“I am somebody” shaped how millions of us saw ourselves as kids, including me. That message mattered. It still does.

Rest in power, Jesse Jackson
🙏🏽

“OUR HUMANITY” is under assault by our own government.

The sun setting into the corner of the frame behind a sliver of land rising from the sea. A boat’s railings lead the eye to the sun and even seem to be bent by its rays This was Greece

A merica is very recognizable. This is the same America it’s always been, you could just pretend not to see it before. - Adrienne Caulk

Pic of the day

#photography

People who force their religion on others will force their politics on others. It’s why we separate church from state.

My wife shared this with me and I’m tellin you… it’s worth the read.

street signs

This Tuckahoe home won a $1.26 billion contract for an ICE detention center. The owner isn't talking. The company’s website is dated and largely accessible only via login.

how much of the money from the ICE/tax cuts bill is just going to go to scammers, do you think? www.richmonder.org/this-tuckaho...

Female” comes from the Latin femina (a woman), and its diminutive femella (a young woman). Old French adopted femelle to mean any woman. This entered Medieval English, with its spelling and pronunciation gradually changing to become female. “Male” comes from the Latin mas & masculus, meaning 'a male

The US is like a huge ocean liner that has been rotting out underneath and the passengers don't know it yet. Just cruising along, "too big to fail," while water has been seeping in below, throughout the entire journey.
The captain & crew have an escape plan, and this final trip was one huge grift.

Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research

Insightful National Academies report:

"...sickle cell disease is often associated with people who have African ancestry in the [U.S], but the distribution of sickle cell trait is actually explained by the geographic distribution of malaria, not by race."

nap.nationalacademies.org/resource/279...

Studying to Survive: The New Home of Resistance Summer School Race, Media and International Affairs 101 will be hosted at an iconic civil rights landmark in the heart of Washington D.C.

Some news!

Resistance Summer School has an official home!

I will teach Race, Media, and International Affairs 101 at the iconic Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library in Washington D.C., starting in mid-July.

Thank you to everyone for their support!

karenattiah.substack.com/p/studying-t...

Wanna see something cool?

At the Grammy's in 1976, Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme explained what jazz is.

The result? The crowd losing its mind. 🔥

Canada, we’re with you!
TRUMPISM IS REPUDIATED IN AUSTRALIA!
#auspol

Nero fiddled while Rome burned. Trump golfed while the economic crisis he created wrecked our markets.

Just got to the Mall and saw this sign, which no one is going to top.

#HandsOff2025

So Russia is an ally but Canada is our enemy?

Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte in custody after ICC warrant issued, government says | CNN Former President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest.

Former Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte was taken into custody on Tuesday after the Philippine government said it received an International Criminal Court (ICC) warrant for his arrest over his "war on drugs" that killed thousands during his term.

Sir, disrespectfully, Y'all mfs can go fuck off in the fuckoffsphere
#northcarolina #nc

Meanwhile Mark Cuban is worth 5.7 BILLIONS and sharing this. He could do "damage control".

Just because he shares things i want to hear and fight for, doesn't mean he's on "our side".

Insensitive YouTube video by Jann Arden - Topic

Heard that yesterday for the first time in 20 something years- so many memories!

music.youtube.com/watch?v=d1mh...

Stand the gaff!