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Black Histories of Sustainability Hold the Key to A Collectively Healthy Future Time moves backward toward the present: Lessons from John Mbiti, Fannie Lou Hamer, the Gullah Geechee, and other Black elders and ancestors.

I wrote about the
often-overlooked contributions of Black communities to environmental resilience and sustainable practices-and how we can pull those lessons forward to create a #HealthyFuture. open.substack.com/pub/juliacra...

Pivoting one of the last fearless political pubs to “career development” coverage…very, very dark news.

I was laid off from Teen Vogue today along with multiple other staffers, and today is my last day.

certainly more to come from me when the dust has settled more, but to my knowledge, after today, there will be no politics staffers at Teen Vogue.

This is Reaganomics 101: Make the face of welfare a Black woman, and people will support defunding family-supportive policies.

Attia Taylor on Storytelling, Black Wellness, and the Power of Womanly The founder of Womanly Magazine on the importance of Black women’s stories and why creating safe spaces for honest conversation is essential to collective well-being.

What does a healthy future look like? I asked this question to Attia Taylor, founder of Womanly Magazine, and our conversation turned into a powerful reflection on health education, storytelling, and Black women’s wellness. www.healthyfutures.blog/p/attia-tayl...

Enough With The Protein Propaganda No, I don't want protein dusted popcorn. Have you lost your mind?

I wrote about why people care so much about protein right now. www.healthyfutures.blog/p/enough-wit...

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A Glimpse of Stability: The Impact of Pandemic Aid on Families in Poverty In-depth case studies and interviews with families in poverty reveal how pandemic-era government aid provided a brief moment of stability.

Pandemic aid offered families a rare glimpse of financial stability, proving poverty is shaped by policy, not personal choice.

Our report uncovers the impact of relief efforts & what’s needed for lasting change www.newamerica.org/better-life-...

January's Living A Better Life Resources Not me showing up early.

🖤✨ Dive into my January roundup of health and wellness resources designed to help you live a better, healthier life. Let’s grow together this year. 🌿💡

📖 Check it out: www.healthyfutures.blog/p/januarys-l...

Healthy Futures | Julia Craven | Substack A newsletter that discusses health, wellness, history, and the role the internet and technology play within it all. Click to read Healthy Futures, by Julia Craven, a Substack publication with thousand...

Introducing Healthy Futures—my health & wellness newsletter! 🌿💻

It’s a space dedicated to care for Black folks, health equity, and tackling misinformation. Together, we’ll explore how ancestral knowledge & tech can inform a healthier, more equitable future.

www.healthyfutures.blog

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A Glimpse of Stability The Impact of Pandemic Aid on Families in Poverty

Join me and my colleagues at the Better Life Lab for a virtual discussion on the results of our forthcoming two-year study on how pandemic era federal funding improved the lives and wellbeing of families! newamerica.org/better-life-...

Even as an editor, I still feel this way too 😭😭

Here are the latest developments. The court’s chief prosecutor had sought the arrests over war crimes in Gaza. The court also issued a warrant for Hamas’s military chief, Muhammad Deif, whom Israel has said it killed.

I.C.C. Issues Arrest Warrants for Netanyahu, Gallant, and a top Hamas official.

Its chief prosecutor had sought the arrests for war crimes in Gaza.
www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11...

I saw this before I saw WHO was behind it and I was finna cuss you out 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

Still might!!!

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Awww hell nah don’t go in that kitchen without confidence they gone talk about your for years

I also got out some thoughts on the wellness to white supremacy pipeline that's been brewing for quite some time

Onward. Trying to make sense out of this shit.

I wrote about *gestures broadly* all this through the lens of health and well-being. juliacraven.substack.com/p/onward

Why are foods banned in other places still on US grocery shelves? Who decides what can and can’t be in food in the US?

It’s true that there’s a lot of bad stuff in our food here in America. Deregulation isn’t too likely to fix that. www.vox.com/explain-it-t...

“Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope.”– Ursula K. Le Guin

Must be worms on the braaaaaain

Iconic.

NEWTOWN, Conn. (AP) — Satirical outlet The Onion has bought Alex Jones' Infowars at auction, relatives of Sandy Hook shooting victims say.

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when i go back to twitter after an hour on bluesky

No. We’re not doing this here!!

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