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This year's Black History Month theme is African Americans & Labor, so let's talk about the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP)!
2025 marks the 100 yrs since the founding of BSCP, the first predominantly Black union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor 🧵
2025 marks the 100 yrs since the founding of BSCP, the first predominantly Black union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor 🧵
February 6, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This year's Black History Month theme is African Americans & Labor, so let's talk about the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters (BSCP)!
2025 marks the 100 yrs since the founding of BSCP, the first predominantly Black union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor 🧵
2025 marks the 100 yrs since the founding of BSCP, the first predominantly Black union to be recognized by the American Federation of Labor 🧵
God’s strongest soldier (I cooked dinner instead of ordering in)
February 1, 2025 at 1:05 AM
God’s strongest soldier (I cooked dinner instead of ordering in)
I hate when businesses use "gluten friendly" in place of "gluten free" because if someone is allergic to gluten/avoids gluten why would they want something "gluten friendly" ???
January 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
I hate when businesses use "gluten friendly" in place of "gluten free" because if someone is allergic to gluten/avoids gluten why would they want something "gluten friendly" ???
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You might have seen a lot of buzz over "Nickel Boys" and it's well-deserved. One of those reasons is because of the Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. I profiled her for @thecut.com and she was quite moving, even as we sat across from each other.
www.thecut.com/article/aunj...
www.thecut.com/article/aunj...
Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor Is Right Where She Belongs
The southern-raised Nickel Boys actor has carved out her own Hollywood niche.
www.thecut.com
January 10, 2025 at 12:39 PM
You might have seen a lot of buzz over "Nickel Boys" and it's well-deserved. One of those reasons is because of the Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor. I profiled her for @thecut.com and she was quite moving, even as we sat across from each other.
www.thecut.com/article/aunj...
www.thecut.com/article/aunj...
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✨GOOD NEWS ALERT✨
A young Black woman from the University of Minnesota, Salma Abdi, just won THE TOP PRIZE for college students studying #economics. This is a big deal because Black women don't even make up 1% of economics #phd graduates.
She is a member of @sadiecollective.bsky.social 💜 #econsky
A young Black woman from the University of Minnesota, Salma Abdi, just won THE TOP PRIZE for college students studying #economics. This is a big deal because Black women don't even make up 1% of economics #phd graduates.
She is a member of @sadiecollective.bsky.social 💜 #econsky
January 9, 2025 at 2:22 PM
✨GOOD NEWS ALERT✨
A young Black woman from the University of Minnesota, Salma Abdi, just won THE TOP PRIZE for college students studying #economics. This is a big deal because Black women don't even make up 1% of economics #phd graduates.
She is a member of @sadiecollective.bsky.social 💜 #econsky
A young Black woman from the University of Minnesota, Salma Abdi, just won THE TOP PRIZE for college students studying #economics. This is a big deal because Black women don't even make up 1% of economics #phd graduates.
She is a member of @sadiecollective.bsky.social 💜 #econsky
Excellent writing by @michaelluo.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
History’s Lessons on Anti-Immigrant Extremism
Even Donald Trump’s recent assertion that he would use executive action to abolish birthright citizenship has a historical link to the Chinese American experience.
www.newyorker.com
January 9, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Excellent writing by @michaelluo.bsky.social www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Meghan Markle's new Netflix show is my super bowl
January 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Meghan Markle's new Netflix show is my super bowl
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Governors who expanded social-welfare programs in their state were rewarded by voters—in the short run. Jerusalem Demsas discusses on "Good on Paper":
Does Democracy Even Work?
One researcher tests the limits of “deliverism.”
www.theatlantic.com
December 17, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Governors who expanded social-welfare programs in their state were rewarded by voters—in the short run. Jerusalem Demsas discusses on "Good on Paper":
Don’t tell Oklahoma dept of education
One of the earliest tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments (dating to A.D. 300-800) is scheduled to go up for auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday.
Sotheby's to auction off ancient Ten Commandments tablet
One of the earliest tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments (dating to A.D. 300-800) is scheduled to go up for auction at Sotheby's on Wednesday.
www.npr.org
December 17, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Don’t tell Oklahoma dept of education
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The US economy is poised to beat expectations in 2025
www.goldmansachs.com
December 14, 2024 at 6:54 PM
Swagger on Apple TV is the best tv I’ve watched all year ⛹🏾♂️
December 11, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Swagger on Apple TV is the best tv I’ve watched all year ⛹🏾♂️
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Fascinating social nugget from a WSJ piece on crypto and meme stock trading by WSJ newsroom associate Katherine Hamilton
December 8, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Fascinating social nugget from a WSJ piece on crypto and meme stock trading by WSJ newsroom associate Katherine Hamilton
My daily affirmation
December 7, 2024 at 5:26 PM
My daily affirmation
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This year, our editors selected 10 books—including “James,” by Percival Everett—that brought clarity to confounding issues or compelled us to see differently the things we thought we knew.
Read the full list: theatln.tc/MRvnWRxH
Read the full list: theatln.tc/MRvnWRxH
December 6, 2024 at 10:45 PM
This year, our editors selected 10 books—including “James,” by Percival Everett—that brought clarity to confounding issues or compelled us to see differently the things we thought we knew.
Read the full list: theatln.tc/MRvnWRxH
Read the full list: theatln.tc/MRvnWRxH
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Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
December 5, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Ta-Nehisi Coates wields words like sledgehammers.
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i think i could get rich selling volcano insurance to professional black republicans abcnews.go.com/Politics/bla...
Black Republicans feel left out of Trump’s 2nd-term picks
As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and closest advisers, African American Republicans ask why more Black people haven’t been selected.
abcnews.go.com
December 4, 2024 at 1:42 AM
i think i could get rich selling volcano insurance to professional black republicans abcnews.go.com/Politics/bla...
Free my guy Hunter
December 2, 2024 at 2:14 AM
Free my guy Hunter
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Cleaning off my desktop and not sure where to put this
November 22, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Cleaning off my desktop and not sure where to put this
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Home insurance in areas hit by repetitive disasters is going to be the number one housing affordability issue over the next 4 years. And possibly going into the midterms.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
Here in Florida we have a housing crisis of our own - developers are building affordable homes all around, but many are sitting empty because people can't afford the necessary home insurance.
December 1, 2024 at 10:18 PM
Home insurance in areas hit by repetitive disasters is going to be the number one housing affordability issue over the next 4 years. And possibly going into the midterms.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
More so than interest rates. Florida in particular is going to have huge problems.
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Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
Books We Love
Here are 350+ great reads from 2024 hand-picked just for you by NPR staff and trusted critics.
apps.npr.org
November 25, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Books We Love returns with 350+ new titles handpicked by NPR staff and trusted critics. Find 12 years of recommendations all in one place — that's nearly 4,000 great reads.
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Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
November 24, 2024 at 10:47 AM
Word of the day is ‘librocubicularist’: one who loves nothing better than reading in bed.
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).
(Not easy to say, but I’m glad to know it exists).