OUT NOW: @ashindi is not your typical philanthropist. She's a pioneer and trailblazer who has helped transform philanthropy into a more social justice oriented space & she's excited about what is possible in this political moment. Listen now! bit.ly/3HbR8Wx

Between the World and Me, Tah-Nehisi Coates

This is going to be amazing. @adriennemaree on her brand new book Loving Corrections, in conversation with @ashindi, on our 32nd Street Stage at the Baltimore Book Festival on 9/28. Be there! redemmas.org/events/adrienne…

I am 100% convinced @AnthemBCBS does not care if their patients live or die. Insurance is built fully on bottom lines for shareholders. My dad has been too sick for too long and caring for him is bad for business. So they stopped. Bad insurers are predatory and unaccountable.

A follow up to this hate letter to @AnthemBCBS who offered help in this thread. They've now denied hospital coverage to my dad for a 3rd time while he continues battling multiple SERIOUS health conditions and is in need of near constant medical care. Not just bad, it is evil.

My dad is battling MULTIPLE unresolved health conditions. Every doctor he’s seen is adamant he needs to be hospitalized. He cannot walk, dress, or bathe himself. And @AnthemBCBS declines to cover his hospital stay because THEIR doctor WHO HAS NEVER SEEN HIM says he’s good.

It gets ever more inexplicable that @SenatorDurbin & @SenSchumer seem to think there is no value in the Senate investigating conflicts on #SCOTUS

EXCLUSIVE UNDERCOVER AUDIO: Sam Alito x John Roberts x The Undercurrent 🧵 1/ Justice Alito admits lack of impartiality with the Left, says: “One side or the other is going to win.”

I really wish rich, out-of-touch folks who nothing about education would just stop. 1) Read the fine print. THIS IS A GOVT VOUCHER PROGRAM. Voucher programs have not been shown to improve results for poor Black children because most cannot get into high-quality private schools. 2) Read the fine print. All of the money is coming from taxpayers, ie. the government. Roc Nation is not funding this, it is just launching an educational campaign that maybe it is being paid to do. I'm researching. But certainly, it's involvement is to convince poor Black parents to leave the public schools. 3) What do you think that $300 million could do for improving those low-performing public schools? 4) It is a lie that these programs do not take from public-school funding. Fewer kids in the classroom means fewer dollars to the school. 5) This is a windfall to the city's private schools at the expense of the public ones that most kids attend.

Ugh, these stories of black billionaires doing the least or even causing harm with the best intentions hurt my heart. Jay-Z could be overhauling whole educational systems instead of helping a handful of lucky students opt out of already underfunded public schools.

new Abbott Elementary villain just dropped

This is really worth watching as so many people are waking up on Palestine. She earned my contribution.

Appreciated this episode of The Daily on the ICC’s request for a warrant for the arrest of both Hamas leaders and Netanyahu. The conclusion- the diplomatic tide is increasingly turning on Israel. nytimes.com/audio/app/2024/0…

New York Times to Journalists: What You Can’t Say on Gaza War theintercept.com/2024/04/15/…

The more I listen to Cowboy Carter the more convinced I am that @Beyonce is a sorceress. I liked it at first listen but it just keeps getting smarter and more magnetic.

Candace Owens’ baby shower. 🥴🤐