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Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old.

Breaking: Viola Ford Fletcher, the oldest living survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, has died. She was 111 years old

My winter break travels kick off next week. 5 countries in 6 weeks. East Africa & SE Asia. What a blessing.

Up late making okra soup like the African auntie I am

The New York Times opinion column by Bret Stephens “The Case for Overthrowing Maduro” Nov 17, 2025

I wish y’all would stop subscribing to and legitimizing the NY Times

And Clinton's Crime Bill.

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Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S. The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.

"In 2025, 40% of women aged 15 to 44 say they would move abroad permanently if they had the opportunity. The current figure is four times higher than the 10% who shared this desire in 2014, when it was generally in line with other age and gender groups."

Woah! What are the flavors?

See: Aime Cesaire, Discourse on Colonialism (1955)

I am! Sending love your way 💜

⬆️ If you want to learn more about how U.S.-bankrolled civil war, anti-communism, evangelism, & Israeli weapons shape Central America and produced Bukele’s authoritarianism in the now tourist hot spot, El Salvador

From Civil Wars to Neoliberalism in Central America The end of the bloody, US-backed civil wars across Central America led to a brutal neoliberal economic restructuring near the turn of the century — which then helped produce the 21st-century authorita...

jacobin.com/2025/04/civi... From Civil Wars to Neoliberalism in Central America

As someone who was based in and traveled a lot across Central America in the early 2000s, it’s so wild to see El Salvador emerge as a “digital nomad” hub and tourist hot spot. Times have truly changed.

Since the founding fathers

Big bully of a country where most people can’t even identify countries on a map. I get it.

The rest of the world assumes that USians are dumb and while this negatively impacts me personally I can’t even be mad at this logical conclusion.

The East Africa Tourist visa grants entry to Uganda, Rwanda, & Kenya. Didn’t know it existed until a couple of weeks ago. I’m headed that way so I applied and was approved in 24 hrs. Impressive.

Baltimore, Abidjan, Kuala Lumpur

The sinister alchemy that puts lead into Zambian children’s veins A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard this week from people living in one of the world’s most polluted towns.

A court appeal with 140,000 claimants heard from people living in Kabwe -- one of the world’s most polluted towns. Mukanzi Musanga spoke to some of the mothers in that case. Their children are among the 95% of children in the area who have dangerously high levels of lead in their blood.

Sundays are for slowness, tea, cooking, napping and a little bit of psilocybin 🧘🏾‍♀️

Hosted by Luther, Patti, & Dionne. I’m 30 min in and Mariah has won two awards. Johnny Gill, BBD, & LL Cool J performed. This is so fun.

It is!

I’m avoiding reality by watching the 1991 Soul Train Music Awards. Pure nostalgia!

Anyway, Dick Cheney is a fossil fuel now. It's what he loved most. Besides killing.

Iraq war: I was tortured at Abu Ghraib. After 20 years, I'm still seeking justice An Iraqi journalist who was detained by US forces in 2003 without ever being charged reflects on his experience at the notorious prison and his ongoing search for justice

The legacy of Cheney/Bush

www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/iraq...

Loïs Mailou Jones, an Artist and Educator Who Made History Rebecca VanDiver hopes that her book will appeal to readers interested in “what it means to be Black in the 20th century, what it means to Black in the 21st century.”

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An unsung genius and diaspora theorist!

Reposting with Alt Text. Location of free food pantries in Atlanta for those in need.

11Alive news headline: "Woman sits in car for 14 hours to get food during New Birth Baptist church food giveaway More than 2,000 people waited in their cars in line Saturday morning in order to receive food."

Here in Atlanta yesterday, more than 2,000 people waited in their cars—one woman for 14 hours—for a box of food. The giveaway ended early; there wasn't enough to go around.

Multiply this scene by countless others across the country, and you get a sense of how crushing the desperation is right now.

Melissa leaves 50 dead, toll expected to rise in Jamaica, Haiti The storm has left 60 percent of Jamaica without electricity and some areas with up to 90 percent of roofs gone.

“Hurricane Melissa is finally leaving the Caribbean after battering communities in Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba for days, leaving a trail of devastation that killed about 50 people. The hurricane smashed into Jamaica with enormous force on Tuesday as a Category 5 storm…”