Allison Griner

RT @GuardianUS: The indigenous tree climber who saved a burning sequoia – and became a living legend https://t.co/cxthrSOzfm

Why did the founder of Mrs Khan open a Uyghur restaurant in Menlo Park, California? "For people like me." Pull up a chair, and tuck into the story of how the sisters behind the restaurant pay homage to their roots by whipping up a medley of flavors: https://t.co/Rs0KdiOA5q

"If everyone’s a little more fabulous, there’s a little less room in their hearts and in their heads for anger and hostility and prejudice and violence.” San Francisco drag laureate D'Arcy Drollinger talks about the importance of the art form: https://t.co/ivlYd07ZmS

“It’s a device that was made to know where your property is. But I wasn’t a child or an animal or an object.” One woman speaks out about her experiences with electronic stalking, in the hope of raising awareness about the risks: https://t.co/sD0qakE0il

The best part of my day: working with amazingly talented freelancers. Pure bliss. Thanks for everything, @dgeigs!

Dorian Geiger @dgeigs

My latest for @AJEnglish is live. Thanks for the quick edits on this one @alligriner! https://t.co/0yCuk2S2dE

RT @AJEnglish: "I have seen impossible things made possible.” The story of how the Wiyot tribe reclaimed the land and culture that was vi…

Cheryl Seidner's grandfather never taught his children the Wiyot language. He had learned "it would only cause problems, only cause heartache.” But today, Seidner faces down the violence of the past — to rejuvenate Wiyot culture and reclaim Wiyot land: https://t.co/znu8jUzqlB

Big thanks to editor Annette Ekin for her leadership on this story!

Annette Ekin @evakillen

"She has this deep love for people who have been in situations like hers." In the US, Ny Nourn fights for abuse survivors and the immigrants punished through prison and deportation. @alligriner's powerful story about the life of Ny -https://t.co/iSjPVOyYt1

"Law enforcement is a power-and-control job, and so is domestic violence. The difference is, law enforcement should be on the right side of it." Really honored to work on this story for @GuardianUS, with spades of support from editor @GuardianJessica: https://t.co/jOE8i5rUif

RT @AJEnglish: Experts fear that lockdown isolation, lack of supervision, and an overburdened healthcare system, may be contributing to the…

RT @AJEnglish: "We as a society should be a whole lot more proactive about righting past wrongs, which are all too easy to ignore." The Am…

RT @AJEnglish: In California, one woman is protecting indigenous burial sites and fighting efforts to erase her people from existence https…

RT @AAbuJ: "People say Alcatraz is not an island. My father used to say it was an idea, an idea of becoming who you are: Becoming self-suff…

"With Alcatraz, we wanted it to be a cultural center and an institution and a place to learn. It wasn’t that for a long time. It is now." Fifty years ago, Alcatraz was reclaimed as indigenous land. I had the honor of writing about it for Al Jazeera, with @AAbuJ & @SumayyaIsmail.

Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish

THREAD 👇 On its 50 year anniversary, we look back on the occupation of Alcatraz. https://t.co/neKAtBFhQr https://t.co/YRSBCIYPsQ

"It was August 1959. And there he was, all muscles and charm, with the kind of thin mustache matinee idols wore: Alfred Hair, ladies’ man." I wrote about the Highwaymen painters for @scalawagmag — and a woman confronting their legacy and her place in it: https://t.co/IUqow2wd3N

RT @AJEnglish: "We did not understand. What kind of politics are these? We did not even know what the National Front was." https://t.co/Ykk…