I love that a Black woman is responsible for this. 😂
Shout out to @RepBeatty for filing the lawsuit to get Trump‘s name removed from the Kennedy Center
Ruby Dee, 1969, reading some of the names of unarmed young Black men killed by police.
Throughout her life Dee and her husband Ossie were on the frontlines of the Civil Rights Movement, raising money for movements, working closely with figures like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X, and enduring FBI surveillance for their radical activism.
No other group in America had to survive
•Black Codes
•Convict leasing
•Jim Crow
•Redlining
•Sundown towns
•COINTELPRO
•Assassinations of leaders
•Crack epidemic (CIA linked)
•Mass incarceration
•School segregation
•Destruction of 60+ Black towns
•GI Bill exclusion
•FHA loan denial
•Police lynchings
•Media demonization
Twin sisters Tia and Jasmin Criss have made history by graduating as valedictorian and salutatorian of Cheyney University — the nation’s oldest HBCU.
Tia, with a perfect 4.0 GPA, earned valedictorian honors, while Jasmin, with a 3.9 GPA, is salutatorian. The Philadelphia natives completed their degrees and walked the stage on May 9, 2026, showcasing excellence, resilience, and unbreakable sisterhood.
They credit their late father’s guidance and their mother’s support for fueling their success. Their story is a powerful example of Black brilliance and the strength of HBCU education. Their father would surely be beaming with pride. 🙏🏿
🚨 The Nashville Zoo is asking for the public's help fighting a new 69,000‑sq‑ft data center that could disrupt endangered species’ breeding programs with constant noise, lights, & 24/7 industrial activity.
397K+ people have already signed the petition.
Instead of discussing how Elon Musk is now the world's first trillionaire, we should talk about how he killed hundreds of thousands of people through his dismantling of food and medical aid to poor countries
https://t.co/8kY171r5w1
Trump’s FBI showed up, without warrants, at the homes of Black and Brown voter registration canvassers in Ohio. They raided the Ohio Organizing Coalition’s offices.
Over 100 agents. No charges. No crime. This is federal voter intimidation, happening right now, ahead of a major election cycle in a purple state.
Wake up and fight back people because it’s coming to your state too.
June 11, 1963. My late sister in law - Vivian Malone - with the help of the Department of Justice and President Kennedy integrated the University of Alabama. The Governor of the state, George Wallace, stood in the school house door to prevent her from enrolling. The use of State power to trample on the rights of black Americans. In 2026 this resurgent movement by southern Republicans is both historically familiar and alarming.
Vivian fought.