The last installment in our Storymakers series. Four pieces by citizen storytellers on living together, and apart, in Durham, North Carolina. By Vimala Rajendran, Chip and Teddy Denton, Courtney Reid-Eaton, and Nia Wilson. Photo: Members…
More from our team of citizen storytellers in Durham, NC. Stories by Courtney Smith, Katt Ryce, and Kimani Hall, exploring the things that unite and divide people in Durham and in America. Part of Storymakers:…
Three stories conceived and made by citizen storytellers Jamila Davenport, Roberto Nava, and Debby Bussel explore race, class, and gentrification in Durham, North Carolina. Part of Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica…
Can stories help to bring a community together? How about radio stories, conceived and made by citizen storytellers? Introducing Storymakers: Durham, a project of the national Localore: #FindingAmerica initiative. Photo: A Story Circle at SpiritHouse,…
in fairness to rep. greene, how was she supposed to learn the history of the holocaust when there are no statues of hitler? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/rep-greene-apologizes-for-comparing-face-masks-to-holocaust-but-stands-by-comparison-of-democrats-to-nazi-party/2021/06/14/552869f8-cd6a-11eb-8cd2-4e95230cfac2_story.html
So, another "reckoning" that actually led to some change? @AsteadWesley keeps on doing the NYT's most vital reporting on race. 1/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/14/us/politics/ralph-northam-virginia.html?smid=tw-share
Ha. A nice complement to the opening of our Second Redemption episode. Reactionary white America had to wage war against that wildly progressive period — the 1950s! @catchatweetdown
SOUND UP! That graph showing how the relative tax paid by the super rich has plummeted is 🔥, but as sharing it still gets people labelled commies, & in case people miss that the high watermark on fair tax in it is ***1950s America***, I gave it a 1950s Americana backing track 🎙
Talked to @thelilynews about Queen Mother Audley Moore and her founding of the modern reparations movement. Got loads more to share about her impact in my new book: Queen Mother Moore: Mother of Black Nationalism https://www.thelily.com/black-women-have-always-led-the-fight-for-reparations-theyre-not-getting-their-due-historians-say/
157 days ago terrorists ransacked the US Capitol and *hours later* 138-of-202 (68%) House republicans voted to make trump a dictator. They tried to finish the rioters’ job and end democracy. Never forget it.
