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Joelle McTigue 📷 @joellemctigue.bsky.social Artist examining memory as unstable matter shaped by movement, repetition, access, power, and erasure. Madrid. joellemctigue.com
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @aoc.bsky.social Waitress turned Congresswoman for the Bronx and Queens. Grassroots elected, small-dollar supported. A better world is possible.
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Daniel Knowles @dlknowles.bsky.social Midwest correspondent at The Economist, in Chicago. Before that, in London, Mumbai, Nairobi and DC.
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T Dog Media @tdogmedia.bsky.social Self-run media website based in Chicago managed, written, and operated by Terence Henderson. Media professional who covers the business of media (local and national), sports, and pop culture since 2006.
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"But while democracy can be periodically delayed,
It can never be permanently defeated.
In this truth, in this faith, we trust."
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Marcia Caton Campbell @mcc51.bsky.social Mind like a magnetic sieve. Knitter. Keeper of books. Food systems/urban planner. MCRP, PhD. Open access: Planning for Equitable Urban Agriculture, https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-32076-7
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Carole V. Bell @cvbell.bsky.social 🇯🇲Culture critic, media & politics prof and researcher. I 💙 Art & Democracy. Writing: NPR, Boston Globe, IndieWire, LATimes, NYTimes, Washington Post, Oprah Daily, The Emancipator, Kirkus and BookPage. UNC J-School PhD. Linktr.ee/Cvbell
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Neo-Swoletariat.
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Eric Deggans @edeggans.bsky.social Knight Professor of Journalism and Media Ethics at Washington&Lee U. Critic at Large, NPR. Blerd. Drummer. Author: Race-Baiter: How the Media Wields Dangerous Words to Divide a Nation. Media bloviator.
Perry Bacon @perrybaconjr.bsky.social Government and policy writer. Views are my own. pbacon@tnr.com
The Emancipator @theemancipator.org The Emancipator is a digital magazine dedicated to examining and confronting racism and the inequities it creates. Visit our website: https://theemancipator.org 
Jane Coaston @janecoaston.bsky.social Host of Crooked Media’s “What A Day.” Contributing writer at the New York Times. Previously: host of The Argument. Go Blue means Go the University of Michigan. 
Robert Daniels @812filmreviews.com Associate Editor at RogerEbert • Contributor: The New York Times • Screen Daily • Reverse Shot • Letterboxd
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Angelica Jade Bastién @angelicabastien.bsky.social writer. critic. essayist. on staff at New York Magazine. Southern broad. https://angelicabastien.com/
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Cate Young @ninjacate.blacksky.app writer, film + culture critic, producer, full-time bisexual ✨
I used to write about movies. now I make podcasts and write about movies.