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Cancelling @joyannreid.bsky.social means the door she held open for the next generation of Black voices will slam shut. Without her, the next her, won't get platformed by white media. That, of course, is why white media pushed her out.
My latest in @thenation.com
www.thenation.com/article/soci...

Call your representatives, call Tom Emmers the Republican Party whip @ 202-225-2331. Remind them that not only are Medicaid recipients impacted but all healthcare providers and hospital staff are as well.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Me: **reads the news**

Did you know?

In 1968, 24 Black men in Pittsburgh revolutionized emergency medicine.

The Freedom House Ambulance Service was established to provide emergency medical care to underserved Black neighborhoods—creating the world’s first paramedics.

On the eve of 2025
May peace dwell with you,
may prosperity huddle near.

May everything you need
be yours to have and proclaim
as you're due; just close your eyes
and ask it in His precious name.

Happy New Year to you all!
Let your new year be a blessed one
filled with love and cheer and more.

“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”

-- James Baldwin, who died #OTD 1987

www.tiktok.com/t/ZTYYrpEx6/

Haruki Murakami, Kafka on the Shore

“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist”

- James Baldwin

The best post-election political analysis I’ve seen.