At least he died with the love of his life, school shootings

The tactics ICE is using--thugs in plain clothes kidnapping people simply for their political views--these tactics were developed by the US and spread across the world to hunt down Leftists from Latin America to Indonesia. They've also been used locally for decades to terrorize Black communities.

“Are things worse than they were before Stonewall? Not yet."

I spoke with LGBTQ+ elders about what survival looks like under a hostile political regime and their advice for young people right now — which is namely, act even when you're afraid.

"How The Trump Administration Is Weaponizing Antisemitism to Undermine Our Democracy"

The most antisemitic Administration in modern history is using Jews as a battering ram to dismantle free speech, weaken college universities, & crush pro-Palestinian activism.

open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...

Newsletter: There is no AI Revolution. Consumer adoption of generative AI outside of ChatGPT is barely 100 million people, every single company in generative AI is deeply unprofitable, Microsoft is pulling capex, and OpenAI spent $9bn in 2024 to lose $5bn.
www.wheresyoured.at/wheres-the-m...

More than 100 years after its initial review that blamed Black men, the Dept. of Justice just released its report on the 1921 Tulsa race massacre

The report says the attack “was so systematic and coordinated that it transcended mere mob violence”

Young people are dreaming of a world where they don't have to buy a $16 cocktail just to hang out.

My story today on the state of "third spaces" in the U.S. and how Gen Z and millennials are carving out makeshift third spaces of their own:
www.huffpost.com/entry/third-...

Tougaloo College, an HBCU in Mississippi, maintains the only active database of sundown towns in the United States

It’s not that I have an ass that “won’t quit” it’s that it has no reasonable path to retirement in this country