My love for the ocean and the life it holds also comes from them—they know who they are, and I honor you. 🎨
If my words have ever been misinterpreted in the past, I hope we can move forward with greater care and understanding. (2) #Jacmel
Jacmel has my heart. When I’m there, I feel the heartbeat of Ayiti—artistry everywhere: painting, ceramics, and pure imagination. The Jacmeliens in my life taught me to trust my creativity and to believe the dreams I see at night can become real. (1)
I'm still waiting for my good-paying job!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.
Trump's health policy:
-Slash grants for Alzheimer's research by 50%
-Increase production of cancer-linked weedkiller chemical
-Gut protections against forever chemicals
-Throw 7.5M Americans off Medicaid
How does ANY of this Make America Healthy Again?
Difference as Power: A Critical Look at Intersectionality url: scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/pluralis...
This is truly sad news. Growing up in Brooklyn in the 1980s, he was a mainstay—someone many of us watched regularly. Thank you for honoring his legacy.
Ernie Anastos was a New York City icon.
Anastos delivered the news to New Yorkers for four decades, setting the example for many in broadcast journalism. He especially loved delivering good news, and we will miss his optimism in this turbulent time.
@advocate.nyc.gov — where do you stand on the Reparations bill currently moving through the NYS Assembly? I also want to see the same urgency and passion for creating jobs and real opportunities for Native New Yorkers as we’re seeing around illegal immigration in our city. Blessed love.
Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27.5M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469.
Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by.
It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage.
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i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals
Picture of newly released “when trees testify” written by Beronda Montgomery. The cover has a black background with different plants bordering it and the book title.
This was on the doorstep when I got I home today!
Signs about the history of slavery in the U.S. and the 9 people George Washington enslaved are being removed right now at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia, across from Independence Hall, months after the Trump administration threatend to do so.
How far we have not come in 250 years.
"Within a couple of years of ChatGPT coming out, I had come to rely on the artificial-intelligence tool, for my work as a professor of plant sciences at the University of Cologne in Germany."
SIGH.
On the 1 yr anniversary of inauguration & the closing of the border, here's my essay last year from the @americananthro.bsky.social, "Welcoming Migrants with Dignity... Until We Couldn't." It's about the work we did with migrants here in SD til then. www.americananthropologist.org/online-conte...
A belated Happy Anniversary to the Sistah Vegan book project! And, wishing you much growth and prosperity in the next twenty-five years.
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month ( #DVAM ) 💜
Sistah Vegan Foundation has joined others in the @nnedv.bsky.social #GiveForDV 2025 campaign.
Get involved as a donor or fundraiser to help reach our impact goals: 🌱 👇🏾
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You might notice some changes online and in #SistahVegan groups and digital sessions. For more details, see below:
On that note: #WeAreNotWaiting #NotWaiting
cc: @projectex.me 🌱
#DVAM #DVAM2025
Domestic violence nonprofits are winning against Trump administration in court
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via @19thnews.org
cred. @jazzmyth.bsky.social et al.
ft. @democracyforward.org @nwlc.org @pcadvorg.bsky.social @lambdalegal.org @forgeforwardtrans.bsky.social @newyorkstateag.bsky.social
Doulas are being seen as an important piece to the maternal health puzzle, particularly for Black women, who have higher maternal mortality rates. In Florida, they are also being trained to better prepare patients for the climate crisis.
Enter the climate doula:
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Image of a person in a mask walking past a grocery store. Below the image text reads: "The 19th Foodborne UTIs are more common for low-income people because of where they buy food New research shows that some urinary tract infections can be traced to E. coli in contaminated meat."
People who reside in lower-income neighborhoods face a higher risk of contracting these foodborne infections compared to those in more affluent areas, with the residents in these neighborhoods being at a 60% higher risk of the infection. https://bit.ly/4hrrdYK
Yes, we need the benefits to increase so that recipients can afford to eat well throughout the month. What they currently offer is enough for a short period, but it doesn't last the whole month. Recent research shows that a healthy adult requires a minimum of $500 a month for food.
🇭🇹 | The UN Security Council approved a new Gang Elimination Force in Haiti to replace the Kenyan-led mission amid rising violence in the country. Read more about the challenges facing Haiti: https://bit.ly/44c2bbw
