The woman who took down Jeffrey Epstein was forged in Philly “Philly is in my bones. I would not be where I am right now if not for Philadelphia.”

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Physician May Chinn was born 130 years ago today. In 1926 she was the 1st Black woman to graduate from Bellevue, but then spent 14 years looking for a hospital that would allow her full practicing privileges on account of her race, practicing privately until she found a cancer research position.

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Howie Roseman calls recent reporting around Eagles QB Jalen Hurts ‘unfair’ “It’s unfair to have these articles written, but I also understand it’s what sells at this point,” he said of the recent articles about Hurts. “I think it’s unfortunate.”

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With #Artemis2 still in our minds, we sat down this evening to finally watch Hidden Figures. What a fantastic movie and inspirational story, everyone should give it a watch.

Lebanon: A Nation Uprooted by War

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Investigative Journalist Julie K. Brown to Address Columbia Journalism School Graduating Class | Columbia Journalism School journalism.columbia.edu/news/julie-k...

She will often put on an act. In conversation, she might suddenly "get down" and be very chicken-and-ribs, sucking her teeth, poking a finger into her scalp and scratching -a strange, primitive gesture that makes her hairdo rock back and forth on her scalp like a wig. It's not difficult to get the impression that she's putting you on, at times, taking pleasure in watching you try to figure her out.

The New York Times on Toni Morrison in 1979, for anyone thinking them targeting minorities with atrocious dehumanizing tropes is at all new

“poking a finger into her scalp and scratching ‐a strange, primitive gesture”

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“the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, a Washington think tank, warned that without a reversal, the cuts to science could shrink the U.S. economy by nearly $1 trillion over 10 years.”

Pope Leo Calls for Peace and Warns of a World Indifferent to Violence

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‘All the President’s Men’ Is Still Disturbingly Vital The 50th anniversary of the Robert Redford classic is a reminder of the national integrity we’ve lost.

I look back at All the President’s Men, released on this day 50 years ago.

During production, screenwriter William Goldman said, “Expectations are so high on this movie that if the film is only good, it won’t be good enough.”

If only he was here to see how powerful it still is:

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Happy Resurrection Sunday to all those celebrating. May this Easter remind us all of the promise of renewal, the power of faith, and the enduring hope that carries us through even the most challenging moments. Wishing you and your loved ones peace, joy, and quality time together.

Dawn Staley's silence hits harder than any snide comeback

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Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson is a reminder that most of the bench has never seen the inside of a trial court or a public defender’s office.

She’s schooling folks how this actually works.

A Bucks woman’s claim to descend from the 1619 ‘African Landing’ reflects changing narratives of U.S. slavery As the world commemorates the 400th anniversary of the first “Twenty and Odd Negroes" brought to Point Comfort, Va., in August 1619, Marion T. Lane is laying claim to one of them.

In 2019, for @inquirer.com , interviewed Marion Lane, who lives near Philadelphia and is a member of the DAR

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When we talk about what the NYT is up to now, it’s actually helpful to be attentive to the fact that they have *always* done shit like this

NYT: President Trump on Sunday escalated his threats to bomb Iranian power plants within the next two days and taunted the country’s leaders in an expletive-laden social media post. Mr. Trump, seemingly emboldened by the successful U.S. rescue of an American airman in Iran over the weekend, issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz, a major Persian Gulf waterway for the transport of oil and gas, by Apr. 6. If Iran’s government did not, he said, U.S. forces would target the country’s energy infrastructure, which supplies power for millions of civilians. “Tuesday will be Power Plant Day, and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one, in Iran. There will be nothing like it!!!” Mr. Trump wrote on social media. The president has previously postponed his deadline to attack twice and the Omani foreign ministry said on Sunday that officials had discussed how to reopen the Strait of Hormuz with Iranian counterparts without reaching a definitive agreement. “Praise be to Allah,” Mr. Trump added, before signing off in all caps.

The NYT literally rewrote Trump saying “open the fuckin’ strait, you crazy bastards, or you’ll be living in hell” as:

“Mr. Trump issued a new ultimatum to Iran to end its chokehold over the Strait of Hormuz”

Dawn Staley carrying the US flag at the 2004 Olympics in Athens

Dawn Staley in the WNBA taking a jump shot

Dawn Staley 🏀 appreciation post! “We ride at Dawn for our Dawn”

Important and still relevant analysis of Legacy news orgs’ ongoing Failure to prioritize culturally competent, accurate coverage of Black and other marginalized communities in the U.S. See this detailed 🧵from @jeannetheoharis.bsky.social 👇🏾#MLKJr

The night Geno Auriemma snapped — and Dawn Staley showed the game has changed (Gift Article) The power dynamic is shifting atop the world of women's basketball. And Auriemma knows it.

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"THE" Dawn Staley.

She grew up wanting to be a nun. Instead, she’s a librarian launching her first book of poetry.

Amy Thatcher is a librarian in Port Richmond who just won a national poetry competition. Her debut book, "Weird Girl", written "for the odd balls" will be published February 2027.

Opinion | Trump Says Birthright Citizenship Was Only for the Children of Slaves. He’s Wrong.

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Detained by ICE, he missed multiple cancer treatments. Now he’s in hospice. Some immigrants with chronic health problems were swept up by ICE in Minnesota, leading to missed medications and, for one man, missed chemotherapy sessions.

"In immigration detention, he missed 4 out of 5 chemotherapy sessions scheduled in his fight against aggressive lymphoma.

A scan last month showed the cancer had spread into his bone marrow.

“I was in shock, seeing those little dots,” he said of the scan...”

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Alice Augusta Ball found the cure for leprosy at 23.

She died in a mysterious lab accident at 24.

Arthur Dean stole her research, stole it and renamed it from "The Ball Method" to "The Dean Method."

It took 90 years before her original research papers were found and she got the credit due to her.

Aretha Franklin (1967)

Born on this day: Aretha Franklin

Great conversation @velshi.com with Dr. Christina Greer and Dean Obeidallah today 3/22/2026 and the V-Dem organization as I like to say; #Blackwomen speak truth to power and are real fighters of #Democracy for a country that has ignored us and our contributions over centuries. Thank U Ali Velshi

the American pope, from Rome: "can my countrymen get it fucking together, please?"

The Jim Crow Economy Is the True Horror in 'Sinners' The film illustrates the near-impossibility of upward mobility during the segregation era.

I have seen very few movies this year so I can't really judge the oscars, but one of the movies I did see was Sinners, and its portrayal of the Jim Crow economy is the film's driving force, even more than its supernatural elements www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

A Refugee Died After Border Agents Left Him at a Cafe. Fear Followed.

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