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The Senate is considering a bill that would empower the federal government to spy on customers at retail locations across the country. This isn’t about countering theft, it’s about getting our data and aiding the Trump administration’s deportation campaign. Tell your Senators to vote NO.

Don't Give DHS More Power to Spy on UsCongress is trying to give DHS and ICE more power to spy on us, all disguised as a "shoplifting" bill: CORCA would let federal agencies track anyone shopping at stores in our neighborhoods. Mass surveillance does not keep us safe. Stop CORCA now. action.aclu.org

I think this is a really important op-ed from the Mellon Foundation today, doubling down on their philanthropic commitment to humanities research and encouraging universities and other foundations to do the same. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...

With Humanities at Risk, How Mellon Sees Its Role (opinion)Some may disagree with our emphasis on broadening who shapes the humanities. The real challenge to the field is the decline in overall support.www.insidehighered.com

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Meta Take One - Apple TVAn obsessive young director & his crew plunge into a frantic night-long odyssey of desperation to finish his film no matter the cost.tv.apple.com

Y'all! Meta Take One, winner of the American Black Film Festival John Singleton Award for Debut Feature and a film I co-produced, is coming to streaming, August 4th! This multi-award winning film is available for pre-order now on AppleTV! Support this truly independent film today! metatake1.com

Thousands of people joined us in telling the FCC to drop their retaliation campaign against ABC. The government can't punish networks because it doesn't like their editorial choices.

ABC Says FCC's Review Of Licenses Is Part Of "Retaliation Campaign"The network said that the early review was part of an "ongoing retaliation campaign" over coverage of Donald Trump.deadline.com

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McCarthyism has returned to the United States – and this time it’s even more dangerous | Judith LevineTrump’s campaign of repression echoes the red scare. But now the government has bigger ambitions and more powerful toolswww.theguardian.com

People think "Hollywood" is rich and famous. The reality? Film and TV is a national industry. It's a blue collar industry. And it is an industry free fall. My latest for @newrepublic.com on how the Paramount merger would crush blue collar workers who can not afford it newrepublic.com/article/2136...

There’s a Blue-Collar Hollywood—and the Paramount Merger Will Kill ItHollywood isn’t all glamour. It’s thousands of line workers. And a Paramount takeover of Warner will make their lives even more precarious.newrepublic.com

Ameaka Fatima Nkempu, a Johns Hopkins University researcher in public health, was detained by ICE while boarding a domestic flight. She says she is Cameroonian in a Medium article that she authored. As of Thursday morning, the ICE Online Detainee Locator did not list where she was being held.

Atlanta, some comrades have been working for years on this exhibition about Kathleen Cleaver that opens tomorrow at the Auburn Avenue Research Library. Please help spread the word and visit yourselves. It runs until Jan 4, 2027 so you have time to visit. theworldsshemade.com

"If you have one really great script that's undeniable and really shows you that your voice is unique, that's what you truly need." #Writtenby vist.ly/5cxna

A Look Inside Three Writers’ RoomsShowrunners from three series share experiences, tips during the Writers Guild Foundation’s 2026 festival.www.writtenby.com

Willie Nelson Lashes Out at AI Data Center Construction in Texas: ‘Loud, Water-Thieving, Light Polluting’

Willie Nelson Lashes Out at AI Data Center Construction in Texas: ‘Loud, Water-Thieving, Light Polluting’Willie Nelson open letter laments AI data center construction, calling the energy-hogging buildings, "loud, water-thieving, light-polluting" intruders.bit.ly

Here is what I can’t get past: if the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission stops collecting employer reports, no future administration can fill in the missing years. They’re just gone. That’s how civil-rights enforcement gets weaker without the law changing. My latest for @us.theguardian.com.

The US agency that fights workplace discrimination just voted to stop measuring it | Jamil SmithRepublicans have moved to dismantle a 60-year-old demographic reporting system. Now the agency wants to choose what it seeswww.theguardian.com