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If a team trades a player for "cash" how is that not just...selling a person?

This Texas County Is the Deadliest Place in the U.S. for Black Mothers to Give Birth Health care advocates struggle to figure out why this Texas county has some of the nation’s highest rates of maternal and infant mortality.

Harris County, Texas, is the deadliest place in the United States for Black mothers to give birth

So she had a pulse. That’s what the doctor on the scene wanted to check. She wasn’t breathing, but she had a pulse. He could have started CPR right away.

Instead ICE barred the doctor from attending her and waited 15 mins for EMT to get to her.

NO ONE TALKS ENOUGH ABOUT THE HEAVY REGRET YOU FEEL WHEN YOU’VE BEEN VULNERABLE WITH SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS A SAFE PLACE ONLY TO FIGURE OUT IT WASN’T.

‘Get to Split the Proceeds’: Texas Won't Return Over $40K Cops Seized from Black Business Owner on His Way to Buy a New Truck "Texas deputies seize $40K from Black business owner with no evidence. Racket exposed as money funneled to law enforcement. #Injustice"

Who were they protecting & serving other than themselves?

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Black-Owned Farms Fill Gaps Left by SNAP Funding Delays From North Carolina to Mississippi, small businesses work to feed their communities while benefits are paused.

From North Carolina to Mississippi, Black-owned farms are filling the gaps left by SNAP funding delays

Do deaf people know when words rhyme?

The way I screamed

I want to make clear that Ghanaian people welcome our diaspora. I personally have seen our land taken and given to Black Americans without remorse. So I'm asking on behalf of a nation, that the diaspora be responsible in their return to the lands of our ancestors.

I want to make clear that Ghanaian people welcome our diaspora. I personally have seen our land taken and given to Black Americans without remorse. So I'm asking on behalf of a nation, that the diaspora be responsible in their return to the lands of our ancestors.

The other day I commented on the post of a Black American male who was asking about moving outside the US. He specifically mentioned "repatriating" to Ghana. As a Ghanaian who has seen our land stolen by Black Americans, I commented and was blocked.

Then choosing joy is not just a requirement for survival, it’s a political statement.

I read this as an Involuntarily Bald (InBal) walked up to ask me something that isn't his business and cackled.

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I inadvertently told my kids I have never met my biological father. My son said "that's kinda sad"" and I responded, "I've met enough men", instinctively. My daughter immediately said"TEA".

I read this as an Involuntarily Bald (InBal) walked up to ask me something that isn't his business and cackled.

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The trainer asked for examples of differences that couId be perspective based. I said "K-Drama's are Country songs in reverse" and THAT'S what upset my coworkers?!

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Whistling is a whimsical way to invite calamity and no one will convince me otherwise.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but in less than a month, I'm going to be a first time author. This is actually wild. #booksky #blacksky #librarysky

Go and pre-order #TheDoubleTax: annagifty.com

My kids recently asked if they could call me on my work Teams account.

My kids are so young, they thought Iron Heart was made because Robert Downey Jr. died the way Black Panther was made when Chadwick Boseman died.
I was in SHAMBLES when I had to tell them Chadwick died.

WHERE?!

This feels like "So long and Thanks for all the Fish" behavior.

A photo of a little boy swimming

Outdoor Afro is offering scholarships to cover the costs of anyone, at any age, interested in learning how to swim: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

I'm so jealous of women that can participate/be active at their kids school functions. I have a wonderful support group of fellow moms, but I have to work and I always feel bad I have to be away.

Lead author Auke-Florian Hiemstra holds the oldest known caddisfly casing containing microplastic, dating to 1971. Photo: Liselotte Rambonnet.

A caddisfly casing with pieces of blue microplastic, dating 1986. Photo: Auke-Florian Hiemstra

NEW PAPER, JUST OUT! 👀

Insects from the '70s and '80s were already collecting microplastic, decades before the term microplastic even existed. 🤯

A thread on the surprising history of this pollutant and the incredible insect larvae that helped us uncover it. 🐛

Let's dive in! 🧵👇 1/x

Texas Measles Outbreak Hits 400 Cases Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status.

The Texas measles outbreak has hit 400 cases

Of the 400 cases, 398 were people who were unvaccinated or had an unknown vaccination status

Period.

Before you joke about buying fast food when you're poor, realize that door dash has a number of grocery and pharmacy locations available for use. Considering the defunding of food banks and public healthcare, if you're sick or hungry with no safety net, this would be welcome.