Jessica Reaves

Writer, editor, drinker of root beer floats. Currently: Domestic extremism Formerly: Chicago Tribune, Chicago News Cooperative, Ms. Magazine

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

Daily reminder: if you support trump, a racist garbage person, you are also a racist garbage person. #impeach

[Valerie Jarrett @ValerieJarrett]

Powerful personal message from @VictorBlackwell. Every American should watch this all the way to the end. Words matter. https://t.co/FdzkW2SzgB

[Min Jin Lee @minjinlee11]

What would happen if migrants on boats with limited resources were also seen as brave explorers gifted with curiosity and wonder for depths unknown, I wonder.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Did a boat write this?

[Lil Bit 🌈 @LizerReal]

I once dated a guy who opposed me volunteering on social causes because "what if someone who doesn't need it gets help" and I'll be damned if that isn't the prevailing mindset of this country

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

Where have you gone, Jim Henson? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you.

[The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center @TheKingCenter]

#TheTennesseeThree

This is good trouble.

This is bending with the moral arc of the universe.

“If you want to fight to make this place a better place you have to use your voice. You have to use your power. And, yes, sometimes you have to get expelled.”

-Rep. Justin Pearson

[parker lyons @tweetsbyparker]

the libertarianism leaving VC’s bodies when their banks default

[feminist next door @emrazz]

Nothing says patriarchy is over like acknowledging the contributions of 50% of the population once every 364 days.

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

President Carter represents the very best of America. Imagine what this country could be if we all attempted to live with such grace, singular generosity and true kindness.

[The Carter Center @CarterCenter]

https://t.co/1auzIG0yqy

[Lois Beckett @loisbeckett]

Many Americans may not realize that “a meaningful fraction of homicides in the US are police killings.”

Officers killed at least 1,192 people in 2022.

That's higher than the number of Americans killed in mass shootings:

https://t.co/uB7wRBV3ja

[Don’t Boo…Revolt! @BreeNewsome]

Diversifying the police force doesn’t end racism because racism is inherent to the organization of the institution & its daily operation. Racism is what policing is

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

New life goal unlocked

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

Lifesaving tips right here

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

how to tell if a cashmere knit is high quality

1. cheap cashmere is coated w chemicals, so when ur in a store, bring the sweater up to ur nose & smell it
2. rub it across ur lips to see if it's greasy
3. put the sleeve in ur mouth & taste it
4. now gently chew
5. eat the sleeve

[Leah Greenberg says NO KINGS ❌👑 @Leahgreenb]

he's not inscrutable, his beliefs are not difficult to categorize, he's a grown man with the emotional self-regulation of a toddler having a midlife crisis and turning to reactionary conspiracy theory politics because his kids hate him

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

@maxthegirl Never!

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

via @NYTimes 🎉🎉🎉 https://t.co/CbqrTdDbBk

[steven monacelli @stevanzetti]

Every Right Wing Show Host: We are going to have Kanye West on television to set the record straight about why this genius has been misunderstood

Kanye West: I love Hitler

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

🎯

[Mark Thompson @Son_of_a_Thomp]

When you’re a journalist attempting to both-sides a former President dinning with a neo-Nazi, you’ve lost the thread of your profession.

[Jessica Reaves @jesslucereaves]

@LEBassett

[Jacob Rubashkin @JacobRubashkin]

Literally all we ever wanted was an edit button and fewer Nazis 🤷‍♂️