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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · Aug 27

“Listen”

how many prayers
must we stack
before the ceiling cracks?

how many babies
must we bury
before the ground
refuses us?

stop calling it tragedy
when it’s policy.
stop calling it freedom
when our children
are the collateral.

we deserve a country
that loves them enough
to keep them alive.

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · Aug 26

Family, Here’s a clip from my upcoming film Clearing the Air:The War on Smog—a powerful reminder that when crisis strikes, we can come together and solve it.

I hope you will watch the premiere Tonight, August 26, 2025, at 9:00 p.m. on PBS.
#ClearingTheAirPBS
#ProudBlue
www.pbs.org/wgbh/america...

Clearing the Air: The War on Smog: Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS

Watch a preview of Clearing the Air: The War on Smog.

www.pbs.org

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · Aug 28

Here's some good news: Catelin Drey won a special election this week to flip a seat blue in the Iowa Senate and break Republicans' supermajority.

Democrat Catelin Drey wins Iowa Senate special election, breaking Republican supermajority

National and state support from Republicans and Democrats poured into the race for Iowa Senate District 1 with the GOP supermajority in the balance.

www.desmoinesregister.com

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · Jul 29

As the EPA works to reverse the Endangerment Finding, gutting the legal basis for addressing climate change, @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social warns Black, Brown, and poor communities will pay the price.

wordinblack.com/2025/07/the-...

The Endangerment Is Us

As the EPA guts the legal basis for addressing climate change, Dr. Mustafa Ali warns Black, Brown, and poor communities will pay the price.

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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 7

Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and other deep-red states are leading the pack in rural hospital closures. This is what happens when you gut Medicaid, reject federal dollars, and treat healthcare like a luxury.

You can’t blame “woke” when there’s no ER for 100 miles.

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · Jul 6

Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · Jul 5

Thoughts and prayers don’t stop mass shootings, and they don’t stop climate disasters either.

This is a tragedy Gov. Greg Abbott did nothing to prevent. He still denies that climate change is real. He won’t act, and he won’t regulate.

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · Jul 5

Forbes @forbes.com · Jul 4

The National Weather Service issued at least five flash flood emergencies, the most severe form of flood warning, Friday in several counties in south-central Texas.

Deadly Flash Floods Sweep Central Texas

The National Weather Service issued at least five flash flood emergencies, the most severe form of flood warning, Friday in several counties in south-central Texas.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 4

The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed

The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.

www.motherjones.com

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · Jul 4

It's July 4, and Stacey Abrams @staceyabrams.com is done with performative patriotism. DEI is not the problem. Erasing the truth is. America's birthday warrants a reckoning, so now is the time to show up, speak out, and remember who we are. wordinblack.com/2025/07/amer...

America's Birthday Warrants a Reckoning

Will we let fear rewrite America’s story — or fight for a future rooted in truth, equity, and justice? Stacey Abrams asks us to choose.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 4

Few people have embodied the best of journalism—its ability to cut through BS, its capacity to uplift those who’ve been wronged, its burning appetite to tell the stories people need to know—like Bill Moyers.

We’ve never needed him more, writes @monikab.bsky.social.

The Bill Moyers that obituaries missed

The “secular preacher” of TV journalism was also a ferocious critic of corrupt politicians and corporate titans—and the spineless media that enable them.

www.motherjones.com

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · Jul 5

Extreme weather is real.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jul 4

At least six people were killed and frantic searches were underway for the missing after heavy rain in Central Texas set off deadly flooding along the Guadalupe River on Friday, authorities said. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/u...

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · Jul 4

freer because of us
—july 4th, with memory in my mouth—

i don’t light fireworks
i light candles
for crispus & kin—
Black breath blown
into battles
they weren’t meant to win.

they called it revolution
but asked us to wait
told us freedom was coming
just show up late.
but we were there—
boots muddy

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · Jul 3

Trump’s “Big Beautiful Bill” is the Big Lie wrapped in a flag, handed to you with a smile, and signed in ink that looks suspiciously like blood. It’s not policy—it’s a death sentence in red, white & blue. Patriotic theater with real-life casualties.
Listen and Read👇🏾
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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · Jul 2

"The proposed changes (to the clean energy tax credits) would likely disincentivize investment in renewable energy, potentially slowing the transition to a cleaner energy grid & impacting the economic viability of solar & wind projects, while providing tax breaks for the coal and oil industries."

The Big Beautiful Bill: A Reckoning for Black Communities | African Elements

The Big Beautiful Bill threatens Black communities with cuts to vital programs and healthcare, exacerbating existing inequalities.

www.africanelements.org

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · Jun 24

“this too shall pass,”
auntie said,
stirring truth into her tea—
but not without us.

not without feet in the street,
mouths wide with no more,
hearts loud as drums
that won’t stop beating
‘til justice
opens the door.
©️MustafaSantiagoAli
#WritersCommunity #Poetry #Resister

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · Jun 19

“There is a myth we tell ourselves about #Juneteenth, as if #freedom arrived suddenly, like a thunderclap, on June 19, 1865, with General Granger reading General Order No. 3 to the enslaved people in Galveston, Texas.” @wordinblacknews.bsky.social @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social

Juneteenth: The Freedom We Knew, the Truth They Couldn't Handle

Activist and poet Dr. Mustafa Ali says Juneteenth isn’t when freedom arrived — it’s when America could no longer deny it.

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · Jun 19

“When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world won’t just know peace—
it’ll breathe again.
No more boots on necks, bombs in skies, or borders drawn in blood.
Just humanity, finally choosing heart over empire.”
#Peace #Truth #Resistance #RevolutionOfLove

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Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · May 26

“Honoring The Original Patriots and Roots of #MemorialDay”
On that May day, the shadows danced In Charleston’s aftermath, where chains had broken.
The sun’s light pierced through history’s trance,
As freedom’s first sighs in silence were spoken.
African hands, calloused by the past, Gathered bones

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Flo McAfee @soukieg.bsky.social · May 25

#GeorgeFloyd 5 Years later. @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social imagines what he might say now…

Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali @mustafasantiagoali.bsky.social · May 23

“Five years later, #GeorgeFloyd still speaks. My latest piece, ‘George Floyd to America: Are You Listening Yet?’ is a raw reflection on justice, memory, and this moment we’re in. Take a moment to read—if it moves you, pass it on.” #Resister
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Imagine George Floyd Speaking Now: America, Are You Listening Yet?

Activist and poet Mustafa Ali envisions what Floyd would say to his daughter, his family, the Black community, America, and to himself.

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Word In Black @wordinblacknews.bsky.social · May 19

Tornadoes decimated parts of Kentucky, Missouri, and Virginia, killing at least 25 people this weekend. A FEMA staffer says recent federal cuts will hamper the agency’s “ability to reach vulnerable people."
wordinblack.com/2025/05/fema...

Disaster Aid Was Already Unequal. Will Changes at FEMA Make Things Worse?

A FEMA staffer says cuts will hamper the agency's "ability to reach vulnerable people," — including Black folks.

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nadiraxrene.bsky.social @nadiraxrene.bsky.social · May 20

The Black Arts Movement began one day after Malcolm X’s assassination. Since then, the icon’s spirit of power & pride has influenced generations of Black artists — from poet Gwendolyn Brooks to hip-hop legends Public Enemy &, most recently, sculptor Nathan Murray.
wordinblack.com/2025/05/malc...

Why Malcolm X Keeps Inspiring Black Art

Sculptor Nathan Murray, creator of Omaha's bust of Malcolm X, is one of a long list of artists who've tapped into the spirit of Black pride.

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Pete Buttigieg @petebuttigieg.bsky.social · May 23

America cannot long remain free, nor first among nations, if it becomes the kind of place where universities are dismantled because they don't align politically with the current head of the government.

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Senate EPW Democrats @epw.senate.gov · May 7

Energy Star doesn't just help protect our environment—it keeps money in families' wallets.

Documents obtained exclusively by EPW reveal that Trump and his EPA chief, Lee Zeldin, plan to eliminate this money-saving program.

NEWS: Documents obtained by EPW reveal EPA’s plan to scrap program that has saved families $500B in energy costs.

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Moms Clean Air Force @momscleanairforce.org · May 6

Toxic air doesn’t wait—pollution harms babies before they even take their first breath.

Let’s learn how we can protect future generations.
🗓️ May 8 | 9:00–11:30am ET
📲 Livestream on Moms Clean Air Force channels

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 6

More than 200 flights from and into Newark Airport had been delayed as of Monday morning. Disruptions have prompted United Airlines to cut nearly three dozen round-trip flights per day at the New Jersey airport. We explain what's going on. nyti.ms/42L2aKE

A United Airlines jet flies above a runway at Newark Liberty International Airport. Exhaust is coming out of both of the plane's engines, creating blurry areas over a bridge in the background. The text reads: "Newark Airport Is Experiencing Major Delays. Here's What to Know." Photo by Dakota Santiago for The New York Times.

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