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“And have brought humanity to the edge of oblivion: because they think they are white." – James Baldwin
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Wage growth among all workers is declining significantly, with low-wage workers hit especially hard.
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November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Wage growth among all workers is declining significantly, with low-wage workers hit especially hard.
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Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u... #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre
At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u... #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Viola Fletcher, Oldest Survivor of the Tulsa Race Massacre, Dies at 111
At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u... #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre
At 7, she bore witness to one of American history’s most violent spasms of racial violence. She was 106 when the nation reckoned with the crime.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/u... #Tulsa #TulsaRaceMassacre
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Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
Alaska Vowed to Resolve Murders of Indigenous People. Now It Refuses to Provide Their Names.
When the nonprofit Data for Indigenous Justice filed public records requests with the Alaska Department of Public Safety concerning cases it had investigated, the state rejected them.
www.propublica.org
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Alaska vowed to resolve the murders of Indigenous people.
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
But when one nonprofit asked state law enforcement officials for a fundamental piece of data — a list of Indigenous murders they’d investigated — the state said no.
With @adn.com
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WE'VE BEEN PAUSED FOR 16 YEARS ALREADY
This is a deeply sexist take, given that ~2/3 of minimum wage workers in the US are women.
November 24, 2025 at 11:00 PM
WE'VE BEEN PAUSED FOR 16 YEARS ALREADY
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Really great journalism here about the systematic health disparities faced by Black Americans
UMMC Assistant Professor Dr. Justin Turner told the Youth Media Project that Black Americans still struggle to trust the health-care system. He pointed to historical abuses, like the Tuskegee experiments, as a major reason.
Read more at: www.jxnpulse.com/2025/11/from...
Read more at: www.jxnpulse.com/2025/11/from...
Racist Doctors’ Long Abuse of Black Americans - JXN Pulse
Reforming individual mindset and health-care practices can allow Black Americans to lead healthier lives despite the history of medical malpractice.
www.jxnpulse.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Really great journalism here about the systematic health disparities faced by Black Americans
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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BREAKING: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed
A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:51 PM
BREAKING: Judge dismisses cases against James Comey and Letitia James after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed.
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And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
November 24, 2025 at 5:42 PM
And now, the case against Letitia James is dismissed too, same rationale but minus the statute of limitations complication.
“Asheville’s ‘queen of blues, soul and gospel’: Remembering Kat Williams” 828newsnow.com/news/228822-... #InMemoriam
Asheville’s ‘queen of blues, soul and gospel’: Remembering Kat Williams - Asheville's 828 News NOW
Katrina "Kat" Williams, a beloved community member and local blues legend, passed away at age 58 on Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025.
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November 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
“Asheville’s ‘queen of blues, soul and gospel’: Remembering Kat Williams” 828newsnow.com/news/228822-... #InMemoriam
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ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
November 8, 2025 at 7:53 PM
ICE is inflicting a lifetime of trauma on families. And it’s being carried out in the name of the United States of America.
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BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
Israel launches strikes in Gaza ceasefire's latest test as hospitals say 20 killed
Israel's military says it has launched new airstrikes against Hamas militants in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began on October 10.
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November 22, 2025 at 4:10 PM
BREAKING: At least 24 people are dead and 54 wounded after Israeli airstrikes in Gaza, testing the ceasefire that began in October, officials say.
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EXPAND THE MFING COURT
November 22, 2025 at 12:54 AM
EXPAND THE MFING COURT
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UPDATE: Justice Alito has issued an administrative stay, temporarily pausing the order that blocked the gerrymander.
This does not mean Texas won but it does freeze the ruling while SCOTUS reviews the state’s request.
Plaintiffs’ response due Nov. 24.
This does not mean Texas won but it does freeze the ruling while SCOTUS reviews the state’s request.
Plaintiffs’ response due Nov. 24.
Texas Asks SCOTUS to Reimpose Anti-Minority Gerrymander
Read more here.
www.democracydocket.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
UPDATE: Justice Alito has issued an administrative stay, temporarily pausing the order that blocked the gerrymander.
This does not mean Texas won but it does freeze the ruling while SCOTUS reviews the state’s request.
Plaintiffs’ response due Nov. 24.
This does not mean Texas won but it does freeze the ruling while SCOTUS reviews the state’s request.
Plaintiffs’ response due Nov. 24.
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💯 Never let it be lost on you that the United States of America hanged John Brown for rebelling against slavery built statues honoring Lee for rebelling to defend slavery.
June 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
💯 Never let it be lost on you that the United States of America hanged John Brown for rebelling against slavery built statues honoring Lee for rebelling to defend slavery.
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No, really, among the most vile racist traitors in America's history
And also, your regular reminder that Lee - in addition to being a racist traitor who lost at Gettysburg & was owned by the patriot Ely Parker at Appomattox - was a terrible human being: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/06/the-myth-of-the-kindly-general-lee/529038/
The Myth of the Kindly General Lee
The legend of the Confederate leader’s heroism and decency is based in the fiction of a person who never existed.
www.theatlantic.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:10 PM
No, really, among the most vile racist traitors in America's history
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We should have started doing the elite accountability thing in 1865, & kept doing it & then we wouldn’t be here. We should have finished Reconstruction & become an actual Republic of laws & equal rights for everyone. We still could do that now. It’s long past time.
🧵 The racist traitor, Robert Edward Lee, who was totally owned by Ely Parker at Appomattox, should have spent the rest of his life in prison & was an utterly horrible human being. We would know this if we observed Union Day as a federal holiday & had finished Reconstruction like a serious country.
Since this place is new & today is the anniversary of Gettysburg, I'll re-up my periodic reminder that Union Day/April 9 should be our 2nd most important federal holiday, where we hold ceremonies at Appomattox NP & recall how Ely Parker absolutely owned the racist traitor Robert Edward Lee.
July 3, 2025 at 6:47 AM
We should have started doing the elite accountability thing in 1865, & kept doing it & then we wouldn’t be here. We should have finished Reconstruction & become an actual Republic of laws & equal rights for everyone. We still could do that now. It’s long past time.
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Again, the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from this to Jan 6 to torture to Iraq 2003 to Iran-Contra to Watergate to 1865 - is because there are <never> any legal, personal, or political consequences for those things. We <totally fail> at elite accountability.
July 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Again, the reason all of the awful & illegal things keep happening in 🇺🇸 politics - from this to Jan 6 to torture to Iraq 2003 to Iran-Contra to Watergate to 1865 - is because there are <never> any legal, personal, or political consequences for those things. We <totally fail> at elite accountability.
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Haiti's national bird “Kanson Wouj”/ Trogon, also known as the Hispaniolan Trogon, inspires the Miss Universe Haiti Costume.
The National Bird is a symbol and a reminder how Haiti continues to soar despite the odds and challenges that the people have endured.
The National Bird is a symbol and a reminder how Haiti continues to soar despite the odds and challenges that the people have endured.
November 20, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Haiti's national bird “Kanson Wouj”/ Trogon, also known as the Hispaniolan Trogon, inspires the Miss Universe Haiti Costume.
The National Bird is a symbol and a reminder how Haiti continues to soar despite the odds and challenges that the people have endured.
The National Bird is a symbol and a reminder how Haiti continues to soar despite the odds and challenges that the people have endured.
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(1/9) The CG and Hate Symbols: What We Know So Far (a thread).
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
November 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
(1/9) The CG and Hate Symbols: What We Know So Far (a thread).
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
Yesterday, WaPo reported that the CG has removed swastikas, confederate flags, and nooses from a list of "hate symbols". This is both technically correct, and an oversimplification.
Toni Cade Bambara was part of the academy—an award-winning writer and filmmaker—but she saw her constituency to be Black girls, Black women, maids, nannies, people who were unhoused, and she would bypass paid speaking engagements to visit homeless shelters.
#tbt thefeministwire.com/2014/11/toni...
#tbt thefeministwire.com/2014/11/toni...
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Toni Cade Bambara was part of the academy—an award-winning writer and filmmaker—but she saw her constituency to be Black girls, Black women, maids, nannies, people who were unhoused, and she would bypass paid speaking engagements to visit homeless shelters.
#tbt thefeministwire.com/2014/11/toni...
#tbt thefeministwire.com/2014/11/toni...
If I were a legislator and introduced a bill aimed at limiting the number of homes corporations can buy—literally a bill to help people—and my spouse voted against it, best believe the next thing I'd file is for divorce.
Republicans do not want you to have a chance at the housing market.
#Republicans
#Greedy
#AffordableHousingCrisis
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#Republicans
#Greedy
#AffordableHousingCrisis
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Bill to limit corporations from buying up Nevada homes fails
A bill to limit corporate homeownership in Nevada failed to pass in the state legislature’s special session, with a 27-10 vote one vote short of the required two-thirds.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
If I were a legislator and introduced a bill aimed at limiting the number of homes corporations can buy—literally a bill to help people—and my spouse voted against it, best believe the next thing I'd file is for divorce.
The little things. <3
It didn't reach the high they had predicted and it was just a warm day. Tired, so is Kengo. I almost forgot I had this type of maple, and second round azaleas.
One more day.
#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #photography #fujifilm #autumn #leaves #maple #azalea #flowers
One more day.
#dog #dogs #dogsofmastodon #adoptdontshop #rescuedog #photography #fujifilm #autumn #leaves #maple #azalea #flowers
November 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
The little things. <3