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Northwestern Graduate Workers

NorthwesternGW

The Public Town Hall with @copsoutofNU and @NorthwesternU admin should be starting shortly. We're expecting to hear from Kathleen Hagerty, Associate ProvostMiriam Sherin, Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, and Julie

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FluffFaux

Absolutely surprising to me that one of the easiest ways for people to appropriate the idea of being allies has been to talk about how not to use slurs. Like

Jimmy Van Bramer

JimmyVanBramer

With so much disinformation out there on the Hunters Point waterfront. Here's my view. (THREAD) I’ve had a number of Hunters Point/LIC constituents reach out to my office about the

The Disordered Cosmos by Chanda Prescod-Weinstein

IBJIYONGI

I don't have any interest in performing public grief for an audience. My feelings are actually not even the point. The point is that Black people live under totalitarian conditions.

Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Police "show up" at riots in the same way that mass murderers "show up" at massacres. I have yet to see a riot that began without police present.Police are alchemists

Damien Alameda

damien_alameda

Notes from @TucsonRomero & @ChiefCMagnus press conference:1. Mayor Romero implored the community for a peaceful demonstration tonight should any demonstration occur though she did stress for folks to stay home.

Scott Shaffer

scttdvd

So I've been thinking about what's wrong with this @AsteadWesley article about police politics in Minneapolis.https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/26/us/politics/minneapolis-defund-police.html He says it's about an idealistic city co

We Can't Consent To This

Wecantconsentto

We regret to inform you that @Cosmopolitan is promoting choking/strangulation ('breath play') as a great newbie way to spice up your love life, again.(They link to a piece that says

Gabe González

gaybonez

The emotional whiplash I'm experiencing alternating between the #FierceFutures fundraiser on my computer and the NY City Council livestream on my phone... That said... Some good news: I'm hearing

Malcolm FleX

Malcolm_fleX48

For all of you independents out there, here is a none-too-concise thread about why you should vote for Trump.1. TaxesThis one is extremely easy. Taxes have been simplified and cut

Jonathan Adriel Diaz

JonathanADiaz

Black lives matter. George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Ahmaud Arbery deserve justice. I am convinced anti-Black racism is an active force in this country. If you blame this conclusion on

Jason Blakely

jasonwblakely

When Sohrab says "we learned long ago" that cracking down on small disorder leads to a decline in major crimes he's referring to Broken Windows Theory which is an infamous

Christie

ChristieNold

In my life & instruction, I actively try to decenter whiteness. I'm still figuring out what this looks like/feels like as well as whether it's even possible from my white

Deepa Iyer

dviyer

Asian Americans can't be bystanders to anti-Black racism. Here are #solidaritystatements from Asian American organizations that call for justice + acknowledge the bystander role of Officer Thao during the murder

Samuel Sinyangwe

samswey

4. Demilitarization. Police depts that get more military weapons from the federal govt kill more people. You can stop that from happening through local and state policy. Montana (Red state)

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ikanselarkuning

“May I know your race? What race are you? You Malay? No wonder... I was from Hwa Chong, I’m not that stupid... I would never mix around with you guys