Wolf advocates want to make it harder to kill legally introduced wolves

https://coloradosun.com/2026/03/11/wolf-advocates-want-to-make-it-harder-to-kill-wolves/

Y'all, one of the current joys of my life are the interviews in Rooted Magazine. A standard set of questions are answered by Mississippi natives, ex-pats, and mishmashes like me. I'm SO pleased to be an interviewee!

https://substack.com/home/post/p-190536600

#Writing #WRitingCommunity

#OnThisDay, 11 Mar 1959, Lorraine Hansberry's play, A Raisin in the Sun, is the first play by a Black woman to debut on Broadway.

Hansberry was a rising star when she died young of cancer. Her posthumous play, Young Gifted and Black, inspired her friend Nina Simone to write the song of the same name.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hdVFiANBTk

#WomensHistoryMonth #LiteraryWomen #AmericanHistory #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #Histodons

Cover of the Feb 28, 2026 issue of The Lancet (one of the world's leading medical journals, published weekly since 1823) has this sentence as the main body of the page -

"The destruction that Kennedy has wrought in 1 year might take generations to repair, and there is little hope for US health and science while he remains at the helm."

Same could be said for science in general under trump.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/issue/vol407no10531/PIIS0140-6736(26)X2006-2#closeFullCover
Full editorial at https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(26)00414-9/fulltext
#UsPol #Health
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"What's been happening in Minneapolis has been so egregious and awful
and so destructive to our community,"
shop owner Gilah Mashaal said of
federal agents' use of aggressive tactics.

It was obvious to her and Neary how the shop would protest.

They pulled out their knitting needles and got to work.

Neary created the pattern that has now become the well-known
"Melt the ICE" hat,

a red beanie-shaped cap topped with a braided tassel.

Since making the pattern availablefor $5,
the shop has raised nearly $400,000, Mashaal said Friday.

So far, she said, they have donated a total of $250,000 to two local nonprofits
focused on housing support for immigrants in the community
— STEP (St. Louis Park Emergency Program)
and the Immigrant Rapid Response Fund.

The red hat has become a movement in the crafting community,
popping up on social media and reaching other countries.

https://www.npr.org/2026/01/31/nx-s1-5693767/red-hat-protest-minnesota

Rabbi Dayna Ruttenberg wrote this last year, but I think it is evergreen.

If the horrors feel overwhelming right now and you're wondering how to help without burning yourself out to a cinder, here is a checklist:

https://www.lifeisasacredtext.com/goodtrouble/