#Segregation

El Gibbs

bluntshovels

[CN for entire thread. No details, but mentions of abuse, violence, neglect]These last few weeks have seen a rising tide of violence against us being made public. Disabled people dying

Lisa Sharon Harper (she/her)

lisasharper

1/ During the final session of the 2020 Religion News Association Annual Conference, I made this statement. What follows is my statement on the #abortion debate. #rna2020virtual 2/ Whoever builds

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dom_dipierro

okay here’s a thread of nonfiction books, papers, & articles I love & recommend, mostly about politics & socioeconomics, but some other ones mixed in. I’ll try to keep updating

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Okay. With this Amy Coney Barrett farce, we need to examine how the GOP and evangelical Right merged to protect white supremacy and aristocratic control, resulting in Donald Trump and

dillon 💫

LeDillonX

Bill Russell was the smartest player of all time. He anchored the greatest defense of all time, in the fastest era of all time, whilst playing 45 minutes a game.

SLANK

DabSquad_Slank

Jim Crow Joe’s buddy Strom Thurmond once said, “...there's not enough troops in the army to force the Southern people to break down segregation & admit the nigger race into

Ari Ne'eman

aneeman

Vice President Biden has just released his disability plan. There are some important policy commitments reflected within it that are worth highlighting. #CripTheVote https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1266098165511380992 The plan promises

Dr. Jane Clare Jones

janeclarejones

Another Play-for-Today.Academic DudeBros Hate JKRowling IIThis one teaches history, as we'll see, he knows ALL about gender from the classes that he teaches, and he's VERY big on empathy. Except

Marianne

bellmar

Listening to Nice White Parents is at once validating and a dagger to the heart. It covers a bunch of stuff that I experienced first hand as a public school

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

I'm so tired of the "big government" argument. For years, I have been working on an economic theory on why people hate "big gov't"—especially in the South.Here's the answer:"Small government"

the only host of very legal very cool

josiahwsutton

Look. Here’s my thought (not entirely original to me of course). So the sitcoms from that time are kind of the founders of the modern sitcom, and they all have

Mayor Svante Myrick

SvanteMyrick

Growing up I always felt lucky to be alive *now* and not *then.**Then* was a terrible time. Black Americans had shorter lives because they lived in terrible conditions, and any

Kara Eastman

karaforcongress

For 90 years, Republicans (and some corporate democrats) have used the predictable refrain of “SOCIALISM!” as a campaign marketing strategy to SCARE people away from voting for candidates who would

Erik Loomis

ErikLoomis

This Day in Labor History: August 25, 1925. The Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters was founded. Led by A. Philip Randolph, this labor union became the most important civil rights

Dante Malik

malik_dante

[Thread] There's a quote by Carl Sagan that tends to lend itself as a chilling prophesy foreseeing the crazy world we find ourselves in today. It's interesting how every group

Mr. Spock 🖖 (Commentary)

SpockResists

The THREAD that needs to be written. Roe v. Wade 1973. The date American Christian Nationalism was born. That’s the myth. And the real story is far worse than the