Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

My winter break travels kick off next week. 5 countries in 6 weeks. East Africa & SE Asia. What a blessing.

Up late making okra soup like the African auntie I am

I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times

And Clinton's Crime Bill. www.aclu.org/news/smart-j...

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

This is an organization by Palestinians for Palestinians and they're on the ground in Gaza. Please donate if you can. www.taawon.org/en/noor

As someone who was based in and traveled a lot across Central America in the early 2000s, it’s so wild to see El Salvador emerge as a “digital nomad” hub and tourist hot spot. Times have truly changed.

Since the founding fathers

The rest of the world assumes that USians are dumb and while this negatively impacts me personally I can’t even be mad at this logical conclusion.

The East Africa Tourist visa grants entry to Uganda, Rwanda, & Kenya. Didn’t know it existed until a couple of weeks ago. I’m headed that way so I applied and was approved in 24 hrs. Impressive.

Baltimore, Abidjan, Kuala Lumpur

A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard from people living in Kabwe -- one of the world’s most polluted towns. Mukanzi Musanga spoke to some of the mothers in that case. Their children are among the 95% of children in the area who have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.

Sundays are for slowness, tea, cooking, napping and a little bit of psilocybin 🧘🏾‍♀️

I’m avoiding reality by watching the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards. Pure nostalgia!

Anyway, Dick Cheney is a fossil fuel now. It's what he loved most. Besides killing.

The legacy of Cheney/Bush www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iraq...

An unsung genius and diaspora theorist!

Reposting with Alt Text. Location of free food pantries in Atlanta for those in need.

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around. Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

“Hurricane Melissa is finally leaving the Caribbean after battering communities in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba for days, leaving a trail of devastation that killed about 50 people. The hurricane smashed into Jamaica with enormous force on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm…”

He told the world what was happening in El Fasher. Then they sought him out. How Sudan lost ‘a true hero of the war’

In exactly 7 months, my first monograph will be published. ✨️📚 😊 On the other side of the vehicle is Zogbeli, the neighborhood I was born and raised in. Thanks to @RutgersUPress for helping me bring Dagbaŋ and Ghana media histories to the world. Ti diya! 💃🏿

“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”

I’m planning my annual visit to Southeast Asia and Laos is a country I’d really like to visit this trip. Luang Prabang looks like my kind of vibe.

#Breaking: For the 33rd time in a row, the world has overwhelmingly supported Cuba’s resolution at the UN to condemn the U.S embargo. #un #usembargo #letcubalive

The first African author to win the Nobel in literature, Soyinka has been an outspoken critic of governments worldwide.

Israel killed at least 104 people in Gaza, including 46 children, in overnight strikes on the Palestinian territory. The attacks came after Israel claimed its soldiers came under attack by Hamas militants, though the group denied responsibility.

Name a better duo than daal and rice

I’m late but watching the cash money-no limit verzuz. Firstly, cash money will always win because Mannie Fresh! Put some respect on his name.

Absolutely no one should be contributing. This is the bare minimum.

The US is seeing the largest number of layoffs since 2020, with nearly 1 million people losing their jobs so far this year.

Survey: Nearly Half of [U.S.] Families with Young Kids Struggling to Meet Basic Needs www.the74million.org/zero2eight/s...

Food insecurity is ALWAYS a political choice. Famine is ALWAYS manmade. People go hungry because of other people’s decisions. We have more than enough food for everyone, and enormous amounts of it are wasted—literally thrown in the garbage—on purpose.

Set up a recurring donation, if you can—even small amounts help. Ask your employers if they are willing to do a matching donation

Guinea, most likely 1974. In the last quarter of my book, The Second Emancipation, I spend a lot of time discussing this era of thick relationships between Africans and African Americans, during which a host of the latter, famous and ordinary, established new lives for themselves on the continent.

I learned a new French word this week—connard, which means asshole. When I learn how to cuss in French it’s over for everyone hahahaha

Jummah Mubarak! 🤲🏾

You ever heard of Julie Dash? Some of you undoubtedly have,but quite a few I'd imagine not. Julie Dash is the first Black woman (ever) to have a full-length film with a theatrical release in the United States. In 1991. There's a book as well. Julie Dash turns 73 years old today

Denial is a troublesome problem. Fascism isn't really a surprise; it's helped shape what US society is today. For @prismreports.org, I wrote about how refusing to accept the reality of how we got here aids fascist growth. We have to confront many contradictions. prismreports.org/2025/10/20/a...

Elite solidarity is so funny

Hello, it’s me!

When Maria Corina Machado Wins the Nobel Peace Prize, ‘Peace’ Has Lost Its Meaning Far from a symbol of peace, the article exposes Machado's history of supporting coups, sanctions, and calls for foreign military intervention in Venezuela. venezuelanalysis.com/opinion/when...

Went to my Alma mater today and was delighted to see that the legendary Emory Douglas had designed the elevator doors for the African American Studies department

Yay Area!!

Gen Z WORLD PROTESTS DASHBOARD 1/5: MOROCCO: Anti-government protests driven by frustration over lavish spending on the 2030 World Cup at the expense of public services like education and healthcare, leading to fatalities and arrests🧵

Israel Detains 440+ Global Flotilla Activists; Italian Unions Strike in Protest https://www.democracynow.org/2025/10/3/gaza_flotilla_italy_protests