What does the 2020 election in the United States tell us, or remind us, about the state of democracy in America? A follow-up to our Season 4 series on democracy, The Land That Never Has…
In this special episode, host John Biewen and series collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika discuss the coronavirus pandemic and how the crisis, and the nation’s response to it, echo themes we’re exploring in our Season 4 series…
I may have also written a tiny introduction. But like that is literally the least interesting thing in this AMAZING book! https://twitter.com/catchatweetdown/status/1451346664040566786
People! When I tell you this book is the one, what I'm saying is this👋🏿is👋🏿 the👋🏿one.
@TheMoth was one of the first orgs to believe in my potential as a storyteller and help me hone my craft.
I'm reading it like "how did y'all wait this long? I needed this like 10 years ago! https://twitter.com/TheMoth/status/1451201623347249160
You can hear the dew falling
and the hushed town breathing
Just listen. Hush. Listen with us for a little while.
It is @MichaelSheen performing the Welsh poetry of Dylan Thomas in #UnderMilkWood.
Woke lefty cancel culture, though!
Are folks realizing how insane this is? One, that teaching an academic theory is prohibited by law? Two, that what’s really outlawed is teaching about race, racism and accurate history? Three, that educators are losing their jobs over this? https://twitter.com/TODAYshow/status/1451159545523363848
In S4 we talked about the framers designing the Senate to stop the "people's house" from passing stuff that helps the working-class majority and threatens elite control. What's McConnell referencing here? A bill protecting voting rights for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/politics/voting-rights-filibuster-democrats.html?smid=tw-share
