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Exploring democracy through the arts, science, and education.
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Exploring democracy through the arts, science, and education.
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Church doctrine and, then, government policies have long given white, Christian conquerers/pioneers/colonists the rights to land occupied by non-Christian Indigenous people of color.
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
February 10, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Church doctrine and, then, government policies have long given white, Christian conquerers/pioneers/colonists the rights to land occupied by non-Christian Indigenous people of color.
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
Institutionalized racism began with this guy in 1493.
randallwhite.substack.com/p/the-day-th...
"Springsteen marches in the footsteps of protest songs from legendary artists such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan who raised their lyrical voices in a direct response against injustice."
theconversation.com/from-this-ma...
theconversation.com/from-this-ma...
From ‘this machine kills fascists’ to ‘King Trump’s private army’: the art of protest music
Musicians are giving voice to the urgency of Minneapolis. America has a long history of political protest in song.
theconversation.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:34 AM
"Springsteen marches in the footsteps of protest songs from legendary artists such as Woody Guthrie and Bob Dylan who raised their lyrical voices in a direct response against injustice."
theconversation.com/from-this-ma...
theconversation.com/from-this-ma...
"It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl.
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Was Political Art at Its Best
It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl. The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an in...
jacobin.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:25 AM
"It’s no wonder Donald Trump was enraged by Bad Bunny’s halftime show at the Super Bowl.
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
"The Puerto Rican trap star has grown into the role of political artist, and the creativity of his music is an indictment of MAGA’s schlock-filled cultural wasteland."
jacobin.com/2026/02/bad-...
"By boosting divisive, inflammatory, or rage-baiting' content, these platforms drive more clicks, comments, and shares, which in turn boosts advertising revenue."
I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
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I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
duyukdvi.com
duyukdvi
We don’t have to think alike to belong together.
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February 9, 2026 at 10:39 PM
"By boosting divisive, inflammatory, or rage-baiting' content, these platforms drive more clicks, comments, and shares, which in turn boosts advertising revenue."
I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
duyukdvi.com
I don't want to be baited anymore. I don't want rage, I want solutions, creativity, insights, and harmony.
How about you?
duyukdvi.com
In May 1493, Pope Alexander VI granted Spain (and by extension Portugal) the exclusive right to claim lands in the Americas so long as those lands were not already ruled by a Christian sovereign.
Read that again.
open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
Read that again.
open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
The Day Theft Became Law
When Violence Stopped Needing an Excuse
open.substack.com
February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
In May 1493, Pope Alexander VI granted Spain (and by extension Portugal) the exclusive right to claim lands in the Americas so long as those lands were not already ruled by a Christian sovereign.
Read that again.
open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
Read that again.
open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
Read with them.
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#libraries #reading #children #books
Read with them.
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#libraries #reading #children #books
February 9, 2026 at 7:02 PM
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
Read with them.
duyukdvi.com
#libraries #reading #children #books
Read with them.
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#libraries #reading #children #books
Learn more about how racism became doctrine, law, and embedded in United States' culture.
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#doctineofdiscovery #racism #tribal
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#doctineofdiscovery #racism #tribal
February 9, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Learn more about how racism became doctrine, law, and embedded in United States' culture.
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#doctineofdiscovery #racism #tribal
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#doctineofdiscovery #racism #tribal
The easiest position to take is the cheapest one.
February 9, 2026 at 2:45 PM
The easiest position to take is the cheapest one.
This is perfect.
The Sermon on the Mount, by Beryl Lewis, before 1965, 📸 by @ScottStrazzante
February 9, 2026 at 4:24 AM
This is perfect.
"A snow carver from Yellowknife says 'art is inherently political' after returning from a competition where a sculpture was destroyed for its political message."
Even snow carvers know art is political.
cabinradio.ca/278014/on-ai...
Even snow carvers know art is political.
cabinradio.ca/278014/on-ai...
Listen: A Yellowknife snow carver on the politics of art
"Art is inherently political." Yellowknife snow carver Cat McGurk talks to Emily Blake after attending a Minnesota event where organizers destroyed a sculpture.
cabinradio.ca
February 9, 2026 at 4:22 AM
"A snow carver from Yellowknife says 'art is inherently political' after returning from a competition where a sculpture was destroyed for its political message."
Even snow carvers know art is political.
cabinradio.ca/278014/on-ai...
Even snow carvers know art is political.
cabinradio.ca/278014/on-ai...
"Daniela Amodei, who cofounded Anthropic with her brother Dario, said uniquely human qualities will actually be more critical in the age of AI, not less."
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Anthropic cofounder says studying the humanities will be 'more important than ever' and reveals what the AI company looks for when hiring | Fortune
"The things that make us human will become much more important instead of much less important."
fortune.com
February 9, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"Daniela Amodei, who cofounded Anthropic with her brother Dario, said uniquely human qualities will actually be more critical in the age of AI, not less."
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Hey, @anthropic.com. We can help.
fortune.com/2026/02/07/a...
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
See with them.
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#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
See with them.
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#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
February 8, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Children don’t just learn from the arts, the arts change how they will see the world. When we explore creativity with them, we borrow their curiosity, their wonder, their honesty.
See with them.
duyukdvi.com
#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
See with them.
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#museums #children #parents #art #seewiththem #duyukdvi
The Doctrine of Discovery is not just about the past. It is about how authority is still used to erase people.
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It will be delivered 1:11 p.m. CT, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.
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February 8, 2026 at 8:30 PM
The Doctrine of Discovery is not just about the past. It is about how authority is still used to erase people.
Subscribe now (it's free) and receive my Substack newsletter, "The Day Theft Became Law."
It will be delivered 1:11 p.m. CT, Monday, Feb. 9, 2026.
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The current US president recently bragged about a so-called "discombobulator," a secret weapon allegedly used against Venezuela.
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
February 8, 2026 at 7:07 PM
The current US president recently bragged about a so-called "discombobulator," a secret weapon allegedly used against Venezuela.
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
The administration is also deploying that same strategy in society. In the resulting chaos, creators have an opportunity: open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
I am grateful every day that I have the ability to see.
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February 8, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I am grateful every day that I have the ability to see.
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"The protest song is threatening a comeback, as it tends to do during episodes of national turmoil."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
What Do We Want from a Protest Song?
For a genre that confronts the horrors of the present, the protest song of 2026 is curiously backward-looking.
www.newyorker.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:01 AM
"The protest song is threatening a comeback, as it tends to do during episodes of national turmoil."
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
"Political cartoons are dying a slow death. The cartoonists who remain are doing what they can to keep them alive. Others have had to make what was once their job, a hobby."
www.smartcitymemphis.com/2026/02/the-...
www.smartcitymemphis.com/2026/02/the-...
February 8, 2026 at 3:07 AM
"Political cartoons are dying a slow death. The cartoonists who remain are doing what they can to keep them alive. Others have had to make what was once their job, a hobby."
www.smartcitymemphis.com/2026/02/the-...
www.smartcitymemphis.com/2026/02/the-...
Mu$k is now funding political #streetart.
Inauthentic #murals of Iryna #Zarutska are now claiming walls across the US.
Zarutska was killed by a mentally ill man.
#Pedophiles feel the need to counter recent #ICE #murders of #AlexPretti and #ReneeGood.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Inauthentic #murals of Iryna #Zarutska are now claiming walls across the US.
Zarutska was killed by a mentally ill man.
#Pedophiles feel the need to counter recent #ICE #murders of #AlexPretti and #ReneeGood.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Maga is funding murals of a slain Ukrainian refugee. Are they weaponizing her memory?
More than $1m has been raised by Elon Musk and others to commission ‘sterile’ street art of Iryna Zarutska – whose death has become a rightwing flashpoint
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Mu$k is now funding political #streetart.
Inauthentic #murals of Iryna #Zarutska are now claiming walls across the US.
Zarutska was killed by a mentally ill man.
#Pedophiles feel the need to counter recent #ICE #murders of #AlexPretti and #ReneeGood.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Inauthentic #murals of Iryna #Zarutska are now claiming walls across the US.
Zarutska was killed by a mentally ill man.
#Pedophiles feel the need to counter recent #ICE #murders of #AlexPretti and #ReneeGood.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Discombobulation is not a side effect. It is the point.
And the arts are a solution.
Dance on over to open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
#Authoritarianism #artsactivism #dance #democracy #sovereignty
And the arts are a solution.
Dance on over to open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
#Authoritarianism #artsactivism #dance #democracy #sovereignty
February 7, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Discombobulation is not a side effect. It is the point.
And the arts are a solution.
Dance on over to open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
#Authoritarianism #artsactivism #dance #democracy #sovereignty
And the arts are a solution.
Dance on over to open.substack.com/pub/randallw...
#Authoritarianism #artsactivism #dance #democracy #sovereignty
The Founding Fathers didn't start from scratch. They built on Enlightenment ideas.
John Locke’s “life, liberty, and property” became our “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
The U.S. Constitution was designed to protect these inherent rights from government overreach.
John Locke’s “life, liberty, and property” became our “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
The U.S. Constitution was designed to protect these inherent rights from government overreach.
February 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
The Founding Fathers didn't start from scratch. They built on Enlightenment ideas.
John Locke’s “life, liberty, and property” became our “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
The U.S. Constitution was designed to protect these inherent rights from government overreach.
John Locke’s “life, liberty, and property” became our “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.”
The U.S. Constitution was designed to protect these inherent rights from government overreach.
Any elected official or candidate -- at any level -- who is not taking concrete steps right now to stop voter suppression is failing in their basic duty to protect democracy.
They should not expect re‑election or election.
They should not expect re‑election or election.
February 6, 2026 at 10:05 PM
Any elected official or candidate -- at any level -- who is not taking concrete steps right now to stop voter suppression is failing in their basic duty to protect democracy.
They should not expect re‑election or election.
They should not expect re‑election or election.
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Biographer Sue Roe’s portraits of her subjects — six women who loved Picasso — are not entirely about them. They are, ultimately, about the artist himself: the love-bombing creature of conquest and control.
The Women Who Were More Than Just Picasso’s Loves
Sue Roe explores the agency and victories her subjects experienced as women who, we are repeatedly reminded, ardently loved Picasso.
hyperallergic.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Biographer Sue Roe’s portraits of her subjects — six women who loved Picasso — are not entirely about them. They are, ultimately, about the artist himself: the love-bombing creature of conquest and control.
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February 6, 2026 at 8:01 PM
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My next newsletter illustrates the moment racism became doctrine.
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The once impossible was made possible by wealth, technology, deviance, and international organized crime.
Gullible Americans have fallen for it.
Gullible Americans have fallen for it.
February 6, 2026 at 1:39 PM
The once impossible was made possible by wealth, technology, deviance, and international organized crime.
Gullible Americans have fallen for it.
Gullible Americans have fallen for it.