W. Parham-Payne, PhD

Sociologist. Concerned Citizen. Educator. Blogger. Wife. Mommy (Not quite in that order...)

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

250,000 Americans marched on Washington 63 years ago today. They marched for jobs and for freedom. They marched because they were tired of being told to wait for equality.

The March on Washington was a call to action for our nation. Today, we must answer the call once again.

The right to vote is yet again under attack. Despite attempts to take away our power, we know that the real power is still with the people. And this November, we will use our power.

[The Obama Foundation @ObamaFoundation]

Happy Tan Suit Day from the Obama Presidential Center!

[FactPost @factpostnews]

The FDA has upgraded a recall of guacamole to the highest risk level, indicating a reasonable chance of "serious adverse health consequences or death" from salmonella contamination.

[limp brittzkit @Brittymigs]

americans: can we have healthcare or cheaper groceries?

govt: what if we just kept changin the names of bodies of water

[Mark Carney @MarkJCarney]

The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means “the lake is beautiful, the lake is big”.

The name is more than 400 years old, predating both the Confederation of Canada and the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America.

We know that America is changing. Their trading relationships, their foreign policies, their national monuments, their hydronyms.

Canadians also know that naming reality means calling it Lake Ontario – then, now and always.

[NBC News @NBCNews]

BREAKING: Trump administration says it might demolish the Kennedy Center if court blocks renovations. https://t.co/OiYBRSEavf

[ᴀɴɢʏᴏɴɢ sᴏɴʏᴇᴏ ⁷ @brekugou]

Funny how all children need to be protected, until it’s the black ones…

[𝕷𝖚𝖈𝖎𝖋𝖊𝖗 @LucifersTweetz]

There’s been 24 African Americans found hanging from trees since last March.

All ruled suicide.

Black people don’t hang themselves.

[The Lincoln Project @ProjectLincoln]

The GOP is killing our agriculture communities.

[Devin Duke @sirDukeDevin]

I heard a line that sums up the MAGA pretty well:

Wealthy Republicans tolerate Trump’s racism because they want the tax cuts. Poor Republicans tolerate the tax cuts because they want the racism.

[Ben Crump @AttorneyCrump]

The people of Gary, Indiana have been left in the dark long enough. Mayor Melton and neighboring officials are pointing directly at NIPSCO for failing to maintain their infrastructure, and now 10,000 families are still paying the price. This is unacceptable. These families are waiting on an executive order to declare a natural disaster while their food spoils and their lights stay off.

[PGPDNEWS @PGPDNews]

MISSING: 11-year-old Joelle Davis-Porter. Last seen on 8/24/26 at approx 1:45 pm in the 900 block of Glen Willow Dr in Capitol Heights. She is 5’0” & 100 lbs. Last seen wearing a black hoodie, black shirt with red and white letters, black sweatpants and pink crocs. If located, please call 911.

[Tea Pain @TeaPainUSA]

When your three top allies are Russia, China and North Korea, YOU just might be the communist.

[Marc E. Elias @marceelias]

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court’s conservative majority of injecting “chaos and uncertainty” into the 2026 midterm elections Monday after the Court lifted one injunction blocking Donald Trump’s anti-mail voting executive order. https://t.co/libTzEcXJv

[James E. Clyburn @RepJamesClyburn]

Trump is counting on the Supreme Court to give him more power to interfere in our elections.

This activist Supreme Court has repeatedly chipped away at Americans’ access to the ballot, one decision at a time.

We should be making it easier—not harder—for every eligible American to register and securely cast their ballot.

[FactPost @factpostnews]

June 23, 2026: Trump buys up to $50k in SpaceX stock

That same day: SpaceX receives a $425.6 million contract from NASA

[FactPost @factpostnews]

June 18, 2026: Trump buys up to $500k in Boeing stock

That same day: Boeing receives an $880 million contract from the U.S. Navy

[SassyK 🎀🐝💖👑 @kdn1681]

All these Black people are not hanging themselves in trees. No one can make me believe that. I’m sorry but No

[Justin J. Pearson @Justinjpearson]

Tens of thousands of residents in Gary, Indiana & now at home in Memphis too are without power for days.

I spoke w/ Gary’s Mayor Eddie Melton today and tried to connect some of the dots of what’s going on in this video.

Resources for those w/o power in Memphis in my next post

[The One 🇺🇸 @Flashaction60]

The people of Gary Indiana are getting the Katrina Treatment