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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
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Maxwell Frost @maxwellfrost.bsky.social Organizer, Musician, Floridian, and Congressman (FL10).
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Patrick Fiorilli @patfio.bsky.social writer, critic, & theorist; games & literature; bylines in the LA Review of Books, Gamers with Glasses, Bright Wall/Dark Room; lecturer in media arts & design at the University of Chicago; he/him; read my newsletter, "Critical Theorycraft," at www.patf.io
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Indivisible Kendall County Illinois @indivisiblekendall.bsky.social We are a community of citizens in the Illinois 14th Congressional District. Our goal is to support progressive issues & candidates who have a national impact.
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Marla Broadfoot @marlabroadfoot.bsky.social Freelance Science Journalist, PhD Geneticist, Contributing Editor at American Scientist, Adjunct Faculty at UNC, Board Member at NASW, Past President at SCONC, 2022-23 Rosalynn Carter Mental Health Journalism Fellow.
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Jordan Michelle @jrdn-michelle.bsky.social Disabled lesbian. She/Her. Author of very steamy butch/femme romantasy. Sims geek and maker of weird art.
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kyle jojo ✨ @itastepaint.bsky.social Queer artist interested in horror, magic, nature, and liberation. Owe it all to my familiars (cats). Not an “ally”, an abolitionist. California.
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📸I AM Woman
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📗Desert of Solitude
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GESSwrites @gesswrites.bsky.social Writer of stories about women getting what they want.
My short story "Unnoticed" appears in #MixedBagOfTricks,
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Finalist in 2025 Fugue Prose Contest
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John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Prisonculture @prisonculture.bsky.social co-founder of various organizations: Interrupting Criminalization; Survived & Punished; Sojourners for Justice Press; For the People Leftist Library Project, NYC PLAN, etc...
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Kaitlin Is Just Getting Started @gothamgirlblue.com Defiance posting. Vibes: Enraged 🔴
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Elizabeth Todd-Breland @etoddbreland.bsky.social Educator, Historian (US, Urban, Black Politics, Education, Policy, Chicago), Former CPS Board VP; Books: I Didn't Come Here to Lie (Haymarket, 2025); A Political Education (UNC Press, 2018); personal account; she/her
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Public Narrative @publicnarrative.bsky.social Chicago's premier cultivator of narrative change and supporter of community-oriented journalism since 1989 | Home of the #CommunityMediaAwards and the #ChicagoIndependentMediaAlliance | #WeArePublicNarrative
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Ray Long @raylongchicago.bsky.social Retired Chicago Tribune investigative reporter, 40+years govt/pols/scoops: 2x Pulitzer Finalist, 7 govs, City Hall, Obama, Burke, Madigan.
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Kelly Virella @kellyvirella.bsky.social Executive Editor @CapitalB; science lover, R&B ad libber, tree hugger, chef extraordinaire, bid whist genius
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social Martial Artist. Neo-Swoletariat.
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Rebecca Aguilar @rebeccaaguilar.bsky.social 7X Emmy winner | #Bilingual Reporter | Founder #CallingAllJournalists Initiative & Latinas in Journalism | 1st #Latina & #WOC President of SPJ | NAHJ Hall of Famer | Media & Diversity Watchdog | 28 yrs in TV News | Proud Latina & daughter of immigrants.
Prison Journalism Project @prisonjournalism.bsky.social An independent national nonprofit initiative that trains incarcerated writers in the tools of journalism and publishes their stories.
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Chris L. Butler 💎 🍉 @clbpoetry.bsky.social ✊🏽 Unapologetically Black poet + writer.
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Little James Baldwin @nnemmanuels.bsky.social I should have won the Nobel Prize in Literature, but I could not stop pressing my phone.
Mondoweiss @mondoweiss.net For 20 years, Mondoweiss has covered the powers that sustain Israeli apartheid – and how people resist it, from Palestine to the U.S.
Banner: Palestinian children with a donkey cart on the beach in Gaza before the Israeli genocide.
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Dr. Taylor Byas, Ph.D. @taylorbyas.bsky.social PhD | Corporate Baddie | I DONE CLICKED MY HEELS THREE TIMES (Soft Skull ‘23, Winner of the 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award, 2023 Chicago Review of Books Award, 2024 Ohio Book Award) | RESTING BITCH FACE (August 2025) | she/her
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The Institute for Independent Journalists @indiejournalists.bsky.social An education, professional development, and mutual support organization for independent journalists, focusing on BIPOC. Our mission is financial and emotional sustainability for independent journalists of color.
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City Bureau @citybureau.bsky.social A Chicago-based national journalism lab reimagining local media though civic education, sustained impact reporting, and the #DocumentersNetwork 🔎
Jim MacMillan @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator, researcher and social innovator. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Recently relocated to Cork. Born in Boston. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. JimMacMillan.com | Signal: JRM.353 | He/him | Pax et Lux
More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social Nonprofit newsroom. Media that builds power for working people.
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Oregon Innocence Project @oregoninnocence.bsky.social We free wrongfully convicted Oregonians. Administered by ojrcenter.bsky.social. Member of the Innocence Network.
New England Innocence Project @newenglandinnocence.org Fighting for people & communities harmed by the criminal legal system. “Without freedom, we have nothing.” #FreeJasonCarroll #FreeUsAll
InTheirOwnLeague.com @intheirownleague.bsky.social Film critics who focus on women/underrepresented talent in the industry. "Diverse Voices, Powerful Stories"
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EdSurge @edsurge.com A nonprofit newsroom reporting on the powerful forces, fascinating people and innovative practices shaping teaching and learning.
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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org The Food & Environment Reporting Network (FERN) produces independent, non-profit journalism at the intersection of food, agriculture, and the environment.
PRX @prx.org PRX is a non-profit media company shaping the future of audio.
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The Reporters Inc. @thereportersinc.bsky.social The Reporters Inc. is a nonprofit news organization & independent documentary production house. We’re dedicated to promoting social awareness, encouraging social change and championing social justice.
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Investigate Midwest @investigatemidwest.bsky.social Independently investigating agriculture, rural communities, and the policies that impact them through data, depth, and accountability.
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The Imprint @theimprintnews.bsky.social The Imprint is a non profit daily news site reporting on youth and families. Follow to stay up to date on child welfare news in the U.S.
BINJReports @binjreports.bsky.social The Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism | Funding and producing investigative and community journalism since 2015. https://linktr.ee/binjmobile
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Lakeidra Chavis @lakeidra.bsky.social Journalist @themarshallproject.org | 🕵🏽 Currently investigating police sexual abuse and misconduct against youth | 👩🏽💻 What should I cover next? Send me your thoughts
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Alex Nitkin @alexnitkin.bsky.social Government Finance & Accountability reporter,
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