The front page of tomorrow's The Daily Tar Heel –

I shed many tears while typing up these heart-wrenching text messages sent and received by UNC students yesterday. Our campus was on lockdown for more than three hours.

Beyond proud of this cover and the team behind it.

This is so powerful. And so devastating.

These were very impressive remarks by President Biden - about white supremacy (it’s a poison); his recognition that we have made less progress on race than he hoped; on Jackson ills; on the erasure of history; on Emmett Till’s legacy; on the need to still push for policing legislation.

Friday, 9/1, is the deadline to submit your manuscript to the 2024 First Book Award, which includes $5,000, publication by Graywolf Press, a residency with Civitella Ranieri, & book distribution to thousands of Academy members.
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There should be a shorter word for 'abbreviation.'

Photographer Margaret Bourke-White, DC4 Flying over Midtown Manhattan, 1939 #WomensArt

Jones wasn’t just ruled out of order. He was barred from speaking for the rest of the day. Another member of the same body was ruled out of order twice but was not silenced. The Speaker is playing a very dangerous game.

But then I noticed my solidarity sisters sniff out my lack, too, 
and the vascular trauma of hurt in my blood became 
a wound in my particles.

—Prageeta Sharma
Prageeta Sharma
#PoemADay

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Here is a word fact that is too legit to quit.

The verb, ‘emcee’ means “to act as an MC (master of ceremonies).”

‘MC’ phonetically spelled out becomes ‘emcee.’

An unforgettable night at the
US Open Tennis, where we celebrated the 50th anniversary of equal prize money at the Grand Slam that was first to offer it.

Thank you to everyone who made this night possible, and to all those who continue to use their platforms to call for change.

#flowers #art #august #bayarea #california #photography #art work #dailyphoto #art aday #art challenge “owlish, part 3”

#flowers #art #august #bayarea #california #photography #art work #dailyphoto #art aday #art challenge “owlish, part 3”

Breaking News: An assailant fatally shot a faculty member in a laboratory at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on Monday, the authorities said. nyti.ms/45tYBaD

LATEST: A University of North Carolina faculty member is dead and a suspect is in custody after a shooting that prompted a campus lockdown. nbcnews.app.link/AL0xKaDTDCb

I am locked down at UNC-Chapel Hill and okay. Praying for the whole community.

New book of poetry! My first in a decade since Patricia Smith chose the last one for the National Poetry Series.

I may invert the title to WHOLLY AND SOON. We'll see. Working with Suzanna Tamminen weslpress has been a dream.

You turned in the light, your eyes
seeking your name.

—Rita Dove, born #OTD in 1952

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#leaves #trees #august #art #bayarea #california #art work #photography #dailyphoto #art aday #art challenge “a pair of aces”

In 2006, 5-year-old Robert Turner called 911 after his mother collapsed in her bedroom. The operator hung up on the kid after asking him to put an adult on the phone and assuming it was a prank. After three hours, the boy called again and anther operator told him to stop prank…

Retweet this or just share it. These murders don't have to happen. They are happening because of policies, practices and laws that have made this violence possible.