Sophia Clark

[Maxwell Alejandro Frost @MaxwellFrostFL]

I did a peaceful sit-in at my city hall and got tear gassed and beat.

[Sophia Clark @phia_scsc]

@nytimes the nyc covid map doesn’t seem to match the state wide numbers??

https://t.co/PnGweUJ0MF

[African Books Collective @Afbkcollective]

New #academic titles catalogue from ABC!
We've put together recently published #African scholarly titles & as many are returning to school/uni this month, we thought a great treat would be a 30% discount throughout September on titles from the catalogue!👇🏾 https://t.co/PdvWdznq3X

[Sophia Clark @phia_scsc]

How I feel about NYC right now

[New York Times Books @nytimesbooks]

"I have only one golden rule: I try to read as widely as possible, so rather than staying in the same mental comfort zone year after year, I like to travel across disciplines and genres and cultures" https://t.co/0jzLtnC69l

[allAfrica.com @allafrica]

African LGBT+ Refugees Plead UN for Safe Shelter After Kenya Camp Attacks: https://t.co/tP6KEsywd8 #Kenya

[NPR @NPR]

Author Adam Minter estimates that the average thrift store in the U.S. is only able to sell about one third of what's donated.

In his new book, "Secondhand," he set out to find out what happens to the other two-thirds.
https://t.co/IVLJ7Ltq1u

[Krystal Ball @krystalball]

Kamala’s race and gender certainly had an impact. But they didn’t make her flip-flop on m4a, switch her message with the seasons, and disastrously manage her own campaign.

[Sophia Clark @phia_scsc]

Extremely poignant account about #CampusMeToo movement in Kenya on Africa Today podcast. Really highlights the importance of #MeToo movement outside of Hollywood. https://t.co/T8INxKuy83

[Sophia Clark @phia_scsc]

The Divide in Yakima Is the Divide in America https://t.co/QdJmEmkgKQ

[The New York Times @nytimes]

In Opinion

"I regret that we had to make the choice. I regret that she was so sick, so broken. But I do not regret the decision we made. Within 15 minutes of the diagnosis, we knew what we had to do," writes Lyndsay Werking-Yip. https://t.co/B7AsPlh7vx

[BBC News Africa @BBCAfrica]

"My idea was to create emojis that Africans can relate to."

Ever feel stuck for that perfect emoji? 21-year-old O’Plerou Grebet from Ivory Coast has created more than 350 downloadable emojis with West African cultural references. 🙌

@OPlerou | @barkettedelu

[Sunrise Movement 🌅 @sunrisemvmt]

People are deliberately starting fires in the #AmazonRainforest to illegally deforest indigenous land for cattle ranching

Pataxó woman:
“These assholes came in and burned down [our reservation]... I want all of the media here to see this”
https://t.co/uGFp7RItHK

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

The writer Toni Morrison has died, at the age of eighty-eight. Read Hilton Als, from 2003, on Morrison’s legacy.

https://t.co/0OJnSVmtbN

[Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC]

Everyone: go get your check from Equifax!

$125 is a nice chunk of change.

Get that money and pay off a bill, sock it away, take a day off, treat yourself, whatever you’d like - but cash 👏🏿 that 👏🏽 check! 👏🏻

💸 It takes one minute. Do it here 💸: https://t.co/sy7eZCuLi6

[Vice President Kamala Harris Archived @VP46Archive]

Brett Kavanaugh was nominated to the Supreme Court one year ago today. Here’s a question I’m still thinking about from his confirmation hearing: Can you think of any laws that give the government the power to make decisions about the male body?

[New York Times Opinion @nytopinion]

Happy Birthday, Facebook! 15 years today — and what a rollercoaster it has been. We created a friendship anniversary video for Mark Zuckerberg to mark the day.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Sears wants to give its executives $25 million in bonuses after closing over 100 stores and laying off thousands of employees. My friends, this is what a rigged economy is all about. (with @riseupretail)

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Senegal's majestic baobabs are like real-life giving trees, providing shade, gathering places, food — even tombs. But researchers say the country's lost half of these giants in the last 50 years. https://t.co/9mgejo695k

[ACLU @ACLU]

Today is the anniversary of Title IX! It is known for equality in athletics, but covers much more.

Title IX guarantees:
✓ freedom from gender-based violence
✓ gender equality in dress codes, and freedom from sex stereotyping
✓ the rights of pregnant and parenting students