"Advising strategies have been proven to increase college enrollment and credential completion—both of which are tied to higher lifetime earnings," said @UpliftEducation 's Daniel Gray testifying on CSHB 120 for the Senate K-16 Education Committee. Watch the full testimony here:
These comments on my reparations post are such an affirmation of this Michel-Rolf Trouillot quote: “We are never as steeped in history as when we pretend not to be, but if we stop pretending we may gain in understanding what we lose in false innocence. Naiveté is often an excuse for those who exercise power. For those upon whom that power is exercised, naiveté is always a mistake.” I see why they are banning the 1619 Project and AP African American history. So many Americans need — no, require — their delusions and their false innocence. To grapple honestly with the singular plundering of Black people and their own ill-gotten gains would destroy these fragile people.
@TasiasWord@Airbnb@AirbnbHelp Something similar happened to my family and me in CA - and we were blamed for things that we did not do. We weren't kicked out. I am so sorry this happened to you and your beautiful family. Shameful.
🧵 The targeted expulsion of two duly elected Black officials representing minority districts makes even more clear that racism is alive and well not just in Tennessee -- but in America.
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@ProjectLincoln The issue is whether there will be enough support for another candidate, so that Trump will lose. Is there such a candidate? In all likelihood, Biden will not win a re-election, and will another Republican candidate be able to win against him?
After a Phoenix police officer killed a 19-year-old, prosecutors charged his three friends—aged 20, 19, and 14 at the time—with his murder.
They’re serving decades in prison. The cop who killed the teen remains on the force, cleared of any wrongdoing. https://t.co/OCfXcNlKgB