Until they start talking about an actual agenda to reform democratic institutions it means little. He can go to congress and never pass a meaningful piece of legislation in his career.
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Until they start talking about an actual agenda to reform democratic institutions it means little. He can go to congress and never pass a meaningful piece of legislation in his career.
Ten new players to look out for in this season’s Women’s Super League When the Women’s Super League season begins on Friday evening, be on the lookout for those who have not made the headlines — yet www.nytimes.com/athletic/658...
Where did it happen?
A pro-democracy movement can't just be anti-trump. We have to present an agenda for making our democracy work and protecting it from elite capture. Its not enough to be anti-trump. We have to be pro-democracy. nextcity.org/urbanist-new...
Dems must understand that responding to Trump must be about more than pointing out how bad he is or how anti-democratic he is. The Dems must put forward a reform agenda for rebuilding democracy and it must start in the spaces they still control, in major cities and blue states.
Democratic reforms we can model at the local level that we eventually want to see at the federal level. Each local event, especially in cities with democratic mayors, in states with democratic governors should articulate demands for localized, systemic democratic reforms.
Sure... but we should also be pushing Bowser and the DC City Council to adopt real democratic reforms like proportional representation, participatory budgeting, automatic voter registration, voting holidays and publicly funded elections.
@freedcproject.bsky.social We need to be more than anti-trump. We have to articulate and demand an agenda for reforming our democratic system. It's easy to point to the external enemy. DC needs local control, DC needs to become a state.
I didn't root for Jordan. I was a Pistons fan (put some reapect on IT's name) and Dominique won that dunk context. Two handed windmill from the baseline is still the greatest dunk... should've got a '50'.
Ethnic cleansing...
Why would I ever open a soda machine? I can't fix that thing.
SpaceX sued the National Labor Relations Board, arguing its structure was unconstitutional. It won, dealing a huge blow to US labor rights.
Stalin was a bytch... he used communism to sell the his own version of authoritarianism...
Ask him about clearing homeless encampments... apparently he and trump agree on something
He doesn't need to shape elections in all 50 states plus territories. He just needs enough republican election commissions to follow his prompt to make a multiparty democracy a complete fiction.
Another way of seeing this that is important for people to understand is that "Trans rights" are not a departure or distraction from working class issues, because what Trans people are demanding is a right to livelihoods, housing, healthcare and public dignity. Basic universal working class demands
The movement transitioned from idea to focused on the very real political geography of the African continent, and the political project of the diaspora became more secondary. With judging between the value of the different perspectives, how do you think that shapes were we are today?
I saw you at P&P last week and only after leaving realized I had a question. Prior to Nkrumah's work to organize the Pan-African conferences, the work had been led by those in the diaspora for whom Pan-Africanism was an idea. When Africans began to be more involved and assumed leadership
Wealthy institutions like Hopkins & UMMC use $47M in Baltimore city services every year but pay only $6m in taxes
Its up to us to put it on the ballot and to make it an issue. I've stated before that for example, the "no kings" organizing should at least in part because focused on pushing democratic reform agendas in the cities and states democrats control to force this onto the agenda now.
US denies visas to Palestinian Authority leaders for UN general assembly Step comes when France is leading a push to recognise Palestinian state after Israel’s unyielding bombing of Gaza www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
"Trump and Republicans are going to cheat to stay in power. How do we fight back?" This should be the question Democratic leaders are asking privately, and publicly, they need to sound the alarm and provide solutions. Or they can keep attacking Mamdani
New Orleans grieves, issues warnings at Hurricane Katrina second line in Lower 9 Former Vice President Al Gore was among the speakers at the event held to commemorate the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
When well meaning people say things like we want to "get the politics out of public health" or we want to "depoliticize climate change", they are capitulating to people who will continue to attack them politically and shape the range of solutions we're able to consider in our public discourse.
This is ethnic cleansing...
MLS doesnt deserve him
“My mom works with older ladies at the Korean market and they’re all talking about it. They’re so hyped about this Korean man that they’re enamored with,” Sonny winning over the Auntie contingency 🥰
A new semester means new events! Looking forward to joining @profsuddler.bsky.social in Atlanta in a couple weeks to talk about my book. Thanks to @acappellabooks.bsky.social and the Auburn Avenue Research Library for sponsoring! If you’re in town, I’d love to see you on September 9 at 6:30pm 📚📖
Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for more private-sector usage of AI and fast tracking permits for more data centers after Big Tech companies donated huge amounts to his inauguration. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/b...
"To blame the unnerving prevalence of mass shootings in America on the existence of trans people here isn’t just a dangerously stigmatizing, politically motivated take. It’s also bad math." - @abbyvesoulis.bsky.social
How artificial intelligence furthers environmental racism in Black America afro.com/ai-impact-bl...
Tom Clancy's Pedagogy of the Oppressed
Louisiana asks Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act and ban use of race in redistricting The case could strike a major blow to the landmark civil rights-era law www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Louisiana asks Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act and ban use of race in redistricting The case could strike a major blow to the landmark civil rights-era law www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
Louisiana asks Supreme Court to gut Voting Rights Act and ban use of race in redistricting The case could strike a major blow to the landmark civil rights-era law www.politico.com/news/2025/08...
That term, "ethnic cleansing" needs to be said more...
In @slate.com, I caution against lumping Abrego García’s case in with the administration’s general immigration clampdown. I think it is better understood as the endpoint of the same strategy employed against Lisa Cook: bringing down state power on enemies, with whatever the government can latch onto
Moral arguments only go so far and we've taken it about as far as it will go.
Similar too, think of Con. John Lewis, they called him the "conscious of the congress", but what was his actual legislative record of substance for all his years in that body? Nada.... Clyburn, most powerful Black man in government, same story. Resolutions are all he can pass.
Have to be careful too. Black leaders in these spaces lean too much on the moral leverage that they forget real politics. Jackson also said we are neither "left nor right" we are the "moral" center. That's bullshyt. If Black politics ain't class politics, we lost the script.
President Trump has attempted to exert control over the Federal Reserve, an entity that is supposed to be independent. “The president would like control of the money spigot,” says Aya Ibrahim, former senior policy advisor at the White House National Economic Council.
Today, the investigation my reporting partner Kathryn Cleary and I have been working on for over a year is finally out in Africa Uncensored! africauncensored.online/blog/2025/08...
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A Federal Appellate Court Finds the NLRB to Be Unconstitutional And just like that, it frees Elon Musk—and any fellow employers—to violate whatever rights their workers thought they enjoyed prospect.org/justice/2025...
foreignpolicy.com/2025/08/08/s...
Since a 2013 case that scaled back federal approval of voting changes, Black access to the ballot box has become increasingly uncertain, advocates say.
Black men (in many states they had to own property) were initially given the right to vote during reconstruction but saw those rights quickly eroded to essentially being nonexistent. When white women won the right to vote, they made no attempt to include Blacks or other people of color.
Now, where are Dems on said issues?
Story by @richardawebster.bsky.social for Verite News and @propublica.org.
What can residents expect in the final months of an indicted mayor’s term? During these last few months of Mayor Cantrell's administration, residents will likely see few changes in basic city services.
Dark Star Trilogy (first two books) by Marlon James
Gotta be "Free". "Soldiers are a-marching, they're writing brand new laws Will we all fight together for the most important cause? Will we all fight for the right to be free" youtu.be/qnE775jB0Ik
Two new assessments from the Maryland League of Conservation Voters found Gov. Wes Moore and his administration have fallen short on their climate and environmental justice commitments and notably backflipped on progressive policies.
The crime being housing and voting rights discrimination
I thought you were talking about the soccer player. 🙄
Brasil?
Poland
The mythology around Clinton's "Sister Souljah moment" is BS, top to bottom. The people who seized on that episode, made a big deal out of it, framed it as pivotal, talked about it for decades afterward ... did so because they want Dems to be culturally conservative. It's just reactionary centrism.
From a record number of CBP phone searches at the US border, allegations of widespread abuses at ICE facilities and the US government seeking medical records of trans youth, here’s what happened in security news this week. @evystadium.bsky.social has more:
‘We get nothing’: residents fight back as Mexico builds big for 2026 World Cup People living in the shadow of the country’s national Azteca Stadium in Mexico City say development plans will add to pressure on water sources and put green spaces at risk www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
And the focus groups are only concerned with what they "think" will appeal to white suburban Trump voters.
How Haiti Destroyed Slavery and Led the Way to Freedom throughout the Atlantic World www.publicbooks.org/how-haiti-de...
Black soccer managers to watch in the 2025-26 season From leading Champions League teams to NWSL champions, clubs have examples of successful Black leaders andscape.com/features/bla...
I think I heard a podcast that he was in running for a role in Star Wars and movie Will Smith eventually did before he died. Like Independence Day or something like that. Think about the films that came out in the late 90s to 00s. Imagine Pac in the Bestman films... the Matrix...
His mix tapes were better than the studio albums after that first album.
One of those characters died... 😒
Was just listening to the announcers at the end of the match talk about how beautiful the stadium is for soccer... Hard no... baseball is fine, but please the image of a soccer match in an awkward looking baseball stadium is just sad... surely there are better options for them in the region
An African history of Africa with Zeinab Badawi Sudanese-British journalist Zeinab Badawi gives us a lesser-known history of Africa’s great historical triumphs. www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...
Environmental advocates focus on big tech in Memphis meeting www.wreg.com/news/local/environmental-advocates-focus-on-big-tech-in-memphis-meeting/amp/
Air pollution from oil and gas causes 90,000 premature US deaths each year, says new study Study analyzed health impacts of fossil fuels from exploration to end use, and found communities of color bear brunt of harm www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Two Louisiana mothers deported in April to Honduras with their children, including a 4-year-old with kidney cancer, claim ICE violated their due process rights. veritenews.org/2025/08/20/l...
And there you go 0-1
‘Positive Obsession’ Is a Fresh Look at Octavia E. Butler A new biography by Susana M. Morris reveals the struggles, passions and triumphs that shaped the science fiction icon and her books www.nytimes.com/2025/08/23/b...
I didn't fully understand the story until after reading Moon Witch and being able to compare her narrative against Tracker's narrative in the first book. Would love to read your review if you have time to post. When we get a release date for book three, I'll start reading them again.
Texas State Rep. Ann Johnson clapped back at GOP members amid Wednesday's redistricting vote. “If you knew you could win this next election, you wouldn’t be taking this effort to try to steal five seats from elected officials that members of color elected to represent them in Washington D.C.”
I've moved on and no longer care if he ever finishes the series. However, I DO care and I'm waiting impatiently for Marlon James' final book in the Dark Star Trilogy! It's been 3 ½ years. please Marlon, I need this! 😩
Im old enough to remember Republicans once built their entire identities on ‘small government’ ↘️
They are still trying to triangulate because at the end of the day, the want to win over trump voters and think they can only do that by being jackasses to the left and vulnerable identity groups.
got my ticket.... 🎫
Trump’s power grab in the nation’s capital, and his threat to expand his militarized takeover to other Democratic-led cities, is setting up a high-stakes showdown over the country’s democracy that pits him prominently against a familiar political foe: Black women. 19thnews.org/2025/08/blac...
In the face of intense public opposition, the Memphis Chamber of Commerce has gone to unusual lengths to promote Elon Musk's xAI supercomputer, including sending a mailer with inaccurate information about the governmental oversight in place to monitor the facility. By @wendicthomas.bsky.social
Pentagon asks civilian employees to join ‘volunteer force’ to aid Ice deportations Selected employees will join Trump’s mass deportation campaign and ‘offer critical support’ to Ice operations www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm starting to have George RR Martin/ASOIF anxiety about the final chapter of Marlon James' Dark Star Trilogy. It's been 3 1/2 years and counting still no word, no update. I need this Marlon....
Dead Prez working on a new collab album with Black Thought... we need that right now.
In defiance of global trends, Gustavo Petro’s Colombian government has sought to abandon coal and oil. But the project exposes the limits of post-extractivism in one country.
Because in the US political taxonomy we have a centrist group and a right wing who agree one two important things, 1. The "market" economy is fundamental and 2. The Left is not to be allowed entry into mainstream public discourse.
Poverty of low expectations... they mad at you for demanding better.
Chief Victor Harris of Fi-Yi-Yi Black Masking Indian Tribe of New Orleans
This is necessary, but we can't talk about this without also talking about the implications going forward. We can no longer pretend we can continue with our system of democracy as it is. Major reforms are of order. @ositanwanevu.com
In Trump’s Ideal Picture of America, Diversity Is Taboo Using the full power of the federal government, President Trump has promoted a vision of America that challenges the legitimacy of the Black experience www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/u...
As NASA grapples with major proposed budget cuts and losing some of its most brilliant minds, America’s willingness to look outward is also at risk. www.wired.com/story/the-de...
The Case for Civic Abundance Rebuilding state capacity requires a renaissance of civic participation that abundance advocates too often view as an obstacle washingtonmonthly.com/2025/08/11/t...
Some enviros want to so desperately be seen as "environmentalism that builds" they arent speaking out against these massive data centers and the scaling theory that drives this pattern of AI development.
Trade wars show how far Trump is willing to go. The AI Action Plan offers the president the means to make that vision more vast and more permanent. The rest of the world should think twice before volunteering to take part > Beware America’s AI colonialism ↘️ on.ft.com/3UCQy7G
Washington Spirit seize the moment as DC United stumble in city of unrest The rise of the NWSL’s Spirit and fall of MLS’s United are emblematic of the two ownership groups’ commitment to fans and the culture of a unique city www.theguardian.com/football/202...
It looks like its still frozen
Not at all...