Black Mirror coming perfectly timed for Eid..look at that🙌🏾

Powerful moment between Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Heather Heyer's mom Susan Bro at today's hearing on white supremacy. "I have been given a huge platform…because I’m white. Many Black parents, Muslim parents, Jewish parents lose their children and nobody pays attention." True solidarity.

Amani Hadra has been preparing meals for Sudanese demonstrators since the anti-gov’t uprising began - and will continue during Ramadan.

CLIP: Complete exchange between Rep. Pressley and Secretary Carson. Archive: Ben Carson: "Reclaiming my time." Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: "You don't get to do that." Carson: "Oh." Maxine Waters: "The time belongs to the gentle lady."

When tech companies develop algorithms that automate the assumptions of people from one demo, they start to automate subconscious bias. When those flawed algorithms get sold to law enforcement, it can be disastrous for anyone that doesn’t look like most Silicon Valley engineers.

hmmm what happened in 1964

You misspelled “Woman gets paid fees commensurate with her experience.”

This is the Blackest thing I’ve read all week

A sermon.

If elections are hacked and voters suppressed, and if partisanship obstructs Congressional oversight, then is there actually a path within the existing system to hold the president accountable?

Mueller is playing a game of Taboo with Congress. His word is “impeach.”

One of the best things about The Deeply Rooted Emerging Leadership (#DREL) retreat is seeing it morph into a multigenerational space of learning & community building. Meet Salahudeen Ali, #DREL2018 fellow & facilitator. #BlackMuslimPsychology #DeeplyRooted #BeingBlackandMuslim

Rather than framing this as the hairstylist individual actions exposing 140 people maybe point out the state re opening left these hairstylists with no choice but to work or starve. Shifting the blame to the individuals just lets the state off the hook.

⁦@abunisaa⁩ showed up unannounced for Jummah at ⁦IMAN—Chicago + ATL⁩ , he graciously agreed to provide Khutba & then even offered some poetry. First time I saw he perform as part of an ensemble was at IMAN’s 1st Takin’ it to the Streets back in 1997

Graphic bodycam video kept secret for 2 years shows a Louisiana trooper pummeling a Black motorist with a flashlight as he screams "I'm not resisting" — leaving him with a broken jaw, wrist and ribs. Police didn't investigate the attack for 536 days. n.pr/3sKFxlI

Many of you know Sidney Poitier as the barrier-breaking actor. But at his core, he was a RACE MAN. A few years ago I interviewed a veteran of the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement and he told me this amazing story about Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte and Freedom Summer.