Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

I want the Harris/Walz campaign to take the Uncommitted movement seriously. Because literal lives have been lost.

Family of explorer who died in Titan submersible sues Oceangate for more than $50M

Is COVID endemic yet? Yep, says the CDC. Here's what that means

Working from home allowed him to be a more engaged dad. Now it’s over

Project 2025 & Abortion

10 years after Michael Brown's death, police killings are not going down

Like Paris, Baltimore knows the struggle of cleaning up water for swimming

Leaders of the movement that protested Biden on Israel express some hope on Harris

Do cats experience grief? New research suggests they might

The Capital Beltway turns 60: This was the original name

An insect's eye and a poppy seed: Fossils found in ice deposit rewrite Greenland's geological past

That Feeling You Recognize? Obamacore.

She was on the surgical table just once but was billed for two operations

Two Thoughts From the DNC

 

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Ceasefire. Now.

City discovers first grave of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre victim

Eric Garner’s ‘I can’t breathe’ continues to echo across NYC and the world 10 years after his death

Climate change is messing with time more than previously thought, scientists find

Fossil of an ancient shark that swam in the age of dinosaurs solves centuries-long mystery

Ukraine's bookstores are thriving, but a top printing plant took a deadly hit

A Scream for Gaza

In upstate New York, Casa Susanna was a safe haven for trans women in 1960s America

In Poverty, Everything is More Expensive, Including Time

Babies don’t come with instructions. But in Oregon, they now come with a nurse

Chair of NYC police watchdog agency resigns after criticizing NYPD in misconduct case

The Greatest Disaster Movies of All Time

Sunday Snippets: Ceasefire

Ceasefire. Now. This has got to stop.

Outrage after ex-Trump aide claims he gave unhoused people fake money

10 Readers Share Sweet Items They’ve Framed

Why One Man Runs a Tree Service That Won’t Cut Down Dead Trees

Israel has no plan for Gaza after Hamas rule, the Israeli defense chief says

Family of Black U.S. airman seeks answers after fatal shooting by Florida deputy

You Are Being Lied to About Gaza Solidarity Camps by University Presidents, Mainstream Media, and Politicians

Arrested. Injured. Suspended. Six NYC university students say they'll keep protesting

THE ART OF SURVIVAL

A look at what could be the future for postpartum care in America

Republicans try to soften stance on abortion as 'abolitionists' go farther

Trump posted a video on Truth Social calling the country a 'unified reich' if he wins

Eagles shifting flight paths to avoid Ukraine conflict, scientists find

Spain, Norway and Ireland say they will recognize a Palestinian state

A newspaper near Ukraine's border with Russia watches for freed POWs

Sunday Snippets: April

Despite what that poet says, April is a fun month for me. Warmer air before it turns swampy, my wedding anniversary and closer to summertime-my favorite season.

Influencer Parents and The Kids Who Had Their Childhood Made Into Content

I do 'Bare Minimum Mondays' at work to help beat the 'Sunday scaries' and avoid burnout. It's totally changed my life and how I approach my job.

The start of the Iraq War 20 years later in photos

A million lives later, I cannot forgive what American terrorism did to my country, Iraq

She was one of Alabama’s last abortion doctors. Then they came for everything she had

Afroman put home footage of a police raid in music videos. Now the cops are suing him

‘Truly a renaissance period of social media’: how US state agencies got funny

Volunteer pilots fly patients seeking abortions to states where it's legal

Recently found quilt tells the story of a long-gone historic Detroit neighborhood

Idaho lawmakers pass a bill to prevent minors from leaving the state for abortion

Sunday Snippets: 9/11

21 years. A horrible day, but also horrible for the Islamphobia that targeted so many people.

An all-trimester abortion clinic prepares to open in Maryland, one of few nationally

PHOTOS: A third of Pakistan is under water in catastrophic floods

Whatever happened to the Kenyan farmer who turned a dump into a garden of giveaways?

Watering flowers while Black: A pastor shares his story of wrongful arrest

Sundown Towns Across the US

Forehead thermometer readings may not be as accurate for Black patients, study finds

AOC's Fight for the Future

Pregnant women held for months in one Alabama jail to protect fetuses from drugs

Rising seas fueled by climate change to swamp $34B in US real estate in just 30 years, analysis finds

A skateboarding accident led this photographer to find his passion

A Federal Judge Ruled Religious Employers Shouldn't Have To Provide HIV Prevention Medicine

Pfizer isn’t sharing Covid vaccines with researchers for next-gen studies

Sunday Snippets: Fake Spring

When it's in the 60's in February, it's torture (and awful for the climate too).

In Baltimore's streets, interrupters face danger to stop a cycle of violence

Artwork from the Black Lives Matter memorial has a new home: the Library of Congress

Determined to say “I do,” Salinas couple fights marriage penalties

Police launch internal affairs investigation into baby injured in Pensacola Police custody FLAMES ON THE SIDE OF MY FACE. FUCKING BULLSHIT

NOW WE KNOW THEIR NAMES Always read Clint Smith.

An 'antiwork' management strategy is going viral for describing perks like optional Mondays and 10% pay raises, and claiming there was 'no decline in revenue'

A granddaughter passes on the legacy of 'Granny Hayden,' a midwife born into slavery

Cristina Calderón, Chile's last known Yaghan speaker, dies at 93

An interior designer imbues his tiny, efficiently designed Stockholm apartment with joyful colour and pattern

The Most Extreme 'Rogue Wave' on Record Was Just Confirmed in The North Pacific

PHOTOS: Teen dreams and disappointments after the world's longest COVID school closure

Life’s a Party, Not a Race

Ukraine’s Jewish President Zelenskiy asks Putin: ‘How could I be a Nazi?’

1928 MANSION FOR SALE IN WINDSOR ONTARIO CANADA

Revealed: leading climate research publisher helps fuel oil and gas drilling

Putin’s Historic Miscalculation May Make Him a War Criminal

Hundreds are arrested as shocked Russians protest Ukraine attack

Sunday Snippets: A week

It's been a week. And my brain feels wrung out.

She guarded the Black Lives Matter memorial. Now, she's working to protect its art

THE THING WITH SMALL SCREENS, SOCIAL MEDIA AND PARENTING (ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S DOWN)

The Nasty Logistics of Returning Your Too-Small Pants

First Mobile Shower Program in Greater D.C. Area Launches in Hyattsville

National Park Service recognizes 4 Md. sites to include in Underground Railroad Network to Freedom

THIS IS YOUR KID’S SCHOOL AND EVEN THOUGH THE EMERGENCY CONTACT FORM LISTS YOUR HUSBAND, WE NEED YOU, THE MOM

How Previous Epidemics Impacted Home Design

“In Between” Parenting Is the Latest Identity Crisis Women Are Negotiating

Critics Denounce Redistricting Changes in Prince George’s as ‘Outrageous,’ ‘Appalling’

Visiting My Grandmother in England

Tiny Wrists in cuffs

Unweaving the Whitewashed Legacy of the Cross-Stitch

Lawmakers from 3 Western Md. counties ask to be part of West Virginia

When a Miscarriage Becomes a Jail Sentence

I Am Mad About Everything

Sunday Snippets: Palestine

I'm unlearning more and more about how I was taught about the Israel domination of the region.

Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett, Who Helped Develop COVID-19 Vaccine, Joins Harvard’s Faculty

How tax prep companies conspired to make filing your taxes so damn hard

Police and State Violence Have Secondary Impacts: Complex and Lasting Trauma

It's Time For A Summer Slowdown

The Israel-Palestine Narrative Has Evolved

PW special report: After conservative criticism, UNC backs down from offering acclaimed journalist tenured position

Twice Militant: Lorraine Hansberry

PHOTOS: Across The U.S., People Protest The Violence In Gaza And Israel

The Hurt Every Working Mother is Expert at Hiding

How Your Hot Showers And Toilet Flushes Can Help the Climate

The ‘Blurred Existence’ of Motherhood

The Chicks vs. The Iraq War

Sunday Snippets: Chadwick Boseman

A brilliant man who was taken from us too soon. RIP Chadwick Boseman

 "The front door blew off the hinges": What happens when police raid your home without knocking first

Systemic racism hurts not just humans, but urban biodiversity

A Litany for Survival

‘What Choice Do We Have?’

Former officer in George Floyd killing asks judge to dismiss charges

Sunday Snippets: Do the work

Those who have white privilege, do the work; be it donation, reading, advocating for others, etc. Find where you can help and do it.

The inescapable pressure of being a woman on Zoom

I Don't Feel Like Buying Stuff Anymore

Black People Need Stronger White Allies — Here’s How You Can Be One

Police Erupt in Violence Nationwide

'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Chris Evans ('Defending Jacob')

'Trying to stay alive': 70 protesters sheltered in stranger's home during D.C.'s curfew

A Partial Map of Black-led Black Liberation Organizing

FBI Asks for Evidence of Individuals Inciting Violence During Protests, People Respond With Videos of Police Violence

Why we can’t stop thinking about George Floyd’s neck

Betsy DeVos Tells Connecticut: Ban Transgender Athletes, Or Say Goodbye To Your Federal Funding

New USPS Stamps Feature Prominent Voices of the Harlem Renaissance

Sunday Snippets: Shit ass week

It's been a shit ass fucking week for so many reasons. I hope yours was better.

The Day My Coworkers and I Chose Our Survival Over Our Supervisor

Christian Cooper is asking people to stop making death threats against the woman who called the cops on him

COVID-19 INFECTIONS AND DEATHS AMONG NATIVES ARE UNDERREPORTED. IT’S TIME FOR STATE HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO STEP UP.

Black Women Best: Economics Has a Diversity Problem, And Here’s How It Affects Everyone

WHITE WOMEN AREN’T AFRAID OF BLACK PEOPLE. THEY WANT POWER.

CNN reporting crew arrested live on TV by Minnesota state police

Antibody Tests Point To Lower Death Rate For The Coronavirus Than First Thought

Sunday Snippets: Books

I splurged on some books from indie bookstores and have been gorging myself on them. One small bright spot in what's going on.

Dispatches From the Gender Gap: Work-From-Home Moms in the Time of Coronavirus

FIRST RIKERS VIRUS-POSITIVE FATALITY WAS JAILED ON TECHNICALITY

When will the normalcy return in Maryland? Coronavirus modelers suggest it will be awhile.

My high school photo teacher May he rest in peace

Baltimore Officer Appears to Intentionally Cough on Black Public Housing Residents

A Woman Gave Birth In A Border Patrol Station Still Wearing Her Pants. Now The Agents Involved Are Being Accused Of Abuse.

Italian Lockdown: Images Of Life In Isolation

New York Is Silent

Prison uprising put down as US inmates demand protection from coronavirus

Sunday Snippets: February

Trying to still savor the quieter pace of winter.

'Just Mercy' Attorney Asks U.S. To Reckon With Its Racist Past And Present

Martin Luther King Jr. Was More Radical Than We Remember

Maryland leads the nation in incarcerating young black men

DeVos compares abortion rights debate to slavery

Trump Administration Cuts Back Federal Protections For Streams And Wetlands

A Cop Was Just Charged With Murder Less Than 24 Hours After He Shot and Killed a Black Man Handcuffed in a Police Cruiser

The racism in healthy food

Sunday Snippets: Scared

More trauma in the Middle East, Iranians caught in crossfires, Australia burning, Trump and his goons hunting diplomats....I'm just fucking scared every day.


Texas Police Officer Fired For Giving A Sandwich Full Of Feces To A Homeless Man Wins His Job Back Man, go fuck yourself with a cactus

‘For So Long, Women Have Been Marginalized by Medicine’

This playboy tortoise had so much sex he saved his entire species. Now he's going home

A Midwife in the North Country

A giant kettle of vultures has encrusted a CBP radio tower at the US-Mexico border in feces and vomit

Virginia Just Ratified the Equal Rights Amendment

Sexual Assault Survivors Write Open Letter to Russell Simmons: 'We Will Not Be Intimidated'

Sunday Snippets: Slow

I keep hearing this word, being drawn to it this year. Not sure why yet.

Step Inside Bill and Hillary Clinton's Deeply Personal Washington, D.C., Home

US Department of Energy is now referring to fossil fuels as “freedom gas”

'Where was the Lord?': On Jefferson Davis' birthday, 9 slave testimonies

Before, and After, the Jogger Survivors of the real ‘Central Park Five’ attacker speak for the first time.

A ‘Central Park Five’ Survivor’s Tear-Filled Plea: ‘Trump Put a Bounty On Our Heads’

Sunday Snippets: Unofficial start of summer

Ahhh, summer.

Mistakenly Jailed Pretrial, an Ohio Mother Lost Her Job and Kids

This breastfeeding mother was asked to leave a courtroom—and we’re feeling confused + angry

German pigeon flashed by speed camera goes viral

UN Report Says Indigenous Sovereignty Could Save the Planet

DC ‘most dangerous place to give birth in the US' for black women

Community Outraged After Police Shoot 3 Children in the Head

The Marsha P Johnson Institute

Jordan Adlard Rogers inherits Penrose Estate after DNA test

The Criminalization of Abortion Began as a Business Tactic

A third black transgender woman was murdered this week

Sunday Snippets: Hope

I try really hard to hold onto hope each day.

Marie Kondo helps declutter homes. What does that mean for plastic waste?

Frozen Lake Michigan Shatters Into Millions Of Pieces And Results In Surreal Imagery

Huge fossil discovery made in China's Hubei province

'Doomsday vault' town warming faster than any other on Earth

Police Raid Wrong Home During Birthday Party, Point Guns At Children; ‘I Thought They Was Going To Shoot Me, And My Brother, And Everybody Else’

Invasion of poisonous toads triggers warning in Florida neighborhood: "You can't even walk"

Alyssa Milano Urges Hollywood To Speak Up On Georgia’s “Heartbeat Bill” – Guest Column

Sunday Snippets: Woohoo July!

This is going to be a good week. I can feel it.

Bigoted Homophobe Steve Scalise's Life Was Saved by a Queer Black Woman

Photographer Stores His Trash For 4 Years And Then Creates A Powerful Photo Series

Akeem Browder lost his brother in 2015 and his mother just a year later, but hopes to continue their legacy by stepping into the political arena. As Browder confirmed to The Huffington Post Monday, the 34-year-old is throwing his hat into the ring and running for mayor of New York City.

Adore Audrey Tautou

This is stupid adorbs

MISSOURI VOTES TO LET EMPLOYERS FIRE PEOPLE WHO USE BIRTH CONTROL

Police Forcibly Removed Healthcare Bill Protesters Outside Senator Mitch McConnell's Office

ACLU Lawsuit Claims D.C. Police Sexually Abused Anti-Trump Protesters

Marvel Women: Getting It Done

TSA de-cluttering tests get attention from ACLU

Sunday Snippets: Free

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Dallas school police officer slammed a 6th-grader to the ground, fractured her clavicle

Arctic stronghold of world’s seeds flooded after permafrost melts

 The Airport Lawyers Who Stood Up to Trump Are Under Attack

Beautiful

Trump Supporters Threaten Congressman With ‘Lynching’ For Calling Trump’s Impeachment

Will I be next? South Africa women ask

Indian woman 'cuts off genitals of rapist holy man'

Sinkhole Chooses Perfect Moment To Appear At Trump's Mar-A-Lago Resort

Horrifying

Sunday Snippets: Heat hath returned

Along with bugs, sadly

I'm not anti-police — I'm anti-police brutality and corruption YES. Distinction is important!

This shit is terrifying

I love this idea

This is how you fucking get zombies But no, climate change, totes not real.

Fucking cruel Because Flint hasn't suffered enough

This is one of my many fears if/when I get pregnant

TW for sexual assault  My god, the people laughing as this is happening. Horrifying.

Dinosaurs are awesome

Beautiful 22-year-old mother Symone Marshall dies in Texas police custody after weeks of neglect

Jeff Sessions decision to re-up in the drug war won't work

Law enforcement priorities exacerbated this problem. African Americans are four times as likely as whites to be arrested for drug offenses despite the fact that whites and blacks use drugs at roughly the same rate and that people who buy drugs usually purchase them from sellers of their own racial or ethnic background. 

This is heartwarming