#Virginia

The Virginian-Pilot

virginianpilot

Wednesday marked the beginning of the end of years of intense controversy over a Confederate symbol at the heart of Portsmouth, a majority Black Southern city.A thread:https://www.pilotonline.com/government/local/vp-nw-portsmouth-removes-co

daysia 🌼

daysiabee

WE ARE TIRED: a thread In 1619, the “first” enslaved Africans were brought to Virginia aboard The White Lion. “20 and odd” Africans were stolen and forced into slave labor

PoliMath

politicalmath

This is silly, but on the eve of Disney+, let's talk a little about the insane role Walt Disney has played in our culture /1 Walt Disney was a high

Zach Gibbz

Zach_Gibbz

The history of institutionalized racism in Hanover County Public Schools — a thread 1934: Hanover County School Board rejects the request to buy a school bus for black schools.

George Croner

GeorgeCroner

I see that Andrew McCarthy is flogging the bejesus out of the same dead horse that he wrote about last week in National Review. This week’s McCarthy column (…https://www-nationalreview-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.nationalreview.com/2

Jawwad Farid

rebootdude

On @AsraRizKhan request.Why did I come back home?There is a long backstory here. I wouldn't have shared it if you hadn't asked. Thank your for asking. I am a child

Phil, gluten whisperer

GayUnclePhil

Okie dokie! Let’s go for a “hike” together. Today, I’ve chosen Prince William Forest Park: it’s close to home, and part of the #NPS. Created in 1936 during the height

Ⓥ erin sinead 🏳️‍🌈

Heron_Song

every time a candidate drops out of the democratic primary a canon should go off like in the hunger games new and improved version. just because the primary is a

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Since the earliest days of digital legal records, redaction failures have been a source of perpetual mirth and chaos. The most common failure is simply adding black boxes over text

Bren

MomentsWithBren

We need to talk about social media netiquette and how to politely make inquiries. This is because effective communication is important in every learning space you find yourself. E.g. professional

Sherrilyn Ifill

Sifill_LDF

We have reached the nadir of lawless, reckless conduct by the Repub Senate leadership - which has relinquished any claim to integrity & responsibility in its zeal to rush through

Chris Garmon

cjrhgarmon

There’s an important health care issue that is (understandably) flying under the radar: certificates of public advantage (COPAs), which are grants of antitrust immunity for hospital mergers conditional on active

Dr. Daniel J. Winarick

DrWinarick

As a new parent in Manhattan who is a clinical psychologist with well above average intellectual and achievement testing training & experience, I was curious about admissions testing for the

Municipal Dreams

MunicipalDreams

1/ THREAD: A walk into Bethnal Green, starting at the 19th century carpenters’ and furniture makers’ workshops in Padbury Court at the northern end of Brick Lane. The nearest has

Lyman Stone 石來民 🦬🦬🦬

lymanstoneky

but i was assured that only the us was having a second wave because we are totally the worst in the worldhttps://twitter.com/DavidKeo/status/1286749985204297728 sidenote: France is also behind on reporting mortality

Allison Gill

allisongill

THREAD: Sit down and let me tell you a story. A story about how the GOP and the Kremlin nearly duped me into throwing away my vote in 2016. Are