According to LOU contributor @Angry_Negro : @CivicInfluencer is also looking to engage students of color and young people with disabilities as they turbocharge student voters https://t.co/Hq7TP1tFJo
Tyron McAlpin, the deaf Black man with cerebral palsy who was falsely accused of assault by Phoenix police, says he tried to point to his ears to tell officers he couldn’t hear them before he was punched 10+ times and tased 4x. This brutality remains unconscionable!
It’s the racism. It’s the misogyny and misogynoir. It’s the transphobia, homophobia, and the xenophobia.
It’s the illogical, emotional and deep ID of America.
That’s why we’re here.
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@RebeccaCokley@GailSimone Sure, I’ll muddy the water. In the warm bosom of the Palmetto State y’all is singular - for an individual or a singular group. For plural, we would say “all y’all.” You could just start making everybody from Pittsburgh and have them say “yins”
“Unfortunately, it is not uncommon for women to be underdiagnosed with ADHD or other neurodivergent presentations. For Latina/x, that gap is even wider as there are significant barriers to access to treatment in general…” https://t.co/toF21It4k0
Here's saxophonist Benny Golson, who left us yesterday at age 95, pointing to his image in the famous 'Great Day in Harlem' photo.
With Golson's passing, Sonny Rollins is the last living musician in that iconic photo of jazz greats taken in 1958.
On Sunday, the Pinner family announced the death of WIS legend Joe Pinner at the age of 89 . 🕊
The longtime anchor joined WIS just 10 years after the station’s first air date. Pinner was known his award-winning children’s program, “Mr. Knozit.”
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The Black divers excavating slave shipwrecks: ‘I’m telling my ancestors: I’m with you’
'Members of Diving With a Purpose search out and investigate the vessels’ remains, bringing history to light and memorializing lost lives'
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@AngeliqueRoche@NBCNews It’s hard sometimes to remember the days pre-Internet and the amount of work that folks like Phil Donahue put in to bring ideas and even fringe thought into the main stream.
INCEPTION was released 14 years ago today. A masterclass in how to blend digital and practical effects and one of the definitive films of Christopher Nolan, the making of story might have you believing it’s all a dream…
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SCOOP. The Republican National Committee has denied requests from the American Association of People with Disabilities (@AAPD) for access to next week's convention in Milwaukee.