“You can’t eat the orange and throw the peel away….a man is not a piece of fruit”

On this day in 1923, a mob of over 200 white men attacked the Black community in Rosewood, Florida. The white mob killed over 30 Black men, women, and children and burned the town to the ground. https://t.co/6bsea2jXOB

Remembering on her birthday Elizabeth "Libba" Cotten (1893 – 1987) was an American blues and folk musician, singer, and songwriter, a self-taught left-handed guitarist. #banjo #blueshistory https://t.co/MlVjqy1qJc (1985)

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The John Coltrane Quartet performing “Impressions” — one of the greatest groups of musicians to ever walk the earth.

“You couldn’t ask for a more textbook example of what colonialism or imperialism are.” Had to get something off my chest about Trump and Venezuela — and the need for the media to call things as they are. From C-Span’s “Washington Journal” today.

Part 2 of my conversation with @TheEconomist Editor-in-Chief @zannymb and @CFR_org President Emeritus @RichardHaass:

What do US actions in Venezuela say about President Trump's foreign policy doctrine? Part 1 of my discussion with @CFR_org President Emeritus @RichardHaass and @TheEconomist Editor-in-Chief @zannymb:

One question that is likely to be resolved in 2026: the fate of Ukraine. The consequences will be seismic for the international system. My take:

Mark Ruffalo, Executive Producer of All That’s Left of You, reflects: “I was deeply moved by the resilience and grace of the Palestinian people, and by the way Cherien tells their story.” He highlights how the film centers the Palestinian experience with care, depth, and

“The system of military occupation that we are living now was all set up then.” "Palestine 36" director Annemarie Jacir spoke to @Dena about her new film, which tells the story of how Palestinians rose up in a popular revolt against British colonial rule in the 1930s.

We always have been and always will be Black Excellence! I’m just learning about this too. We don’t need anything from them. We know how to build our own. #BlackPeople #BlackExcellence #BlackOwned #BlackPilots #BlackAirport

Life in Gaza before October 2023 — from Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013), presented by Anthony Bourdain.

Mehdi Hasan on Venezuela: “JD Vance claimed the legal rationale was the DOJ had indicted, this was a law enforcement operation which is absurd. Can a foreign country indict Donald Trump and send in their special forces into DC to grab the president? This is madness”

“Trump is utterly wrong, utterly lying, when he says that the oil companies were stolen from the Americans, they were fully compensated, they had received compensation over and over and over, in addition to what they had extracted in profits out of Venezuela previously..”

Let’s be clear: the Trump Admin is lying to the American people. This has never been about stopping drugs from coming to the US — it’s about grabbing Venezuela’s oil for his billionaire buddies. Trump has put American troops in harm’s way to boost oil company profits. Outrageous.

When the U.S. carries out a regime change, it never ends well. Tony Karon, AJ+ Editorial Lead, looks at the many, many times the U.S. has decided who gets to run a country.

In 1983, Paul Newman stated that the American state disregards the truth, always creating exaggerated enemies to justify wars and massacres for profit, while ignoring crimes committed by other nations like Israel

Sen. Chris Murphy: "Donald Trump's entire foreign policy is corrupt. Russia, the Middle East, and now Venezuela is all about making money for his friends. Wall Street and the oil industry can make a lot of money off of Venezuela if they run it."

I agree with everything you are saying. This is liberation for so many and not imperialism. Why isn’t President Trump supporting the return of Maria Corina Machado, the Nobel Prize winner.?

VP Delcy Rodriguez has been named the acting President of Venezuela. At her press conference she had her Minister of Defense and declared their sovereignty. I pray diplomacy and not war is the way forward. This was a criminal act and breach of international law. The complicity

No matter what they say, it’s always oil.