It’s not just about slavery. The terror and plunder went on for decades, and still endures in other ways.
Thousands rally across the country to #StopTheBans https://t.co/wcz3iC6qor via @msnbc
— jnfr (@jnfr) May 22, 2019
These protests are important, and deserve more attention than they’ve gotten.
(Not sure why MSNBC doesn’t have a direct embed link for these video snippets, so the Twitter link will have to do.)
From Canada, here is Emma Stevens singing the Beatles’ song “Blackbird” in the Mi’kmaq language. Mi’kmaq is an indigenous language that these people are working to keep alive.
Her rendition is beautiful.
Click through and read the whole thread.
Thread: As a NICU nurse, I served on the “Bereavement Team.” We were a special team of Nurses tough enough to help new parents go through the worst day of their lives. Parents of babies who had fought so hard for their tiny little lives and weren’t going to make it… 1/ https://t.co/2ZzDAEziyi
— Julia Pulver, RN (@VotePulver) April 28, 2019
And shame on Donald Trump for lying about these good people and their work, putting all in danger.
Art Berman understands this stuff very well. Let him tell you why the upcoming Supreme Court vote on adding a citizenship question to the census matters so much.
In video for @nowthisnews I explain why Trump's plan to rig 2020 census such a huge threat to democracy pic.twitter.com/ZtbtgE6KWt
— Ari Berman (@AriBerman) April 23, 2019
Here is Elizabeth Warren's case for impeachment, and as you'd expect from her, it's solid. pic.twitter.com/DU5NlmZYn9
— Ethan Grey (@_EthanGrey) April 20, 2019
With Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The most important issue of our time.
House Democrats grill bankers – and it's not pretty https://t.co/o0VSdK2j3G via @msnbc
— jnfr (@jnfr) April 11, 2019
This is an excellent review with comments from the actors.