The Radical King We Forgot: Why the 2026 Economic Divide is Exactly What He Warned About Beyond the Sanitized “Dream”: Confronting the Intersection of Modern Capitalism, Systemic Racism, and the Dangerous Comfort of the Moderate thelefthook.substack.com/p/the-radica...

As a teen, Claudette Colvin helped launch a movement for #EqualRights when she was arrested in 1955 for refusing to give up her seat to a white person on a #Montgomery bus, months before Rosa Parks did the same. #TheMarchContinues as we remember her life & legacy. Rest in power, Claudette Colvin 🕯️.

"All is lost" narratives are popular because people generally do not want to take action. Taking action is tiring so if all is lost, you are off the hook. Nothing is more seductive than not having to do anything.

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

“I have advocated, and I still advocate revolutionary change. I advocate an end to capitalist exploitation, the abolition of racist policies, the eradication of sexism, and the elimination of political repression. If that is a crime, then I am totally guilty.” - Assata Shakur

A Black police officer, David Rose, was shot and killed defending a federal government building last month, and he didn’t get a presidential medal or a congressional moment of silence. A white civilian, Charlie Kirk, is shot and killed on a college campus, and he did.

BREAKING: Congress just gave final approval on a budget bill that guts Medicaid, defunds Planned Parenthood, and supercharges funding for ICE. We the people will bear the brunt of these harmful policies — and we won’t forget who caused this devastation to our health, rights, and dignity.

In case you weren't on the classified Signal chat, tomorrow night at 7:30 at The Ice House in Pasadena it's New World Disorder with @reynoldsgareth.bsky.social , @mattlieb.bsky.social, @karindadobbins.bsky.social and @jessicasele.bsky.social. Tickets here: bit.ly/3GqsOQ0

The media has focused on wealthy, White neighborhoods. But the fire in Altadena--a racially and economically diverse suburb--deserves more attention, because insurance may not cover their rebuilding costs, forcing families out and leading the neighborhood to gentrify. www.reuters.com/world/us/far...

i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni