Views | The FY2027 budget proposal increases special education funding overall, but simultaneously cuts and restructures key equity-focused programs, ultimately undermining support for the most vulnerable students. (by @kioshana.bsky.social)

Finally saying the quiet part out loud, eh? 🙃

Why was a convicted felon allowed to vote in Florida elections when desantis made such a big deal about arresting felons who voted in past elections?

America is in such a shambles that people are actively rooting for TSA, an organization that normally has the same approval rating as athlete's foot.

Another Substack ditty, about that time I met @alexispauline.bsky.social (again!) and thoroughly enjoyed a lecture on June Jordan, Fannie Lou Hamer, and what it means to claim Home. Enjoy! ♥️

America does not now and has not ever given a single fuck about the lives of elementary schoolchildren, especially non-white children. Just ask the parents of the kids slaughtered in #Uvalde and #SandyHook. Ask the #RubyBridges and #GeorgeStinney

Wrote a new thing - half review, half diatribe. Aren’t y’all tired of begging people to give af about other people yet? Begging them to care about themselves? (You can prob tell where I land on these questions) #ECMCFFellow #BlackGirlResearcher #PhDJourney #WhatAboutOurChildren

COVID was conservatives announcing that they will never sacrifice anything for anyone else, not even to save the life of their own grandmas Sandy Hook/Uvalde was conservatives announcing we must sacrifice everything, even our children, for them and for their right to a large personal arsenal

Went on a date last weekend and (predictably) I have scholarly thoughts about it. Check out my latest on Substack! ♥️ #ECMCFFellow #WorkforceDevelopmentResearcher #SmartBlackGirl #AnotherWorldIsPossible

"Inclusion is not a disability service. Inclusion is a community responsibility. "We don’t need 'a community for them.' We need a world that makes room. Must-read from @openfuturelearning.bsky.social on the issues with "intentional communities": www.facebook.com/OpenFutureLe... #disability

Just submitted a manuscript to my first journal of 2026 - can’t wait to see what wonderful things this year brings my way! #ECMCFFellow #DoctoralScholar #PhDJourney #BlackWomenWritingInCanadaAndBeyond

Been a few weeks, but I’m taking a break from the end of the semester scrambled to drop a little original prose. Enjoy! #ECMCFFellow #doctoralstudent #doctoraljourney #PhDtypeStuff

🚨 HAPPENING NOW: PPAO Storytellers and Danielle Firsich, our Director of Public Policy, testify against HB 485—Ohio's Sex Ed Censorship Act. ⬇️

Kio, Storyteller: “As a mom, I oppose mandating materials from *any* advocacy group, regardless of whether or not I agree with their position – this kind of political maneuvering simply does not belong in public schools.”

(That’s me, y’all 🥰)

Something that jumped out to me about ProPublica's exposé on Paul Newby, chief justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court, was not just the extremes Republicans go to in order to capture the courts but the extremes to *keep the media from talking about it!* ballsandstrikes.org/legal-cultur...

In a way, I find the authoritarian takeover of our media system even more disturbing than the authoritarian takeover of our political system. Our political system has been failing basically my entire adult life. But, the media system provided accountability and sort of worked. Now it’s collapsing.

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Last call! | In our November 6 edition, we'll spotlight Native American History Month and the future of health sciences. We'll explore heritage, leadership, and access across #highered and healthcare. Be a part of this edition: bit.ly/4nSs4UZ

Here's my full breakdown of yesterday's voting rights case, where the Supreme Court will likely say that overrepresntation of whites in Congress is constitutionally mandated. My latest in @thenation.com www.thenation.com/article/poli...

Guaranteed basic income programs WORK - especially for mothers and their babies. Proud to be part of the team at Mothers Trust Alliance, working to bring a GBI program to life in central Ohio for Black parenting and pregnant people. 💚

Glad to be in the number 🥰❤️ #ECMCFFellow #DoctoralScholar #CTEResearcher #InclusionStillMatters #EquityStillMatters

This is the bright spot for the week, for sure. 💚

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

WATCH: "They are underwater across the board, and they know it. And that is causing them to double down in public. But it is backfiring. That is why—whether it's a shutdown, whether it's all of this—they want us to blink first. And we have too much to save," says AOC.

I hope the Congressional Dems know that no one outside of the MAGA-sphere blames them for not agreeing to gut Medicaid to keep the government open. But if any cave to the pressure without securing concessions, they should probably go ahead and pack it in because they’re 100% gonna be primaried.

IT'S OFFICIAL: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York State, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and New York City have formed the Northeast Public Health Collaborative. The collaborative will issue their own vaccine recommendations and coordinate public health efforts.

I want our young people to know that there is a path forward, that a better world is possible. I don't want them to give up, to become cynical. They deserve to be young and full of optimism. They are owed a world that supports and sustains optimism.

Here in Ohio, our local public schools are paying millions to bus kids to charter or private schools, while being forced to cut services to their own students because “school choice”. Here’s my take on why American individualism is ruining education in our country, and what we can do to stop it.

Vaccines don't cause autism. What does? Mostly genes. The number of people diagnosed with autism as screening has improved and the definition of autism has been expanded. www.nbcnews.com/health/healt...

I love this for them. I’m sad I don’t live there.

Another one for your lunchtime reading pleasure: on *Pedagogy of the Oppressed* and what it means for us as educators and freedom dreamers in the current moment. #ECMCFFellow #doctoralscholar #criticalhope #FreedomDreaming

No, President Trump. Forcing seniors with traditional Medicare to get prior approval from AI companies before they can receive the health care they need won’t make America healthy again. It will make AI companies even richer by denying care to seniors. DON’T CUT MEDICARE.

For 12 months, America had a limited proof of concept for universal healthcare, and it was so uniformly successful we had no choice but to obliterate our society

Seeing critiques of people at the CDC for leaving their positions and thereby leaving a post to be filled by unqualified & malicious leadership. One of the most important actions to resist authoritarian rule is to refuse to be suborned. See 2, 5, 8, 10, and 20: scholars.org/contribution...

Multiple CDC leaders have resigned in the wake of layoffs and a shooting at the agency’s headquarters this month.

No one ever seems to want to talk about how hard it is for parents to send their kids back to class the day after a school shooting. Here are a few of my rambling thoughts this morning. 😞

As kids return to school, another mass shooting has stolen young lives. Children shouldn’t fear their classrooms. Teachers shouldn’t risk their lives. Parents shouldn’t wonder if their kids will come home. We are the only country with more guns than people—and this is the devastating result.

Just read yet another account of elementary children being murdered at school come through my Breaking News feed, and honestly, I’ve gotta get my kids the fuck out of here. We deserve better than this. They deserve better than this. 😖

The Trump administration released a report last week outlining their vision for reimagining workforce development training in America - what does this mean for higher ed institutions as we continue to redefine the value proposition for a college degree? Read my thoughts below. #ECMCFFellow

Recently read #AnotherWorldisPossible by @natashakimiz.bsky.social - it is equal parts inspiring, challenging, hopeful, and actionable. It’s the perfect book for the current moment - highly recommend to the other freedom dreamers out there. Read my full review on Substack ❤️

LeVar Burton: literary hero! ❤️💪 magazine.1000libraries.com/levar-burton...

BREAKING: VETERAN'S BEGIN A SIT-IN IN WASHINGTON DC AND WON'T STOP UNTIL THE MILITARY LEAVES TOWN

WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK ARE WE DOING, AMERICA?!?!?!

It isn’t normal for a president to repeatedly threaten the use of military force against American citizens. Treating the National Guard as a political pawn disrespects those who serve and undermines public trust in our military.