Cynthia "Daughters of Harriet" Parker-Ohene
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@LATimesBookPrizeFinalist, @BestAmericanPoetry2022, @The Rumpus, @PoetryDaily, PoetryReader-The Adroit Journal, Sarah Lawrence Alum #BLACKLIVESMATTER
Joined August 2008
A judge ruled that Derek Chauvin’s lawyers may test preserved samples of George Floyd’s heart, challenging his federal conviction. Nothing changes what we all watched: His knee on George Floyd’s neck for 9 minutes and 29 seconds.
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The ex-Minneapolis police officer convicted of killing George Floyd hopes a motion granted by a judge on Monday will prove a heart condition actually killed him.
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Today a righteous man was killed by the most wicked army on earth. Khaled Nabhan who we watched bid farewell to his beloved Reem, the soul of our soul, has joined her in the realm of souls where the wickedness of this so called humanity will no longer reach them. The man had an
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🇧🇫Burkina Faso's Agricultural revolution : For decades, Burkinabes were told they can't grow Pineapples, and that they had to import it from overseas. Now domestically trained Burkinabe scientists, have conducted research on the soil and what organic fertilisers would derive
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I love filming the culture that raised me. In the Lowcountry of South Carolina, many traditions live on today. Meet the Carolina Cowboys, a community of cowboys in the small town of Yemassee, South Carolina.
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“They will pay one of us to kill one of us just to say it was one of us” ~ Malcolm X
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This may seem like a joke, but it is perfectly consistent with a society that has allowed its rich to rob the masses. As people become more vengeful, more laws will be passed to classify the rich as a protected class. This is another aspect of capitalism's shift to overt fascism.
“New York state is considering creating a special hotline exclusively for CEOs to report perceived threats”
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it is right and righteous to fight against Israel in every way that you can. Israel is a loathsome political invention that has nurtured the darkest parts of humanity and is unleashing them now in terrifying ways. the harm they do is not just a Palestinian issue. it is an
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I appreciate this in-depth interview by @NathanJRobinson for @curaffairs giving me the opportunity to explain why we must abolish family policing & reimagine family support & safety.
Sociology and law professor @DorothyERoberts exposes how the child protective system systematically targets poor Black families and argues that abolition of the system is necessary to stop this injustice. https://t.co/ORT5DYwOMq
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A lot of people are working very hard right now to distract you from this, to distract you from the fact that denying you healthcare is making a few people very rich.
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When people say Israel has the right to defend it self” you must say, What is it defending? When people say Israel has the right to exist. You must ask, to what end? As a Palestinian, this was therapeutic to listen to.
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Celebrity culture means obsessive, concentrated attention on an individual to deter us from focusing on our structural and material conditions and developing a collective consciousness. We are inundated with inane personal details to foreclose any meaningful political engagement.
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In only 4 yrs in power (1983-87), Thomas Sankara built 350 schools, roads, railways without foreign aid Increased literacy rate by 60%. He also banned forced marriages and gave poor people land, Vaccinated 2.5 million kids, Planted 10 million trees, Appointed females to high
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As doctors in Gaza, our bodies are breaking under the weight, and our minds are shattered by the endless atrocities. We’ve had no rest since the war began, no supplies, and only a few hospitals left barely functioning. Hundreds of surgeries are waiting, and lives are lost daily
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Not only are Palestinians continuing to study under Israel's genocide, but they also hold Palestinian cultural activities in schools in displacement camps. Good morning from central #Gaza, where I met these beautiful girls wearing their Palestinian thobe on their way to school
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The images of Palestinians being burned alive, children carrying dead children & the unimaginable human suffering in Gaza are unbearable. Our country is funding this genocide. It's disgusting. The inaction of @POTUS & his administration will be remembered in the world.
Israeli forces have bombed the UN-run, Ahmed bin Abdul Aziz School, in Gaza's Khan Younis. The attack continues Israel’s repeated pattern of targeting former school buildings, with some sheltering up to 65,000 displaced Palestinians.
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When Nikki Giovanni Was Young, Brilliant and Unafraid
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The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by staying true to her vision and herself.
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Thanx so much for all you have done, Nikki Giovanni! Rest In Power.
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The EPA Is Mandating Removal of Lead Pipes. What Will Replace Them? https://t.co/RZNAiWZrFL via @truthout
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The new rule is a step in the right direction, but cost-cutting could lead to a different kind of toxicity.
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