@therecount@BetoORourke The anger these guys have at Beto interrupting them is the anger they need to have at the senseless, horrific, heartwrenching mass shooting of children.
Joe Biden should announce that the first bill he’ll introduce as President is the John Lewis Voting Rights Act of 2021, a law that would guarantee every American the right to vote and the right to equal representation.
It would restore the Voting Rights Act, but also ensure:
@windiescricket RIP to a legend whose humility will be sorely missed. Great profile on him here from Tony Cozier, including the fascinating detail of why in Weekes' entire test career he only hit one six.
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As long as I have been alive, Republicans have been lecturing the country that Democrats are soft on defense, and yet, the day it's reported that Trump, the leader of their party, ignored intelligence that Russia is paying terrorists to kill U.S. troops, they're totally silent.
Unilever plans to remove the words "fair/fairness, white/whitening & light/lightening" from products. J&J said it will stop selling fairness lines from brands like Neutrogena. This month brings a new reckoning for companies selling skin lightening abroad: https://t.co/4E3DJiYPsW
It’s a less obvious form of whitewashing because it happens in a vocal booth behind the scenes, but it’s whitewashing nonetheless. Happy to see light shed on this and things starting to change.
@EuzhanPalcy How wonderful! And as a teen, I had the good fortune to visit beautiful Martinique! Loved Fort de France and historic St. Pierre. Hoping to return someday in the not too distant future...whenever it is we can travel again...🙂
Saw Sugar Cane Alley at an Alliance Francaise headquarters in Barbados when I was growing up. It was the film that made me realize Caribbean people could make films about their lives. This acknowledgement of @euzhanpalcy as a trailblazer is welcome and overdue.
"A Dry White Season" is evidence of what the industry missed out on because it wasn't ready for Euzhan Palcy's fiercely decolonized perspective https://t.co/y44z6VWPhE