The Root is owned by a white Republican media group.

Don’t fall for the okey doke.

Let me break this down for you:

The Supreme Court is weighing criminalizing homelessness—that means if you’re sleeping outside, you will be arrested.

Approx. 40% of homeless people in the U.S. are Black.

This is not just about housing—this is the prison industrial complex too.

Class controls within Chicago's Black community, as illustrated in St. Clair Drake and Horace R. Cayton's incredible 1945 book 'Black Metropolis: A Study of Negro Life in a Northern City'

Big news on D.C.'s Union Station! A federal judge has ruled on Amtrak's decision to take the transit hub by eminent domain. bizjournals.com/washington/new…

This is awful and unnecessary. We have more than enough room for these folks, but yet, we still believe in housing schemes. When will we all realize that everyone should have adequate shelter, then the opportunity to expand their housing options?

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It was great to start this #EarthDay2024 by unveiling the MTA Maryland Earth Day bus. I'm so impressed by the incredible art submitted by young Maryland artists and can't wait to see the buses carrying riders!

Friends, please keep shining a light on Columbia & Yale and the criminalization of students there. But where is the outrage when this happens at @cuny & Brooklyn College-when working class students of color are criminalized instead of Ivy League students?thenation.com/article/societ…

This is what I was referring to today when I was talking about the Supreme Court case on the live video

Yale proudly hosts the papers of the
Black Panther Party, yet won’t tolerate 24 hours of occupied civil disobedience by its current students archives.yale.edu/agents/corpora…

pub day hits different when you’re writing for your dream publication. i’ve been wanting to ✍🏾 for Teen Vogue since i was 12!!!

celebrate #EarthDay with me by reading my feature on Mari Copeny, the youth activist formally known as @littlemissflint. 🌍💦 teenvogue.com/story/mari-cop…

The Supreme Court is hearing a case today that’s been decades in the making:

In Grants Pass, Oregon, the city made it illegal to sleep outside—a law targeting homeless people.

But there are NO homeless shelters in Grants Pass. So being homeless essentially becomes a crime.

Hundreds of advocates from around the country lie down with blankets in front of #SCOTUS . If they were in Grant’s Pass, they would give you a $295 ticket for sleeping with a blanket.

#housingnothandcuffs #johnsonvgrantspass

So here’s a scenario you should keep in mind because I’ve seen it a number of times:

Landlord: we don’t allow pets.

Tenant: ok I have no pets.

Landlord: *checks bank statements and sees Petco charges*

You lied, application denied.

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There are no accessible vans during a genocide.

There’s a young man named Khaled who has a disability and is attempting to evacuate Gaza. I’ve been tagged in videos no less than a thousand times and duetted it. He is not being allowed to evacuate for “whatever reason.”

I know

Definitely take advantage! Today's not a Baltimore (or going to Baltimore) day for me, but if it is for you, let's pack the transit!

Homelessness is a policy choice. None of us have to be homeless. We’ve got empty apartments, homes and buildings everywhere. The people y’all voted for would rather pass legislation that makes homelessness illegal so they can throw you in jail and use you for prison labor.