i think jesse jackson was one of the most important american political figures of the post-war era and i think that his 1984 and 1988 campaigns for the democratic nomination still have a great deal to teach about forging a path to a more egalitarian world. RIP.

Jesse Jackson: the mission is "to feed the hungry; to clothe the naked; to house the homeless; to teach the illiterate; to provide jobs for the jobless; and to choose the human race over the nuclear race.” Clinton: “We deported more people than Trump.”

Yup.

As we honor the life of #ClaudetteColvin may we learn from our mistakes. The movement REFUSED to defend her. Why? Because colorism, classism, elitism, rumors of pregnancy. Colvin was deemed "inappropriate," & many wouldn't defend a Black girl for the same reasons today. RIP #respectability

The New York Shooting That Defined an Era | Adam Gopnik On a mild December day in 1984, a man named Bernie Goetz shot four Black teen-agers on a subway. The incident galvanized the city. Are we still living in its wake? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Garbage workers have a level of latent labor power that exceeds many professions that get paid a lot more than them. Good piece by Alex Skopic: www.currentaffairs.org/news/all-pow...

It's a problem that actual elected officials post on social media as if they are powerless observers and commentators.

In December, I traveled to Montgomery to visit the Legacy Museum, which traces the story of Black America from slavery to Jim Crow to mass incarceration. I wanted to understand how the museum & its affiliated sites were operating in a moment where so much of the history they present is under attack.

New — I wrote about ChongLy Scott Thao, the elderly Hmong American wrongly arrested and forced out of his home by ICE in his underwear during the punishing Minnesota winter, what witnesses saw, and DHS's racist claim that he fit the description of another Asian man they were looking for. My story:

this from @juliaazari.bsky.social is great and has me thinking — as circumstances often do these days — about something that has been lost in the age of trump, which is the presidency as steward of the constitution.

MLK was only 39 when he was killed. Growing up, I thought that was old. But I’m 43 now and I’m stunned by the burden he shouldered at such a young age. I’m also a lot more aware of how hard it is, at any age, to carry the hopes and dreams of an oppressed people on your shoulders, as so many do.

i think this MLK day the thing to focus on is the strategic focus and tactical brilliance of the civil rights movement and the way it was laser focused on a set of achievable goals

No one, including me, knows what Democrats would do if they won the House and/or Senate. Additionally, everyone who is currently alive now sees that they aren't doing anything now. Unsurprising that people hate them. I'm surprised that they are 2 points ahead the fascists in the generic ballot poll.

Dr. Gladys West, the pioneering mathematician whose work laid the foundation for modern GPS technology, has died. She was 95.

A great thread on King.

this is the sickest shit ive ever seen

this is the most incredible interview i’ve ever read. the aei guy tries so hard to get sliwa to trash mamdani and he simply won’t. he also brings up flaco (rip) unprompted. www.wsj.com/opinion/free...

You: You’re a professor? What do you teach? Me: History. You: I hate history. Me: Well, history probably hates you, too. #PlotTwist

Sneaky MFers Keep that in mind for mail in ballots Have postmaster stamp it or better yet use ballot drop box 🤔🤔🤔🤔

damn that baby looks cool as hell

When there are people in your community living in terror, the question to you is simple: what are you doing to give them aid and comfort?

Co-sign. This book is devastating and so very powerful. An essential read.

The idea that enhancing surveillance in academic buildings will protect students from mass shootings is absolutely fucking preposterous. What it will increase is the criminalization of our students. Reject it!!! GUN CONTROL IS THE ANSWER TO GUN VIOLENCE. BEAT THE GUNS INTO PLOWSHARES.

One more time for the shlubs in the back.

Every poll: 80% of Americans want gun control, legal weed, medicare for all, AI restrictions, bans on data centers, end corporate welfare, high speed rail, universal education, and massive taxes on billionaires Democrats: "aw, gee whiz, if we ran on that platform we'd only get 80% of the vote"

National Democrats folding on AI regulation in 5, 4, 3, 2...

I wasn’t sure they were going to publish this. So good for them.

I wrote a bit about the Netflix Seymour Hersh Doc Cover-Up, and how it's a good reminder that legacy media has always been on the side of power.

Next time someone says they don’t have to apologize for being white anymore, ask them to tell about the most recent time they were forced to apologize for being white and who made them do it.

Dear God but these people just plain hate the Non-whites.

DOJ Removes All Mentions Of Justice From Website https://theonion.com/doj-removes-all-mentions-of-justice-from-website/

Are white people aware that Trump won twice BECAUSE A MAJORITY OF WHITE PEOPLE WHO VOTED PUT HIM IN OFFICE?????????? Why is this consistently elided???? Stop being ridiculous.

If the Pentagon can give $8.6 billion to build 25 F-15 jets for Israel then why are republicans so upset about giving children school lunches?

🧵, and all the comments.

Happy 60th Wedding Anniversary, Mom and Dad!

bring back shame and consequences - with emphasis this time around on the consequences

This is a really interesting look at the knotty politics, economics, and communication challenges of climate policy, and also a good reminder that Joe Manchin has singlehandedly done more damage to America's future than any non-Republican human on the face of the Earth.

Amen.

Crucial history.

BREAKING: We won! 3rd Circuit affirms illegality of Habba appointment We @democracydefendersfund.org are honored to work on this case with the wonderful folks at Lowell & Associates, Gerald Krovatin & many others 👇

Exactly.

Community college enrollment has been declining since 2009/10. The optimal policy response to this depends on the root of this decline. I'm thrilled @nber.org today released my working paper with Harvard PhD Joe Winkelmann titled: "Labor Market Strength and Declining Community College Enrollment"

We first note that hand-wringing about the decline in US college enrollments has mistakenly linked such declines to the price of four-year colleges. But the decline is entirely driven by two-year community colleges (and by for-profit colleges). The four-year sector is the dog that didn't bark.

Indeed: Huntington was an early warning sign of how, amidst skyrocketing inequality, a small coterie of unpatriotic super elites would seek to tear down state structures while shouting racist narratives of blood and soil into the media that they control

A word.