The famous photograph of Black Olympic athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos standing on the medal podium at the 1968 Olympics. Both athletes are wearing a single black glove and have one armed raised in a Black power salute. Australian athlete Peter Norman, who is white, stands on the podium as well.

Black History Month Stories.

Today, we talke about one of the most famous photographs in history and the fallout that affected all participants, revealing how deep hypocrisy runs when dealing with politics and sports.

Today's story is the 1968 Olympic Black Power Salute.

CALIFORNIA — ex NFL punter Chris Kluwe arrested for civil disobedience protesting at the city council in Huntington Beach, where the council planned a “MAGA” display on a plaque at the library.

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Incredible news! More hospitals have returned to offering gender affirming care after Trump's executive order was blocked.

Moments after publishing our story on hospitals returning, Childrens National DC announced a return to care.

And JUST now, Colorado Children's is back to giving care!

AMAZING

YouTube video by Democracy Docket BREAKING: Judge Says Discovery Into DOGE's Labor Department Probe Likely

🚨BREAKING: A federal judge in Washington, DC has issued an order setting a path for the first round of discovery to be served in a lawsuit involving Trump and Musk’s efforts to restructure the government.

Paige and I explain.
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A very handsome black and white tuxedo cat sits and watches something with great interest. His eyes are wide and he looks like he sees something weird or upsetting in the distance.

Ludo would like the humans to get their shit together and fight the fascists properly. #CatsOfBluesky

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Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did Since Texas banned abortion, no one has studied the statewide effects on pregnant women experiencing complications. Here’s how we sifted through data on millions of pregnancy hospitalizations and anal...

How we did it: Texas Won’t Study How Its Abortion Ban Impacts Women, So We Did

St. Louis clinic to begin scheduling abortions this week A Kansas City judge on Friday ruled that licensing requirements that were keeping clinics from providing abortions were discriminatory. Planned Parenthood Great Rivers this week will begin offering it...

That vest looks like it's from the Clinic Vest Project.

What are you reading this Black History Month? The LA&M Library is open Thursday and Friday 11am-7pm, Saturday 11am-5pm and Sunday 1pm-5pm, and on Wednesdays by appointment. It is free to visit, browse and read! 📚💕

Their goal is to make life worse for you and privatize everything so robber barons can make an extra buck.

Why has it never occurred to me that i could have a sticker notebook? I never knew where to put stickers. This is genius.

Useful.

A national park service webpage about Stonewall. "Before the 1960s, almost everything about living openly as a lesbian, gay, bisexual, or queer (LGBQ+) person was illegal. The Stonewall Uprising on June 28, 1969 is a milestone in the quest for LGBQ+ civil rights and provided momentum for a movement."

‼️ The National Park Service has REMOVED mentions of transgender people being involved with Stonewall. Not only did the remove the world "Transgender" but changed "LGBTQ+" to "LGBQ+".

The federal government is attempting to erase us and take away our history.

This pride, we riot.

“MaYbe shE’s goiNg to be in TroUble nOw”

Maybe he can learn to read. The Constitution would be a good place to start

This.

It's so ridiculous to me when people say, "Capitalism breeds innovation!" Really? Because I remember the time before people tried to monetize the internet. I remember when things were made of better quality. As soon as someone decides to maximize profits and minimize costs, the quality goes down.

I love Asian food (yes, the whole continent) but can't use chopsticks to save my life. I love the sweet, indulgent, and amused smile the restaurant staff always gives me when I ask if I could please have a fork. It has the same effect as someone patting my hand and saying, "There, there."