There are many bad things about the situation with Nikole Hannah-Jones, but what I can't get over atm:
a PUBLIC university is making a terrible, cowardly decision to appease its wealthy white donors
This is what happens when we financialize everything.
Tired: 4-day work weeks
Wired: 9 am to 3 pm work days so working parents don't have to juggle childcare every damn day and we can all enjoy more sunlight in our lives
I've been having trouble describing how I feel to friends and colleagues who have been checking in with me the past couple days, and then I realized I have the perfect word: han.
Korean for a complex mixture of deep pain, anger, resentment, despair, resign, resolve, and pride
Koreans -- and Korean women in particular -- have been subjugated for so long, the generational trauma runs so deep, that we have a whole-ass word to explain how to feel in this moment.
That it is our cross to bear makes this no less infuriating.
Jill and I send our thoughts to President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump for a swift recovery. We will continue to pray for the health and safety of the president and his family.
The battle is on in my district, but @JamaalBowmanNY is clearly my dude:
"Until white America understands the ways in which the exploitation of black people in this country has impacted all of us, none of us will be free." #JUNETEENTH2020
https://t.co/EL4o8fUvbD
This is leadership and innovation.
"The decision by the five influential foundations ... could shatter the charitable world’s deeply entrenched tradition of fiscal restraint during periods of economic hardship."
https://t.co/pbAdHHhnVz
So much of history has been whitewashed for the sake of making it palatable for white consumption that we are starting to perpetuate things that are not only misconceptions, but outright lies.
A lot of what you're told about protests, MLK, etc. is wrong.
A thread.
Our democracy is in crisis. Safeguarding it must be a priority, and centering young people in that effort is essential. Read the latest from @kkirch92 and me in @npquarterly
https://t.co/fWEBlbgaoF
OK, let's address these "why did we lock down if BLM protests are ok" takes.
There are lots of pundits arguing this means public health advice is all relative to ideological sympathies.
That's not it. It's about balance of risks.
This new report from @rooseveltinst had been in the works for a while - releasing it this week couldn't be more fitting.
Reparations for Black Americans are a matter of national responsibility. We owe a debt. https://t.co/7wYnf2hKic