May the Fourth be with YOU, from the Obama Presidential Center. Opening June 19.

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I often hear people say, ‘My city has always been like this, and there’s no way we can get rid of these urban motorways”. Time and again, we’ll show that it is possible when there’s a vision and the political will to bring about change. Paris has done it ✅ So, let’s get started 💪🏼

Callais will be remembered alongside Dred Scott and Plessy Decisions the court got catastrophically wrong Decisions eventually overturned The arc of the moral universe doesn't bend toward justice on its own We have to bend it That work starts now -TN

My latest @npr.org story: The Supreme Court has paved the way for the largest-ever drop in representation by Black members of Congress by weakening Voting Rights Act protections against racial discrimination in redistricting www.npr.org/2026/04/30/n...

So many people urge us to vote if we are dissatisfied with our democracy. And yes voting matters. But as today’s Supreme Court ruling tells us, it’s not that simple. Not everyone who should have the right to vote can exercise that right.

John Lewis was beaten with clubs wrapped in barbed wire on the Edmund Pettus Bridge fighting for voting rights. Today’s SCOTUS decision takes the sacrifice and fight of all who marched before us and throws it away. We must keep marching — too many have fought too hard to give up.

American Black women now have fewer voting rights and reproductive rights than their mothers did at the same age. Progress isn’t a straight line, indeed.

I say it again and again: Because we don’t learn the real history of this country, we do not understand what this country is capable of. After 1870, 22 Black men served in Congress. By 1901, because of racist SCOTUS rulings, electoral coups and election cheating and violence, there were none.

Justice Kagan: "I dissent. The Voting Rights Act is—or, now more accurately, was—'one of the most consequential, efficacious, and amply justified exercises of federal legislative power in our Nation's history.'

Don't think I've ever seen @rickhasen.bsky.social this angry. "The Supreme Court itself has shown itself to be the enemy of democracy. [Democrats] have to consider reform of the Supreme Court itself, a conclusion I had been resisting until the court made this unavoidable." slate.com/news-and-pol...

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Ninth Grader Demi Johnson receives National Geographic award for plan to save Mississippi's oyster reef population. The ninth grader has produced 1,100 oysters that will in turn spawn millions of larvae into the ecosystem, a huge ecological impact

What are some of the small, seemingly inconsequential moments in your life that guided you to your profession? My answers below:

This copy is so frustrating to read. It should be "an American born in Argentina" and "an American born in Nigeria."

Recently, the accrediting body for U.S. medical schools quietly published updated standards that no longer explicitly require med schools to teach about health equity. In my piece, I argue that this rollback harms us all & that medical schools have an obligation to keep teaching this content.

Reporter: What do you make of Republicans saying that Virginia— AOC: Wah wah wah. We have asked Republicans for 10 years to ban partisan gerrymandering. And for 10 years, Republicans have said no. What they’re just mad at is that they have been accustomed to a Democratic Party that rolls over.

My hope is that we can collectively agree: No one should feel like they have to die on the job -- passing the torch to the next generation with dignity and grace is fundamental to the definition of good leadership.

The number of NIH competitive awards is down 50% from 2025, and down ~70% from prior years. Even if they catch up by the end of the year, only wealthy institutions can bridge these huge funding gaps.They're killing science-and violating the constitution-by weaponizing the bureaucracy

People tend to forget to add alt text. To help with this Bluesky has a setting. Go to Settings > Accessibility, and turn on "Require alt text before posting." And you will never forget to add alt text again. 5/7

A brief thread on alt-text. Alt text is descriptive text that conveys the meaning of an image. It's designed to make visual content accessible to people with vision disabilities. When a person uses assistive technology such as a screen reader, the screen reader will read the onscreen text aloud 1/7

Our paper, “The Politics of Black Classification: Sociopolitical Cues and Racial Perception” (w/ Lauren Davenport & @hrendleman.bsky.social), has been conditionally accepted at Perspectives on Politics! Sharing abstract below. Long time coming, but we are really proud of this paper. More soon!

I've been in training full time for the past 12 years. I need one of these grants to start my academic career. The current administration could support my research for the next millennium with a small fraction of what they have stolen from the American people.

I hate when people feel like they gotta get American names. If they can say Roethlisberger, they can say Adebayo.

Mayor Mamdani will not attend the Met Gala, this year being sponsored by Jeff Bezos and his wife. An individual ticket for the event costs $75,000. He says he wants to keep the focus on "“affordability & making the most expensive city in the United States affordable.” www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...

Big companies wouldn’t have their billions without us. We’re doing the work, we deserve pay we can live on. Simple as that.

Link: www.inquirer.com/opinion/edit...

TODAY: Folks in Texas are protesting the Dilley ICE detention center, demanding the Trump administration shut it down. Signs read: NO KIDS IN CAGES.

This is Ricky. He was a runner-up in a pet photographer's "My Fabulous Weirdo" competition. Unfortunately when you are this fabulous, it can be very hard for the weird to shine through. 14/10 #SeniorPupSaturday (IG: portraitsofdogs)

"She tutored the activists on immunology and virology and schooled them in the intricacies of the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process and pharmaceutical research protocols." [Gift article] www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/h...

And here’s a gift link to the remarkable story about the FBI Director from @theatlantic.com. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

I really don't like this 25A medicalization talk. "Fail a mental fitness test"? That frames this as if it's some unproven possibility of a particular mental illness, which is totally irrelevant. I don't care what boxes he checks in the DSM-5. That he's unfit for office is not a medical diagnosis.

Moreover, there is no such thing as a single "mental fitness test" that tells you if somebody should be removed from public office, because that's not a question for doctors. It's not their job. It's a question for our elected representatives, they're the only ones who can make that decision.

Takano has the power to initiate the process for Trump's removal! If you really truly believe he should be, the answer is impeachment. It's not the 25th Amendment. Pretending it's up to Vance and the Cabinet is a complete dodge. The body that matters here is the one Takano has a vote in, not RFK.

Dr. Rümeysa Öztürk has returned to Türkiye after completing her Ph.D. program in child study and human development. Last year, her life was disrupted when ICE targeted her unlawfully with detention and deportation in retaliation for an op-ed she co-wrote in support of Palestinian human rights.

You are most likely the protester you are looking for, if you can't find them.

Dr. Cerina Fairfax is remembered as a mentor and community leader as officials call attention to the broader impact of domestic gun violence toward Black women

dr. schwartz is the first african american woman to be nominated or appointed to lead the nation's public health agency.

Two cheers for @peterbakernyt.bsky.social and the @nytimes.com. I’ll give them a third if this recognition of Trump’s mental imbalance is reflected in their coverage going forward. presswatchers.org/2026/04/new-...

In her recent article, Caity Weaver chronicles her journey to identify the the best free restaurant bread in America. She lands on one loaf in Philadelphia.

abigail spanberger is out here canceling tax breaks for confederate groups and getting rid of confederate license plates and i for one think this is absolutely wonderful for the centrist wing of the democratic party www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u... www.13newsnow.com/article/news...

Yessssss www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/u...

The massive Orban defeat should prompt Dems to align themselves more firmly with anti-fascist and pro-democracy forces abroad. There's a powerful link to be drawn between the celebrations in Budapest and the confrontations with ICE in Minneapolis. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2090...

“I thought it was me as a doctor” is such a childish lie that the media’s refusal to call it that and drive in circles to say “trump denied it was an image of jesus and said he thought it was a doctor” is an implicit admission that they will never truthfully report on trump for the rest of his life