Joyce Mosso Stokes

Founder of Creative Dance Center, Mom, J-Ma, wife, government mtg. planner, UofMD grad, went to Tufts Un, Potomac Link Alumna, breast cancer survivor.

[Historical Africa @historical_Afr]

Marian Croak, the genius mind behind the technology that powers the way we all communicate today — Zoom, FaceTime, WhatsApp and more — has officially been honored with her place in the National Inventors Hall of Fame. 👑📲

With over 200 patents to her name, her work has shaped the world forever. Give her flowers while she can still smell them. 🌹

[Joyce Mosso Stokes @JoyceMosso]

@freakoutsideofx Happy Birthday‼️

[CALL TO ACTIVISM @CalltoActivism]

🚨POWERFUL: Jon Ossoff accused Donald Trump of targeting Georgia because “Black voters were instrumental to his defeat” as he pushes election-denier Mike Collins.

Then he reminded the crowd what Georgia made possible: “You sent to the Senate the young Jewish son of an immigrant… and a Black pastor who holds Dr. King’s pulpit.”

A powerful reminder that Georgia’s diverse coalition changed history. Let’s do it again!

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Elementary school kids throw a Michael Jackson concert from different Eras 🔥.

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Salt Lake City Black woman entrepreneur Christina Turner partnered with her dad, master chemist Robert Turner, to launch their science-backed luxury skincare line C’Lorice Beauty!
This powerful Black father-daughter duo blends decades of chemistry expertise with earth-sourced ingredients for the Genève Rebirth collection.
This is black excellence 👏🏾

[Joyce Mosso Stokes @JoyceMosso]

@marieclaire She could wear a t-shirt and look fabulous oh she did‼️

[Joyce Mosso Stokes @JoyceMosso]

@thetemptations Rest in Peace🙏🏼

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: "MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE" — Sotomayor delivers FURIOUS bench dissent after Supreme Court legalizes Trump’s immigration crackdown.

In a single devastating day, the Supreme Court's conservative majority handed Donald Trump TWO sweeping immigration victories — and Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivered a furious dissent warning of the human cost.

First, the 6-3 court stripped Temporary Protected Status from 350,000 Haitians and 6,100 Syrians — clearing a path to deport hundreds of thousands of people back to countries devastated by war and disaster. The same protections are now in jeopardy for a dozen other nations.

Justice Elena Kagan's dissent quoted Trump's own vile words about Haitians, writing that his statements "fairly SHOUT, in their racial undertones and overtones alike, that race entered into the president's resolve to remove Haitians from this country." This is the man who falsely claimed Haitians were eating people's pets and called Haiti a "filthy, dirty, disgusting" country. The court somehow decided that wasn't racial hostility, akin to declaring that water isn’t wet.

Then came the second blow. The court ruled Trump can physically turn away asylum seekers at the border — blocking them from setting foot on U.S. soil where the law would let them claim protection. The conservative majority absurdly decided that migrants standing AT the border haven't "arrived" until they fully cross.

Justice Sotomayor was so outraged she read her dissent ALOUD from the bench — a move reserved for the most profound disagreements — visibly catching Justice Alito off guard.

"The consequences of today's decision are predictable," Sotomayor declared. "MORE PEOPLE WILL DIE. More people will attempt to cross the border illegally, and some will make it while others will not."

She demolished the majority's tortured logic, comparing it to a train conductor announcing the train is "arriving at Penn Station" while it's still half a mile away. "It makes no sense," she said.

She's right. Many asylum seekers face torture and death in their home countries — and sending them back is a cruel rejection of their plights. Then, there are the doctors, engineers, students, and caregivers who were given shelter under earlier administrations and built lives here legally under their Temporary Protected Status. Now they face deportation to nations where, their lawyers say, they too could be KILLED.

This is what a Supreme Court captured by right-wing ideologues delivers: legal cover for cruelty, dressed up as statutory interpretation, while a solitary justice with compassion warns of the human consequences.

Innocent people will die. And the court can’t say it wasn’t warned.

Please like and share if you think the Supreme Court needs urgent reform to counteract the right-wing bias currently built into its majority!

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

Whitney Houston, Roberta Flack, Nick Ashford, Valerie Simpson, and Diahann Carroll on the opening night of Ashford & Simpson’s first restaurant, The Sugar Bar Restaurant in NY.

[Charles M. Blow @CharlesMBlow]

During my appearance this afternoon on @thearenacnn, Republicans tried to lecture about the “extremism” and “radicalism” of the Democratic Socialists who won in NY. Absolutely not! Republicans inflicted the abomination of DJT on us. I don’t want to hear a damned thing about “extremism” from that side of politics. It’s time to take the gloves off and fight like hell for our country and way of life. And, don’t be handcuffed thinking you have to play be a different, stricter set of rules.

[Joyce Mosso Stokes @JoyceMosso]

@LASHYBILLS Thank you and keep up the great work for our community.

[LASHY BILLS @LASHYBILLS]

A New Orleans man known as Mr. Seven is going viral for teaching neighborhood kids hands-on automotive skills and valuable life lessons…all out of his own pocket for years! 🙌

Through his NOLA Service Circle program, he’s creating a safe space where young people learn practical skills like vehicle maintenance, basic repairs, jump-starting cars, teamwork, and discipline. Mr. Seven has poured in countless hours, energy, and personal resources because he believes in investing in our youth and building a stronger community.

[Rep. Joyce Beatty @RepBeatty]

STAY WOKE✊🏾✨

[LAW ROACH @LUXURYLAW]

Still in Rome with Italian designers.

Zendaya in Giorgio Armani Spring 1990

#styledbyLAW

[Joyce Mosso Stokes @JoyceMosso]

@LUXURYLAW Zendaya beautiful in that dress as always💕

[Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats]

BREAKING: REAL LEADERSHIP! Superstar Governor Gretchen Whitmer erases over $74 million of medical debt for Michiganders in a stunning masterstroke.

This woman would make a brilliant President one day...

"Big news, Michigan! We’re erasing over $74 million in medical debt for over 72,000 Michiganders in the second round of medical debt forgiveness," Whitmer announced on X. "Our partnership with @unduemeddebt means fewer Michigan families have to choose between buying groceries or paying medical bills."

Undue Medical Debt is a donor-funded nonprofit organization that works to emancipate people from the shackles of medical debt, a crushing burden that should not exist in a modern, civilized country.

The debt in this instance came from local Michigan hospitals but Undue Medical Debt is a nationwide organization.

"Here in Michigan, we believe being sick or getting injured shouldn’t mean going broke. That’s why I’m proud to partner with Undue Medical Debt, so we can erase over $74 million of medical debt for almost 72,000 Michiganders across the state," said Whitmer.

"This action ensures fewer Michigan families must choose between putting food on the table or paying their medical bills, at a time when so many already are struggling with rising costs on the essentials driven by tariffs, cuts to Medicaid, and the Iran War. Let’s keep working together to address medical debt in Michigan," she added.

Contrast Whitmer's leadership with Trump who has done nothing to alleviate debt and whose healthcare plan (not surprisingly) never materialized. He has totally shirked his responsibilities to safeguard Medicare and Medicaid, dismissing them as "boring" and "medical crap" — in addition to slashing $1 trillion in funding from the latter.

"I'm grateful to Governor Whitmer and the state of Michigan for this continued commitment to erasing the financial and emotional burden of medical debt — now reaching more than $200 million in relief for over 280,000 Michiganders," said CEO and President Allison Sesso of Undue Medical Debt. "No one chooses to get sick, be in an accident or have a chronic condition, and no family should have to choose between putting food on the table and paying their medical bills."

While this announcement is incredibly welcome news, we can't stop at just debt relief. We need Medicare For All. We are the richest country in the history of the world. We can afford to provide healthcare for every single American, we just need to start taxing billionaires and stop wasting our money on pointless foreign wars and gaudy ballrooms!

Please ❤️ and share if you're a fan of Gretchen Whitmer!

[🌎 Kev_Almighty 🌎 @BigYash_609]

Highly decorated and respected 4-Star General Daniel "Chappie" James Junior is considered DEI by Pete Hegseth. His portrait was intentionally removed from the Air Force Art Gallery.

Under his command: ▪︎North American ▪︎Aerospace Defense Command
▪︎Military Airlift Command
7272nd Flying Training Wing
▪︎33rd Tactical Fighter Wing
▪︎8th Tactical Fighter Wing
▪︎92d Tactical Fighter Squadron
▪︎437th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron

Wars/Conflicts:
▪︎ World War II
▪︎ Korean War
▪︎ Vietnam War
▪︎ Operation Bolo

Medals/Accommodations:
▪︎Defense Distinguished Service Medal
▪︎Air Force Distinguished Service Medal (2)
▪︎Legion of Merit (2)
▪︎Distinguished Flying Cross (3)
▪︎Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal (14)

[philip lewis @Phil_Lewis_]

23-year-old Daniel Cressy just became the first person in Louisiana to be functionally cured of sickle cell disease through gene therapy https://t.co/snRE0wOGaP

[Christopher Webb @cwebbonline]

I 🤎 the Michelle Obama love…

[Joyce Mosso Stokes @JoyceMosso]

@cecewinans