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Wait, I’m sorry. Carmen de Lavallade passed yesterday?
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
Carmen de Lavallade, Dancer Whose Career Spanned the Arts, Dies at 94
www.nytimes.com
December 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Wait, I’m sorry. Carmen de Lavallade passed yesterday?
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
The legend? Oh, may she rest in paradise reunited with her beloved Geoffrey Holder.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/30/a...
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Counterpoint: Your art is your own. You owe it to no one.
Many US art forms, but especially jazz, were born out of joy in the face of resistance. It was not made to entertain the people being resisted.
Your body dies when you die. But your art may be spoken of for hundreds of years. Cherish it.
Many US art forms, but especially jazz, were born out of joy in the face of resistance. It was not made to entertain the people being resisted.
Your body dies when you die. But your art may be spoken of for hundreds of years. Cherish it.
"Any artist cancelling their show at the Trump Kennedy Center over political differences isn't courageous or principled—they are selfish, intolerant, and have failed to meet the basic duty of a public artist: to perform for all people"- Kennedy Center spokesperson Roma Daravi
Kennedy Center vows to sue musician who canceled performance over Trump name change
The Kennedy Center is planning legal action after jazz musician Chuck Redd canceled an annual holiday concert. Redd pulled out after President Trump's name appeared on the building.
www.npr.org
December 28, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Counterpoint: Your art is your own. You owe it to no one.
Many US art forms, but especially jazz, were born out of joy in the face of resistance. It was not made to entertain the people being resisted.
Your body dies when you die. But your art may be spoken of for hundreds of years. Cherish it.
Many US art forms, but especially jazz, were born out of joy in the face of resistance. It was not made to entertain the people being resisted.
Your body dies when you die. But your art may be spoken of for hundreds of years. Cherish it.
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FYI…. My special with Michelle Obama will air in full at midnight Eastern Time, Saturday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve!
December 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
FYI…. My special with Michelle Obama will air in full at midnight Eastern Time, Saturday, Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve!
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#BTG | My new commentary is posted a day early, so please check it out. I talk about Kat/Tomas, Joey's surprise PDA, Hayley going wild with the poison, Dani's surprisingly good advice, Kial with an IA, and I even made a festive #BeyondTheGates graphic! danjkroll.com/blog/my-view...
My View From Beyond the Gates: Occupy His World
As the year inches toward a close, some things on Beyond the Gates are just getting started. New loves, new poison, and more in the latest BTG commentary from Dan J Kroll.
danjkroll.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
#BTG | My new commentary is posted a day early, so please check it out. I talk about Kat/Tomas, Joey's surprise PDA, Hayley going wild with the poison, Dani's surprisingly good advice, Kial with an IA, and I even made a festive #BeyondTheGates graphic! danjkroll.com/blog/my-view...
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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Sixty years ago this month, Dolores Huerta led the charge for a national boycott on table grapes to drive home the importance of safety and fairness for farmworkers. https://bit.ly/4s16K1Y
December 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Sixty years ago this month, Dolores Huerta led the charge for a national boycott on table grapes to drive home the importance of safety and fairness for farmworkers. https://bit.ly/4s16K1Y
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It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
National parks change prioritizes Trump birthday over days honoring Black people
Free entrance days at national parks no longer include MLK Day and Juneteenth.
www.sfgate.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:30 PM
It might be easy to find things like this merely petty or superficial, but that would be a mistake. Demeaning, erasing or eliminating celebrations or acknowledgments of Black America is straight from Redemption playbook, and is intended to reinforce the racial hierarchy and signal its reinstatement.
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I was thrilled to see a magnificent Great Blue Heron on the Harlem Meer this morning. What do you think of this gray on gray capture? 🩶🖤🩶 #Herons #CentralPark #birding
December 3, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I was thrilled to see a magnificent Great Blue Heron on the Harlem Meer this morning. What do you think of this gray on gray capture? 🩶🖤🩶 #Herons #CentralPark #birding
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The Heritage Foundation, author of Project 2025, launched a "Capital Markets Initiative" attacking corporate DEI.
Anti-DEI activists argue that DEI is a "woke" ideology.
But investors, boards and CEOs say DEI is a business imperative.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
Anti-DEI activists argue that DEI is a "woke" ideology.
But investors, boards and CEOs say DEI is a business imperative.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
Shareholders of 30 companies worth $13 trillion vote 30-0 to defeat anti-DEI proposals -
By Nancy Levine Stearns, June 26, 2025 (First published by The Queen Zone) Conservative activist Robby Starbuck was interviewed in March by Nikkei Asia. “Using DEI practices to artificially raise disa...
www.impactivize.org
November 26, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Heritage Foundation, author of Project 2025, launched a "Capital Markets Initiative" attacking corporate DEI.
Anti-DEI activists argue that DEI is a "woke" ideology.
But investors, boards and CEOs say DEI is a business imperative.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
Anti-DEI activists argue that DEI is a "woke" ideology.
But investors, boards and CEOs say DEI is a business imperative.
www.impactivize.org/impactivizer...
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As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 12:45 AM
As a survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher bravely shared her story so that we’d never forget this painful part of our history. Michelle and I are grateful for her lifelong work to advance civil rights, and send our love to her family.
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Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
November 24, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Viola Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa race massacre, has died. She was 111.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
"I have lived through the massacre every day. Our country may forget this history, but I cannot," she told Congress in 2021.
Geoff Bennett has more.
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We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
November 18, 2025 at 1:31 PM
We want to speak directly to members of the Military and the Intelligence Community.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
The American people need you to stand up for our laws and our Constitution.
Don’t give up the ship.
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I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
Opinion | Jamal Khashoggi: What the Arab world needs most is free expression
The Arab world needs a modern version of the old transnational media so citizens can be informed about global events.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I will never forget having to edit Jamal’s final, posthumous piece for the Washington Post, after he was murdered.
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
He was calling for free expression in the Arab world. You can read it here :
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/glo...
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A free and insubordinate press.
November 18, 2025 at 11:24 PM
A free and insubordinate press.
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Shareholders at 30 out of 30 corporations voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025, most by 99-1 percent of voting shares.
Now Trump White House is considering an Executive Order to kill shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
Now Trump White House is considering an Executive Order to kill shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
Impactivize Shareholder Scorecard™ -
2025 Anti-DEI Proposals and Shareholder Voting Results
www.impactivize.org
November 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Shareholders at 30 out of 30 corporations voted overwhelmingly to reject anti-DEI proposals in 2025, most by 99-1 percent of voting shares.
Now Trump White House is considering an Executive Order to kill shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
Now Trump White House is considering an Executive Order to kill shareholder democracy.
www.impactivize.org/2025-shareho...
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I was thrilled to spot a Great Blue Heron all puffed up on a chilly morning in Central Park. We're fortunate that these beautiful birds pay us visits all winter! ❄️❄️❄️ #Herons #CentralPark #birding
November 11, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I was thrilled to spot a Great Blue Heron all puffed up on a chilly morning in Central Park. We're fortunate that these beautiful birds pay us visits all winter! ❄️❄️❄️ #Herons #CentralPark #birding
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So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
November 11, 2025 at 10:59 AM
So the US recently forced the Dutch to remove a memorial to America's own Black soldiers that died liberating the Netherlands from the nazis? On brand.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
Towards the end of WW2, the French were shocked when the US refused to let its own Black soldiers join the celebration the liberation of Paris.
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Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Have you seen it?! Romare Bearden’s mural “Baltimore Uproar” in the Upton Metro Station.
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One of my favorites birds to photograph, especially in fall, is the Blue Jay! Most birders tend to ignore them, but I think they're beautiful! And smart! 💙🖤💙 #Bluejay #CentralPark #birding
November 4, 2025 at 2:02 PM
One of my favorites birds to photograph, especially in fall, is the Blue Jay! Most birders tend to ignore them, but I think they're beautiful! And smart! 💙🖤💙 #Bluejay #CentralPark #birding
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Nawww.
November 4, 2025 at 1:59 AM
Nawww.
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At the counter of Russ & Daughters, sitting beside two ladies who seem to be sampling their first bagels & lox, nodding to each other and speaking in emphatic Chinese. New York is the greatest city in the world. Waves of immigration, assimilation and cross-cultural pollination make it so.
October 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
At the counter of Russ & Daughters, sitting beside two ladies who seem to be sampling their first bagels & lox, nodding to each other and speaking in emphatic Chinese. New York is the greatest city in the world. Waves of immigration, assimilation and cross-cultural pollination make it so.
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Jon consults the Declaration of Independence to see if Trump meets the "king" qualifications
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Jon consults the Declaration of Independence to see if Trump meets the "king" qualifications
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I pray that a future president if we still have a democracy will erase every trace of Trump's existence. Raze every edifice he's built; strip his name from everything, restore the White House as if he never lived there & turn Mar-a-Lago into a Black, LGBTQ, women's, AAPI & immigrant history museum.
“I am already imagining the day when Trump’s billionaires ballroom is removed, the White House Rose Garden and the East Wing are restored, and the lawless leaders of this corrupt and criminal regime are held accountable.”
www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...
www.americaamerica.news/p/confrontin...
Confronting the Ongoing Onslaught
Trump's East Wing demolition, demands for $230 million and the ongoing murders in the Caribbean Sea are the latest reminders that we must remain vigilant and push back
www.americaamerica.news
October 23, 2025 at 3:00 AM
I pray that a future president if we still have a democracy will erase every trace of Trump's existence. Raze every edifice he's built; strip his name from everything, restore the White House as if he never lived there & turn Mar-a-Lago into a Black, LGBTQ, women's, AAPI & immigrant history museum.
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I spotted a Great Blue Heron on Central Park's Pool early in the morning. It was explaining something important to this Mallard and fully extended its six-foot wingspan! Wowza! 💙💜💙 #Herons #CentralPark #birding
October 18, 2025 at 11:05 AM
I spotted a Great Blue Heron on Central Park's Pool early in the morning. It was explaining something important to this Mallard and fully extended its six-foot wingspan! Wowza! 💙💜💙 #Herons #CentralPark #birding
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A Great Blue Heron on Central Park's Harlem Meer. 💙
October 16, 2025 at 4:49 PM
A Great Blue Heron on Central Park's Harlem Meer. 💙