An entire side of my family is from the Tularosa Basin, including my dad, and this has been talked about for many years. Please read - using this region as a nuclear test site has had devastating health impacts for local tribes and long-time residents. #NMdownwinders
“In a truly democratic society, civil rights should not be contingent on a fortuitous combination of Supreme Court Justices.” Revisit @KeeangaYamahtta’s essay, from 2020, exploring the fundamentally undemocratic nature of the Court.
https://t.co/XOCXOwAWyZ
This Supreme Court in two days:
1. You can’t discriminate against people we like.
2. You can discriminate against people we don’t like.
The institution has no credibility.
After a quick reading of the Supreme Court's language, it is clear that the Biden administration still has legal tools at his disposal to broadly cancel student debt.
We need immediate action from the Biden administration.
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority has struck down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, denying relief to millions of Americans https://t.co/4jJUWEehKv
Seems like wildfire smoke blanketing the US has been normalized more or less overnight. We went from being blindsided to taking it in stride w/ nothing in between
It really is a form of moral abuse to groom a child to internalize the messages that being hit by an adult is a form of teaching, love, protection, or sanctioned by god.
When @geotransversals and I lead listening workshops, we are inviting participants to explore what it means to listen, attune, and soften our relationships to a place. (If you are safe) — how are you able to listen to the place that holds you today?
The Washington Post has dropped its paywall until Thursday.
I recommend this deeply reported @Marissa_Jae story revealing how D.C. is increasingly evicting unsheltered adults with little notice https://t.co/nJEmTGmWqt
This story should be crazy viral, but it's not.
Black Sheriffs defend immigrants from ICE. White GOP lawmakers seek to punish them
Why aren't more people bothered ????
I wrote about human hubris, the Titan disaster, and why Yoruba religious tradition warned us long ago to leave the deep ocean alone
https://t.co/7zOqvBrco1
Looking for a great indoor activity this drizzly weekend in DC? Visit our new exhibition, "We Who Believe in Freedom: Black Feminist DC," on display now on the first floor of the MLK Library. @dcpl#BlackFeministDC
https://t.co/X6Yjn7mtvB
My biggest takeaway from the Titan story is that we absolutely could have coordinated, multinational efforts to ensure no migrant dies crossing the sea and we choose not to.