57 years ago today I was released from Mississippi State Penitentiary, better known as Parchman, after being arrested in the Jackson, MS bus station for using a so-called "white" restroom during the Freedom Rides. #goodtrouble
Gutted about the shooting at the Capital Gazette, but am reminded in 2018, not everyone will be universally horrified that journalists are hurt or killed
Note: Milo Yiannopoulos just 2 days ago: “I can’t wait for the vigilante squads to start gunning journalists down on sight”
BU alumna @Ocasio2018 made headlines Tuesday night for winning New York's primary election in what National Public Radio described as a "breakthrough for the left wing of the Democratic party." https://t.co/2Nq95Tfuib
New: ProPublica has obtained audio from inside a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility, in which children can be heard wailing.
Border Patrol agent jokes, “We have an orchestra here.” https://t.co/pkmD8DKYmo
Today’s my last day as a Boston resident. Couldn’t be more thankful to this city and the people it’s brought me for some of the most radiant years of my life. Now, onto the next!
SEEING RED: Thousands of teachers from across North Carolina have descended upon the streets of #Raleigh...
This is a view from @WRAL
above the crowd. Unreal!
#RedforEd#ncpol#nced#WatchWBTV
Watch LIVE coverage » https://t.co/qunwkhExe6
WATCH: New York City's iconic Grand Central Station is packed with stranded commuters as severe weather moves in and forces the halt of trains that ferry commuters north of the country's most populous city. https://t.co/BJvGmvSOKW - @MarcSantia4NY
“A translator always makes choices.”
Classicist Dr Emily Wilson is the first woman to translate The Odyssey into English - and she found that many men before her added sexist or misogynist terms that never existed in the original Greek.