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Ruth Deng and her family by Tyler Mitchell for Vogue US June 2026

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Tamara Ralph | Spring/Summer 2026 Couture

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Yumi Nu by Zoe Natale Mannella for Sinéad O'Dwyer SS 2024 Collection

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Achol Ayor by Daniel Archer for Luncheon Magazine October 2023

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Devyn Garcia photographed by Daniel Jackson for Harper’s Bazaar US Magazine May 2023

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Fun facts about immigration in the US you might want to share with friends and relatives for no particular reason

The United States actually had open borders until 1924

The Immigration Act of 1924 had an overall negative impact on the economy and foreign relations with Asia, but Hitler praised it.

ICE didn't exist until 2003

Illegal immigration is not actually classified as a crime. If it was, cases would be handled by the judicial branch, and defendants would receive the benefits of due process. But because it isn't, it is handled by the executive branch, and defendants do not get due process. That means no lawyers, no jury, and no real judge.

Immigration "court" processes about 30 people at a time, including children, and the "judges," who are not required to have any experience or education in law, face no consequences for wrongful deportation, they are only evaluated based on how many people they process.

Before 2025 there were an estimated 20,000 wrongful deportations, with many confirmed and several reported on in mainstream media. That number skyrocketed in 2025.

There were more deaths in ICE concentration camps in 2025 than any year prior. If nothing is done about it, that number will increase in 2026.

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Sources

The US had open borders before 1924. (which is not to say everyone was permitted, they excluded people based on race and disability, but 1924 is when the US was first considered to have closed borders)

Negative economic impact from the 1924 Immigration Act (fewer patents) (economic harm to US-born workers)

Department of Homeland Security, formed in 2002, created ICE in 2003

Hitler praised it, because it was openly just eugenics.

Wrongful deportations (sources within sources)

2025 deaths in ICE custody

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Chung Thanh Phong ss25 collection

[jstor]

This Ephemera Friday, we're highlighting a pennant and a few buttons from the pivotal 1963 March on Washington–a widely attended, landmark demonstration in the U.S. Civil Rights Movement.

Organized by a coalition of civil rights, labor, and religious groups, the march called for an end to racial discrimination and for economic justice, including fair wages and access to employment. Ephemera like pennants and pinback buttons offer a tangible record of participation and solidarity, demonstrating how everyday objects can carry the memory of movements that shaped the nation.

During the event, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech. A version of the speech annotated with peer-reviewed scholarship is available via JSTOR Daily.

Images:

(Top) Pennant from the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, 1963. National Museum of African American History and Culture.

(Bottom left) Pinback button for the March on Washington, 1963. National Museum of African American History and Culture.

(Bottom center) Pinback button for the 1963 Freedom March, 1963. National Museum of African American History and Culture.

(Bottom right) Pinback button for the 1963 Freedom March, 1963. National Museum of African American History and Culture.

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Ajak Deng by Marco van Rijt for Vogue Scandinavia June 2022

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this Thanksgiving consider donating to Indigenous Women Rising a native run org that helps native/indigenous women in the US access abortion and reproductive care

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Paolo Sebastian "Scattered in the Wind" Fall 2025 Haute Couture Collection

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Akech Yak by Gustavo Chams for 1883 Magazine September 2025

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Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day (and a special shout out for my Afro-Indigenous boos)!! It's always love and respect this way 🫱🏽‍🫲🏿🫱🏽‍🫲🏿🫱🏽‍🫲🏿🫱🏽‍🫲🏿

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Abeny Nhial by Gus & Lo for Número Magazine October 2025

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Samile Bermannelli by David Roemer for SCMP Style September 2025

[neverenoughmarauders]

I've not been able to stop crying for two hours, but it is tears of joy. I've waited so many years to see this news. 23 years I've waited. I cannot begin to describe what this means to the Huntington's community.

One day I'll write about what it's like to grow up knowing you might have a terminal, incurable illness, and not be allowed to test yourself because "it's such a serious decision" they don't want it hanging over you until you're an adult (as if it doesn't hang over you as you witness a parent die, and know you've got 50% chance of inheriting the same illness--as do your siblings). One day, I will talk about how, in the fear of traumatising children with the knowledge they might be incurably, terminally ill, they also took away their right to decide over their bodies to a degree that is traumatising. One day.

But today I am going to cry. Because it's over. Because no child will ever have to go through the same uncertainty, because at least they will know there is a treatment option available. A treatment option that one of my siblings might come to rely on. With all the shit things happening around us, my childhood hope and dream have been realised. That's got to count for something.

Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time

One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that can slow its progression and transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC.

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BING BONG!! THEY'VE ACTUALLY GOT A FUCKING TREATMENT FOR HUNTINGTONS!!!

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it's so heartbreaking that a popular person like lil Nas x can receive so little kindness for what happened to him, (he had a psychotic episode and ran through the Streets experiencing psychosis) and this lack of care and concern from people lies in the fact that he is a queer black man, AN OPENLY queer black man.

he was assaulted by police for rightfully defending himself from them and mostly everyone online just joked about the situation. it's unfortunate that black queers can't do anything, including being vulnerable and mentally ill without facing ridicule, humiliation, and being physically harmed.

[big-gay-bird]

As much as I believe it’s important to not shame addicts or people experiencing an overdose, I think it’s also critical to check the biased assumption that black folks experiencing mental health crises are automatically also ODing.

I bring that up because his father said Lil Nas X had not OD’ed but instead had a psychotic break. While multiple new sources were calling this an overdose at the time of the break.

This assumption can lead to people not getting the actual support they need or even leave them fighting unfounded criminal charges just for being mentally ill and black.

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

police should not be doing anything really but they definitely SHOULD NOT be the first responders who show up when people are in crisis and the fact that he's facing felony charges because of their incompetence is outrageous