“Our hearts are burning.” Hasankeyf in Turkey is an archeological gem, a valley thought to have been inhabited since Neolithic times. Thousands of families lived there until this year — when the country's president flooded it for economic development. https://t.co/AwAdgOgAz4
We don’t have to share a Black person’s positive attributes when conveying that they died unjustly at the hands of police.
A criminal background is no excuse for police brutality. Neither is sagging pants or a short skirt. Or a “bad attitude.”
Black people deserve to live.
For anyone worried about talking to their white children right now—worried that their kid is too young for these conversations—I was 5 or 6 when my Dad told me “no matter what you do, some people will always hate you.” Black children don’t get to not understand racism.
In New Jersey the police officers are protesting WITH the people shouting no justice no peace. This is how it should be, every police station should be walking with their community there is no excuse!
NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings. They could‘ve killed them, &we don’t know how many they injured.
NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.
@NYCMayor these officers need to be brought to justice, not dismissed w/“internal reviews.”
As the coronavirus drastically reorders Italy's economy, a growing number of Italians are returning to the agricultural jobs of their grandparents https://t.co/s2JikNO5Zk
@IslandsBurgers At Mira Mesa, CA location. Witnessed guy catcall and verbally harass female host. She stayed silent. Asked her why she didn’t report to manager - said this is the 2nd time its happened and managers did nothing the first time she reported it. Really islands? Awful
Congress has proposed alterations to the Endangered Species Act that would make it more difficult to add species to the list and easier to de-list species. Tell Congress not to weaken the Endangered Species Act today: https://t.co/WwtcLBmIy4
The Endangered Species Act has prevented 99% of the species under its care from going extinct, including the Whooping Crane. Don't let Congress dismantle this bedrock law: https://t.co/bmEs6f1fTY
"I believe in Nelson Mandela’s vision. I believe in a vision shared by Gandhi and King and Abraham Lincoln. I believe in a vision of equality, justice, freedom and multi-racial democracy, built on the premise that all people are created equal." —@BarackObama at #MandelaLecture