The last in our series exploring the spirit of America in the footsteps of one of its greatest writers, John Steinbeck. At key spots on Steinbeck’s 1960 journey across the country, we team up with…
The second in a three-part series, journeying into the soul of America through the eyes of artists, while following in the footsteps of Nobel Prize-winning writer John Steinbeck who drove across the country in 1960…
First in a three-part journey into the soul of America, through the eyes of working people who happen to be artists. In this episode, David Slater in Sag Harbor, New York, and Kalamu ya Salaam…
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.
