Molly Seidel for bronze in the Olympic Marathon.
It’s hard to convey how amazing this performance was. The field was stacked. The two who beat her have 2:17 and 2:14 marathon PRs. Molly’s is 2:25.
An absolutely phenomenal run. Huge run.
I can’t stop thinking about this photo my friend texted me this morning. She lost power in her house in the Heights, where she slept overnight. She woke to find the water dripping from her sink froze. People are still stuck at home — or worse, outside — in these conditions.
“We are striving to forge our union with purpose. To compose a country committed to all cultures, colours, characters, and conditions of man”
America's first national youth poet laureate Amanda Gorman performs at Joe Biden’s inauguration ceremony
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Still ruminating on the powerful words from from Marian Wright Edelman and @RevDrStarsky at #TBCForum2021 today, including this impt message: "We should teach children that they are sacred - and they are no better than any other child”
This is a pretty incredible account of what it took Pfizer to make the vaccine | How Pfizer Delivered a Covid Vaccine in Record Time https://t.co/sdIcj2ZHZ1
Truly heartbreaking to see these declines in postsecondary enrollment. This is a silent tragedy unfolding amidst the crises of 2020. Our country fundamentally lacks structured transitions between high school and postsecondary education. https://t.co/qlTvLeWv9s
I'll say it y'all: The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated a lot of problems facing public schools — but it didn't create most of them.
Most of the inequities existed long before the pandemic. The only difference is who was affected and who was paying attention.