Dr. Kim McMillon (Arthouseflower)
@arthouseflower.bsky.social
Dr. Kim McMillon is a producer, playwright, and contributor to the anthology Some Other Blues: New Perspectives on Amiri Baraka (Ohio University Press, 2021), and the editor of the anthology Black Fire—This Time, published March 15, 2022. No DMs, please.
Please don't overreact to Roberts Court decision on the contemplated USPS ballot moves They simply held that the injunction came too early in the process, before there was a final rule👇 Now we HAVE a final rule & we will litigate it. I'm as confident in our arguments here as in any of our cases!
Just here to post this again like I do every year, not only because Douglass was one of the founding philosophers of American liberty but because I am so moved by the kids Frederick Douglass’ descendants deliver “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July”
‘What To The Slave Is The Fourth Of July?’: Descendants Read Frederick Douglass' Speech | NPR
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Chief Justice John Roberts' legacy is a far-right Supreme Court that prioritizes expanding corporate power above all else. I warned of his right-wing nature when I testified against his nomination in 2005.
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“America, U.S.A.”: Eddie Glaude on the 250th Anniv., Race & “The Madness at the Heart of the Country”
“I do not love America, and never have, especially now.” Those are the opening words of America, U.S.A.: How Race Shadows the Nation’s Anniversaries, a new book from Princeton historian Eddie Glaude. ...
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A policy expert described Education Secretary Linda McMahon’s push in favor of private schools as a “great American heist,” funneling money from public schools: “It’s a strategic theft of the future of our country, our kids and our democracy.” (Published Oct. 2025)
These Activists Want to Dismantle Public Schools. Now They Run the Education Department.
Under Trump, the Department of Education has been bringing in activists hostile to public schools. It could mean a new era of private and religious schools boosted by tax dollars — and the end of publ...
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"A flower does not think of competing with the flower next to it. It just blooms." - Zen Shin
This story is infuriating. The Christofascists want lawyers to decide on your health care. And they don't care if women die.
She Faced a Life-Threatening Miscarriage. Under Arkansas’ Abortion Ban, Even Calls to the Governor’s Office Didn’t Help.
Her case shows how abortion bans have left hospital lawyers, not doctors, deciding who gets care — and how lawmakers and regulators have failed to change that.
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1/ Even after Callais, a 3-judge panel (2 Trump appointees) enjoins Alabama from using “new” maps for the midterm election because of evidence of racial discrimination. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Zf...
Massie unfettered should be interesting to behold. The Epstein class should be very concerned.
Such wonderful poets and human beings put together the anthology, UNHOUSED, Yearning for Home. I thank Lisa Tomey-Zonneveld (Author, Editor), Candice Daquin (Editor), Jia-Li Yang (Editor), and Zaneta Johns (Editor) for making this happen. My poem, "I am a Vortex" was included.
Write an unforgettable love letter to San Francisco, drawing on your memories, emotions, and your personal soul medicine. This workshop, honoring San Francisco as both a city and a center for inner transformation, takes place Saturday and Sunday, June 20 and 21, at the San Francisco Library.
“I can't believe what you say, because I see what you do.” James Baldwin
They had contracts for prison labor at these camps?? Before they even bought them? www.projectsaltbox.com/p/contracts-...
Contracts Show ICE Planned Detainee Labor at Warehouse Sites Slated as Short-Term Facilities
Contracts signed before the government owned either warehouse described years of detention operations, and a program to put detainees to work
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It's darkest before the dawn Virginia was a setback But we're litigating in Florida, organizing across the South, & marching in Montgomery on May 16 This is how democracies survive & how you can help on @contrariannews.org contrariannews.org/p/we-promised-to-fight-gop-gerrymandering
We Promised to Fight GOP Gerrymandering Games, and We Are Getting Busy!
Publisher's Roundup 66
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SCOTUS leaned on an erroneous claim that Black voter turnout now tops white voter turnout, in its recent ruling that gutted the Voting Rights Act. However, the reality is that the racial voter turnout gap has been widening, in favor of white voters, as the court continues to dismantle the VRA.
SCOTUS used faulty racial voter turnout data to shred Voting Rights Act in recent ruling
The ruling that upended the Voting Rights Act was based in part on a false data analysis about Black and white voter turnout.
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Rep. @justinjpearson.bsky.social : “A political lynching… an era of retribution… what just happened in Tennessee was the largest and most swift disenfranchisement of Black people in a century.” #Memphis @GovBillLee @MarshaBlackburn
I was raped. That's a lot to share & it's something I only 1st spoke of a few years ago, but it's why reproductive freedom is important to me. I want a representative brave enough to talk about her experiences as a woman & that's why I support @e-stherforcongress.bsky.social
"I feel that there's a need for accountability... by investigations and ultimately impeachment and removal of this criminal president. And, that's where I come in. As a lawyer who's litigated and conducted investigations for 3 decades here in New York, I think I have a special talent for that.
