Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.

On August 6, 1965, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 was signed. Six decades after the most important federal statute protecting the right to vote was signed into law, advocates say, Black political power is hanging by a thread. capitalbnews.org/voting-right...

The goal is to unite to raise $2 million for a variety of organizations all over the city in 24 hours. baltimorebeat.com/baltimore-be...

OP-ED: Building community strength as federal budget cuts threaten food security baltimorebeat.com/op-ed-buildi...

Malcolm-Jamal Warner has died, according to multiple reports. He was 54

My sister Jonovia and mother Dominique produced this pivotal and important documentary, I’m Your Venus, directed by Kim Reed. Get that ass on Netflix and watch TEW DAY! Run it up! Please please share/RS!

Today's Planned Parenthood decision was a devasting blow to women, and it wasn't even about abortion. It was a devasting blow to civil rights, and it wasn't even about Civil Rights. It's one of the worst decisions from this SCOTUS, worse than you probably think. www.thenation.com/article/soci...

The former LSU standout’s death is part of a troubling rise in suicides among young Black men.

It's the latest big company to back away from its diversity pledges to keep the U.S. government happy.

As federal funding dries up, thousands risk losing their homes, safety, and community support. capitalbnews.org/section-8-ho...

Can confirm: Just spoke to him, and Barber and two others were, in fact, arrested. Story coming.

📌🌈♥️ Trevor Project has a 24/7 Suicide Hotline for LGBTQ+ Youth www.trevorproject.org/get-help/ Please share.

Trans Lifeline is a good place to direct resources if you’re looking to help here fuck everyone involved with this decision

SCOOP: An unsigned agreement between the US DOGE Service (USDS) and the Department of Labor (DOL), obtained by WIRED, calls for the DOL to reimburse the USDS up to $1.3 million for work done by four DOGE affiliates, or “a slightly different number,” over an 18-month period.

Mark my words and please understand: They erase your history so that they can erase your rights.

NEW: Thousands of CDC employees who worked on things like preventing HIV and lead poisoning have been told they were subject to a reduction in force. Experts say people will die.

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ICYMI: “Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed information about prominent Black, Hispanic and female service members and topics such as the Civil War from its website”…in order “to remove all references to diversity, equity and inclusion from its online presence.”

Please, please, if you report on this: the mandate to affirmatively further fair housing is literally codified in the Fair Housing Act of 1968 and neither Trump nor HUD can “repeal” this law. The rule defined how to enforce the law, but the law and obligation remain. www.yahoo.com/news/hud-sec...

I don’t understand why the president is allowed to spout nonsense about colonizing another country and the 25th amendment isn’t being invoked in addition to all the other horrors this is insane. It’s absolutely insane. It isn’t funny or even weird.

“Medical staff along the Uganda–DRC border have been terminated. Soldiers are everywhere. The laboratory built to deal with zoonotic diseases with US funding is empty,” says Tim Allen, a tropical-disease-control expert on the ground.

Primary the Democrats who voted to censure Al Green (Congressional district provided): Bera, CA, 6th Case, HI, 1st Costa, CA, 21st Gillen, NY, 4th Himes, CT, 4th Houlahan, PA, 6th Kaptur, OH, 9th Moskowitz, FL, 23rd Perez, WA, 3rd Suozzi, NY, 3rd

New internet restrictions at the embattled SSA have cut off access to WIRED, along with other “general news” websites like The Washington Post and The New York Times.

A 24-hour livestream of the truth.

Angie Stone, singer and member of the iconic hip hop trio The Sequence, has died at 63

Looks like tomorrow will bring votes on a Republican plan to fund tax cuts for the rich by slashing Medicaid. So this is a great time to contact your Member of Congress.

Fantastic piece by @adamserwer.bsky.social of the resegregation of America under Trump.