union chair and newswriter on international affairs, climate, labor, politics, etc @truthout.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mt2py43sbk2kOne of the most heartbreaking headlines I've ever read. How do we allow this to go on?14 Aug 2026 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2py43sbk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3miwcuegwrs25Trump called Iran's leaders "animals." Just like how, on Oct. 9, 2023, Israel's Yoav Gallant said Israel was fighting "human animals" in Gaza — and was later cited by the Hague for that statement. The ICJ quoted it directly in its preliminary genocide ruling. https://truthout.org/articles/trump-uses-same-language-cited-by-icj-in-genocide-ruling-against-israel/07 Apr 2026 17:35 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3miwcuegwrs25https://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3me2dke7s6c2pthis feels like a coded way to say "we're orienting more toward sports betting"04 Feb 2026 16:52 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2dke7s6c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mddxghwsic2y"ICE agents have been kidnapping hard working people — mothers, fathers, and children — and now murdered a registered nurse, one of the most trusted professions in the country. ... Abolish ICE now." [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Jan 2026 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddxghwsic2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mddx5esv4c2tNational Nurses United, the largest nurses' union in the US, has called for the abolition of ICE in response to Alex Pretti's killing https://truthout.org/articles/uss-largest-nurses-union-demands-abolition-of-ice-after-alex-pretti-killing/26 Jan 2026 19:11 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddx5esv4c2thttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mddp3p52yc2uJust taking a second to note Truthout's amazing reporting on our homepage right now. Independent media is more important than ever, and I am so proud to be part of this outlet. Please take a second to support us if you can. truthout.org/donate/26 Jan 2026 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddp3p52yc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3md7rmpjc3c2p“We will continue to kill you until you allow us to take away your voting rights” [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jan 2026 03:22 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3md7rmpjc3c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3md72mwmrdc24ICE is out here murdering people in cold blood and we can’t get democrats to even SAY “abolish ICE”, much less take any of the actions it would require to do so — investigations, impeachment, prosecutions, even whipping votes. Democrats needed to be abandoned years ago.24 Jan 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3md72mwmrdc24https://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mczy75a7i22rIncluded in Jared Kushner's hellish slide deck pitching Gaza as a real estate investment in Davos today was a plan to build data centers across the Strip. Because their hatred for life wasn't already abundantly clear https://truthout.org/articles/kushner-reveals-dystopic-plan-to-build-data-centers-on-ruins-of-gaza-genocide/22 Jan 2026 20:03 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mczy75a7i22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mbudib7xfk2eTrump admin ignoring the glaring hole in their self defense lie, which is that the car speeds up after she's shot, likely because she went unconscious and her foot got heavy. It's common sense that killing the driver of a moving car would not make the car stop moving.07 Jan 2026 20:44 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbudib7xfk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3mbjyg6l55k24https://truthout.org/articles/experts-decry-illegal-aggression-after-trump-says-us-captured-maduro/03 Jan 2026 18:00 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbjyg6l55k24https://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3m7qmqmgysk2k“Watching his life cut short for standing up publicly for what he believed” huh…wonder who else has had that done to them that in relationship to kyle rittenhouse11 Dec 2025 22:29 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7qmqmgysk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3m7du7hdd2c2qi made this cherry chocolate cake (for a retired cardiac PA) :)06 Dec 2025 20:38 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7du7hdd2c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/sharonzhang.bsky.social/post/3m7azmjg7zs2aVery rarely, I have the privilege of reading an article that changes the way I think, fundamentally alters the fabric of reality that unrolls before me. This article is one of them. https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/watched-tracked-targeted-israel-surveillance-gaza.html05 Dec 2025 17:37 +0000at://did:plc:ryv6cgbbesmbv6iqu7fwbfvd/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7azmjg7zs2a