Amazing to have my friend @joancbaez back in Nashville today and show her the Tennessee Capitol which definitely needs her light and energy.
We’re not going back this election and our message is clear: “We Ain’t Gonna Let Donald Trump Turn Us Around!” 🎶
Let’s vote y’all! ✊🏾💛
Tonight, Missouri lynched another innocent Black man.
Governor Parson had the responsibility to save this innocent life, and he didn’t. The NAACP was founded in 1909 in response to the barbaric lynching of Black people in America — we were founded exactly because of people like Governor Parson who perpetuate violence against innocent Black people.
We will hold Governor Parson accountable. When DNA evidence proves innocence, capital punishment is not justice—it is murder.
#MarcellusWilliams
The execution of Marcellus Williams is a horrible injustice. This didn’t have to happen. Just a couple weeks ago, prosecutors—with the support of the victim’s family—had reached a plea agreement with Marcellus that took death off the table.
The use of the death penalty in the United States is one of the ugliest stains on our broken criminal justice system.
It is disproportionately imposed against poor people and people of color.
We must abolish it once and for all.
It doesn’t matter if the country is ready or not for a Black woman president. I am reminded of William James’s The Will to Believe. If we believe, organize, and act, we can will the fact of her presidency into existence.
I’m praying for Dems to stand together & address the issues that impact poor people & low-wage workers.
We have a process; it’s time to trust it & unite around an agenda that lifts from the bottom.