Civil War Historian here your essential reading for this #MemorialDay by EJ Dionne and your annual reminder that the first decoration day was celebrated by the formerly enslaved who buried and decorated the graves of Union Army soldiers in 1865. washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/…

For some random reason I decided to watch Vivarium last night. A lot of people hated it, but I'm with Stephen King on this one. I liked it! Obvious, but still very smart and pointed. youtube.com/watch?v=ywzmic…

"There are stark racial differences in who is stopped and who's not," says Meares Tracey Meares wwno.org/npr-news/npr-n…

Great job, kids! Now remember this when you turn 18 and vote. washingtonpost.com/education/2023…

via @NYTimes nytimes.com/article/air-qu…

From my discussion with amna on PBS News tonight

Read the study I discuss PBS News here pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn… JusticeCollaboratory

These kids running around town doing economic analysis warms my heart.

Stopping Gun Violence requires supporting the health & safety of Community Violence Intervention (#CVI) Workers. Our piece in Scientific American discusses the risk & trauma experienced by workers who risk their lives everyday to keep their neighborhoods safe. #Gunviolenceawareness

This story. 👇Just incredible! apple.news/AgwFIPoBFQteEC…

In 2020, Dwayne founded Freedom Reads, a nonprofit that installs 500-book "Freedom Libraries" in prisons across the U.S., with the goal of bringing the liberatory power of literature to people who are still incarcerated.

The Land of Lincoln for sure npr.org/2023/06/14/118…

It’s time we deal with the extremely high death toll of poverty in our nation. Tomorrow I will moderate a roundtable conversation with David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) @ValerieRWilson @gregggonsalves Valerie Eguavoen & Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove to articulate a moral mandate for ending poverty in America.

This is a fascinating--and sad--story. I don't drink Starbucks coffee b/c I don't think it's good, but their behavior is shocking. Another reason not to support them washingtonpost.com/business/inter…

Very proud of this man and the work he has done! Dr. Demar Lewis IV

THIS is a crisis we should be talking about and aren't. This country's ongoing failure to invest in our children, our literal FUTURE, is shocking and sad. 👉 Since the pandemic, 13-year-olds have lost ground in math and reading - Chalkbeat chalkbeat.org/2023/6/21/2376…

This 🧵on "libertarian" regulation deniers who then demand and suck up government resources when their ill-conceived projects go wrong 👇

There are many many reasons to love track and field, but this story encapsulates one of them! nytimes.com/2023/06/26/spo…