Author Ta-Nehisi Coates sat silently through a school board meeting in South Carolina to support a high school teacher who was told to stop using his book on growing up Black in America in her advanced English class. https://t.co/1Z5J50YOh1
One last time, I’m running my book club / craft class on Best American Essays 2022, 4 sundays in June & July. Let’s read & study this wonderful anthology together! Link below, or visit @thewritingcolab for more info
NBA X NICKI in 45 mins. Retweet if your vagina is juicy. Retweet if your penis is decent. Retweet if you like me. All of my moots let’s go. Deleting & midnight. 🫠
In his opening remarks, Iowa House Speaker @PatGrassley said they are ready to push back against "the radical social agenda being forced upon us and our children by the left."
This is the 7th year of an Iowa Republican trifecta.
Four years ago in the East Room of the White House I was told to sit down during a press conference on midterm election results. I tried to ask about voter suppression. I was continuously told to “sit down.” Four years later,yesterday I was able to ask three questions.
We are in desperate need of composition notebooks! Incarcerated folks use them to write, draw, and create while locked behind bars. That's something we want to support. If you do, too, consider sending us some!
No spiral-bound notebooks, please.
Mailing info below. 👇
With much of eastern Kentucky under water after devastating floods, worth revisiting @AcquistoA’s in-depth look at why these communities are so vulnerable — and why climate change is going to make it so much worse.
https://t.co/LW0ughfUWu
12 years ago today my dad was killed in Afghanistan. I shared a bit about that day with @SliceMagazine—about what I could piece together of his last day, the moment I found out, and making sense of it all. I hope you take a minute to read it today: https://t.co/k0wztOw2o5
It is a tremendous honor to have my story published in @SliceMagazine's final issue alongside so, so many writers I admire. Thank you @MattGallagher0 for selecting me (and writing an intro that's far too kind), and @MaraeHart for being a brilliant editor: https://t.co/k0wztOw2o5
Very proud to have been a part of @SliceMagazine and so sad it’s come to a close. Please enjoy the incredible beauty and talent in these pages ❤️ Many thanks and much love to Celia, Maria, @bethblachman, @NicoleShawan, the nonfiction reading team and all the friends I’ve made ✨
I spent many months investigating the 2020 Moria refugee camp fire on the Greek island of Lesvos –– the inhumane conditions of the camp, the pressurizing circumstances leading up to the fire, & the saga of the 6 young refugees accused of setting it. I hope you'll give it a read.
Here is some of what I shared on the @NYCCouncil floor a few minutes ago:
This Tuesday, April 12th, my daughter left our home at about 8:20, headed to the 36th train station for school.
I'm still in shock of what I experienced covering the Ankeny school board meeting tonight. At first, I was told I wasn't allowed in the meeting even though I had contacted their communications team that I would be attending. After that, I was told the meeting was at (1)