“The jury only deliberated 67 minutes before returning a verdict of not guilty. One juror later said: "We wouldn't have taken so long if we hadn't stopped to drink pop." calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

“The collaboration is a rebuke of the Trump administration and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s efforts to dramatically reshape the federal government’s public health apparatus.” newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/09/18/h...

Because American chattel slavery, that peculiar institution made famous in this HOT and SEXY SUCCESSFUL country was certainly a 400 year walk in the park. ****** Trump Says Smithsonian Focuses Too Much on ‘How Bad Slavery Was’ www.nytimes.com/2025/08/19/u...

If you are so inclined, please learn more about President Trump's Executive Order targeting the Smithsonian and its National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) - and sign the SOS (Save Our Smithsonian) petition launched by a group of Black lawyers. www.americashistorysos.org

The leadership of the Democratic party is not anti-fascist. I think that it's helpful to keep this in mind at all times.

www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/779593... Happy to announce that my next book, a collection of my work at the New Yorker, will hit shelves on October 14th. More information about events to come shortly!

I know there’s a whole world on fire out there. It’s still a good time for me to tell you - we don’t do blue jolly ranchers around here. Don’t even have support groups for folks kicking the habit. As per Harriet Tubman’s email, we’re just leaving you behind.

Yeah. If you’re ever in Brooklyn near Weeksville, stop over at Kingsborough Houses. This restoration reminds me of what Marian Wright Edelman used to tell advocates often: “ Justice, yes - and beauty. Children deserve beauty.” citylimits.org/frieze-by-fa...

Spent some time with my college roomie and Soror last week. A prayer of gratitude before I go to sleep. For strength showing up in softness. For joy defying despair. Defying! For the sacred friendship of Black women - laughing through grief, dreaming, still… I give God thanks.

If blood be the price of Liberty - If blood be the price of Liberty - If blood be the price of Liberty - Lord God, we have paid in full. The Crisis Magazine December 1910

The Department of Justice hired a former Jan. 6 defendant who was caught on tape urging rioters to "kill" police. The department calls him a "valued member" of the administration.

Go here to look up your PBS member station: www.pbs.org/stations/ Go here to look up your NPR member station: www.npr.org/stations/ Make a donation. Get your friends and family to make a donation.

I just visited the website for UK’s @covidmemorialwall.bsky.social So moving…. “It’s a place of understanding, where everyone has felt heartache….” www.nationalcovidmemorialwall.org

I can’t delete names from my address book and here’s why: GRIEF SUCKS. My congregation lost so many people to COVID in the first year of the pandemic. Enough to fill two sections of the sanctuary’s balcony. Their voices, stories, laughter, love….

I don’t know what you are dealing with today, what you’re carrying. I do know this. You deserve love, family, friends, meaning, rest, purpose, and peace. Keep fighting. Keep being human. ✊🏾

Libraries raised me. Libraries are third spaces. Libraries are so much more than just books… libraries are community. Libraries teach us, encourage us to come together in joy, to come together to help our neighbors. Libraries know there are times where we turn up the volume on our library voice 💚

May the ancestors give @sifill.bsky.social all the strength and peace. What a voice! open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

I think the idea that “The President is simultaneously an institution beyond the reach of criminal law and also a private person who can file $10 billion defamation suits when he dislikes a news article” is not very sensible.

If you are in Brooklyn - Bed Stuy - find some time to explore the Free Black Women’s Library. You’re welcome. #BlackWomen www.thefreeblackwomenslibrary.com/books-by-bla...

Again I say…. Butter and sugar belong on grits….

“In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders agree that there’s no glory to be found in this legislation…the ravenous greed at the core of this law threatens to devour the poor.” @esaumccaulley.bsky.social

Bare Minimum Friday. BMF Try to take it as easy as you can today if you can. If it can wait until Monday, let it.

Discovery of 178-Year-Old Baptist Antislavery Document Elates Faith Leaders www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/u...

Healing-centered leaders listen. youtube.com/shorts/fEbE8...

Wake Forest Divinity School Bill J. Leonard Distinguished Service Award No words - just a remix on W.E.B. Du Bois' "Prayer for Persistence" "Yet with joy – the prayer of our souls is a petition for persistence; not for the one good deed, not just for our single lives, or the one single thought –…

What is your imagination for a healed future? @auburnseminary.bsky.social @presoutlook.bsky.social youtube.com/shorts/L-IpA...

I enjoyed this conversation and it broke my heart open even more. Big visions and charisma notwithstanding, leaders who don’t pursue their own healing & strengthen accountability to community will always compromise the hope of justice. Where are you grounded? pcusa.org/news-storyte...

My favorite people giving me hope @auburnseminary.bsky.social @patrickreyes.bsky.social @revemmaj.bsky.social The video is spectacular and moved me to tears. Keep making your special kind of magic!

Hope-full. youtu.be/ZByENDDYlfM?...

Crowds protesting billionaire Elon Musk’s purge of the U.S. government under President Donald Trump began amassing outside Tesla dealerships throughout the U.S. and in some cities in Europe on Saturday. apnews.com/article/elon...

What to read with young children? The children's picture book, "That Flag," by Tameka Fryer Brown @tamekafryerbrown.bsky.social, illus. by Nikkolas Smith @4nikkolas.bsky.social Helps readers recognize and critique the Lost Cause narrative. #TeachTruth ⬇️ www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

What to teach? Check out "How We Remember" based on "How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America" by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social The lesson is free to download on link ⬇️. Also see stories from teachers who've used it. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/ho...

What to watch this weekend? In light of the admin's EO to erase the truth about U.S. history in museums, historic sites, monuments, & the zoo -- we recommend "The Neutral Ground" by C. J. Hunt on the fight over Confederate monuments & the Lost Cause narrative. www.zinnedproject.org/materials/th...

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“On March 26, 1944, a group of white men brutally lynched the Rev. Isaac Simmons, a Black minister/farmer, and stole his land in Amite County, Mississippi. The lynchers stole the land and were never convicted for their crimes.” calendar.eji.org/racial-injus...

This is blood-boiling. Charles Rogers was awarded the Medal of Honor in Vietnam after being wounded three times leading the defense of a position. Google his name and the entry below comes up. When you click, you'll see the page has been deleted and the URL changed to include "DEI medal."

“If we fully lose democracy in this country, it will be because the most privileged among us refused to accept the responsibility to speak out, to say “no more,” and to lead.” @sifill.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/sherrily...

Grateful to provide the Russel Lectures at Tufts University with @revemmaj.bsky.social we talked about #love and #leadingwithlove in these times, drawing on our traditions and cultures! Follow us at auburnseminary.org to see some exciting updates on how to join our work!

People can believe whatever they want to believe. People cannot force their beliefs on anyone else. Period. www.theintelligencer.net/opinion/loca...

Research is recovering the stories of Black women suffragists who fought to expand voting rights to all. Explore the list. Some years ago, I found long forgotten stories of the suffragists who were members of my church. What a blessing… #blackwomen documents.alexanderstreet.com/c/1007600702