Everyday of my adult life I've asked myself, "Did these motherfuckers not watch Sesame Street?"
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NEW: Even with 54% of Mississippi's rural hospitals in danger of collapse without Medicaid expansion, Gov. Reeves urged Republicans not to “cave under the pressure of Democrats and their allies in the media who are pushing for the expansion of Obamacare."
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We curated a list of new releases plus a few from visiting authors in 2022. Buy them from your local bookstore and add them to your TBR for this year! Read the list below:
#BlackHistoryMonth
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#TigersThrowbackThursday: We rewind back to the 1995 Honda Campus All-Star Challenge when Jackson State University defeated Howard University on BET.
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Jackson State University LB Aubrey Miller Jr named Defensive Player of the Day at Senior Bowl by The Draft Network
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Nicole Chung wrote the w!$zzh$hdx*jui<e out of this book. Geeeeezus. A Living Remedy.
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The College Board has announced substantial changes to the AP curriculum for African American studies—including the removal of the work of writers such as Ta-Nehisi Coates, who made the case for reparations in The Atlantic.
Read the article here:
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"The expunged writers and scholars include Kimberlé W. Crenshaw... Roderick Ferguson... and Ta-Nehisi Coates... Gone, too, is bell hooks, the writer who shaped discussions about race, feminism and class."
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In honor of Black History Month, SIAM will be featuring Black mathematicians throughout February, starting with longtime SIAM member Dr. Illya Hicks. Learn more about his life and research below! sinews.siam.org/Details-Page/h.
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Very much enjoyed talking to about River Sing Me Home - touching on, among other things, the Windrush Generation, my love of oceans, and the similarities and differences between American and Caribbean slavery. You can watch it all back here:
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I cannot wait to see Shalaya beat Damon Frazier while saying, "you gonna respect me."
Baize's rhymes!
PLEASE do right by my guy City! 🖤
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Incredibly honored by today's nominations for PINK CARD. THANK YOU to the incredible artists and friends who championed 4 decades of rebellion by Iranian teens & women: @sayrequevedo @homa_sarabi @ramtinarablouei @cranberrylove @dibamohtasham @inkwaves @sarahshahi and @30for30 
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Remember that week when folks cared if they killed people with their breath?
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Despite public outcry, the Florida High School Athletics Association is standing by its decision that girls submit menstruation info to schools: including age of their first period, how many days are typically in between their periods, and the date of their most recent period.
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Tyre Nichols' death 'was more than police brutality. That was a lynching,' says Rev. Danté Stewart wbur.fm/3Y9IISI via
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there is literally nothing left to write about police abuse and violence. Abolish the police.
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Walking, running, sleeping, driving. Begging for mothers. Begging for air to breathe. Begging for mercy. And still nothing changes. It’s disgusting.
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"Scientists are finding links between common viruses such as influenza and brain diseases like multiple sclerosis, Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s and ALS."
Long Covid may be the key to unlocking the connection between viruses and neurodegenerative diseases.
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And The Aces are now The Globetrotters.
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In rural Mississippi, the geometry teacher is a stranger—a nameless recording of a man on the screen. The chemistry students often teach themselves
The teacher shortage in rural & southern states is so acute that students are expected to learn without one
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Breonna Taylor’s mom, Tamika Palmer, shared that her daughter and Tyre Nichols were born on the exact same day: 6/5/1993.
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A true crime thriller we made set in Kevin McCarthy’s district.
The highest homicide rate ✅
The most crime. ✅
The most police executions. ✅
Welcome to Killing County.
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Pat Bev! Contentious black boy Joy. Fuck yall.
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We are the greatest makers of sentences ever. Ever.
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Uhhhh. Embiid is why Jokic cannot win 3 MVPs in a row. He just so so so special.
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We are so gotdamn lucky to read while this wonder human is making art. Soon.
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We're so excited to announce this fabulous news! Jesmyn Ward's new novel LET US DESCEND (bit.ly/3DfWBGD) will be published Oct. 3! apnews.com/article/jesmyn1
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We are keepers of our selves across time and space, conduits of Grace, belligerently human, miracles; we the people of the mothers who lose everything and still stand to tell the world how not to break. They should keep our Name out their mouth. twitter.com/KieseLaymon/st…
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If you missed last week's premiere of Neale Hurston: Claiming a Space" or DVRing it, see it online for free anytime!!
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We are not our worst enemy. Stop lying.
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all of the reforms failed at the same damn time - black cops, body cameras, multiple cops on the scene, tasers instead of guns- so how is more reform the answer?
#Blacker cops? Even non-deadlier non deadly weapons? ten cops instead of five? HD body cameras? harder convictions?
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Protesters demanding justice for Tyre Nichols take to the streets in Memphis shortly after the release of police footage of his death.
Protesters demands are clear, they say to shut down the scorpion unit, a special police unit, responsible for killing Nichols.
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This place publicly pleads with its most vulnerable to not do anythjng "violent" with sadness when it releases its latest black snuff film. But it won't ever publicly plead with police not to kill, abuse, or maim black folks at routine traffic stops.
Madness.
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