My mom was really serving us home cooked meals every single day…… younger me didn’t realize how much work and how much of a blessing that is

Today marks 10 years since the start of the Flint Water Crisis. A decade later, kids are still sick, the city is not done replacing lead pipes and families still haven’t seen a cent from settlement funds theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

The Committee on Business and Economic Development has circulated its recommendations for the FY 2025 budget for agencies under its purview, for tomorrow's markup. You can read the report on our website under "Committee Documents," and it's available here: dccouncilbudget.com/s/DRAFT-CBED-F…

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Thom Bell was NOT fcking around the day he wrote this damn song.

Sunday - on the front page of The Washington Post is a project I’ve worked on for nearly a year with a team of smart colleagues. The 9 page print edition reveals new details of abuse that Native American children endured at government-run boarding schools in the 1800s and 1900s.

"40 Acres and a Mule" remains the nation's most famous attempt to provide reparations. Finally, there's been a specific accounting of the 1,250 formerly enslaved Black Americans who were actually given land—only to have it returned to their enslavers. motherjones.com/politics/2024/…

This is deeply concerning…

This is ridiculous. I have TV plans at 8. Come on!

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This passage from Michelle Obama: "[Kamala] understands that most of us will never be afforded the grace of failing forward… we will never benefit from the affirmative action of generational wealth.    "If we bankrupt a business… or choke in a crisis, we don't get a second,

“Who’s gonna tell him the job he is currently seeking might just be one of those Black jobs?” - Michelle Obama

How it started. How it's going.  Ten years later, and it's still a good look! IWillVote.com

Journalism is more than reading Republican talking points and asking Democrats to respond to them.

In 1906, four men tried to build an upscale Black suburb near DC. White residents & developers shut it down before they could even fully start. On Saturday, a historical marker honoring Belmont was unveiled — and their descendants were in attendance whatimreading.net/p/maryland-bel…

BREAKING: President Joe Biden is expected to formally apologize for the country’s role in the Indian boarding school system, which devastated the lives of generations of Indigenous children and their ancestors. apnews.com/article/indian…

The Thriller Dance 2024! The best part of the West Village Halloween Parade in New York City. What a fun night! 🧟‍♀️🧟🎃👻 #Halloween

There will never be another. A truly singular example of modern artistic excellence and profound humanity. When I'd call him, he would dive right into telling stories and I was all ears. I wish those conversations had been recorded because they were drenched in unlimited insight,

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A tale of two movies: Similar deal structures. Similar budgets. One made $45M from 3300 screens, post pandemic, and won the weekend. The other made $41M from 3600 screens pre-pandemic, and placed second. And yet this is the coverage.