Big news everyone! My book, HBCU Made, is coming out Jan. 30th, 2024. It’s a collection of essays from HBCU grads, including myself. I just got the advance copies!!!!!
JUST IN: The U.S. Supreme Court is sending the redistricting lawsuit over Louisiana’s congressional map back to the lower courts. A district court found the map likely violates Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the power of Black voters
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@JessActs@NPR It is so cool to know that @npr have a voice coach. Of course they do and so important for DEI efforts. As a “power listener” I think voice diversity is so important for the audience and the public mission.
@VentraChicago somehow was logged out of the app, the app would not except my Face ID or the current password. Had to rest the PW, just to get access. Now all my @Metra tickets and pre-load data is gone. This app plays too much with my money. Costumer service please!
Making & sharing art is powerful — & maybe even more so for ppl who are incarcerated. That's the premise behind a huge new initiative from the Mellon Foundation, which is pledging $125 million to arts & humanities orgs that focus on mass incarceration https://t.co/6lsD85aniL
Tyre Nichols "was beloved. His mother? That was her baby," @ayesharascoe says. "And she lost him. I think there is a pain in that that we carry that is physical, that is meaningful. I don't think this country fully deals with it because it's too much." https://t.co/gxVQSWqC4B
since this will come up a lot in media coverage of Tyre Nichols in Memphis: while I get that it seems narratively significant that the officers are black. Statistically, it is unsurprising. In tracking police violence, we never found that race of the officer made much difference
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