It took nearly two years for this to be revealed. Police lie and cover up their lies and then are not held accountable. This cannot be reformed. #DefundThePolice#DoBetterAmerica
It took nearly two years for this to be revealed. Police lie and cover up their lies and then are not held accountable. This cannot be reformed. #DefundThePolice#DoBetterAmerica
This is huge for @nhannahjones, Ta-Nehisi Coates, @HowardU and the Black community! The ability to create and celebrate our own rather than accept the paltry and grudgingly given regard of others is a game changer. #BlackExcellence#DoBetterAmerica ✊🏾
This is huge for @nhannahjones, Ta-Nehisi Coates, @HowardU and the Black community! The ability to create and celebrate our own rather than accept the paltry and grudgingly given regard of others is a game changer. #BlackExcellence#DoBetterAmerica ✊🏾
Whether or not you think Juneteenth should be a federal holiday, the fact remains that the legislative priorities of Black people in America are clearly not the priorities of Congress. #Juneteenth#DoBetterAmerica
The fact that it is completely LEGAL for police to lie to suspects while interrogating them is utterly ridiculous. The criminal justice system is completely corrupt from beginning to end. #DefundThePolice#DoBetterAmerica
The fact that it is completely LEGAL for police to lie to suspects while interrogating them is utterly ridiculous. The criminal justice system is completely corrupt from beginning to end. #DefundThePolice#DoBetterAmerica
This is an excellent illustration of #CriticalRaceTheory . Unlike what many would have you believe, it is not about hating America. It is about understanding the impact of history on the present as it pertains to race. It is about improving racial literacy. #DoBetterAmerica
This is an excellent illustration of #CriticalRaceTheory . Unlike what many would have you believe, it is not about hating America. It is about understanding the impact of history on the present as it pertains to race. It is about improving racial literacy. #DoBetterAmerica
Author Ta-Nehisi Coates gives this week's essay, a guest lecture on the 1619 Project backlash and White America's obsession with myth-making. #CrossConnection
~ End the filibuster
~ Pass HR1 and John Lewis Voting Rights Act
~ Expand the Supreme Court
~ Abolish the death penalty
~ Grant student loan forgiveness
#DoBetterAmerica
America is racist!
This is really not a difficult concept to understand at all, that so many struggle with it speaks more to their inability to address unpopular or uncomfortable facts and deal with them.
#AmericaIsRacist#DoBetterAmerica 🎥: fatalprose on TikTok
Teacher Amy Donofrio hung a Black Lives Matter flag outside her classroom. When she refused to take it down, administrators reassigned her to non-teaching duties.
Now, she's taking them to court — arguing it was a violation of her First Amendment rights.
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