One of the greatest deceptions of our time is the false narrative that we should be more concerned about a poor person misusing the welfare system or an immigrant being here illegally than we are about cruel people having unprecedented wealth and power over all of us.

A hill I will die on. Literacy has always been determined by politics. Access to literacy has never been neutral. It’s intentionally been shaped by systems of power, privilege, and exclusion.

A lot of y’all would be snitching on Anne Frank and it shows

If you can’t yet see the 1933 Germany parallels, you either skipped history, or you’re disturbingly comfortable repeating it.

As a student of History and observer of people, a lot of you seem to only view violence in the physical form. That way of thinking is dangerous. It allows you to forget poverty is violence. That denying you healthcare is violence. That polluting your water and air is violence.

Crazy how much hate Greta Thunberg gets for simply being autistic and having the correct political opinions on everything

05. Keep a reading diary. It can be something as simple as jotting down the titles of every book you complete. Seeing those titles begin to add up is enormous fun, and will motivate you to want to keep reading.

Lately, beyond teaching online, I've been destroying toys and spray painting everything... also known as "crafting"? 🤓🦄📿 #ArtsAndCrafts #Unicorns sybilpriebebooks.blogspot.com/2025/06/a-diff…

Maybe it's just my parents and their friends but I feel like boomers being on their phones all the time is an under-discussed phenomenon.

Never has it been clearer that “no one is free until Palestine is free” is not a chant but a warning, as we all stare into the abyss of another world war.

Juneteenth is a celebration of Black Americans’ freedom. As cities pull funding for the holiday preparations, we’re reminded that our liberation is still controversial.

How did we get to a point where trying to make people's lives easier makes you a radical left socialist???

People may try to copy your words. But they can’t copy your frequency.

"When 8 men have more money than 4 billion people combined, folks relying on food stamps or Medicaid aren't the problem."

We had a grim BBQ at my aunt's house. We are a family of #Latinos We are all legal citizens, some of us are veterans, some are civil servants, and some of us are community volunteers. We sat and pondered what we would do should things get worse. 🧵

Without empathy, our society will not improve. It’s going to take a cultural shift

hating on food stamps is so embarrassing. you're fine with your taxes paying for bombs but you draw the line at doritos?

I know I'm not the first person to say this, but it ABSOLUTELY matters if people in jobs that deal directly with vulnerable people - nurses, doctors, teachers, social workers - are bigoted because they are in a position to cause real harm to marginalised people in their care.

New #OER for College Composition... published a few weeks ago... Google folder for free digital versions: bit.ly/dnrtb + the Amazon link (no royalties): bit.ly/dnrtb_amazon #DoNotReadThisBook