"Poverty isn’t simply the condition of not having enough money. It’s the condition of not having enough choice and being taken advantage of because of that." A Pulitzer Prize-winning sociologist offers a new explanation for why poverty persists in America. https://t.co/rHvUVPOoqI
"Strange Fruit," a protest song about lynching made famous by Billie Holiday, was written not by an African American activist, but by a Jewish high school teacher from New York.
@CBSMMiller looks at the song's backstory. Warning, the photo that inspired the song is disturbing. https://t.co/Ieu6GFJjsm
Almost none of the public writing about West properly wrestles with the weight of his personal traumas and mental health diagnosis, writes @elamin88
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I am challenging you: Yes you, reading this. Don't record the fireworks with your phone. You're never going to watch that video. You can complete this challenge. Put the phone down. I believe in you.
The Episcopal bishop of DC – who oversees the DC church Trump just stopped at – tells the @washingtonpost she is "outraged" and that neither she nor the rector was asked or told… “that they would be clearing with tear gas so they could use one of our churches as a prop.." 1/3
Quote of the year: “If you expect elementary school children to endure the trauma of active shooter drills for your freedoms, you can wear a mask to Costco.”