Remembering Aretha Franklin, gone two years today. Here she is performing “Never Grow Old” at the New Temple Missionary Baptist Church in Los Angeles in 1972.
"Those in the west who insist we cannot take in “the world’s misery” must, at the very least, acknowledge how much of that misery we are responsible for. This is not a question of guilt, but responsibility." 5 years old; sadly still relevant. https://t.co/b7nNMbJnd3
Dear @OliverDowden . Our Creative Industries helped us through this lockdown. Music, film, TV, streaming theatre, books, art: it helped get us through. They pour billions into the economy: they need financial support now, or they simply won’t be there when lockdown is over.
The man who bought and sold human beings for profit is put on a pedestal. The man who removes his likeness from that pedestal arrested. Justice in black and white. https://t.co/sfQEp89YX9
No one from the government has appeared on @Channel4News for three weeks, and for the entire week we have not been given the opportunity to ask a question at the press conference. Extraordinary lack of engagement during a global crisis. #coronavirus
"We are witnessing America as a failed social experiment," says Dr. @CornelWest. "…Its capitalist economy could not… deliver, in such a way that people could live lives of decency. The nation state, it's criminal justice system…could not generate protection of rights."
NYPD officers just drove an SUV into a crowd of human beings. They could‘ve killed them, &we don’t know how many they injured.
NO ONE gets to slam an SUV through a crowd of human beings.
@NYCMayor these officers need to be brought to justice, not dismissed w/“internal reviews.”