“I never walk the streets, think it's all about me
Even though deep in my heart, it really could be
I just try my best to like go all out
Some might even say yo shorty black you're buggin' out” — A Tribe Called Quest, Buggin’Out #beautyiseverywhere 😉
Incredible obituary in NYT for Betty Reid Soskin, who served as a National Park Service ranger until age 100 and witnessed so much in her life.
Her great grandma was born into slavery. Then she stood with America’s first black president.
“What could be more American than that?”
This busy holiday season, items from Emory’s Rose Library will be on exhibit at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Visitors to Concourse E can take a break and explore materials about the history of hip hop. 🎤 🎵 🔊 https://t.co/YKRR0Ldg8p
It's 2025, and we're sharing bootleg 60 Minutes segments broadcast in other countries because our own country is being run by fascists and their billionaire-owned state media helpers, just as the Founding Fathers intended, of course.
Billionaires threaten to leave NYC if Mamdani wins as they sit comfortably in their $200 million penthouses on the 100th floor while working class New Yorkers drown in their basements from a rainstorm.
In what may be the most comprehensive collection of Bram Stoker’s materials in the world, visitors to Emory can pore over correspondence & manuscripts in the “Dracula” author’s spidery hand, as well as photographs, playbills, & more. 🧛 🦇 ⚰️ https://t.co/3JM49cF17U
Have to understand that this “plausible scenario” was a reality for my parents when they were kids. The current, far more democratic map hasn’t even been a reality for one generation of Black people before (mostly white) Americans decided they had enough of Black voting power…
U.S. political scientists, are any of your depts *not* admitting new PhD students this year (esp. for international applicants)?
I'm gathering info to help students know where to reconsider applying. Applications are not cheap and they're despairing. Appreciate any details.