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And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
‘How is this possible?’: a new film looks inside the appalling abuses of the Alabama prison system
In the year’s most shocking documentary, The Alabama Solution, prisoners share astonishing footage in a plea for help
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And now, if you read the devastating piece about what Venezuelan deportees endured at the El Salvador torture prison, read what incarcerated U.S. citizens endure in Alabama prisons.
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
State prisons in the U.S. that are massive systems of human rights violations.
www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
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So many people who call themselves “tough” are just numbed out, lacking social awareness, and able to dissociate at an expert level. You’re not tough. Your connection to humanity in yourself and others is hanging by a frayed thread. That’s actually extremely fragile.
January 1, 2025 at 1:20 AM
So many people who call themselves “tough” are just numbed out, lacking social awareness, and able to dissociate at an expert level. You’re not tough. Your connection to humanity in yourself and others is hanging by a frayed thread. That’s actually extremely fragile.
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It’s always gratifying to learn that someone else was able to internalize less BS because they encountered my discussion of know-your-place aggression.
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
I Was The Black Woman In A Mostly White Office. Now I Fear White Liberals More Than Overt Racists.
"When I tried to respond, she raised her hand to stop me. My throat tightened. My shoulders rose."
www.huffpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s always gratifying to learn that someone else was able to internalize less BS because they encountered my discussion of know-your-place aggression.
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
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Starting November 1st, SNAP benefits are being cut, leaving millions of people with limited or no access to food.
If you are able to help, help. Food banks also take cash donations, which allow them to fill the banks with what they know is most needed.
We are truly all we have.
If you are able to help, help. Food banks also take cash donations, which allow them to fill the banks with what they know is most needed.
We are truly all we have.
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Starting November 1st, SNAP benefits are being cut, leaving millions of people with limited or no access to food.
If you are able to help, help. Food banks also take cash donations, which allow them to fill the banks with what they know is most needed.
We are truly all we have.
If you are able to help, help. Food banks also take cash donations, which allow them to fill the banks with what they know is most needed.
We are truly all we have.
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CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”
October 21, 2025 at 12:20 PM
CHICAGO: “They took my son. He’s only 16. I just want my baby back.”
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It’s always gratifying to learn that someone else was able to internalize less BS because they encountered my discussion of know-your-place aggression. (And many thanks to friends who made sure I saw this!)
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
I Was The Black Woman In A Mostly White Office. Now I Fear White Liberals More Than Overt Racists.
"When I tried to respond, she raised her hand to stop me. My throat tightened. My shoulders rose."
www.huffpost.com
October 20, 2025 at 12:32 PM
It’s always gratifying to learn that someone else was able to internalize less BS because they encountered my discussion of know-your-place aggression. (And many thanks to friends who made sure I saw this!)
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
www.huffpost.com/entry/black-...
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Love after Love. Derek Walcott.
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Love after Love. Derek Walcott.
October 8, 2025 at 11:20 PM
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THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
September 30, 2025 at 8:58 PM
THEY CLOSED PUBLIC POOLS RATHER THAN SWIM WITH BLACK PEOPLE
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
YOU ARE DEALING WITH THE SAME GROUP OF PEOPLE AS THE FOLKS WHO DID THIS
PLEASE WAKE THE FUCK UP
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Federal employees should never be used as political pawns in shutdown negotiations.
September 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Federal employees should never be used as political pawns in shutdown negotiations.
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None of us are going to get out of the responsibility to define ourselves for ourselves. I, too, wish there was a manual. There isn’t. Nor any one person with all your answers. It’s just me in here, and it’s just you in there. We can belong to one another, but we can’t fix each other.
September 22, 2025 at 2:05 PM
None of us are going to get out of the responsibility to define ourselves for ourselves. I, too, wish there was a manual. There isn’t. Nor any one person with all your answers. It’s just me in here, and it’s just you in there. We can belong to one another, but we can’t fix each other.
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A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
The US town that pays every pregnant woman $1,500: ‘We’re not OK with our babies being born into poverty’
Infants in Rx Kids in Flint, Michigan, saw lower rates of prematurity and other issues, saving millions in NICU visits
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A program in Flint, MI, gave $1,500 to any/all pregnant people and $500/month for the first year of their infant’s life.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
Among the benefits, those babies experienced lower rates of prematurity and low birth weight, which resulted in fewer NICU admissions, saving the city of Flint $6.2 million/year.
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As long as I have a willingness and ability to learn, I have no weaknesses.
August 31, 2025 at 2:55 PM
As long as I have a willingness and ability to learn, I have no weaknesses.
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The only prayer that matters when it comes to the regular and repeated murder of American children while they are at school is the kind of prayer that is taking action, the kind of prayer that materially fights for the living, the kind of prayer that says "never again" and means it, from MN to Gaza.
August 27, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The only prayer that matters when it comes to the regular and repeated murder of American children while they are at school is the kind of prayer that is taking action, the kind of prayer that materially fights for the living, the kind of prayer that says "never again" and means it, from MN to Gaza.
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Remembering Alice Coltrane today on what would have been her 88th birthday (born August 27, 1937) | Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/AColtraneHBD
August 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Remembering Alice Coltrane today on what would have been her 88th birthday (born August 27, 1937) | Explore her musical legacy (including audio & video highlights) here: album.ink/AColtraneHBD
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Finally repotted and she’s so happy now. #plantlife
August 13, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Finally repotted and she’s so happy now. #plantlife
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Tweet will release her first album in nine years this fall. ratedrnb.com/2025/07/twee...
Tweet Signs Record Deal With SRG-ILS Group, Preps New Album
R&B singer Tweet has inked a deal with SRG-ILS Group and is gearing up to release her new album "The Memoirs of The Southern Hummingbird."
ratedrnb.com
July 18, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Tweet will release her first album in nine years this fall. ratedrnb.com/2025/07/twee...
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‘Sinners’ star Miles Caton covers “Snooze” by SZA.
July 16, 2025 at 1:49 AM
‘Sinners’ star Miles Caton covers “Snooze” by SZA.