Historian of abolition here, history tells us how we got here, to put it succinctly “John Brown was hanged for treason and Robert E. Lee was not.”

One side is like “can we disenfranchise all the Black voters by this weekend” and the other is like gotta follow the rules that govern the rules that control the rulebook

Heartfelt congrats to Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social! His #novel, DEFIANT ACTS, has been named the 2025 Winner of the Friends of American Writers Award! 🎉🎉🎉 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

Congrats to Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social whose #novel, DEFIANT ACTS, is a #ForewordINDIE Finalist in the category of #fiction (multicultural)! 🎉🎉🎉 press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe; and I am beginning to suspect that whoever is incapable of recognizing this may be incapable of morality.” James Baldwin

A reminder to the news media: “conflicting accounts” is what you say BEFORE the incontrovertible video evidence appears. After that, your job is to ask why one side is lying, not to repeat the lie and pretend no one knows the truth.

they're executing moms and nurses in the street. they're using preschoolers as bait. they're stealing people's dads and grandmas and children. they're tear gassing babies. they're staking out schools. there is no remedy but abolition. any proposal that doesn't start there is an act of violence.

The depth of the shame of a country this wealthy and abundant allowing its people to go hungry is impossible to measure. The fact that a handful of people could fix this by paying their fair share of taxes while still remaining obscenely wealthy makes it even worse.

My latest. "Do not allow your values to be captured and contained behind a screen in a cycle of inactive reaction. Jailbreak your cynicism and isolation, and escape your devices. Bring your hope, rage, and potential into the world."

Mark your calendars, #Cincinnati! Thurs, Oct. 16 | 6:00pm! The Mercantile Library. THREE Acre Authors, One Evening: with @thejs3.bsky.social, Brock Clarke & @btrapperkeeper.bsky.social! Link for details! 🎉🎉🎉 #fiction #booksky 📚🖊️ www.mercantilelibrary.com/events/calen...

Needing multiple streams of income to stay afloat is a societal failure not a personal one. You should be able to afford a comfortable lifestyle with one job. You are not lazy.

Y'all who keep lecturing protesters to "not give them an excuse" need to pause for a minute. Imagine yourself telling a DV victim, "Be sure not to mouth off or make any mistakes so he won't hit you. Don't give him an excuse! It's what he wants!" That's what you fools sound like.

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. trib.al/9Sxu9IN

Folks, you can't report the United States to its manager. There's no superhero coming to save us. We don't need one giant act of heroism. We need millions of small acts of solidarity. Help one person in your community for nothing in return. Then, do it again. And again. That's the revolution.

#Brooklyn! Join the Rally Reading Series at Pete's Candy Store on Thursday, Oct. 2nd, 2025, for an evening of art and activism with Irvin Weathersby Jr., Leila Taylor, and Acre author @thrj32.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS). Link for details! 📚🎉🖊️ www.rallyreadingseries.com/schedule

We're a little late to @clmporg.bsky.social's Great Lakes spotlight, but delighted to see Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social's DEFIANT ACTS featured on the list! 🎉🎉🎉 www.clmp.org/news/great-l...

Attention #Nashville! Mark your calendars for this exciting event on October 3 with Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS) at The Porch! Link for details! 🎉🎉🎉 www.porchtn.org/happenings/t...

70 years ago, on this date, Emmett Till was kidnapped and brutally murdered by white men. His family, including his cousin who was with him at the time, is repeating the train ride he took from Chicago to Mississippi in 1955 to mark the anniversary

Great lineup of literary and political education events to finish out the summer! Find more info about events below or on our website here: pilsencommunitybooks.com/events

Be sure to check out the latest episode of the Black and Published podcast hosted by @nikeshaelise.bsky.social with special guest Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS)! 🎉🎉🎉 #fiction #booksky podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

a message; a word.

Coming soon! August 8! @thejs3.bsky.social sharing DEFIANT ACTS. Details below. #fiction 📚🎉🖊️

Mark your calendars! Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social will be at Anderson's Bookshop in Naperville on August 8 at 7 pm. Come out to celebrate the release of DEFIANT ACTS! #novel #fiction #booksky 🎉📚🎉📚🎉📚 Link for details. www.eventcombo.com/e/author-eve...

DHS has arrested two medical personnel at a surgical center in California for demanding that the officers trespassing in their building identify themselves & provide a warrant, accusing them of another.... wait for it... ASSAULT. The case shows how DHS lies relentlessly to violate the Constitution

doesn't make the headline for some reason but the Trump administration confirmed on the record that they are running an explicitly whites only refugee program, if you're wondering how things are going in the year 2025

Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS) talks #fiction, family secrets, and drafting his novel. A terrific craft #essay not to be missed! 🎉🎉🎉

"Telling the story of my family, both real and fictional, is also a story of race and the truths this country tells about itself and the secrets it hides . . ." In our Family Secrets Folio, @thejs3.bsky.social discusses writing fiction about family secrets. buff.ly/phs6ePu

this is the level of funding where all the possibilities for American politics that have been described as hyperbolic over the past decades - the comparisons to Nazi Germany and other nightmares of the 20th century - become logistically possible and politically likely

The American people were lied to about Vietnam, with tragic consequences. The American people were lied to about Iraq, with tragic consequences. The American people are being lied to again today. We cannot allow history to repeat itself.

seen some people complaining that this is a political stunt and lemme say if this was the kind of political stunt more politicians were doing on a regular basis we wouldn't be where we are today dude is actually putting himself on the line here, fuck off with that shit

Spray paint a Tesla: domestic terrorism Targeted political assassination spree: not terrorism

Delighted to see two Acre authors celebrated for their contributions to literary Chicago! Congrats @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS) and @mxfaylitahicks.bsky.social (HOODWITCH)! 🎉🎉🎉 lit.newcity.com/2025/06/04/l...

Here’s a New York Times photo of the Chicago “No Kings” rally. NYT said the march that followed spanned at least 10 blocks.

What a night! SundaySalonChicago happened yesterday 5/25 at 7pm CT at @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo. A fine night of prose & poetry! I hosted Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

"Just as Hamas has agency, so does Israel. Israel has not been 'forced' to do anything. Israel has made its own choices."

SundaySalonChicago is tonight at 7 pm @roscoebooks.bsky.social! Come join us. Support your author friends & a fine bookstore on the city's north side. I'm happy to feature Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social Deborah Shapiro, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha & Chris Solís Green. 👏😍 🌈

Since a Minneapolis police officer murdered George Floyd in 2020, the number of people killed by the police each year has continued to rise — and Black Americans are still killed in disproportionate numbers. Our data reporter explains his findings. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/24/u...

Congrats to @thejs3.bsky.social on the publication of DEFIANT ACTS! “Chicago is a forge for literary realism. Just for starters, Dreiser, Farrell, Brooks, Algren, Wright—a fierce tradition that James Stewart III extends with his debut #novel.” (Stuart Dybek) press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo... 🎉🎉🎉

Brilliant novel by James Stewart III - I was lucky to work with him to publish a version of the first chapter at Forge in 2021! His writing engages with small moments of family life and the intersection of race and class. Read his piece at Forge and treat yourself to this fantastic book!

SundaySalonChicago is 4 days away! Join us @roscoebooks.bsky.social in Roscoe Village, Chgo, this Sun. May 25, 7 pm for a fine night of prose & poetry. I'm excited to host Afabwaje Kurian, @bside-editions.bsky.social, @thejs3.bsky.social, Zak Mucha, & Chris Solís Green🔥❤️👏 www.sundaysalon-chicago.com

A "portrait of the failings of the American Dream made more complicated by the old intersections of race, gender, and class... [DEFIANT ACTS is] about the dignity of struggling through indignity and the people who make it all worth it."🎉📚 @thejs3.bsky.social #novel chicagoreader.com/books/book-r...

May 25! Check out this event including Acre author @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS)! 🎉📚🖊️

Three new essays from our Acre family now out via @cincinnatireview.bsky.social's latest portfolio! Read what Consulting Editor @sharalessley.bsky.social & authors @thejs3.bsky.social (DEFIANT ACTS) & @jessejohnson.bsky.social (METTLEWORK) have to say about writing secrets! #booksky #fiction #cnf 🖊️