CNN: When you compare wage growth to inflation, which is now topping 4%, it doesn't feel as good. When inflation is outpacing wage growth by that much, it feels uncomfortable. It erases the gains. You're going in the wrong direction.

CEO pay is up 1,094% since 1978, while typical worker pay is up just 26%. Why do we always hear "we can't afford to pay our workers more" but never "we can't afford to pay our CEO more"?

The US Men's Soccer Team is crushing right now thanks to birth right citizenship.

This is simply incredible.

All the countries playing in the World Cup have universal healthcare. Except the United States 🇺🇸

I miss seeing President Carter in these photos.

Michelle and I loved reading to this bright group of kids today! We hope this new Chicago Public Library branch at the Obama Presidential Center will be a place where folks come to read, check out books, and connect with one another for years to come.

The incredible Opal Lee is correct! Juneteenth belongs to us all. If one of us is enslaved, we all are enslaved. None of us are free unless we all are free. Happy Juneteenth, everyone. Let freedom ring! www.threads.com/@blkthinktan...

To George and Laura, Bill and Hillary — we're grateful for your friendship, counsel, and devotion to this country. And to Joe and Jill, thank you for being on this journey with us.

Listening to @dblight.bsky.social on Race & Reunion. David references this article by @thomaslfriedman.bsky.social and I cannot help but think that but for this SCOTUS, Friedman might have been right. Thomas L. Friedman: Finishing America's work www.nytimes.com/2008/11/05/o...

Chicago, it’s good to be home! Michelle and I built the Obama Presidential Center to be a place where people of all ages can learn, play, and work – and we can't wait to welcome you all later this week!

This is literally slavery! You know, at first, I thought these folks wanted to drag us back to Plessy. But I guess they want to take us back further than that.

A Michelle Obama Appreciation Post: I deeply admire your elegance, graciousness, beauty, accomplishments, relatability & effortless class. Thank you for being one of the greatest First Ladies of all time!🙏 Much ❤️ from one of your countless fans, Mar🐫

Thank you President Obama. 🙏 I appreciate your honesty, intelligence, dignity, integrity, humility & humor. 👍 Looking forward to the opening of your Presidential Center this week! 👀 Wishing you & your family all the best & continued success, Mar🐫

"Seeing the huge anti-racism crowds in Glasgow and Belfast was genuinely heart-warming. Thousands of people came together to stand up for their neighbours, their communities, and basic human decency. No cars burned. No homes attacked. No businesses smashed up ..." via HandsomeCrocodile8127

"It's an artist's duty to reflect the times in which we live." ~ Nina Simone

Obama Appreciation Day June 14, 2026

Happy Obama Appreciation Day! 🇺🇸

Thank you, @bluntrochester.senate.gov for leading the effort to oppose HUD's failure to enforce the Fair Housing Act. We need answers and action! www.bluntrochester.senate.gov/news/press-r...

Wishing you a tree-mendous Tuesday 😁

Screwworms eradicated in the US in 1966. Measles eradicated in the US in 2000. Both are back because of this science denying administration.

So well deserved. But, can’t help wondering what happened from him hearing the announcement to actually receiving the Star??? 🤷🏽‍♀️ Anywho, I hope his arm heals quickly.

THIS! @michaelsteele.bsky.social speaks, so eloquently, what is top of mind for me. Plessy was decided AFTER the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments; AFTER the Civil Rights Act of 1866; AFTER the Enforcement Acts (Ku Klux Klan Acts). The End game is to take us back to Plessy. 1/2

Every 👏🏽 word 👏🏽 of 👏🏽 THIS 👏🏽 www.instagram.com/reel/DXzeZT7...

Lloyds of London have sponsored a requiem acknowledging the harms of its underwriting much of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. observer.co.uk/news/nationa...

When it comes to protecting people from discrimination, we can't roll back the clock. The 1970s weren't the "good old days" for women trying to get credit in their own names. We sued the Trump Administration to ensure everyone can reap the full benefit of our nation's civil rights laws.

Police officers are suing to block the so-called Weaponization Fund calling it “the most brazen act of presidential corruption in[sic] this century.” www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Fourteenth Amendment, written in the blood of the Civil War, says in Section 4 that this is blatantly illegal: “[N]either the United States nor any State shall assume or pay any debt or obligation incurred in aid of insurrection or rebellion against the United States.”

I love this woman ! youtu.be/yRNZIKa6k7E?...

SIGN OF THE DAY…

Trump settles lawsuit against the IRS, which was filed after the statute of limitations had expired, for a $1.8B fund that benefits him, his family, and allies AND an agreement that Trump & his family won’t be audited. The Trump Tax Man Goeth - CounterPunch.org www.counterpunch.org/2026/05/15/t...

Trump is proposing to have U.S. taxpayers pay him and his supporters almost $2B to settle a lawsuit that was not timely filed. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Cartoon by Nick Anderson. (Follow him on Substack: https://nickanderson.substack.com/)

Today I traveled to Selma with my colleagues in Congress to take a stand against the radical right-wing plot to suppress Black political representation and dismantle our democracy by gutting the Voting Rights Act. We’ve made too much progress in this country to go backwards. We won’t be silenced.

Marshawn delivers a large dose of truth to MAGA officials in Louisiana who are trying to disenfranchise Black people. He is prophetically revealing their fate. And I receive every word. As much as MAGA professes Christianity, they seem to have forgotten- you will always reap what you sow.

Feeling overwhelmed with all of this. LISTEN. Another Louisiana resident (Marshawn is the only name we have) testifies against the state’s racial gerrymander, speaking truth to power up and down the hearing room and predicts how this story will end. Speak your truth, fight and believe.

People! Make sure you are registered to vote. Double check your status and make sure you know where to vote.

MacFarlane: People in Virginia voted by the millions. Their voices were heard and now have been silenced. And you want to talk about what starts a political wave in a year like this: a mass of people who think their voices have been silenced. That doesn't stop a wave that fuels one.

I’m not surprised that the conservatives on the Court would rely on faulty data to base their decision that nullified the Voting Rights Act. Samuel Alito’s Voting Rights Act ruling cited misleading data from DoJ www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

A really tough week. I am doing everything I can to spread the word about the threats to democracy and how we can fight back. You can help me by subscribing to Democracy Docket for free and sharing its content with everyone you know. Thanks. bit.ly/4qmEiFz

It's amazing how quickly White politicians in the South rushed to PROVE exactly why we needed the Voting Rights Act!

A House for Everyone!

A picture is worth a thousand words. This image of Black men, fighting 4 the right 4 Black people to be able to hold office, being hauled away by White law enforcement officers is a perfect depiction of how the SCOTUS decision kicks us back into Jim Crow territory. apnews.com/article/redi...

May the Tennessee NAACP prevail against this blatant and wicked racism.

Congressman Olszewski has proposed legislation that would institute term limits for SCOTUS. The bill requires a constitutional amendment. The majority of Americans support this reform. www.newsweek.com/thomas-alito...

🔴NEW RELEASE: Our SCOTUS event last night was so successful and important, Democracy Docket decided to post it on YouTube so everyone can watch and share it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IS9...

Remember: Wealth cannot be separated from power. We're seeing in real time how the extreme concentration of wealth is distorting our politics, rigging markets, and granting unprecedented power to a handful of people. Taxing the rich isn't just an economic issue, it's a defense of our democracy.

Unearthed reports reveal that RFK Jr. fired every full-time CDC cruise ship sanitation inspector ahead of the Hantavirus cruise ship outbreak. www.cbsnews.com/news/cdc-cru...

Yaaassss!!!! I love this. Nerds unite!