#Americans

Daily Suffragist

DailySuffragist

During WWI, Addie W. Hunton led a group of African American welfare workers serving in France under the auspices of the YMCA. The racism Hunton saw in the war radicalized

Akela Lacy

akela_lacy

Tomorrow is the 35 year anniversary of the MOVE bombing, when the city of Philadelphia obliterated a block of houses in West Philly. My Nana lived 5 blocks away at

Mehdi Hasan

mehdirhasan

This is a tragedy. A scandal. A crime.https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1249140712467202049 For 17 years, the Republicans and many Democrats insisted on spending trillions of dollars on fighting a ‘war on terror’, supposedly, to

Jeff Hammerbacher

hackingdata

"i can't breathe" is the heartbreaking cry of black america that we have dismissed for decades. #BlackLivesMatter in montgomery, alabama, @MemPeaceJustice commemorates the thousands of black americans who could

Dan R Casso

DanRCasso

Theoretically, we could be looking at a Supreme Court case regarding the 20th and 25th Amendments with a vacant seat which could pressure Congress to hastily rush towards confirming a

Ben Shapiro

benshapiro

A friend of mine took his family to the beach in Oxnard today. Yes, they were socially distancing. About thirty feet away, the police proceeded to tell a 93-year-old couple

Paul Burrer

paulburrer

Really good thread here from @AJKayWriter looking at the conundrum medical providers are facing right now because of our panicked #PandemicResponse. I have argued that the 2nd & 3rd order

Nadine van der Velde 🕊

nadinevdVelde

My father was a Holocaust survivor. Like many kids of survivors the blueprint for rising fascism is ingrained in our DNA. Like others I've feared, but known the complacency of

Vikram #BidenHarris2020

virvikram

#BidenHarris2020 The California senator, daughter of an Indian-born mother explains the meaning of her Indian name. "It means 'lotus flower', which is a symbol of significance in Indian culture.https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/electi

Cynical Publius

CynicalPublius

1/ A THREAD ABOUT NATIONAL SOLIDARITY AND THE CORRUPT MEDIAI’ve been alive for over 50 years, and I can honestly say that nothing like COVID-19 has ever happened before in

Garry Kasparov

Kasparov63

Democrats participated in McConnell's charade of a confirmation instead of boycotting because they didn't want to "politicize" it. Now Trump has a party with Barrett, proudly desecrating the separation of

Emily Best

Emilycgb

Hill I will die on: if Bernie hadn’t run, Warren would be the nominee Obligatory “wow this blew up; please visit my soundcloud” tweet:https://secure.feedingamerica.org/site/Donation2;jsessionid=0000000

Tony Dokoupil

tonydokoupil

Lots of questions on our vote-by-mail experiment this morning, so I thought I'd do a big wrap with some extra info.- 21% of our mock ballots hadn't arrived after 4

Amara Walker

AmaraCNN

I don’t normally post these kinds of things. But I was shaken up today. It was a bizarro day. And I believe it’s important to share in a time where

Craig S. Altemose

craigaltemose

Next Quarantine Read: A biography of William Jennings Bryan. A thrice-failed populist presidential democratic nominee for president who left an indelible mark on American politics.It's a shame there's no modern-day

Joel Day

JoelKDay

Teaching public policy in Global Cities @GPS_UCSD has clarified for me so many of the central challenges facing cities. Today, the NYT editorial board hit a home run summarizing many