#BlackHistoryMonth comes to an end today. But that doesn’t mean our learning and appreciation of Black history should end with it.
Let’s meet some of the people fighting to ensure history is not rewritten.
Voting rights leader @MsLaToshaBrown gave us a history lesson in U.S. voting laws and why Black women have always been the ones to get sh*t done.
As the fight over critical race theory threatens Black history, @ProfJeffries breaks down the importance of teaching “hard history” and why he's betting on students to see through the lies.
Award-winning author and illustrator @OgeMora opens up about her Nigerian American upbringing and why she tells stories that celebrate Black joy instead of pain.
Deborah Scott, a lifelong activist and the CEO of @GA_STANDUP, has dedicated her life to Black voters.
In 2020, when Georgia turned blue for the first time in 28 years, the world finally started paying attention to her work.
Let’s end where it all began: Meet Carter G. Woodson, the “father of Black history” and the reason we have a #BlackHistoryMonth in the first place.
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Just minutes after the full jury was selected in Donald Trump's New York hush money criminal trial, someone appears to have set themself on fire outside the courthouse, per CNN's @thelauracoates.
CNN's @thelauracoates describes the emotions of seeing the apparent immolation:
The first 2024 debate is here: The GOP field's set to meet tonight (without Trump). But why do we do debates? Do they even matter? Sometimes, yes...a lot.
Here are 5 moments from recent primary debates that actually changed the trajectory of the nominating contest — and history.
2008: Hillary Clinton struggles to take a clear stance on giving driver's licenses to “illegal immigrants.”
Her attempt at nuance reinforced a central criticism of her candidacy — that she was overly cautious and poll-tested — helping fuel Barack Obama's ultimate victory.
2011: Rick Perry forgets the third federal department he was promising to eliminate.
Perry had already dropped steeply in polls after prior poor debate performances. The “oops” moment seemed to prove he lacked preparation and is regarded as his campaign's death knell.
Is Biden poised for a breakthrough on the economy?
Today, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates by 25 basis points after a brief pause in June.
But by virtually any metric, inflation — and the economy as a whole — is in a very different place than when it met in July 2022.
The Fed has steadily raised interest rates since March 2022, playing catchup as inflation soared to 40-year highs. After its June pause, that campaign resumed today — with yet another rate hike.
Amid the Fed’s effort to drive down inflation, concerns have risen that the dramatic rise in interest rates could slow growth enough to tip the U.S. into recession.
But job growth has remained steady — raising hopes for what economists call a “soft landing.”
Donald Trump arraignment today:
• Court appearance takes place at 3 pm ET in Miami
• Expected to plead not guilty to 37 counts
• Will voluntarily turn himself in before that
• Will be fingerprinted digitally
• Mugshot will likely not made public
• Will not be handcuffed
THREAD: There was backlash to the backlash at a heated school board hearing in Florida’s deep-red Hernando County on Tuesday.
You should see what teachers, students, and parents said about right-wing culture wars and anti-LGBTQ policies that are driving some educators to quit.
“I have never seen such fear from my colleagues as I’ve seen in the last two months.”
— Social studies teacher Victoria Hunt says “the culture that has been created” in Hernando County, Florida, is driving teachers to leave “the county, the state, or the profession altogether.”
Parent at the Hernando County, Florida, school board hearing Tuesday: “I’m appalled by how many gay people are here.”