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🖼️ A Frida Kahlo self-portrait called “El sueño (La cama)” sold for $55 million, setting a new auction record for the artist. (Gifted link)
⚖️ A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed.
Indigenous people
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17,000 acres of ancestral land were returned to a California tribe, the largest in the region’s history
California just returned 17,000 acres of ancestral land to the Tule River Indian Tribe in what Governor Gavin Newsom called “the largest ancestral land return in the history of the region and a major step in addressing historical wrongs against California Native American tribes.”
Now, a number of conservation projects will begin, including the reintroduction of Tule elk, which has already begun.
Newsom said that “the historical wrongs committed by the state against the Native people of this land echo through the natural worlds of California ecosystems that lost their first and best stewards.”
Why is this good news? Beyond the lands being wrongfully taken from the Native tribe, returning them to stewards who care about their protection, restoration, and long-term conservation is critical.
Plastic wet wipes will be banned in England starting in Spring 2027.Flushed wet wipes cause severe environmental damage by creating fatbergs, which block sewer systems and clog up rivers and seas. The government passed a measure to ban them four years ago, and just set a date when it will come into force.
Child care workers are building a network of resistance against ICE.Child care workers, a substantial portion of whom are immigrants, are setting up detailed protection plans with the families in their care in case parents or the workers themselves are detained, leaving the children behind.
OurBridge For Kids, a local nonprofit that provides afterschool programming and support for refugee and immigrant families, paused its daily operations after federal agents were seen on-site.
With students and families encouraged to stay safe at home, it shifted to help in other ways, hosting a food drive and a volunteer-run grocery delivery service. Within days, it raised thousands of dollars and delivered 263 food boxes — and was moving to a bigger space to serve even more people.
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