Join ACLU of North Carolina in partnership with the NC Repro Freedom Table for the JOY IS JUSTICE Community Summit on Wednesday, July 2nd at 5:30pm in Greensboro. Learn about wielding storytelling power, protest rights and safety, your legal rights, and more. Register at their link in bio!

Make no mistake, the SCOTUS decision about birthright citizenship IS ALSO ABOUT *birthright citizenship.* The Court is taking us back to an Antebellum view of citizenship. That way led to war once. My latest in The Nation thenation.com/article/societ…

“Disaster looms” if a court cannot command the executive to follow the law, then there exists “a zone of lawlessness within which the Executive has the prerogative to take or leave the law as it wishes…This is, of course, not how democracy works.”~Pema Levy 📸: Alberto Tamargo

“As long as gay people don’t have their rights all across America, there’s no reason for celebration.” Marsha P. Johnson was born on August 24, 1945, in Elizabeth, NJ &became a mother of #queerandtransliberationmovement beginning at 1969 #StonewallUprising. Art by @micahbazant

#Repost • @sherrilynifill

The full moon is more than a beautiful moment in the sky — it’s a cosmic checkpoint. 🌕It’s when energy peaks. Emotions surface. Truths feel louder. And clarity finds you, even if you weren’t looking. For centuries, people have looked to full moons for guidance. @ThirdEyeThoughts

Jackson asked the court to reckon with the views & work of free Black people in antebellum & post-antebellum America when considering the meaning & power of the 14th Amendment. This move was a corrective to a term drowning in calculated partisan-oriented maneuvering. Slate

After #CarlaHayden — the first Black and first woman #LibrarianofCongress — was fired for promoting “radical” books, she’s found a powerful new post. Now a senior fellow at the Mellon Foundation, she’ll keep fighting for public access to knowledge, not censorship.

#Repost • @sincecombahee What #JuneJordan essay, poem, or speech will you read today in honor of her #BornDay?

#Repost • Sincecombahee #MaryMcLeodBethune #BornDay: “Education is the great American adventure, the world’s most colossal democratic experiment.”📸 State of Archives of Florida, Library of Congress , and Mary McLeod Bethune Birthday Tribute by Teddy Wright, IV, Digital 2020

#TheBayardRustinCenterforSocialJustice will launch a digital archive in November 2025 to honor the life and legacy of the queer, Black civil rights icon. ⁠The collection will feature Rustin’s speeches, photos, videos, and documents sourced from institutions.

Happy #NonBinaryPeoplesDay 💛🤍💜🖤Gender identities and expressions outside of the binary have existed in many ways & in many cultures throughout history. 📸helpcentertx #nonbinary #trigender #genderqueer #gendernonconforming #polygender #demigirl #demiboy #agender #neutrois

In 2025, 100,000+ local elections are happening in at least 45 states! Voters across the country will elect key officials who will make decisions that impact our lives every day. We ALL need to show up to the polls & build the communities we want to live in.When We All Vote

#OnThisDay in 1862, journalist &civil rights activist #IdaBWells was born into slavery in Holly Springs. She is remembered as a voice for the voiceless; 1 of our nation’s foremost critics of racial injustice & as a journalistic champion of the truth. ⁣ 📸Miss Garrity (Chicago)

Happy birthday to a true revolutionary, Assata Shakur! “People get used to anything. The less you think about your oppression, the more your tolerance for it grows. After a while, people just think oppression is the normal state of things. But to become free, you have to be

The Supreme Court's emergency docket decision to allow Trump to gut the Department of Education is maybe the most pro-Trump, pro-Authoritarian ruling the Court has made in service of Trump thus far, and I've read them all. thenation.com/article/politi…

Five years ago, the world lost civil rights champion Congressman John Lewis. We are forever inspired by his leadership, service, and lifelong fight for our vote. Today, we join activists and organizations across the country in mobilizing to ensure #GoodTroubleLivesOn

#Repost blkwomenshealth: Nearly 300,000 Black women gone from the labor force. This isn’t random. It’s a direct result of federal policies and the dismantling of diversity, equity, and inclusion. #BlackWomenInTheWorkforce #BlackWomensHealth #BWHI #TheImperative

Through his words and his leadership, writer James Baldwin exposed and explored issues of race, sexual orientation and class in America. As a self-professed “witness to the truth,” he forced the country to witness and confront its own painful truths. #JamesBaldwinBornDay

Decolonization is not a vibe. Excellent article by Tanja Bosch published in Media, Culture & Society. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/01…