P. L. Thomas, Professor, Furman University. Teacher/Writer/Poet. Twitter is not my classroom. Tweets represent me only and no organization
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Recent Publications radicalscholarship.com/speak… via @plthomasEdD
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Reading Crisis as a Distraction from Addressing Poverty Directly open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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Beware the Moral Panic over the Loss of Objectivity in Research open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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Where's the Science?: Not in Think Tank Reports or Reading Legislation open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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NAEP Guarantees One Long-Term Trend: Crisis! open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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Loving Day 2026: Loving v. Virginia, 388 U.S. 1 (1967) open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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Bruh, that can't be good.
Stream #BobsBurgers on Hulu now
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Re: "Science of" attacks mischaracterizing "student-centered"
Student centered has 2 components:
1. Individual needs of each student
2. Needs of all students as a community of learners
Both must be balanced or not student centered
See Dewey's warning about either/or thinking
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Why isn't Marvel doing this?
Dark Horse Publishes Barry Windsor-Smith's Weapon X in Black & White bleedingcool.com/comics/dark… via @bleedingcool
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The right to access healthcare shouldn’t depend on your zip code, income, or jersey color. EVERYONE, EVERYWHERE deserves the right to make their own decisions about their own bodies and lives.
Do you know the laws in your state? Learn them here: bit.ly/3zgkdts
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Further, over 70% of WNBA players are Black, and around 60% of NBA "WAGs" are Black or Black biracial. Black women are already over 3.5x more likely to die of pregnancy-related causes in the U.S., and data shows that maternal mortality skyrockets in states with abortion bans.
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🏀👀As you watch the #NBAFinals, remember: players
and their families don’t choose where to be drafted and where to live. And in 2026, that means some people live under laws that protect their reproductive rights—and some people don't...
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“Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible God and destroys a visible Nature.”
— Hubert Reeves
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On this day in 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson nominated the first Black American, Thurgood Marshall, to the Supreme Court. ow.ly/nTlb50Zbare
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He even included Ghislaine Maxwell in his ask
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The world’s first trillionaire Elon Musk, in an email to Jeffrey Epstein:
“Do you have any parties planned? I've been working to the edge of sanity this year and so, once my kids head home after Christmas, I really want to hit the party scene in St Barts or elsewhere and let loose.”
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To overcome racial inequality, we must confront our history. (@eji_org) calendar.eji.org/racial-inju…
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Reading Crisis as a Distraction from Addressing Poverty Directly open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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Beware the Moral Panic over the Loss of Objectivity in Research open.substack.com/pub/paulth…
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