"Social media companies [could hire] thousands of librarians to build a content curation model that does not rely so heavily on reactionary moderation. This move would fundamentally rewire our information ecosystem, but it is perhaps the best fix" ned.org/wp-content/upl…

History matters. Real patriots set up health clinics, fought police brutality & formed coalitions w/ Black Panthers against racism, capitalism & imperialism. Thx Antonia Noori Farzan 4 covering my book w/ jtofthebay Hillbilly Nationalists in The Washington Post washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/01…

#disinformation is proven to spread faster than truth. Jen Soriano Hermelinda Cortés 🐜 Joseph Phelan give us 6 action steps to combat disinfo, defend democracy & build narrative power for progressive change @ReFrameMentor nonprofitquarterly.org/defanging-disi…

My thoughts about the decision by California this week to switch to an age-based vaccination plan that de-prioritizes high-risk people under 65, people like me Captions + transcript in link: youtube.com/watch?v=w1n2YY… #HighRiskCA #CripTheVote

“The pandemic has disproportionately affected Latino, African-American and low-income Californians. Latinos are 20% more likely to die from COVID-19 than Californians as a whole, and the case rate is nearly 40% higher in low-income communities...” #HighRiskCA

The coalition to #CancelStudentDebt is growing and the momentum is on our side. President Biden must be bold and responsive to the movement that elected him by taking executive action to cancel $50,000 in federal student loan debt.

Canceling student loan debt would open up more opportunities for more Americans than any single act the president could take. It would start to close the racial wealth gap. It would boost a faltering economy. And it is fundamentally the right thing to do. bostonglobe.com/2021/02/02/met…

Exciting news: Jakada Imani is the new CEO at ManagementCenter.org. As @CynthiaBuiza said, “Jakada's heart, wisdom and experience” creates more resilient organizations from California Immigrant Policy Center & Fair Fight to Ella Baker Center & Essie Justice Group managementcenter.org/new-ceo/

Today we celebrate and thank all library workers! During the pandemic, library workers continue to exceed their communities' demands and adapt resources and services to meet their users' needs during these challenging times. #NLWD21 #NationalLibraryWeek ala-apa.org/nlwd/

The updated edition of HILLBILLY NATIONALISTS, URBAN RACE REBELS, AND BLACK POWER is out today! This untold story of the New Left by amy sonnie and jtofthebay becomes more important with each passing day mhpbooks.com/books/hillbill…

It also has a fantastically thorough discussion guide, created by the authors cdn2.mhpbooks.com/2011/10/Hillbi…

Fueling up with amy sonnie and jtofthebay’s “Hillbilly Nationalists” before some early holiday shopping at Politics and Prose’s member sake.

This case is a reminder that throughout US history white people, who reject white supremacist thinking, have been subject to white supremacist violence.

They tried to tell you that convicting Derek Chauvin proved that the system worked…according to Biden this also proves that the system works. Maybe we need a new system. cnn.com/2021/11/19/pol…

🤖 TODAY 🤖 We're calling on all our librarian allies: Sign our petition, demand LexisNexis cut its contract w/ICE, & tweet LexisNexis Legal & Professional to make sure they hear you. This research tool has facilitated ICE's deportations for far too long: notechforice.com/librarians-in-… #NoTechforICE