…Today, I feel compelled to remind you that the people of Myanmar are suffering. The G reported on another incident where the junta killed several villagers just because they refused to abandon their farms….
…I am excited to learn about all of these fabulous, brilliant Black women who could be our next SCOTUS justice… the WP featured Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, calling her a “favorite.” Don’t you love her statement in her ruling about one of DJT’s cases that “the primary takeaway from the past 250 years of recorded American history is that Presidents are not kings?”…
…it is the day that my mother was born in Montclair, NJ in 1934, in the depth of the Depression. I treasure her energy, her creativity, her diligence & her commitment. She is what some educational theorist would call “agentive” meaning she does stuff. She used to tell us, don’t complain about it, change it….
…As you ponder your 1st year as POTUS, I hope you will keep in mind what MLK, Jr said in his last speech in Memphis. “the world is all messed up. The nation is sick. Trouble is in the land. Confusion all around. That's a strange statement. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough, can you see the stars…