Blogging about a podcast about a podcast – UNDISCLOSED: The Killing of Freddie Gray, Ep 5, Evidence: Knife, Blood, Van OMG, that’s my fucking knife! ℘ ℘ Blogging about a podcast about a podcast – UNDISCLOSED: The Killing of Freddie Gray, Ep 5, Evidence: Knife, Blood, Van For some very good reasons I have come…
Tag: Black Lives Matter
Dr. Cornell West on James Baldwin, Bernie Sanders and the youth
Oh, and of course, the Blues.
Black History, Hidden Figures, & learning through laughter: SNL Weekend Update
“Like, did y’all know a black man invented the traffic light? Maybe I would’ve respected those signals a little more if I knew they were coming from a brother.”
Florida appears to actually have gotten something RIGHT
I am admittedly always a bit terrified when I get any legal updates on any law having anything to do with Florida. Especially when the first sentence of that legal update leads with the words “…a Florida law adopted by citizen initiative“ Like most people who care about human rights, my mind goes here: But amazingly enough, this…
Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: Lizzy Ratner in The Nation and on Democracy Now
Nobody Wanted to Take Us In Lizzy Ratner was interviewed by Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh on Democracy Now! today about her beautifully written and powerful piece, Nobody Wanted to Take Us In: The Story of Jared Kushner’s Family, and Mine in The Nation where she is a Senior Editor. The piece begins: In my aunt’s house, in the bedroom…
Fight Like a Girl: Angela Davis at the Women’s March on Washington
If you haven’t watched it, watch it. If you have watched it, watch it again.
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This is What BEAUTY Looks Like
This is what beauty looks like. This is what unity looks like. One. One. ONE. And congratulations, Hidden Figures. Great speech. Love always wins. Never doubt that. Never doubt that.
Angela Davis is my new hero
I just watched Ava DuVernay’s (Selma) extraordinary documentary, The 13th on Netflix and I highly recommend it. For me, other than just being a great movie, being “introduced” to Angela Davis was a revelation! How did I not know this woman? She’s incredible. So immediately after the movie was over I went to Youtube and…
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