This was Charles Hobbs. 52 y/o. Caged in Miami jail. Approved for house arrest. But nowhere to go. So he remained. Then contracted COVID. Was largely ignored. Last Wednesday, he was struggling to breath. Convulsing. Cellmates banged on the bars. Guards took their time. He died.

Our beloved Black Jewish members are organizing a #BlackShabbat this Friday to be together in this moment. We are raising $ to cover their Shabbat dinners. Click this link & specify your donation is in honor of Black Jews. We’ll get these funds out ASAP. fundraise.jfrej.org/give/93184/#!/…

Join us at Saturday’s social justice rally, sponsored by the Chapel Hill - Carrboro NAACP Youth Council and Chapel Hill-Carrboro Youth Advocates.

The only thing worse than the way Breonna Taylor was killed is the fact that — even with all of this energy and outrage — the cops who killed her haven’t been arrested and it feels like the conversation is moving on. And you KNOW why.

“Every single one” My patient works at a homeless shelter in Brooklyn. Tearfully she told me every resident there got COVID in April. Every single one. More than 20 died. No one had a funeral. No one called. No media reported about it. Think about that. They just disappeared.

What Maya Moore has accomplished is nothing short of extraordinary. I went behind the scenes, shadowing her through multiple hearings in Jefferson City to discover what drives her quest for justice. espn.com/wnba/story/_/i…

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that you throw hot coffee on the face of anyone not wearing a mask.

Please consider donating to the UNC Black Student Movement Mutual Aid Fund The Black Student Movement: uncbsm.com/aid

ICYMI: Incredible reporting by @itscaitlinhd.

Three of the church's banners were burned overnight, including ones that said “Black Lives Matter” and “Vote.” "Someone can try to destroy property, but they’re not going to snuff out our resolve. This is who we are," said Senior Minister Marcus McFaul. chapelboro.com/news/crime/ban…

Just left this march an hour ago--my kid got sprayed by police too. No warning before getting sprayed. So many kids, elderly people choking and in tears. All protesters I saw were peaceful.

Please join me in donating. This is heinous, even by 2020's miserable standards

Here's some additional footage from the Graham, NC March to the Polls where police pepper sprayed multiple participants—including young children &, as seen here, members of the Voter Protection Legal Team. This was sent to me by a member of that team who was subsequently arrested

I mean, of course. Instead of paying the fair share of taxes that would bolster traditional public schools, billionaire philanthropists get to decide which schools are funded.

Are you paralyzed about what to do RIGHT NOW to support trans kids in Texas?? LIVE THREAD OF WHERE TO DONATE THAT AREN'T MAINSTREAM ORGS THAT ARE GONNA GET HUGE DONATION BUMPS RIGHT NOW. (Please please reply or dm me with additions and recommendations)

Still can't get over this. CE predicted "zero chance that Russia suddenly invades," then that Russia would have a "swift victory," & then that Russia was on the "verge of annihilating" the Ukrainian army. Tucker spent weeks selling this guy as his Russia expert to his audience.

that man is coach L forever.

Before Rosa Parks, before 1961 Freedom Rides… This week marks 75th anniv. of the 1947 Journey of Reconciliation. Did you know Wilson Library, UNC Chapel Hill has Bayard Rustin’s 1st person account of the Journey and later sentencing to a chain gang in NC? Collab. 🧵 w/ NC Collection, UNC #OTD

I’ve spent the past year visiting memorials, monuments, museums, and concentration camps in Germany, exploring how that country remembers the Holocaust. I wanted to understand if there was anything the U.S. could learn. Here’s the story of what I found: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…