"Once, when I told a young woman that my father had gone to school with Anne Frank, her eyes got wide and she blurted out, 'He was so lucky!'” https://t.co/ugYasoUBwZ
In 22 days…the 60th anniversary of the #MarchOnWashington for Jobs and Freedom and of my father’s #IHaveADream speech. With a focus on eradicating economic and racial injustice, the March organizers (I’ll share more about them in the days to come) put forth 10 demands…
Sotomayor, joined by Kagan and Jackson: "Today, this Court stands in the way and rolls back decades of precedent and momentous progress... the Court cements a superficial rule of colorblindness as a constitutional principle in an endemically segregated society..."
I’d love to go back to 1987 and tell all my Smiths fan friends who gave me all kinds of shit for not being a Smiths fan that by the 2020s not only would Morrissey have been cast into outer darkness as a bitter old racist, but Rick Astley would be the coolest motherfucker alive
“This moving and often riveting book is a revelation, providing a glimpse into life under Nazi occupation. At once epic and intimate, it merits comparison to Marcel Ophuls' classic 1969 documentary about life in occupied France, "The Sorrow and the Pity.” https://t.co/Jr9l194PSm
Princeton sociologist Matthew Desmond says if the top 1% of Americans paid the taxes they owed, it would raise $175 billion each year.
"That is just about enough to pull everyone out of poverty," the author says. https://t.co/6gG3gA113F
Re the TW: I recognize that hate speech is inherently violent, but this shit is next level and you may need/want to take a minute and shake it off before you continue with your day.