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Judging by the record number of Grammys garnered for “Not Like Us,” even the music industry is siding with Kendrick Lamar. Alicia Keys is using her platform to call for protecting diversity. Chappell Roan is calling for liveable wages. Hip hop, it’s your move. thetriibe.com/2025/02/crit...

submitted 26 days ago • 2 comments

happy first birthday to Bluesky, and what a year it's been! with every day, the need for an open network that puts people first becomes increasingly clear. we're glad to be building this with you. after all, the heart of a social network is the people.

submitted 26 days ago • 3635 comments

👋 legal profession! "With the Trump administration warning career lawyers to follow orders even if they have ethical qualms, pressure is building on professional legal associations to take a stance against efforts to upend long-standing norms of public service..." www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

submitted 26 days ago • 351 comments

Black excellence: Twice as qualified, half as respected, and still passed over or labeled as a ‘DEI hire.’ Black folks have always known this because we’ve seen it happen to our own family members. I know I have.

submitted 25 days ago • 1360 comments

Don’t forget Senators & Representatives do come home on weekends. An airport is a great place to encounter them. Here’s a guide to bird-dogging in case anyone is inclined to need it. ruckus.org/training-man...

submitted 25 days ago • 99 comments

"If the 'DOGE' endeavor is working, why can’t the White House just tell the truth about what it's doing?" www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

submitted 26 days ago • 1917 comments

Judge Amy Berman Jackson has formally dismissed the case of Jan. 6 defendant DJ Rodriguez, who drove a taser into the neck of MPD officer Michael Fanone and had been sentenced to 12 years in prison "Michael Fanone's heroism will never be moot," she says. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25...

submitted 26 days ago • 585 comments

#BlackHistoryIsAmericanHistory. And Chicago is CHOCK FULL OF IT EVERYWHERE.

submitted 25 days ago • 0 comments

"Mr. Trump and his aides are cagey on the question of whether he and Putin have already talked..." www.nytimes.com/2025/01/13/u...

submitted 50 days ago • 184 comments

Hindsight is always 20/20 but permitting Judge Cannon to remain on the Trump case without any challenge may have been a pivotal moment in our country's history.

submitted 49 days ago • 196 comments

MAGA sycophant Senate Republicans who are all going to vote for Hegseth no matter what information emerges about his alleged drinking, sexual assault accusations (which he denies) and public maligning of women soldiers, attempting to perform dignity in this hearing is ... something to behold.

submitted 49 days ago • 55 comments

#SenTubervill (R-AL) says people say "why would you serve a country you don't love?" He changes it from "Why would you serve a country that don't love you?" GOP Always changes saying to make them look good which always obits the TRUTH! WHITE WASHING the truth needs to stop.

submitted 49 days ago • 0 comments

If you missed Trump's interview on Meet the Press, or if you watched it but want an analysis, I wrote about it last night. joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-a...

submitted 85 days ago • 131 comments

NEW — A coalition of community organizations in Chicago is proposing that Mayor Brandon Johnson reduce $170M in funding for the 1,000-plus vacant police department positions to close the 2025 budget gap. thetriibe.com/2024/12/fund...

submitted 85 days ago • 3 comments

We’re saddened to hear about the passing of poetry great and Black Arts Movement icon, Nikki Giovanni. According to NPR, she passed away today, following her third cancer diagnosis. She was 81 years old. Rest in power, Nikki Giovanni ✨

submitted 84 days ago • 45 comments

When voted into office and having to do this! When will America Democracy actually be equal and fair? Why does YT American have such a problem with Black Woman? here's a clue, most don't know American history of Black People! #AddToBlackSky #StampedFromTheBeggining www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8NDYMNQ/

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

#BlackSky #AmericansWhoVoteAgainstTheirInterest

submitted 89 days ago • 0 comments

On my way to VA Clinic look who's chilling on Federal Grounds protecting their eggs. So next time some guy in charge says we need to drill baby drill remember he destroying someone's home!

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Hello Bluesky! We're glad to be here. If you're new to the Brennan Center: We're a nonpartisan law and policy nonprofit that holds public institutions accountable to core U.S. values. We seek to strengthen the systems of democracy and justice so they work for all. Learn more at www.brennancenter.org

submitted 104 days ago • 35 comments

NEW — Skip the panic button this holiday season. These Black-owned Chicago restaurants are offering special menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Eve for those who don't plan on being in the kitchen — or want to add something new to the table — this year. thetriibe.com/2024/11/dont...

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

AHHH THIS IS SO CUTE!!! I do be stealin hearts! 🥰

submitted 104 days ago • 4 comments

Both baddies fr 🙌🏾🔥🔥

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

One of my classmates 18 Male had sex with a Female 17, her parents found out n accused him of rape he was convicted after graduation charged n sentenced to 40 no less than 20 yrs under Flordia law www.flsenate.gov/Laws/Statute... #MattGaetz took her to another state, sex traffing another crime.

submitted 104 days ago • 0 comments

Who made this? Ahahaha

submitted 109 days ago • 1602 comments

Momma bird protecting her babies from rain.

submitted 109 days ago • 12 comments

Who's watching Mike give a beat down tonight? #AddToBlackSky

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

Is this fight tonight gonna be our first event we watch as a family? #addtoblacksky

submitted 109 days ago • 19 comments

#AddToBlackSky

submitted 108 days ago • 0 comments

The sombrero galaxy captured by the Hubble Space Telescope.

submitted 109 days ago • 86 comments

This is a great development. I know people will argue the cost will merely be passed on as higher rent, but those people do not know what it is like to live check to check and have to come up with a huge lump sum of cash. www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/n...

submitted 111 days ago • 8 comments

👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼

submitted 111 days ago • 299 comments

This is so incredibly fantastic

submitted 110 days ago • 68 comments

We've gained over 12,000 followers in the past 2 days, and only had to block one racist! Is this place heaven?!

submitted 109 days ago • 36 comments

Amen. And it deserves its fate.

submitted 109 days ago • 66 comments

In the end, there was nothing Democrats could have done to win the 2024 election—not with any issue or any candidate—as long as they were put in the position of having to defend a status quo system that had fallen out of public favor… newrepublic.com/article/1883...

submitted 109 days ago • 150 comments

Me every time a new person is announced on that man’s team.

submitted 109 days ago • 1186 comments

STORM #5

submitted 110 days ago • 14 comments

Real shocker here 🙄 www.cnn.com/2024/11/15/p...

submitted 109 days ago • 565 comments

G’morning BlueSky.

submitted 109 days ago • 763 comments

That orange streak is Mercury with its glowing sodium plasma tail, passing in front of the Pleiades cluster. Impressive capture by Dr Sebastian Voltmer. spaceweathergallery.com/indiv_upload...

submitted 109 days ago • 229 comments