In 2004, right after George W. Bush was elected for the second time, Tony Morrison had this to say, quote, this is precisely the time when artists go to work. There's no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear.We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations heal. I know the world is bruised and bleeding, and though it is important not to ignore its pain, it's important not to ignore its it is also critical to refuse to succumb to its malevolence.Like fai ...

Thanks to you and hope for joining us this hour. Really happy to have you here this President's Day. Happy President's Day.The first US president to live in the White House was the second US president, was John Adams. John Adams moved into the White House in November of the year 1800. Before that, while he was president, but before he moved into the White House, before the White House was complete, John Adams lived in Philly. Both John Adams, the nation's second president, and George Washington, the nation' ...

A federal judge, evoking the dystopian world of George Orwell’s novel “1984,” ordered the Trump administration to return a long-standing exhibit on slavery it removed from a popular historical museum in Philadelphia. https://t.co/ZTjUnkq3AC ...

RT Kevin Sorbo (@ksorbs)Thomas Sowell: ”If you’re going to have reparations for slavery, it’s going to be the greatest transfer of wealth back and forth, because the number of Whites who were enslaved in North Africa by the Barbary Pirates exceeded the number of Africans enslaved in the United States.” https://t.co/nT6QYKN55g ...

RT Arthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters)1) slavery was ubiquitous in history and by every civilization2) the only civilization to fight to end slavery (British and Americans) are still villainized as if they were the only ones who ever owned slavesExtremely ironic. ...

Fate is an irony maxxerArthur MacWaters (@ArthurMacwaters):1) slavery was ubiquitous in history and by every civilization2) the only civilization to fight to end slavery (British and Americans) are still villainized as if they were the only ones who ever owned slavesExtremely ironic. ...

RT Freedomain - with Stefan Molyneux, MA (@StefanMolyneux)The existence of slavery prevented the evolution of modern free market economies.Nobody who buys slaves wants to invest in labor-saving devices.The same is true of cheap immigrant labor.Makes a few people rich, kills the advancement of mankind. ...

Tonight, Trump announced he plans to close the Kennedy Center for about two years for construction starting in July. He writes, quote, I have determined that the Trump Kennedy Center, if temporarily closed for construction, revitalization and complete rebuilding can be without question the finest performing arts facility of its kind anywhere in the world. And that comes shortly after we learn there are no Black History Month events at the Kennedy Center, where remember in December, Trump added his own name, ...

WowWilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630):This is apparently real - the old "ghulam" system has returned.Actual slave girls (and boys) are now again a thing. ...

It isWilfred Reilly (@wil_da_beast630):It is objectively true that slavery existed in all societies for almost all of history, and was ended globally by a European-led movement between 1808-2007. ...