“Let’s inaugurate each other...” josé olivarez

Gov. Reynolds either doesn’t believe the coronavirus is real and that it is killing Iowans, or she doesn’t care because her donors have convinced her that it’s harming their businesses. What does Iowa’s federal delegation think about this decision?

When I’m reading articles, “labor shortage” stands out to me the way “officer-involved shooting” used to. It’s not a labor shortage and we’d do well to pay attention to journalists who pretend it’s a neutral term.

"I have never asked for special treatment. I did not seek it here. All I asked was to be judged by my credentials and treated fairly and equally." Ida Bae Wells' official statement on declining the tenure offer from UNC Chapel Hill: naacpldf.org/press-release/…

“Making curriculum is a gift” (Gholdy Muhammad). #cultivatinggenius #scholasticart #bisabutler

notetaking during @ScholasticTeach’s event “Storytelling through Art” with Gholdy Muhammad and Bisa Butler. #ScholasticArt #CultivatingGenius

What "Beloved" and "Maus" share, content-wise, is an unflinching look at nearly unfathomable human atrocities and no Good White Person to save the day.

Whether it is slavery, the Holocaust, or the genocides of indigenous peoples across the world, literature can help us cultivate public memory so that it doesn't happen again. We should be expanding curriculum to include more of these books, and certainly not pulling them out.

sending tiktoks to friends is a highly skilled love language.

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"I was following Toni Morrison's advice where she said if the book hasn't been written, write it—and I wrote it." Author da’shaun | they/them talks with ko “that’s it” bragg. about their debut book BELLY OF THE BEAST via Scalawag tinyurl.com/4jta5k9x

NOW!! 💥What a dream! MariNaomi and #joesacco in conversation! Moderated by Esther Claudio Iowa City Public Library come join us in person or online! youtube.com/@thelibrarycha… Obermann Center for Advanced Studies

yes! now running to find study on fluorescent overhead lighting!

How do you go back to school after they brought out snipers on you?