If we expand our Democratic majority in the Senate by two votes, and if we hold onto the House, we can protect the right to an abortion nationwide through federal law as soon as January.

THREAD: “What’s the difference between this and Watergate?” Donald Trump raged in a statement Monday night after FBI agents. Well, as a Watergate and FBI historian, four things stand out to me:

In August 1865, Jourdon Anderson, a freedman living in Dayton, OH, addressed a letter to his former enslaver, Col. Patrick H. Anderson, in Tennessee. He wrote in response to a request from Patrick to return to work on the farm where he was enslaved just a year prior. 🧵 1/10

President Biden's announcement today about student loan debt relief has upset some people who believe it's unfair. I acknowledge that resentment, and also, while we're on the subject of unfairness, I have some thoughts for your consideration. (thread)

Make no mistake, the vast, vast majority of people who are angrily complaining about student debt cancellation have no idea what real people's lives are like. I have a competitive advantage in econ commentary because I personally know people over 30 who make less than 75k a year

Proud to work at #NLU! 😊 “America needs a different definition of higher education excellence… One that measures what colleges do for their country, instead of for themselves.” washingtonmonthly.com/2022/08/28/int… washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-g… washingtonmonthly.com/2022-college-g…

This GOP Jesus ad will never age out

If you give me two more Democratic senators, and Democrats keep the House, I promise you we will codify Roe v. Wade. We will once again make Roe the law of the land. We will once again protect a woman’s right to choose.

Even during the Holocaust, the darkest time, we still celebrated #RoshHashana—Jewish new year. On this beautiful holiday we think about the precious ones we lost as we look to the future. My thoughts are with oppressed people fighting for human rights everywhere #ShanaTovah🍎🍯

Lizzo, a Black female superstar, collaborating with Carla Hayden, the first African American and first woman Librarian of Congress, to use a flute from James Madison, the Founding Father who originated the 3/5 Compromise and also the Library of Congress itself? The symbolism!!!

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Born on 30 September 1207, Jalāl al-Dīn Muḥammad Rūmī — more popularly known simply as Rumi, was a 13th-century poet, Islamic scholar & Sufi mystic originally from Greater Khorasan. Today, his work is still celebrated by people across the world A thread on Jalāl al-Dīn Rūmī…

Chicago has officially dropped Kanye as a spokesperson

Extreme disconnection from nature looks like people bagging up their leaves in the autumn and sending them to a landfill rather than letting them naturally decompose so they can return nutrients back into the soil.

The tragedy of #Auschwitz shows only the painful end of a long process. It's essential to remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred slowly grew from human ideas, words, prejudice, through legal exclusion, to dehumanisation, violence and murder. It's a warning.

Anti-Abortion protestors get violent when I say the quiet part out loud.

Flowers in art, a thread: Vase with Irises by Vincent van Gogh (1890)

GOP are losing their mind over this, but there’s precedent - including their own. Courts ordered Trump to fully restore DACA. They ignored it w/ Republican support. GOP operate in complete contempt for the law until they’re in a position to shred Constitutional & human rights.

Over the weekend, Evergreen was profiled in the New York Times insert Chicago Life. Check it out to hear from CEO Erik Birkerts about our work and impact: clnenergy.org/44N8D6w