Here we go; it’s the LAST DAY of my Meme-A-Thon. 1. Hours since I last satisfied my nicotine fix: 87. 2. I am grateful for my mentors, movement elders who inspire me to keep on trucking. One of my first movement mentors was David Graeber. It was late fall 2001, the smoke from September 11 [...]
via Colorlines.com Gwai Boonkeut suffers from severe heart disease. He doesn’t smoke, has no family history of diabetes or heart problems, and he’s in his mid 50s — about 10 years younger than the average age for men who suffer from their first heart attack. A doctor told Boonkeut that his heart operated at a third of [...]
via Colorlines Vermont, land of rolling green hills dotted with black and white Holsteins and picturesque red barns. White people, everywhere, lots of them. Home of state-sanctioned town hall meetings that are models for participatory democracy. And now, the first state in our republic to enact universal health care for all. Two weeks ago, Gov. [...]
Yvonne Yen Liu is a nerd for the racial justice movement. She lives in Oakland, California. You can write to her at yvonnegrapher at gmail dot com.
Yvonne Yen Liu is a nerd for the racial justice movement. She lives in Oakland, California. You can write to her at yvonnegrapher at gmail dot com.