"How are you supposed to approach the game ... with a clear mind and the whole group is crying before the game?" Skylar Diggins-Smith on the Mercury still having to play Thursday following Brittney Griner's conviction (via Phoenix Mercury)

THE LIBRARY, Jacob Lawrence, 1978

The public school is the single most democratic institution Americans have created in the past two centuries. We should all do at least one thing every day to save and improve them.

Thread: I was traveling yesterday but I want to make sure I acknowledge August 7th as the 58th anniversary of my father delivering the eulogy for James Chaney in Meridian, MS. A pivotal moment in American history. And a key moment in The Movement Made Us. barnesandnoble.com/w/the-movement…

Rest In Peace David McCullough, who wrote, on a typewriter, the nicest decline note.

My favorite David McCullough story was hearing him say he always wrote the books he couldn't find in the library but wanted to read. I've carried that lesson for a spell now, & have found it an inspiration. He was a great story-teller of our national dramas and we're in his debt.

The heaviest rain ever measured in the history of Seoul, pop 25 million. This is what happens when you warm a planet

#OnThisDay in 1841 Frederick Douglass gave the speech that would launch his speaking career. He spoke at the Nantucket Athenaeum in front of a mixed-race audience.

So much about being an American in 2022 is about what we do or don’t hate, with no questions asked about what we believe or how to change the status quo.

Salman Rushdie, Imaginary Homelands: “Go for broke. Always try and do too much. Dispense with safety nets. Take a deep breath before you begin talking. Aim for the stars. Keep grinning. Be bloody-minded. Argue with the world. And never forget that writing is as close as we get

You should come down to the Charles Neville stage at Springfield Jazz Fest for New Breed Brass Band!

Since the 1630s, #Essex has been known as a community that built ships. How has this history shaped the Essex of today? Answer this and more at the Smithsonian Museum on Main St now until Oct 22 at the Shipbuilding Museum! Read our recent feature in the @GDTnews: ow.ly/AXtF50KCmBS

“The arts and humanities strengthen communities by allowing us to share our stories and understand the stories of others.” — Chair Lowe Shelly Lowe at today’s #UnitedWeStand summit The White House

New program alert! Climate Smart Humanities Organizations offers federal matching funds for climate-informed strategic planning including energy audits, risk assessments, and more. ℹ️ bit.ly/3TkUJCJ

Thanks, Amanda!

Mass. is rich with smaller, local museums. Let’s support them. bostonglobe.com/2022/10/23/opi…

A nice take by our friend Brian Boyles of Mass Humanities #PowerOfCulture

A brief Googling suggests Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Olof Scholz, Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky are all 5'7, it's an unprecedented consolidation of European power in the hands of short kings