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Before the pandemic, I traveled to one of the largest Confederate cemeteries in the country & spent the day with the Sons of Confederate Veterans to understand how the Lost

Very excited to share the cover of my new book, How the Word Is Passed. It’s my first book of nonfiction and I’m really proud it. It’s coming out June

We, understandably, praise those who stand in line for hours to vote, but all I think of when I see these long lines are the people who needed to get

It can't be said enough: so many ppl don't have enough money to pay rent, to pay for food, to pay for medicine, to pay for clothes for their kids,

I wrote about how, despite what the president wants you think, teaching students about the history of slavery is one of the most patriotic things you can do.https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/09/real-stakes-fight-over-history/61

I'm thinking of all the ppl who knew Breonna Taylor before she became hashtag. The people who raised her, the people who held her, the people who laughed with her,

Today I submitted the final draft of my forthcoming book HOW THE WORD IS PASSED. I worked harder on this than anything I’ve ever done. Travelled to places across the

Spent Baldwin's birthday yesterday thinking about how easy it is to take for granted how ubiquitous he's become in our discourse today. It wasn't always this way. There was a

I think some people really take for granted for much work it is for educators to set up meaningful, engaging lessons for their students over zoom. There's a bizarre narrative

We must repeat it again and again. The death penalty is immoral. It is ineffective. It is expensive. It is cruel. It is laden with racism. It is full of

The students who will lose out the most in online learning are those living in poverty, but teachers also shouldn't be forced to risk their lives going back into school

Father's Day is a good day to remind people that all phone calls and video calls for incarcerated people should be free in every prison and jail across the country.