A woman is raped by a football player. She tesifies against him and lives in isolation in the freshman dorm. One night, there is knock on her door. She opens it, and another football player fills it. “Hello,” he says. “My name is Irv Pankey, and I believe everything you say.” 1/
A moving moment.
Sen Cory Booker makes Judge Jackson tear up as he extensively praises her and reiterates the joy he feels for her place in history. Booker said, “Don’t worry, my sister. God has got you. … You have earned this spot. You are worthy. You are a great American.”
This is “the look” developed after a lifetime of being a woman of color having to put-up with absurdities, mansplaining, micro and big aggressions and all sorts of bullshit.
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Just in case anyone forgot about it.
On Tuesday Williams Lake First Nation announced the findings of their investigation at St. Joseph’s Mission Residential School. What they shared was a lot more than a number of children’s bodies found by ground radar. It includes
“I wanted to send a powerful message, or what I hope to be a powerful message, that we’re often treated like we should be lucky that these institutions let us in. But we don’t have to go to those institutions if we don’t want to.” https://t.co/JtnjKfCon5
JUST IN: Award-winning journalist @nhannahjones reveals on @CBSThisMorning she has declined the University of North Carolina's offer for tenure and will be the inaugural Knight Chair in Race and Reporting at @HowardU.
Today, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act. Again. This ruling reaffirms what we have long known to be true: the Affordable Care Act is here to stay.
GUILTY! Painfully earned justice has finally arrived for George Floyd’s family. This verdict is a turning point in history and sends a clear message on the need for accountability of law enforcement. Justice for Black America is justice for all of America!
"I've had patients tell nurses that they don't want Black physicians," Hill says. "You know, we're in the 2020s, and you would think that doesn't happen, but it very much so does." @RealJamelHill https://t.co/AA1DV7KMgz
'as colleges and universities make statements about how diversity matters, they must also work to create “a much more empathetic environment in which you support people who are trying to make change -- practically, emotionally, even at times physically.”' https://t.co/ZxNM0fdg0t
The world is failing to address a catastrophic biodiversity collapse that not only threatens to wipe out beloved species and invaluable genetic diversity, but endangers humanity’s food supply, health and security, according to a sweeping U.N. report. https://t.co/i3DZfP343T