Census bureau reports USA has 17 million vacant housing units, or ~30 for every homeless person.

Meanwhile private equity firms are buying up millions of homes & driving up the costs for everyone—while funding politicians to look the other way.

Homelessness is a policy choice.

In 2019, Akua Page went to a juvenile incarceration facility in South Carolina to teach about the Gullah Geechee language, telling them 'y’all are bilingual'

Educators are keeping language of enslaved Africans alive at Harvard, U of S. Carolina and more
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The sad part about this power situation is that the people responsible and to be held accountable are not even attempting to address, or at the very least, acknowledge our concerns. #Ghana where did we go wrong? 😞 #DumsorMustStop BBC News Africa CNN Africa DW News Reuters The Guardian

Wow! Netflix’s U.S. catalog is evenly split between English and non-English content. A fascinating insight into the long tail of 2nd language content in the US. restofworld.org/2024/netflix-t…

We should all take care of da Earth! It is da only planet with cookies on it! 🍪🌎 #EarthDay

THE POWER OF 5 KEEPS THE LOVE ALIVE!!!!!

All 5 #SpiceGirls pictured together last night at Victoria’s 50th birthday party in London. 🥹🫶🏻❤️‍🔥✌🏻

#SpiceGirls #FriendshipNeverEnds

Geniuses. Icons. The world lost so much on April 21 — Nina Simone in 2003, Prince in 2016

I love the city because of all the cute rats! 🐀

After his wife’s difficult pregnancy, James Hogue founded Fathers Assisting Mothers, a doula bootcamp for fathers who want to empower their partner's pregnancy! Black women DESERVE a safe and healthy pregnancy -- this initiative is a great way to protect our Black mothers!

85 years ago today, Billie Holiday recorded the powerful and haunting song 'Strange Fruit,' shedding light on the dark reality of racism and lynching in America.

Can’t pay teachers, can’t house the homeless, can’t provide healthcare, can’t invest in useful infrastructure of any kind, can’t can’t can’t but:

As a Fat kid in a Nigerian home, You can reply “I don’t know” to something unrelated and someone will reply “but if it’s chicken and chips, you’ll know”

let me see something😭

It’s not justice to lock up kids caught with an ounce of pot, while hedge fund managers make millions off of the legal sale of marijuana. It’s time for the federal government to legalize cannabis and tackle the legacy of unjust marijuana policy.

Man who in a few short months will leave broken Britain and take his daughters to California…

Turns down the right for your kids to easily live, work and study abroad

Oh, and Labour have been bitterly disappointing cowards too.

Many people don’t know that the phrase “crabs in a barrel” comes from an old Geechie Gullah tale.

A thread:

taking EBT at a fancy French bakery in Brooklyn is why Black women are the nurturers of this planet. I love this so much.

Today marks 3 years since 16yo Ma’Khia Bryant was killed by police in Columbus, OH. Ma’Khia called the police for help, & an officer killed her. As we have seen again & again, interactions with police are devastating, traumatizing, & sometimes deadly for Black girls. #sayhername