mitchell atencio (he·him·his)
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i'm a very religious religion journalist. (news editor @sojo.net / writing a biography of Clarence Jordan) i post somewhat incoherently about tennis, the WNBA, leftist politics, theology, Godzilla movies, film photography, my baby, etc. based in Chicago
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“They cannot say anymore, ‘He doesn’t like America, he’s not American, he hates us.’ That argument is not usable anymore,” Massimo Faggioli told Sojourners.
How Pope Leo Is Challenging American Catholics on Immigration
The Chicago-born pope may not change American legislation, but advocates are hoping he can change the American church.
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when you're about to step outside the grocery store and get murked by Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
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losing D'Angelo hurts so much. what a blessing to the world.
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The Onion can re-run this today with D’Angelo swapped in for Prince

RIP a(nother) legend

@theonion.com @bencollins.bsky.social
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if you uploaded 100 images every single day straight for 5 years you'd still fall 4,500 short of this. That's insane.
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in context of catching the Post... a lot

in general context? we always need one more subscriber than we currently have 😉

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Subscribe to Sojourners Magazine
Sojourners - Faith in Action for Social Justice
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Du Bois basically did a version of this in his bibliography in Black Reconstruction
BIB L I OGRAPH Y 
STAN DARD - A N TI-NEGRO 
(These authors believe the Negro to be sub-human and congenitally un-
fitted for citizenship and the suffrage.) 
Burgess, John W., Reconstruction and the Constitution, 1 866-1 876. 
Coulter, E. Merton, Civil War and Reconstruction in Kentucky. 
Davis, William W ., The Civil War and Reconstruction in Florida. 
Dunning, William A., Reconstruction, Political and Economic . 
Eckenrode, F. Hamilton, Political History of Virginia During Reconstruc· 
tion. 
Fertig, James Walter, The Secession and Reconstruction of Tennessee. 
Ficklen, John R., History of Reconstruction in Louisiana. 
Fleming, Walter F., Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama. 
--, Documentary History of Reconstruction, 1 906, 1907. 
Hamilton, Joseph G. de R., Reconstruction in North Carolina. 
Hollis, John Porter, The Early Period of Reconstruction in South Carolina. 
Lonn, Ella, Reconstruction in Louisiana after 1 868 . 
Ramsdell, Charles W., Reconstruction in Texas . 
Rhodes, James F., History of United States from the Compromise of 1 850. 
Scott, Eben G., Reconstruction During the Civil War. 
Staples, Thomas S ., Reconstruction in Arkansas . 
Studies in Southern History and Politics . Inscribed to William Archibald 
Dunning. 
Carpet-Baggers in the United States Senate. By C. Mildred Thompson. 
The Literary Movement for Secession. By Ulrich B. Phillips. 
Negro Suffrage in the South. By W. Roy Smith. 
Some Phases of Educational History in the South Since 1 865. By Wil-
liam K. Boyd. 
Southern Legislation in Respect to Freedmen, 1 865- 1 866. By J. G. de 
Roulhac Hamilton. 
The Federal Enforcement Acts . By William Watson Davis. 
The New South, Economic and Social . By Holland Thompson. 
Grant's Southern Policy. By Edwin C. Woolley. 
Taylor, Richard, Destruction and Reconstruction. 
Thompson, Clara M., Reconstruction in Georgia, Economic, Social, Po-
litical, l 805-1 872. 
Wooley, Edwin C., The Reconstruction of Georgia.
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they don't let me host panels because they know i'd be too powerful
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if a book has an ugly cover it should be societally acceptable and legal to rebind it with a design of your liking.
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Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
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Thou shalt understand the difference between a lockout and a strike.

Thou shalt not use these terms interchangeably in commentary on CBA negotiations.

Thou shalt remind others of the distinction.

-A reminder to any #WNBA fans mixed up re: an important labor commandment
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Pass it on: If you FILE A COMPLAINT about police activity, it flags the body-worn camera video so reporters can obtain it later via FOIA requests.

City: www.chicagocopa.org/complaints/i...
County: apps.cookcountyil.gov/oiig/
State: oeig.illinois.gov/complaints/o...
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State troopers just dragged three people out of the crowd.
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means a lot coming from you, Darius!
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what does "a culture of ideas" even mean. what the fuck does that mean? how can you get away with writing like that?
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whoops, combined two phrases. I've seen more/that's less than I've seen.
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a steal! that's more than I've seen in secondhand shops
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I was just there in January and deeply moved by it. What a disgusting, infuriating act.
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going to be thinking about this dichotomy next time i am wrestling through a theology book, but also, thinking about this as I read James Baldwin constantly (including the new biography of him)
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"Salvation is not separation. It is the beginning of union with all that is or has been or will ever be.

It is impossible to claim salvation and also believe that, in this life or in any life to come, one is better than another."
(To Crush a Serpent)
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i am not being glib. i actually feel a lot of compassion for him in these moments. a hell of his own making, of course. but all hells will be emptied. and lest you think i am peddling a cheap forgiveness, let me quote James Baldwin...