Worth watching the story or reading the transcript www.cbsnews.com/news/amy-she...

I'm on Substack! Trying something new. All about trying to provide uplift. Take a look at my first post for Intermittent Inspiration. substack.com/@sufiyasa/no... I would be so honored.

You ever start reading something that you can't put down, even though you have other books you're supposed to be reading and no time to fit more lives and more perspectives in but you do anyway? That's a good book.

Look at your girl, inspiring the masses. pridepublishinggroup.com/2025/09/10/b...

Yes, Cherry Tree is open for submissions. Please submit your Creative Nonfiction!

Woohoo!

Israeli strikes on a hospital in southern Gaza have killed at least 20 people, including five journalists, according to the Gaza health ministry and the media organisations the journalists worked for news.sky.com/story/five-j...

Heading into the nation's militarized zone. Going to work in DC today. Wish me luck.

Israel kills multiple journalists in Gaza, including prominent Al Jazeera reporters: “The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza,” Al Jazeera said after the attack.

So they don’t dance no more in clubs. And under 40s making music and so called bangers. The answer is make MOVEMENT MUSIC .. for new designed skating rinks . Dope sound systems, screens and DJs and MCs across the world. By Aug 1 my 65 ill be skating back to trick form after 2-3 more get downs lets

No wonder people don't understand how I can be from Nassau. SMH. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/11/n...

Trump compliments Liberian leader's English www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... *President Joseph Boakai politely laughed, but avoided mentioning that English is the official language of Liberia — a nation founded by African Americans*

205 freshmen? That's sad. Small colleges start to feel claustrophobic with such low enrollment. It's a beautiful campus with people making a valuable contribution to the community. St. John’s College to Cut Staff and Costs as Enrollment Declines - Eye On Annapolis share.google/USjb4mzYlWE8...

I’ve been preparing for my upcoming How to Write an Essay Collection seminar class, and I’m honestly excited for this Sunday. The class meets in two sessions, is recorded if you’re unable to attend at the time for some reason, and has ASL interpreters. www.theshipmanagency.com/classes/craf...

@faiz.bsky.social just described a tension that sometimes exists in my family. My brother and I are professors. Another brother and our dad are electricians. We're all intelligent so don't look down on each other. But having the summers off while my brother works nights may stir some hard feelings.

As a relatively young black woman amongst colleagues who may be none of those things, I am familiar with the kind of rebuke that Justice Jackson got for using her voice. It may sting but it's not going to stop her from speaking. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/05/u...

The domestic policy bill championed by President Trump calls for cutting $295 billion in federal spending over the next decade from SNAP, according to the Congressional Budget Office. New York City food banks aren’t sure how they will survive.

Love this. Just what I needed to see.

I'm moderating a reading with the phenomenal Kristina R. Gaddy at Loyalty Books on Thursday. We will talk research and nonfiction storytelling and abolition. Hope you can make it!

It's his new shoes. Three times in the 2 weeks since he got them? What's up?

I participated in a reading of writers from the African diaspora on Juneteenth, and it was the warmest, most inviting gathering of exceptional black talent that I've been involved in, in a while. Big ups to Kinsman Avenue Publishing for putting together the Black Butterfly anthology and its reading!

Juneteenth reading tomorrow night. Here's the link: www.kinsmanquarterly.org/events

Looking forward to celebrating Juneteenth on Thursday. Here's something I'll be doing:

Uh, 3 prominent Dems--Weingarten, Hogg, and Jean-Pierre--quitting the committee or the party in as many weeks is not a good sign.

“Now is the perfect opportunity to be taking risks—using your voice as a writer, a designer, a journalist, or whatever you want to be,” Ibrahim says. “With the world being so unpredictable, I think people want to hear and see people [risking something].” racketmn.com/hawwaa-ibrah...

I could hear him say "Sen. Alex Padilla" pretty clearly. The strong-arming was completely uncalled for.

Such a loss. RIP. www.nytimes.com/2025/06/04/m...

Increasing tensions, is that not the motto of this administration? No surprise here.

Islamophobia should be called out for what it is. As should ignorance and hate, which politicians now think it's in style to fashion. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

"Denouncing Biden’s run now ⁠that he’s a political nonentity⁠—out of office and perhaps very near death⁠—isn’t taking a brave stand against the internal culture of the Democratic Party. It’s a reflection of it"

The Knicks were on some real Knick isht tonight. Losing the game after a double-digit lead? I had flashbacks to my Knick-watching childhood. SMH.

2 WEEKS LEFT! Do you have a 60-100pg • mini short story collection • flash non/fiction collection • set of lyric essays • single sustained narrative that isn't "full-length book size" but you know it's ready for prime time ? Send us your book before June 1! splitlippress.submittable.com

Ben of Ben & Jerry’s *arrested* after confronting RFK Jr. & Congress: "They need to let food into Gaza. They need to let food to starving kids! Congress is paying to bomb poor kids in Gaza, and paying for it by kicking poor kids off Medicaid in the US!"

Talking to my colleagues yesterday about reading and they were taken aback that I read mostly nonfiction. Memoirs, yes, but also biographies, essay collections, criticism, historical narratives, books on spirituality & religion. I'm not weird that I find this all engaging. I'm a nonfiction professor

Ooh, looking forward to reading this.

Nobody asked me, but I think Kamala Harris should run for California governor and think about another presidential bid at some later time. Leadership is needed now. I don't see the benefit of sitting on the sidelines when she can start making change, in a hugely important state, sooner not later.

Summer is nearly upon us. And with it comes the publication of Black Butterfly: Voices of the African Diaspora, a multi-genre anthology celebrating global blackness and featuring an essay by...me! www.kinsmanquarterly.org/product-page... Available for pre-order.

Tomorrow!

I don't know about this squashing of beef, but I'm glad they can agree to move past it and be respectful of each other maybe just for that night. www.cbssports.com/nba/news/sha...

The War and Treaty's interview with Jenn White is so inspirational. Their story of overcoming struggle and finding music in each other--and just hearing Michael Trotter talk about his wife Tonya Blount Trotter--speaks to the power of purpose and love. the1a.org/segments/the...

Bookmark found in one of the books I'm reading now. Appreciation of the arts can't be taken for granted and must be heralded by those who understand and believe in art's power to uplift.

At a high school visit today, a student asked me what compels me to write and I said rage. "One look at the headlines and I want write my existence onto paper when so many are trying to deny it."

For several years in a row, I've raised my blood pressure trying to convince people--both white and black--that Black History Month is worth celebrating. I'm calm now. And Black History Month is more worthwhile than ever. My biggest contribution to documenting us so far: HEIR to the CRESCENT MOON.

I seem to be in shock at every moment of every day now. Latest disbelief: press secretary showing a photo of the destruction Israel caused in Gaza and acting like the place being uninhabitable wasn't by design. Apocalyptic she called it.