Matt Easton

Brian Dooley (of "Human Rights First") and I sat down for a chat about our newly published books which approach the subject of courage and truth in two very, very, different ways. See what happened next: open.spotify.com/episode/0wd4...

Lorenzo Salgado Araujo should still be alive. Instead he was wrongfully killed by ICE agents. His son Lorenzo Salgado Jr. recalls memories of how his father inspired him and shaped him into the man he is today. Oversight Dems will get justice for Lorenzo and his family.

Thank you to the staff of the #Cincinnati public library for recommending We Have Tired of Violence on it's list of #TrueCrime Around the World among some great other titles cincinnatilibrary.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...

NEW: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes.

Dayak farmer Misran Toni was released from custody and exonerated. But the case highlights the risks faced both by communities affected by coal mining and Indigenous rights defenders who oppose Indonesia's coal industry www.hrw.org/news/2026/08...

Elon Musk asked for a name of a person he has killed. He got a list.

The @finucanecentre.bsky.social fundraising campaign to expand its Legacy of Colonialism exhibition examines how practices developed across the British Empire influenced events in the north of Ireland while exploring colonialism's continuing legacy today. Donate 👇 chuffed.org/project/patf...

The Trump admin's latest strategy to mass generate removal orders is diabolical: - Take a huge group of people with hearings scheduled in late 2026, 2027, or 2028. - Send them a physical letter rescheduling all of their cases to next week. - Those who inevitably miss court get ordered deported.

Yet again, these grants are not surprising, but they are shocking. “It’s laughable to suggest that on the African continent, the prime issue of human rights concern is whites in South Africa,” a former official told ProPublica.

Did you know actor & activist @markruffalo.bsky.social has joined forces with @hrw.org, @nowheremedia.bsky.social & @weareagog.bsky.social as narrator of Solwata? This new documentary shows the human consequences of the climate crisis in the Solomon Islands. Want to know more?⤵️ www.solwata.com

Fishers are the backbone of Cabo Verde’s economy and identity. Through the Guardians of the Sea program, 190 volunteers act as a deterrent against illegal activities and monitor marine life, driving long-term conservation efforts across seven islands. Alice Pistolesi and Monica Pelliccia report.

Musk says not a single person has died due to him axing USAID. Sadly, part of my job involves tracking aid spending. So here’s a thread with just some of the people who lost their lives because of USAID cuts

❗ The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders strongly condemns the arbitrary detention and judicial harassment against Uladzimir Tselyapun, and urges the Belarusian authorities to immediately put an end to all acts of persecution against him. spring96.org/en/news/120490

NEW — I wanted to know if ICE’s newly uncovered plan to offload seven of the 11 concentration camp warehouses was actually a big deal, so I went straight to the expert: Michael Wriston of @projectsaltbox.com, which has been tracking these warehouses every step of the way. Our full convo here:

Our Pulitzer-winning "Friends of the Court" series began with this story that revealed how SCOTUS Justice Clarence Thomas had, for 20+ years, been treated to undisclosed luxury vacations by real estate titan and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow. (Published April 2023)

People who lost family members in the fight for the Voting Rights Act tell @talkingpointsmemo.com how they feel about the Supreme Court’s decision demolishing it. talkingpointsmemo.com/news/their-l...

Women Human Rights Defenders in #Ukraine are evacuating civilians, delivering aid, and sustaining communities on frontlines. Our new report highlights their life-saving work, the risks they face, and the gap in support. They must be backed with real resources and power in Ukraine’s future.

"There is no documented example, in the United States or anywhere in the world, where sulfide ore copper mining has operated without pollution over time," writes Ward Brehm in Community Voices. www.minnpost.com/community-vo...

The Garden of Earthly Delights (detail), by Hieronymus Bosch, 1480-1505, 📸 by @alexbrandon

“Every story has to be discovered twice, first in the world, and then in the author’s study. One discovers a story the second time by constructing it.” — Tracy Kidder (1945-2026)

Yes!! @matteaston.bsky.social 's book is an absolute must! I learnt so so much from it. Excellently written too, so a great one if you're dipping a toe in Indonesia's labour and human rights recent-ish history. Truly can't recommend it enough!

Great work, @juliepeppito.bsky.social!!

“In 2021 more than fifty environmental defenders were assassinated in Mexico—more than in any other country.” —Anjan Sundaram

"the largest act of mass murder of this decade, and of this century so far, was not perpetrated by militaries or militias, but by the world's richest man in Washington D.C.'s Eisenhower Executive Office Building." www.liberalcurrents.com/what-elon-ha...

One tab that I found particularly interesting, on Trump's soft approvers: www.cnn.com/2026/02/23/p...

In honor of Lunar New Year, one of my all-time favorite maps: How dumplings spread around the world (tl;dr: It was largely, though not exclusively, the Mongol invasions!)

After being jailed as a resistance organizer for the Tamil minority in his native Sri Lanka, T. Kumar studied law, moved to Washington DC, and spoke out against governmental repression worldwide www.nytimes.com/2026/01/31/w...

You cannot "train" murderous, violent ICE agents not to be murderous and violent. Bodycams will do nothing to stop this. The agent who killed Good PROUDLY RECORDED THE KILLING. The entire agency must be defunded and abolished. cc @schumer.senate.gov @kirstengillibrand.bsky.social

Standing outside 26 Federal Plaza this morning to call out a quiet injustice: asylum seekers facing pretermission without a fair hearing. This is the federal government denying due process. We must organize and pursue legal avenues to stop it.

Mongabay founder @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social has written 70+ obituaries this year for people who spent their lives defending the natural world. These portraits show ordinary people standing between ecosystems and erosion, proving protection happens through imperfect, sustained effort.

Lots of folks brought their kids! Who were awesome!

In the century leading up to 1975, nearly 6000 freighters went down in the Great Lakes. The Edmund Fitzgerald was the last. The last. In 50 years, not a single commercial freighter has been lost in the Great Lakes. Why? It's NOAA. Of course it's NOAA.

BREAKING from PP We found immigration agents have held more than 170 *citizens* The govt doesn't track citizens held. So we did. We tallied: Nearly 20 kids, two w/ cancer More than 20 citizens held for day or more, incommunicado www.propublica.org/article/immi... by @nicolefoy.bsky.social

after the 10th radioactive shrimp recall in 7 weeks, i decided to do some digging little did i know it would lead me to an underreported industrial accident that may have released an airborne plume of radioactive debris over swaths of indonesia www.consumerreports.org/health/food-...

Donald trump can still win the Nobel Peace prize if Mike Pence has the courage

Historians and citizens who say they are concerned about the Trump administration's pressure on the Smithsonian are working to document exhibits, as they exist today, throughout the museum network.

Happy to announce the sold-out Indonesian version of "We Have Tired of Violence" is now available in a 2nd printing from marjinkiri.id, local bookstores, and online shops. It's timely, as some protestors have begun bringing a copy to demonstrations since the first run came out last year.

Great news for Alaa, his family, and Egypt. #freeAlaa

🇧🇾 #FacesOfHope: For 5 years, woman human rights defender Marfa Rabkova, member of Viasna, has been arbitrarily detained in Belarus. She is behind bars for doing what every society needs: monitoring peaceful assemblies and documenting torture and ill-treatment of protesters.

An ICE watch zine (Chicago edition) being handed out today.

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The Alaska summit between Trump & Putin must not sideline justice for Ukraine’s war victims. “Any deal that lets Russia off the hook for war crimes is not peace—it’s a green light for the next massacre.” — @dooleydooley.bsky.social Read our statement here: humanrightsfirst.org/library/huma...

"I finally self-published my book in 2001 to celebrate my 25th birthday. I didn’t care if it sold or not. I didn’t even know how to sell books; I just wanted to fulfil my dream. It turned out to be a huge success: 7,000 copies sold in two weeks." fivebooks.com/best-books/c...

‘She stood up to men with machetes’: Sandra Domínguez fought against femicide in Mexico – then became a victim herself

Economist Amartya Sen won a Nobel in part for asking: Why did India avoid the mass famines that killed tens of millions in China? His answer: a free press. Journalists could expose suffering and shame governments into action. Silence and avoidance, by contrast, can be deadly.