by #AntjuanSeawright in #TheRoot:

"You know what freedom is? It’s standing in line for so long in the cold that you can’t feel your fingers because your vote is worth something no matter how many Republicans tell you it’s not. It’s speaking out when you’re 93-years-old because you’re not selling your home no matter what big developers do to force you.

"Freedom means if they didn’t have a warrant or probable cause when they found it, they have to throw it out because we all play under the same rules. It means a poor Black kid in Swansea, SC deserves the same quality education as a rich white one in Scarsdale, NY. It means we count on each other, we serve each other, and we govern ourselves.

"It means I don’t have to listen to you and you don’t have to listen to me, but we both have a right to speak."

https://www.theroot.com/lets-take-the-word-freedom-back-from-the-far-right-1850603646

#freedom #liberty #FarRight #FourthOfJuly #4thOfJuly #July4th #IndependenceDay

by #AntjuanSeawright in #TheRoot:

"The saying that when America catches a cold, Black folks catch pneumonia is ever so true with the climate crisis. The storms, heat, and extreme weather fluctuations aren’t one-time disasters and catastrophes that randomly to hit and destroy our most vulnerable communities. They follow this pattern because we’ve ignored investments in these communities that would otherwise strengthen their climate resilience and save lives."

https://www.theroot.com/how-the-climate-crisis-is-impacting-black-people-1850602439

#ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #ClimateChange #climate #environment #weather