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Veteran, Gardener, Chicken Enthusiast, Blerd, Duolingo Hostage, Cat Butler

[MOTHERS. @francemothers]

The New Yorker profile on Kalief Browder that cracked my soul in half. I cried for days after reading it. https://t.co/Gk2B2LcESY

[SKI @skiistiredasf]

Most schools fail to teach kids how money works in the real world until an amazing teacher steps up to do it herself. Charlotte educator Shelby Lattimore built a viral classroom economy where her third graders earn salaries from jobs and pay rent for their desks. Preparing children for actual economic survival leaves stickers and candy completely obsolete.

[Dr. Omar Suleiman @omarsuleiman]

I’m so proud of you Azeez.

My brother, who went to Jordan to be with Palestinian refugees this summer. Who spends time with Palestinian children with missing limbs in Houston. Who is using every week of his pro bowl NFL career to honor a Palestinian child despite the fines.

This week it’s Wafaa Akila who was only 8 years old when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike.

In the sports and entertainment arenas run by many of the same types of people who run government, choose to be like @A_train2_ @KyrieIrving and @macklemore.

[Black Journals @blackJournals01]

Four white men abducted a college student at gunpoint from a car outside a dance in 1959 and assaulted her.

Then something happened that had never happened in Florida: an all-white jury convicted all four of them.
Betty Jean Owens. Tallahassee.

She was a student at Florida A&M. Her three friends escaped and went straight to the police. Officers found the car and arrested the men that night — which was itself unusual.

The men confessed. And Betty Jean Owens did the thing the entire system was built to prevent: she testified, in open court, in front of them, and did not waver.

Florida A&M students shut the campus down and packed the courthouse every day of the trial.

All four were convicted and sentenced to life.
It was the first time in Florida's history that white men received life sentences for raping a Black woman.

She was 18 years old and she changed what was possible in that state by refusing to stay silent in a room full of men who assumed she would.

Betty's case was historic—but it also exposes how rarely Black women received that kind of justice for crimes committed against them.

We documented stories of Black Americans who faced violence, injustice, and crimes that went unanswered. Take a look: https://t.co/V6OJtayKnF

[Allison Papson @AllisonPapson]

#Breaking Missing Howard University student Esube “Izzy” Wondwossen has been located safely and is in good health. #PGPD

[Mark Ruffalo @MarkRuffalo]

To my friends in the Bay Area: I'm hearing Rob Bonta is about to cave and hand Warner Bros over to the Ellisons. We can't let him do that. Can you show up outside his AG office in Oakland tomorrow at 5pm to reject this backroom deal? Reject the deal. The people don’t want it!

https://t.co/9TlRCor9O6

[crochet hashira🧶 @Crochetelo_]

and if you are seeing this rn, please share so it can reach my clients, thank you💖

[++ @porbylocks]

@KerryBurgess https://t.co/ElCF41y3MX

[VR @SPIAFI]

@TheeAnimeGuru_ Wow, have never heard of this and had to look it up. Thank you for sharing your great news. Congratulations, I know it's a relief to finally know something because you had to aggressively advocate for yourself. 💕💕

[RSM #NAFO fellas @Rod_dk]

I am not religious at all, but I like the reply here very much all the same

[Abier @abierkhatib]

Update 🚨

The petition calling for Pink to be removed as a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador has now surpassed 100,000 signatures.

Good job y’all… plz sign if u haven’t already

[Lana Del Raytheon @whitehousebride]

I’ll never forget when my classics professor told me “nowhere in history is there such thing as a conflict where armies cross through a civilian area without raping.”

[Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus]

Sabby's documentary "REMOVED: Black erasure in Boston" is an official selection at the Gary Inernational Black Film Festival. An amazing honor and well deserved. You can watch it free at the link below.

[VR @SPIAFI]

@talleyberrybaby There's an interlude from 36 Chambers that I find particularly interesting. Just a poetic ode to these "sweet" boys.

[Sabby Sabs @SabbySabs2]

I’m excited to announce my documentary REMOVED: Black Erasure In Boston has been selected for Gary International Black Film Festival in Gary, Indiana! This is the 3rd selection for REMOVED. 🥳🥳🥳

[4quest.❤️🔱🖤 @thinkpiecetribe]

This how Symone and Eugene think Palestinians should protest/resist against the IDF

[Meidas_Charise Lee @charise_lee]

You can be jewish, you can be from israel and that doesn’t mean you have to conform to zionism

[charlie 🚩 @xhe6rmfromhell]

hey guys if you’re planning on surpporting palestine by wearing a kufiya in solidarity, please don’t order them on amazon etc. instead order from hirbawi, they’re the last remaining kufiya factory in palestine :) 🇵🇸