Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) gives an impassioned speech on the Senate floor after the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. Take five minutes and watch this.

“But what they are also doing is replicating a set of norms that say that Blackness is other, that it’s less than. And that the only way to succeed is to conform instead of resist. And I think that’s the wrong message to send to young Black people.” chicagotribune.com/investigations…

Yall wanna hear how the fear of Black ppl's freedom led to a plot to establish White Wakanda, Trump's impeachment, Jan 6, congressional stagnation, the crack epidemic, mass shootings, the South almost winning the Civil War And what it all has to do with Juneteenth? A thread

I just subscribed to Witness robertjonesjr.substack.com/?utm_medium=we…

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✨Call for submissions & pitches✨ We’re currently seeking new works for our Black & Asian Feminist Solidarities project, a collaborative monthly column with Black Women Radicals aaww-nyc.bsky.social on histories, practices, & frameworks for collective liberation. More info: aaww.org/submissions-bl…

Guys, a mass shooter went into Englewood today. A predominately black and brown community with 5 guns including an AR-15, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and notes about mass shootings. Only one news station covered this so far! I’m outraged.

Thank you @SeanDmcD for your supportive TC Record review of Racism by Another Name: Black Students, Overrepresentation and the Carceral State of Special Education! Check out his review of our book: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cmsc…

Tests performed for thousands of Chicago residents found lead, a neurotoxin, in amounts far exceeding the federal standards in the city’s tap water One home, in a majority-Black neighborhood, had lead levels 1,100 ppb – *73 times* the EPA limit of 15ppb theguardian.com/us-news/2022/s…

curious if The Guardian’s blockbuster report showing the city of Chicago is poisoning millions of people with lead tap water, disproportionately harming black and poor kids, will get the 350+ articles the viral Walgreens shoplifting video did

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Y’all remember when I said they’re gonna try to bring back Jim Crow…well it’s happening in Jackson Mississippi and I wish I was exaggerating but I’m not. The bill has passed the house vote.

We going all out for Brandon! I’m so ready!

Wait, so Paul Vallas is CEO of a charter and is in the business of privatizing public schools. He’s also seeking to be Mayor while having an interest in expansion of charters? Did I get that right? But also this thread is wild and talks about way more than that. Please read.

📢 NEW RALLY LOCATION 📢 Due to popular demand, our rally with Bernie Sanders and friends will now be at Credit Union 1 Arena on Racine Ave. No need to RSVP again, but you have to share this new poster with all of your friends. See you there! bit.ly/40snwbV

Let me explain why this narrative is stupid: A thread.

I actually read all 216 pages of Florida's new state social studies standards, and the enslaved-people-benefitting-from-slavery is not even the worst part. They basically created a K-12 course in Caucasian Race Theory Here's the top 10 problems I found: thegrio.com/2023/07/27/flo…

Lawless, violent, and cruel. This is Trump's Republican party. This is all that they have to offer. 2024 will be a choice between liberty & oppression, your freedom & their control, truth & propaganda. It's going to take all of us in this fight.

When I was young, I never really understood my parents insistence to only use olive oil imported from Palestine. It took a long time and a great distance in a process that was neither cheap nor convenient. The oil came in old beat-up containers that did not look appealing to me