over-work

How 'modern-day slavery' in the Congo powers the rechargeable battery economy

This Nurse Wanted to Help Women Avoid Abortions. Then She Saw Infection Control Problems at a Crisis Pregnancy Center.

Sunday Snippets: Fall

Fall of the bugs, patriarchy, Republican party....

'This Is Too Much': Working Moms Are Reaching The Breaking Point During The Pandemic

Breonna Taylor case grand juror: We weren’t given the option of indicting the two cops who shot her

Why this man is too emotional to be president

Hard Conversations: How to Talk to Kids About White Privilege

Sunday Snippets: Impeachment

About. Fucking. Time.

How Ava DuVernay Made When They See Us, the Year’s Best Miniseries

Trump administration says joint UNC, Duke program portrays Islam too positively

Teaching Kindness Isn’t Enough

Teaching 6-Year-Olds About Privilege and Power

How the United States created the largest immigrant detention system in the world.

Child Immigration Detention is Not Only Wrong, It Is Ineffective

Sunday Snippets: Almost mah birthday!

I'll be 32 in less than two weeks and am definitely going to do some self reflection. After a well deserved manicure.

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Cleaning Toilets, Following Rules: A Migrant Child’s Days in Detention

Mass gathering of golden retrievers in Highlands Aka what Heaven must look like

8 Things You Can Do to Become an Ally to Those Fighting for Nicaragua’s Liberty

A New Zealand company that tried 4-day workweeks says people were more creative, more punctual, and more energetic — and they want to keep it going

Stop Volunteering For Thankless Tasks at Work—If You're a Woman

New Reporting on the Devonte Hart Case Suggests His Biological Family Was Treated Unfairly by the Adoption System Due to Race

Turning ocean plastic into art and fuel in British Columbia

Democratic Lawmakers Say ICE Charging Parents To Call Their Kids Violates Immigration Standards

Sunday Snippets: Four Seasons?

I remember when Maryland had four seasons. Just not all in one week.

Beautiful example of humanity's goodness

I look forward to seeing my husband like this I know he's going to make a great dad.

And speaking of children....

“I don’t want to have to live like my parents did.” When I express my fears about having children, people often tell me that we can just “make it work,” but the truth is, I don’t want to just make it work. Like a lot of women I know, I want a substantial income before I take that plunge. I don’t think that’s unreasonable.

Hilarious Mother's Day cards

Who's chopping onions?

Man, I love words

Cats are awesome

HELL YES

If the item doesn't make you excited to get out of bed and wear it, why the hell are you buying it?

Yes. To all. (Slight TW)

Again, not surprised. But what the fuck?

A man drinking canned iced tea in a parking lot was accosted by a plainclothes beverage cop who demanded to inspect his drink. He was placed in handcuffs and arrested. Even though the man was innocent and was only drinking tea, prosecutors are still trying to set him up with probation and community service.

Hey-o, anxiety!