My Guardian US column on the whole mess at @npr theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Hmmm.

Question — why does there seem to be a greater acceptance among many white individuals for Blacks in the entertainment industry, performing as dancers, rappers, and so on, compared to academic fields such as science and engineering? How can individuals from other ethnic…

'The political world mostly yawned.'

John Harwood concluded that the threat to democracy was real enough that journalism ought to view the political world through that lens. Read his debut column for Zeteo. zeteo.com/p/how-cancer-c…

He decided to call it The Stakes. 😎

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Tired of yt people’s refusal to unlearn their racism.

For a second time, Republican lawmakers in Arizona have blocked Democrats' attempt to repeal the state's 1864 near-total abortion ban. Elizabeth Schulze reports on the states that could have abortion rights on the ballot this November.

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George Stephanopoulos recently conducted a “skillful and revealing interview with New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu,” Peter Wehner writes. “Over nine damning minutes, Sununu illustrated how deep into the Republican Party the rot has gone.”

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#VoterSuppression ALERT
Among #DeSantisFL new regulations are limitations on who may register voters, new administrative burdens—including re-registering with the state before every election cycle, and significant increases in fines for violations.” floridabulldog.org/2023/12/electi…

Can Voter Suppression Hand the 2024 Election to Trump? open.substack.com/pub/thomhartma… “In 2012 Ohio identified 1.5 million registered voters—nearly 20% of its 8 million registered voters—as likely ineligible to remain on the federal voter roll because they changed their residences.”

2024 Democratic National Convention Democratic Party Jaime Harrison The Republicans have been smarter about winning state legislators, resulting in so much voter suppression and gerrymandering. I hope the Democrats have learned from them. This is probably basic, but really lays out how the minority can rule the majority.🧵⬇️

Andrea R MD Meidas_DebPitt - 'Project 2025' and beyond. Trump is President, Christian Nationalist and the ultra wealthy will run the government. Several advisors want to kill the Civil Rights Act. Then voter suppression to increase their stronghold. The Constitution will be amended several times...........

Today we started our Civil Rights Unit. We analyzed the Louisiana Literacy Test to critique this unacceptable use of voter suppression and ripped it up! The hook 🪝 of the lesson is needed! Next we made use of our handy dandy Pear Deck Learning to engage our scholars 🧑‍🏫 ! Andre D. Spencer, Ed.D.

BigBlueWaveUSA® 🇺🇸🌊🇺🇦 Julie🟧 🟦 This and an article from Raw Story about the last 5 illegitimate gop presidents outline the acts of treason, voter suppression, dumping of voter registration, and outright fuckery started around 1959. I’m old enough to remember a time when Texas wasn’t a shithole.

Across the nation, we face a maternal health crisis that disproportionately impacts Black women. 

Attacks on reproductive justice + DEI at medical schools put more Black women at risk & seek to undo generations of progress. #BlackMaternalHealthWeek  

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This Sunday in LA, catch Courtney Thorsson (Courtney Thorsson), author of THE SISTERHOOD, at the LA Times Festival of Books for the panel 'Pure Imagination: How Art Sparks Change' w/ Rosa Lowinger, Bianca Bosker, and Ruha Benjamin (@ruha9). bit.ly/4cY8guc Columbia Univ Press

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“In Colombian emerald mines, lwork is hard and striking it rich is rare. Men once believed that if women worked in the mines, the emeralds would hide. Now female miners are pushing for the government to legalize a small number of women-owned mines.”
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Don't forget — Winston Smith Jr. was shot and killed by U.S. marshals on June 3, 2021 RIP 🖤🙏🏾

“Don't say you weren't warned”: In what he calls “one of the most important segments I've ever made,” Mehdi Hasan for #MehdiUnfiltered previews what Trump’s first 100 days could look like in 2025.

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