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"The American empire is over," Richard D. Wolff, U.S. professor of international affairs, tells Al Jazeera. Already the biggest economic power on the planet is not the US and its allies, but China and the BRICS. But no U.S. politician dares to tell the people: "It's over."

as soon as i saw this on IG, i knew it was Audra McDonalds Oscar Campaign Manager’s doing!!! 🤣🤣🤣

i think it is kind of sad that rest has become online content. what does that say about us? what do we need? and how do we get it? 😨

do you know how much you have to hate the planet—and everything on it—for these folks to do what they are doing? 🥴

Writing about Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing gave me a reason to watch the making of documentary St. Clair Bourne directed in tandem with the film. Nothing makes you appreciate a movie more than watching how it was made.

we are on our own. do not let anyone tell you they do not know how the worst of history happens. 😩🤬😩

Inspired our founder #ArturoSchomburg’s essay “The Negro Digs Up His Past,” view 16 dioramas created by students in our Junior Scholars Program. Their exhibition Guarionex is on view at #NYPL's Countee Cullen Library. #SchomburgCenter #Schomburg100 ow.ly/xOUQ50WAgAP

i was looking for something in my documents the other day, and i came across some comments (on a seminar paper) from a professor from graduate school. chile, my pre-pandemic/pre-covid brain had people giving HIGH PRAISE. you hear me? HIGH PRAISE. i guess those were the days. lol.

Translation: They got caught.

Trump's new Undersecretary of Education—the top official under Linda McMahon—is now Nicholas Kent. His job before this? Policy director for the association of for-profit scam colleges. He literally lobbied for scam colleges for a living. Now he's in charge of financial aid.

Vintage sounds how many do you recall

why am i sitting here about to lose my entire cool because of the sound of my neighbor’s house being powerwashed when i have every noise-canceling headphones ever made? lmao. 🥴

i need to figure out why i am getting into the writing studio this late in the day. this is unpleasant, and it is not my usual rhythm. 🫠

they broadcast a bribe right from the scene of the crime. what else do we need to see happen before we realize that the takeover is complete? 😐

Amazon tried to build a massive, water-consuming data center out in Arizona. Tucson’s city council unanimously killed it. We were on the ground to tell the real story of how a community stopped Amazon in their tracks. A thread 🧵

BREAKING: Jeff Bezos–backed Wildtype just got FDA approval to sell lab-grown salmon, after the agency skipped independent testing and animal trials, rubber-stamping it as “safe” based solely on the company’s own data. Corporate science just wrote its own permission slip.

The White House says President Donald Trump will sign an order that could change the composition of 401(k) plans, letting them invest in cryptocurrencies, private equity funds, real estate and other digital assets previously seen as too risky for everyday Americans approaching

(one of) the problem(s) of the human in a tweet. the human IS violence AND it obscures violence. these folks are human: the human—and our love affair with it—IS THE PROBLEM.

Several radioactive wasp nests have been found in South Carolina at a site that used to produce parts for nuclear weapons, according to officials. abcnews.link/e7cSMG6