Celeste Fremon
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@WitnessLA
Founder & editor of WitnessLA. Author, @jskstanford fellow 2022, mom & grandma. Investigates matters of justice & lack thereof. Committed to #GoodTrouble.
Welcoming the first day of spring with a performance of “The Circle Game” from Mon Pays, Mes Chansons, broadcast in 1966. Kick off the season at the link in bio.
After reading Dolores Huerta’s story yesterday, I keep coming back to the weight of what she carried for decades. This is a woman who co-founded the United Farm Workers and dedicated her life to fighting for dignity and justice for others. And now, at nearly 96 years old, she has made the painful decision to speak out about sexual abuse she endured at the hands of Cesar Chavez. That kind of truth-telling takes extraordinary courage. Especially when it involves someone so central to a movement she helped build and a legacy she helped shape. Her legacy has always been about justice, and this moment is no different. During #WomensHistoryMonth, we hold space for her truth and the extraordinary strength it took to finally share it. If you are a survivor of sexual violence, please know you are not alone and help is available. You can contact the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800-656-HOPE or visit rainn.org. 🤍 #DoloresHuerta #WomenHistoryMonth #BelieveSurvivors #EndSexualViolence
When Johnny Cash was working on his 81st album, American Recordings, producer Rick Rubin suggested commissioning a group of handpicked songwriters for the album. A resurgence of Cash’s career, American Recordings stripped back any heavy production, leaving him behind with a guitar and lyrics. To capture the sound in its rawest form, the album was recorded between Rubin’s living room and Cash’s cabin in Tennessee. Along with five tracks written by Cash, the album also featured a collection of songs written by an eclectic blend of artists, including Cash’s former stepson-in-law Nick Lowe (“The Beast in Me”) and Glenn Danzig (“Thirteen”), along with a cover of Leonard Cohen’s “Bird on a Wire” and Kris Kristofferson’s 1972 song “Why Me.” Tom Waits was also asked to contribute a song, a gospel-tinted track about redemption, “Down There by the Train.” Of Waits’ contribution, Cash said, “That is one of the greatest spirituals I’ve ever heard.” Read more below: americansongwriter.com/the-outlaw-hym…
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Secretary Noem's testimony yesterday was as disastrous as her leadership at DHS has been. Not only is she unwilling to apologize for wrongly calling Alex Pretti a terrorist, she also won't rule out illegally stationing ICE agents at polling places. She should resign.
Republicans held a hearing on combatting financial fraud, while the Trump Admin. has dismantled the #CFPB, the agency tasked with doing just that. At today's @USHouseFSC hearing, I made clear: if we’re serious about stopping fraud, we need to restore the CFPB. (1/2)
