Whatever team drafts Alabama's Najee Harris is getting a special person. Today he threw a draft party for kids at the homeless shelter where he lived for several years growing up. He told me it was emotional the first time he went back to visit. @kron4news#NFLDraft#RollTide
I was going to make a celebratory tweet but then I was hit with sadness because we are celebrating something that is clear as day. The fact that so many injustices occurred to make us hold our breath toward this outcome is really telling.
Diversity is about so more than having wide-ranging stories and subjects.
I love this @nytimes illustration of a person using a wheelchair; it's the first one I can recall that isn't tied to an article on disabilities.
Imagery matters. Inclusion matters.
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For my non-Texans, it’s hard to convey how f’d our state is. It’s barely broken freezing since Sunday. Half of Austin has been almost entirely w/out heat or power for 2.5 days. Water pressure is dropping and there’s a boil notice but half the city has no power to boil. Thread🧵⤵️
Jamie, who has cerebral palsy, has been the Greenwood High School football team janitor since 2019.
He always wanted to play sports growing up, but he couldn't, so their state title winning football program rewarded him with a ring 👏
(via Jamie Freeman/Facebook)
Thank you! I would be nowhere without the women whose footsteps I dance in. While reciting my poem, I wore a ring with a caged bird—a gift from @Oprah for the occasion , to symbolize Maya Angelou, a previous inaugural poet. Here’s to the women who have climbed my hills before.
DeVonta Smith: "To all the kids out there that's not the biggest, not the strongest, just keep pushing because I'm not the biggest, I've been doubted a lot just because of my size. Really, it just comes down to if you put your mind to it, you can do it. No job is too big."