#this is america
My heart is heavy for this man. He has to keep reliving his own personal tragedy again and again because of days like this.
What We Know So Far About the Elementary School Shooting in Uvalde, Texas
“People will forget what you said. People will forget what you did, but people will NEVER forget how you made them feel.” - Maya Angelou
Celebrated from December 26 to January 1, Kwanzaa is a Swahili word that means “first”.
This holiday was created in the United States to help black people make it through chaotic, violent, and scary political times, the seven principles are Umoja (unity), Kujichagulia (self-determination), Ujima (collective work and responsibility), Ujamaa (cooperative economics), Nia (purpose), Kuumba (creativity) and Imani (faith).
World AIDS Day is an international day dedicated to raising awareness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection and mourning those who have died of the disease.
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Wish you a happy & prosperous New Year!
Queen of Soul
The Welsh Guards Band played “Respect” during the Changing of the Guard at Buckingham Palace In honor of Aretha Franklin’s life and legacy.
Pho (pronounced “fuh”) is a Vietnamese soup made with broth, rice noodles, and usually some form of sliced meat served with a side of fresh herbs, lime and crunchy bean sprouts to top off your soup.
Diverse Literature Spotlight: All Are Welcome
Follow a group of children through a day in their school, where everyone is welcomed with open arms.
A school where kids in patkas, hijabs, and yarmulkes play side-by-side with friends in baseball caps.
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Obama Day marks the birth of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States.
Barack Obama was the 44th president of the United States, and the first African American to serve in the office. First elected to the presidency in 2008, he won a second term in 2012.
James Baldwin was an essayist, playwright, and novelist.
In 2016, a powerful documentary, “I am not your Negro”, was released about James Baldwin’s exploration of the Civil Rights movement through his own observations and personal connections with Civil Rights leaders Medgar Evers, Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
I am a teacher in the US.
I can barricade a classroom in less than a minute. I know that when the fire alarm goes off we lock ourselves in the room until someone confirms it’s real so we don’t get shot evacuating the building. I am trained to pack a bullet wound and apply a tourniquet. My classroom is organized with an active shooter in mind - filing cabinets in front of glass, big desks one shove away from blocking a door, hiding places out of sight of the windows. I have come to terms with the knowledge that I might die protecting my students when all I want to do is show them poetry is fun and teach creative writing.
Waking up in these places I don’t remember
Texts from people I never met, doors left open
I don’t know who I am anymore
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I’m really upset by the fact that my baby carrier research for my cursed “Laszlo is a dedicated father to Baby Colin Robinson” drawing has resulted in Amazon thinking I want this shit.
What is wrong with American men? You can’t have a baby, it has to be some tactical military alpha-bro shit? huh?
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he said what he said
[id: a video shot in the audience of a George W. Bush lecture. A man stands up, being recorded by the person by his side. He points at the stage where Bush is sitting and says “Mr. Bush, when are you going to apologize for the million Iraqis that are dead because you lied.” As soon as he starts talking, the crowd starts to boo. He continues “you lied about weapons of mass destruction, you lied about (Iraq’s) connection to 9/11, you lied about Iraq being a threat. You sent me to Iraq. You sent me to Iraq in 2003.” At this moment, two women who were by his side in the audience stand up and try to wrench him back into his seat, grabbing him forcefully by the shoulders and arms. He continues, reading from a sheet of paper. “My friends are dead. Joshua Casteel.” One of the women wrenches the paper from his hands and puts both hands around his shoulders, pulling him back on the seat. He continues “You lied. You lied about killing people. You lied about WMDs. A million Iraqis are dead because you lied. My friends are dead because you lied. You need to apologize. Apologize.” The women push him onto the hall and he is carried off by security. The people in the row before him sit with empty expressions, looking forward. / end id]
Here’s Mike Prysner’s Twitter. He’s a very outspoken activist and produced Gaza Fights for FreedomandEarth’s Greatest Enemy.
That was more in Bush’s face than the shoe
“It wasn’t so long ago that “conservatives” stood for the proposition that government, especially the federal government, should not control the totality of traditions, habits and decisions made in civil society. The family, for example, should remain undisturbed to work out arrangements that reflect its members’ values, faith and views in a pluralistic society. The principle of limited government posits that — unlike totalitarian states that override personal conscience, family and religion — free peoples do not tolerate an all-pervasive government. As Vice President Harris said on Tuesday at an Emily’s List gathering, reversing Roe would be “a direct assault on freedom, on the fundamental right of self-determination.” She continued: “When the right to privacy is attacked, anyone in our country may face a future where the government can interfere with their personal decisions. Not just women. Anyone.” In sum, the media’s “culture wars” shorthand is an evasion, a refusal to recognize that what is at stake are the rights and lives of those without the resources or power to defend themselves (e.g., travel out of state for an abortion). The Supreme Court is poised to roil the very essence of our constitutional tradition and strike at the heart of a pluralistic democracy. Let’s call it what it really is: state-enforced theocracy, or, if you prefer, religious authoritarianism.”
