Over 1,000 students came to school ready to learn, not to be terrorized. It’s unconscionable that the threat of violence looms over our back to school season.

We frame the history of genocide in this country as the disappearance of Native Americans. Not the extreme violence our government committed.

Preachers don’t get to stay out of politics. We are either chaplains of empire or prophets of God.

Over 50% of women of reproductive age cannot make their own informed decisions about their sexual and reproductive health. Yet, sexual health is key to their well-being. This #WorldSexualHealthDay, let's speak up for women's bodily autonomy! 🎨Art: Ronan Lynam

please stop saying "faith" when you mean "church attendance"

.Paul Peart Smith’s #GraphicNovel adaptation of Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz’s AN INDIGENOUS PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE US comes out on 10/1! Until then, we’re sharing some sneak peeks of his gorgeous art work! 👀

“Despite the growing number of mixed-race people, it never occurred to me, as a mixed-race person, that I would see myself in the political life of the nation.”—Samira K. Mehta, PhD buff.ly/3Xg84Rg

In a moment when democracy is at risk, when wars abroad are being protested at home, when race continues to shape US politics, what can we learn from James Baldwin about a moment not so different from his own? #Baldwin100 buff.ly/4dYLZvV

.VictoriaLaw reminds us that our current carceral system, as pricey as it is, does little for those who have been harmed—whether directly or indirectly. #EndMassIncarceration buff.ly/4e9U4xL

Op-ed: AI will never understand what makes writing great | @newstatesman buff.ly/3ATtieU

.Bill Ayers says it’s so important that many forces came together to raise the question of Gaza everywhere the Democrats went in Chicago during the #2024DNC. It’s the moral issue of now. #CeasefireNOW WORT 89.9 FM buff.ly/3X5hXzQ

"Jones’s novel deftly captures the disaffectedness of returning to a home that does not feel like home... Sometimes, living in one’s own mythology is safer than making sense of reality." Donjrath reviews THE UNICORN WOMAN by Gayl Jones. Beacon Press southernreviewofbooks.com/2024/09/06/the…

When our sales intern, Sophie Yook, was first looking into #Publishing, she had really only considered editorial work. Then she found out about the sales and marketing departments, and more doors opened. #Internship buff.ly/3Xa6gIh

September 28 is #LetFreedomReadDay - a day of action against book bans! We’re asking everyone to get ready to vote for the freedom to read or to do at least one thing to stand up to censorship! All you need is 5 minutes: bannedbooksweek.org/let-freedom-re…

We can finally share the good news! We have our 2024 National Poetry Series winner, and it’s Kieron Walquist’s OUR HANDS HOLD VIOLENCE, selected by Brenda Hillman! 🎊🎉 buff.ly/3B5tlUM

But headlines will say the same thing about summer next year. This should not be a record to top.

Del Seymour told Alison Owings he could have gotten a PhD in sidewalks. He led many lives before becoming one of the hardest-working advocates for the homeless in San Francisco. His stories come to life in MAYOR OF THE TENDERLOIN! San Francisco Chronicle buff.ly/3X9Yo9B

In other news, water is wet and the sun is hot.

When Buddy Ray Guy got to the side of the Unicorn Woman and was able to observe her in profile, he saw the spiraled horn protruding from her forehead like a bull’s horn or a goat’s: diagonally pointed upward, it was white and shining. #FridayReads buff.ly/4fSDdBj

Having students design project-based learning units that influence their own communities can have a transformative impact on learning. #BackToSchool Christopher Emdin sam seidel (he/him) edutopia buff.ly/4eb17Gt