Walz: "We have got children in Minnesota hiding in their houses, afraid to go outside. Many of us grew up reading that story of Anne Frank. Somebody is gonna write that children's story about Minnesota."
Walz: "What's happening in MN defies belief. News reports simply don't do justice to the level of chaos & disruption & trauma the federal govt is raining down... This long ago stopped being a matter of immigration enforcement. Instead, it's a campaign of organized brutality against the people of MN"
Minneapolis is showing up and showing out. #NoKings
An honor to receive the endorsement of
of nearly a dozen Black clergy leaders in Crown Heights today, including Bishop Orlando Findlayter.
I’m grateful for their support, and this powerful and humbling prayer.
A child walks through the ruins of childhood imagination.
The words of #MrRogers have touched the hearts of countless people. #ReadingRainbow with @levarburton.bsky.social, #Wishbone #TheMagicSchoolBus, the man that taught me to love science Bill Nye. These are the things I'll never forget and our children may never know. #PBS #NPR #ProudBlue #DemVoice1
we choose to pay more to punish people for being poor.
I💙NY
Folks can argue about the relevancy of the “Democratic socialist” label all day. But if that’s what you’re hung up on, you’re missing the larger point.
People aren’t chasing labels. They’re chasing change. Real, structural, unapologetic change.
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New Jersey Institute for Social Justice
www.walterdgreason.com
nj.gov
www.princeton.edu
In 1868, the United States guaranteed equal protection of the laws to all people in its jurisdiction.
In 1947, New Jersey established anti-discrimination as the first principle of state law.
This week, new advocates offer a blueprint for reparations to achieve these goals.
"You may write me down in history
With your bitter, twisted lies
You may trod me in the very dirt
But still, like dust, I’ll rise…"
—Scott Pelley quoting Maya Angelou’s poem
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-s...
“The fear to speak. In America?” CBS’ Scott Pelley asked. “If our government is—in Lincoln’s words—‘of the people, by the people and for the people’—then why are we afraid to speak?”
www.americaamerica.news/p/snapshot-s...
Happy Sunday! ☀️
Since COSTCO is my jam, I’m going to share some benefits many of us (members too) may not be aware of.
1) COSTCO Travel—offers members the ability to book destinations, hotels, and cruises through the club with serious deals that it passes along to members.
New brief out this morning with NELP, NYU Wagner Labor Initiative, Towards Justice, AELP, and @cljeharvard.bsky.social: "Quick fixes" for state policymakers to lock in worker protections at the state level to guard against federal rollbacks: www.nelp.org/insights-res...
Doing #FirstPageFriday? Take a minute to also nominate yourself for #TheGreyList25 (if you're over 40).
Have a #SpecScriptShoutout? You love the script - so, yake that next step and nominate them (again, if they're over 40.)
#scriptsky
LINK: www.bradmjohnson.com/the-grey-lis...
In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation.
In 2024, President-elect Trump threatens ‘Blue’ states that are, in essence, in defiance of the First and Second Confiscation Act
The Confiscation Acts nullified the Fugitive Slave Act and the Dred Scott Decision.
#BlackBookSky #BVM #WritingCommunity #Author #BookSky💙📚 #fantasy🪐📚
Congratulations to my CUNY Graduate Center colleagues for launching degree programs in Black, Race, and Ethnic Studies. Breaking new ground in New York City and beyond!
@thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @cuny.bsky.social
He also spoke of how further disparities contd w/ redlining, blockbusting & the GI bill, systematically creating poverty & the housing crisis disproportionately upon diverse populations to this day. Looking fwd to exploring these topics further in my upcoming writing projects. #nyu #nyusps #writing
used to destroy prosperous African American & diverse communities such as Seneca Village & San Juan Hill in NYC, Rondo in St. Paul, MN, & Oscarville in GA. 2/
Honored to interview Dr. Walter Greason @walterdgreason.bsky.social for my National Housing Crisis team research project at NYU School of Professional Studies @nyusps.bsky.social ! He discussed the racial wealth gap, stemming from long-term discriminatory housing policies, such as eminent domain 1/
