"This is the psychology of white innocence. It’s a self-image built on goodness that can’t metabolize accountability without converting it into injury..." Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

"Unlike other tools that try to patch the harm after it happens, Justice AI prevents bias at the source... The result is the first dataset in the world designed not to replicate colonial patterns, but to actively counter them..." Janice Asare ft. Christian Ortiz: www.forbes.com/sites/janice...

"Curiosity without consequence is privilege. And understanding without change is indulgence." Chad Deshawn: open.substack.com/pub/iamchadd...

"You are not born white. You are taught how to perform it. You are taught who to avoid, who to fear, who to trust, and who to step over. That teaching is not just cultural. It is structural..." Christian Ortiz: open.substack.com/pub/christia...

"That’s why I say the miracle isn’t the march itself, it’s that we still believe enough to show up. But god help us if we confuse the look of liberation with the labor of it..." Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

"If fascism is the machinery of forgetting, then resistance is the labor of remembrance..." Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...

"Fascism never swaggers in calling itself fascism and it doesn’t wave a swastika at the start. It comes cloaked in patriotism, wrapped in the flag, quoting scripture, saluting discipline, and demanding sacrifice." Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

Newsom: “If any California University signs this radical agreement, they’ll lose billions in state funding... California will not bankroll schools that sell out their students, professors, researchers, and surrender academic freedom.” www.latimes.com/california/s...

Shame on LMU's board for denying faculty union recognition, disputing "shared values" with it, & using the religious exemption as a tactical shield. Also, the deciders should check their notes on what the last couple of Popes had to say on the subject. Gallegos/EdSource: edsource.org?page_id=741169

"But we also need to shine a light on the way the City of Los Angeles is showing the nation what will end the abuses of power and Presidential overreach we are suffering..." Rev. Barber et al.: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

"Dr. Goebbels mentions that they made political witticisms about the colonial problem, the four-year plan, and Chancellor Hitler's Monumental building program--and one of them even raised the question of whether there is any humor left in Germany today..." New York Times (Feb. 4, 1939)

"What happens to public education when state policy seeks to restrict learning and talking about some American communities, experiences, and topics?" Pollock, Yoshikawa, et al., h/t Ali Michael: steinhardt.nyu.edu/ihdsc/limita...

"They might know personal things about their grandpappy, their siblings or their next-door neighbors. But, because they suffer from what I call 'the privilege of individuality,' they know very little about themselves..." Michael Harriot: substack.com/@michaelharr...

"The tears over the logo ain’t really about nostalgic branding. They’re about white fragility and the frantic defense of symbols that anchor a mythic Jim‑Crow past..." Dr. Stacey Patton: substack.com/@drstaceypat...

"Because to ask 'Who are your people?' is not merely to ask about bloodlines or family reunions. It is to interrogate the spirit of one’s allegiances... Who do you conspire with when the door closes? Who do you allow to shape the geography of your hope?" Saint Trey W: substack.com/@sainttreyw/...

"I may agree with a parent’s point of view—and still be able to recognize bad faith strategies for communicating that view. I may disagree with a parent’s point of view—but appreciate the good faith with which they communicate it..." Dr. Ali Michael: open.substack.com/pub/alimicha...

"We must create an atmosphere of expertise about birthright citizenship, and about the 14th Amendment, and about its significance in our lives..." Sherrilyn Ifill: open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

"...because here’s the thing: every time the system failed, we did not..." Saint Trey W: iansamag.com/2025/08/04/f...

"But unless the Progressive Education movement wishes to change its name to the Contemplative Education movement, the Goodwill Education movement, or the Hopeful Education movement, it should go further..." - George Counts, 1932 talkcurriculum.wordpress.com/wp-content/u...

"And I think: this is the kind of memory that lives in the body forever. A sensory gospel etched into his skin..." Follow/subscribe @drstaceypatton.bsky.social: substack.com/@drstaceypat...

"But you are not a passive participant. You are a human being with agency, responsibility, and power. The system may have made you white, but you have the choice to become whole again. That’s what this piece is about: not guilt, not erasure, but return..." Ortiz: open.substack.com/pub/christia...

"We dreamed of a space where banned books are read on purpose, where we don’t shy away from hard history, and where our families don’t have to code-switch or constantly explain their existence..." Fassler, Truthout: truthout.org/articles/bla...

Happy Birthday, James Baldwin! 🙌🏻

Thank you Jules! Thank you Annie! 🥰😢🥰

"The algorithm, like the lash, does not ask you your name. It does not care for your dreams. It scans your skin and assigns a probability...This is not innovation—it is a remix of control..." Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...

"There are so many actions universities can take to address antisemitism; but adopting the IHRA definition is not one of them, and instead interrupts movement toward solidarity while handing over more power to authoritarians..." Rasmussen, Truthout: truthout.org/articles/col...

"I imagined that we who celebrated the students would be sending our students into a world that embraced their fullest humanity. But then, I also imagined a world where they would join us in a broader collective coalition to do just that..." @thejosevilson.com: thejosevilson.com/getting-beyo...

"This is for anyone who has ever been gaslit by a syllabus. For anyone who’s ever felt stupid for not swooning over a sentence that made you feel nothing. This is your permission slip to ask: Wait… what exactly are we praising here?" Dr. Stacey Patton: open.substack.com/pub/drstacey...

Teachers were more likely in 2025 than similar working adults to report experiencing poor well-being on every indicator—a consistent pattern since 2021. www.rand.org/pubs/researc...

"This Court now intervenes to grant the Government emergency relief from an order it has repeatedly defied. I cannot join so gross an abuse of the Court’s equitable discretion..." Justices Sotomayor et al, dissenting: www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

"Trump has no Congressional approval to attack Iran. No U.N. resolution. No imminent threat. This strike is a violation of Article I of the U.S. Constitution, which grants war powers to Congress, not the executive. Yet here we are..." Qasim Rashid, Esq: open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

"As Tulsi Gabbard, the top intelligence official in President Donald Trump’s administration, has testified, U.S. intelligence officials have not found evidence of Iran moving toward a nuclear weapon..." truthout.org/articles/iae...

"We affirm that justice delayed is justice denied—and that we will not wait another century for what is rightfully owed. We stand with our Black neighbors, not just in memory, but in movement... A solemn and powerful Juneteenth to you & yours..." Qasim Rashid, Esq: open.substack.com/pub/qasimras...

"I hope it is obvious that the allegations that DEI is antisemitic are coming from the same people who are trying to destroy both democracy and DEI, under the ruse of fighting antisemitism..." Ali Michael, PhD: open.substack.com/pub/alimicha...

"It's such a beautiful pole." 🤡

"We need a politic that can hold our grief without branding it. That can hold our joy without extracting it. That can hold our contradictions without criminalizing them. That can hold our lives like they matter. Because they do..." - Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...

"Unlike cynicism, hopefulness is hard-earned, makes demands upon us, and can often feel like the most indefensible and lonely place on earth. Hopefulness is not a neutral position. It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism..." Nick Cave: youtu.be/cFM4GVl-WqI

"In Daniel's ancient story, the three young men are thrown into a fiery furnace for their refusal to bow. But they are not consumed by the flames. Instead, the people witness a fourth figure walking with them through the fire..." Rev. Barber: open.substack.com/pub/ourmoral...

"Nonviolent protests are twice as likely to succeed as armed conflicts--and those engaging a threshold of 3.5% of the population have never failed to bring about change..." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

"Earlier this week Donald Trump called for a second civil war at a US military base. This scenario can be resisted and prevented, if we have the courage to listen, interpret, and act. And this Saturday we will have the occasion to act..." Tim Snyder: open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

SURJ, “A National Call to Action: White People Against ICE! Our Role in Showing Up in Solidarity” (Wed, 7pm EDT) www.mobilize.us/surj/event/8...

"There are days I wonder if God is just watching from a distance, not out of indifference, but exhaustion. And then I remember: we are the only hands God has left..." Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...

"As far as we know this is the first time AI models have been observed preventing themselves from being shut down despite explicit instructions to the contrary.” www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

"Progress will not be a return to the polite violence of neoliberalism dressed up as civility. It cannot be..." Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...

"Are DEI and pluralism mutually exclusive or mutually interdependent...?" Important think piece from Ali Michael, PhD: open.substack.com/pub/alimicha...

"And whenever I'm challenged, whenever things are not going well, I've discovered that the answer always lies in returning to the radical idea of treating children like people..." Teacher Tom: teachertomsblog.blogspot.com/2025/05/what...

"Rest assured, the laws and regulations that protect against discrimination are well-established, and we will continue to follow them exactly as interpreted by those currently gutting them..." McSweeneys: www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/our...

"The provision..demands that 'no state or political subdivision may enforce any law or regulation regulating AI models, AI systems, or automated decision systems during the 10-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act.'" Hester, Marcus et al www.lawfaremedia.org/article/on-a...

"Malcolm never stopped growing... he transformed publicly, painfully, beautifully. He taught us that changing one’s mind is not a weakness, it’s a kind of resurrection. A refusal to let dogma become coffin..." Saint Trey W: open.substack.com/pub/sainttre...

"It means Black freedom and Latin American resistance have always been linked. It means Afro-Latino history matters. It means that solidarity across borders has shaped our liberation stories more than we’ve been taught to believe..." Ernest Crim III: open.substack.com/pub/mrcrim3/...