co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
I volunteered for PLSN for awhile. if you like researching it is fun and an interesting challenge to convey information to people within the restrictions of the prison system. (and a big education in how incarcerated people have their access to information controlled) highly recommend!
Johnson & Johnson agrees to pay $5.5bn to settle nearly 70,000 US lawsuits over talc-based baby powder cancer claims.
J&J offers $5.5bn settlement in lawsuits claiming talc link to cancerJohnson & Johnson agrees to pay $5.5bn to settle nearly 70,000 US lawsuits over talc-based baby powder cancer claims.www.aljazeera.com
"As of 2024, there were more than 2,000 examples of places around the world where patrons have access to objects that might otherwise sit unused in a closet, garage or on a store shelf." www.nytimes.com/2026/06/27/a...
Come for the Books, Stay for the Power Tools (Gift Article)Libraries across the country are lending American Girl dolls, original artwork, musical instruments and ghost-hunting kits to help patrons save money and share resources.www.nytimes.com
$117 million in revenue from legal settlements last year, primarily from media and tech companies like CBS and Meta.
How Trump Is Getting Richer in Office (Gift Article)See how President Trump and his family’s business empire has transformed from his first term.www.nytimes.comPlease consider a donation. I plan to donate next payday.
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This is one of my favorite volunteer run organizations and these are two good remote volunteering opportunities with them: plsn.org/coordination This is more responsibility
Reference CoordinationPLSN has created a structure for volunteers to remotely answer reference requests with care and expertise. Volunteers are coordinated and connected to reference requests by a smaller team of coordinat...plsn.org
Really enjoyed this podcast on the amazing Charlotta Bass. “Mrs. Bass, one of these days you're going to get me killed,” her husband and co-editor, Joseph Bass, would often say. “Mr. Bass, it will be in a good cause“, she'd reply. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Part One: Charlotta Bass: The Black Journalist Who Refused the Red Scare - Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff | iHeart<p>Margaret talks to Cristen Conger about an organizer who was the first Black American woman to own a newspaper and once scared off the Klan.</p> <p>Source:</p> <p><a href='https://www.latimes.com/ar...www.iheart.com
