I should be sleeping but instead I'm up playing chess online and listening to Jill Scott's latest album- To Whom This May Concern.

Absolutely. Two weeks ago, I was at my local library and the staff were in a meeting about what to do if ICE enters the library and how to protect the patrons. Libraries are very important public institutions.

A couple of years ago I wanted to get into collage making. So, I brought a bunch of Ebony & Jet magazines. And, I found this one with Jesse Jackson on the cover. I saw a lot of photographs of Rev Jesse Jackson, but this one right here! Powerful, defiant, beautiful. RIP Rev Jesse Jackson

I have to get my life together, and it starts by buying a book shelf.

Moneta Sleet's photos should be much better know. But he worked mostly for Ebony, an African American magazine & so was ignored by taste-makers for much of his career. Just as importantly, he didn't own his archive. The magazine did, & it was a poor steward.

Happy Valentine's day to the lovers of justice and liberation.

"Peacefully fuck yourself"

There must be reckonings. www.aljazeera.com/features/202...

Did I mention that the PDF catalog of the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project's exhibition, Visions of Progress, is freely downloadable online? Over 10,000 people saw the show at UVA, then it went to the Black History Museum of Virginia. Now it's touring churches & schools. at.virginia.edu/vop-catalog

NEW: ProPublica went inside the detention center for immigrant families in Dilley, Texas. Children held there told us about the anguish of being ripped from their lives in the United States and the fear of what comes next.

Image popped into my head. I would like ICE to leave my neighbors alone. Call Spirit of Liberation (SOL) if you see these guys in Hudson County. Thanks.

The staffer

I'm currently playing Dispatch for Nintendo Switch 2. It's a combination of movie and video game. It's entertaining, funny, and action packed. 9/10

It's brick 🥶

The Dismantling of New Jersey City University (NJCU) is sad.

Bike JC stands in solidarity with our immigrant neighbors and those seeking refuge in Jersey City. We watched ICE’s activity in our city this week with horror when agents targeted hard-working people who use the 9th Street elevator to bring bikes between Hoboken and Jersey City Heights.

This is everything. 🖤🖤

If you see ICE in Jersey City, please call these numbers. These folks can also help families if folks are snatched. 🙏

Did my first ever horse show and came out with 4th and 6th place in my classes! Really proud of myself and happy to be representing the melanated equestrian girlies in the ring 💁🏽‍♀️✨💖

Ivan McClellan | Eight Seconds 'Eight Seconds: Black Rodeo Culture', the first book by Ivan McClellan, offers an inside look at Black cowboy culture across the United States in the 21st century, creating a bridge between present and past through sports, community, and love of the land.

I should be sleeping but instead I'm up playing chess online and listening to Joel Ross' latest album- Gospel Music.

I believe 90% of teachers who work for Jersey City public schools don't live in the city. So, when it comes down to schools being closed for a couple of days post winter storm. Think about teachers calling out from work because of the difficulty getting into the city. But, wait there's more...

...use-of-force. Force of habit. Of nature. Force feed. Force down. Force his hand. Force in line. Full force. By force. Show of force. Brute force. Blunt force to be reckoned with. Force a smile. As law enforcement turns out in force. To force open your door. Nicole Sealey

I know all eyes are on Minneapolis, but there's a fast-approaching nightmare in Springfield, Ohio. Trump is revoking protected status for tens of thousands of Haitians living there on Feb. 3. Reportedly, on Feb. 4, 1000 ICE agents are arriving to remove this population. Ethnic cleansing.

ICE are alllll over Harlem right now, 116 & Frederick Douglass, checking IDs and targeting the area’s African community. Multiple people have been detained. Community members are advising folks to carry citizenship documents - or stay away if they are at risk

"If the Minnesota resistance has an overarching ideology, you could call it “neighborism”—a commitment to protecting the people around you, no matter who they are or where they came from."

Imagine a world without a budget for law enforcement.

I'm sorry, I had to turn off One Battle After Another. 😩

As tens of thousands across America protest the violence that ICE sows with impunity, federal agents shot and killed another person in Minneapolis today.

ICE terrorizes our cities. ICE puts us all in danger. Abolish ICE.

This is a beautiful photograph of Alex Pretti. May he rest in peace. 🕊❤️

Monsters

In the words of @johnedwinmason.bsky.social "Sometimes a photo does tell you just about all you need to know."

This is ridiculous. Also, keep in mind the policing. And the over-policing of people of color that use e-bikes.

Faith Ringgold’s 201O portrait of Martin Luther King Jr., currently on display at Jack Shainman Gallery at 46 Lafayette St in New York City. #BlackArt #MLKDay #MLKJr #NYC

“I’m still shaking from the aftermath” Racial profiling is all they do (H/T @somalisnaps )

"How can I begin to explain this to the kids, that the state they live in has become a monster?" Prophet Song A novel by Paul Lynch

Sometimes a photo does tell you just about all you need to know.

The devalue of the Noble Peace Prize.

We really don't have to live like this.

Self portrait. 2025 Photograph by me.

today I spent the day discussing photography, types of propaganda, and the Black freedom struggle with 100 young people. I'm exhausted but also proud to support young people in learning about our history, interpretating our present, and imagining our futures.

Comrade card for eternity.

It's no joke. And it's not just Virginia. Wear a mask. bsky.app/profile/duqu...

For your information: Jersey City Medical Center is overflowing with people sick from covid, flu, and rsv. Also, keep in mind, it's the only hospital in city now that Christ hospital permanently closed.

I haven't shared photographs on this app in awhile. I might have to change that.

Please, can Jersey City and Newark government do this for route 1&9 connecting New Jersey's two largest cities together and making it safe for pedestrians and cyclists.

The diagnosis is imperialism.

I left and never went back because I'm afraid I will turn into a pillar of salt.