I don’t know who needs to hear Jesse Jackson leading the kids on Sesame Street in this beautiful call-and-response reminding them that every child is somebody, but here it is
they target Minneapolis bc of its strengths as an organized community that has made itself a firm obstacle for abuse and tyranny, whether facing police, ICE, or even Amazon. all the more power to the free people of Minneapolis, may every martyr made there receive ultimate justice
These Native American intercontinental trade routes in 1491 look strikingly similar to today's Interstate highway system for what some wrongly claim were a few uncivilized savages living an unpopulated wilderness!
Just a reminder that Duke Ellington's "The Nutcracker Suite" is filled with very Black, soulful jazz renditions of all those classical music faves we all know from the Nutcracker ballet. It's my favorite thing to listen to this time of year!
fun fact: the phrase“twin cities” technically refers to st. paul and mogadishu
in 1979 albert hofstede unsuccessfully ran for a third term as mayor of minneapolis on a platform of making minneapolis “the other twin,” leading to decades of confusion
“Ice cream season is almost over” Well actually real ice cream eaters know that cool weather brings with it freedom from fast-melting cones & the pleasure of sweet cold ice cream in a car with the heat cranked up