BlogHide Resteemseman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoand the Horse-lords of the Mossi Kingdoms in the west, throughIn the dusty, windswept lands of Niger, there once stood a lonely acacia tree. Caravans passed beneath its spiky branches — the last stop before the endless sea of sand. Known as the Tree of Ténéré…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoBreaking Up With White Supremacy Was Always The End GameEverywhere I look this week there is a story about how the recent Presidential contest slash white supremacist insurrection slash Trump legacy has torn apart many families. This one from Time…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoThe Real Reason So Many Companies Are Ditching TrumpWeappear to be living through an unparalleled moment — a turning point, perhaps — in the relationship between business and the political system. The big social media companies de-platformed the…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoA Majority of Mormons Embraced Trumpism. Now What?China says WHO experts to probe Covid-19 origins during long-awaited mission Ten World Health Organization scientists will visit China from Thursday to probe the origins of Covid-19, authorities…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoStatement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy RaskinIknow I shouldn’t feel this way. I fight it with everything I have. I’ve worked to feel something other than what my most base instincts are pulling at me to feel. My brain tells me to keep these…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoToday America Showed Us Exactly Who It Is. Believe It.Iknow I shouldn’t feel this way. I fight it with everything I have. I’ve worked to feel something other than what my most base instincts are pulling at me to feel. My brain tells me to keep these…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoStatement of Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin on the Remarkable Life of Tommy RaskinTAKOMA PARK, M.D. — Congressman Jamie Raskin and Sarah Bloom Raskin today released the following statement about their son Thomas (Tommy) Bloom Raskin: “On January 30, 1995, Thomas Bloom Raskin was…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoAll Your Paranoid Questions About the Electoral College Certification, AnsweredDonald Trump’s refusal to concede defeat in the presidential election has made the ceremonial counting of electoral votes by Congress on January 6 a consequential event for the first time in modern…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoDoing The Right Thing Feels AwfulToday as folks with office-type jobs slid back into their home office chairs, facing a tidal wave of office emails and arbitrary office deadlines, many probably paused to consider the fact that they…eman76ja (17)in news • 4 years agoThe Black Ton: From Bridgerton to Love & Hip-HopFor seven years or so now, my friend and I have been dishing about why so many Black women love regency-era romance. As it happens, that good friend is also a foremost scholar on race and British…