text: These are circumstances the likes of which no one has ever seen. I doubt if many education majors signed up or trained for holding in-person classes in the middle of a raging pandemic (unlike doctors and nurses, who signed up for exactly this scenario, whether they realized it or not). Anyone arguing that teachers and medical personnel are in the same boat here are dabbling in false equivalencies, comparing apples and kiwi fruit.
  Teachers returning to schools is desired in no small part as a means of covering Trump’s huge ass, as a way of making it look like things are getting back to normal. Leave it to him and Ms. DeVos and others to expect people to do things they’d never do themselves.
  
  Sona Jobarteh is a vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and composer from the Gambia and the UK. She was born in 1983[1] into one of the five principal Kora-playing Griot families from West Africa – she is the first female professional kora player[1][2] to come from a Griot family. She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot of his generation, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh, cousin of the well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabate as well as the sister of the renowned Diaspora Kora player Tunde Jegede.[3]
  Born in London,[1] Maya Sona Jobarteh is a member of one of the five principal Kora-playing (Griot) families from West Africa, and the first female member of such a family to rise to prominence on this instrument. The playing of this 21-stringed harp-like instrument was exclusively passed down from father to son.[4] The instrument is an important element of the Mandingo peoples in West Africa and their playing is reserved only to certain families called Griot.[5]
  She is the granddaughter of the Master Griot, Amadu Bansang Jobarteh (b.1915), who migrated from Mali to the Gambia. Her cousin is the well-known, celebrated Kora player Toumani Diabaté. Her mother is English (Galina Chester?). She has a son, Sidiki Jobarteh-Codjoe, born in 2010.[6]
  She has studied the Kora since the age of three, at first taught by her brother Tunde Jegede, who is 11 years older, and with whom she travelled several times a year to the Gambia as a child, and then by her father, Sanjally Jobarteh. She attended the Royal College of Music, where she studied cello, piano and harpsichord, and soon after went on to the Purcell School of Music to study composition.[1][7] She also completed a degree at SOAS, University of London. She is fluent in Manding.
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  How a Trump admin Interior Dept official explained why the dept had abruptly canceled a study into coal mining’s effects on the health of nearby residents: "Science was a Democrat thing." https://t.co/ubzdXKKzoH
  If only people in my mentions were as concerned about this as they are about my calling out MSM and the male pundit class.
  Of course Biden is benefiting from his relationship with the Obamas. It’s also indicative of Black folks’ sense of fairness. Not saying Black folks are morally superior, but we do STRONGLY believe in fairness and many Black folks believe Biden was not fairly treated in 2016. https://t.co/hmgyAfqwYB
  Why shouldn’t he benefit? He was loyal and diligent in pushing PBO’s agenda. He’ll have my time& money if he’s our candidate. Plus I’m all in for anyone who pushes Bernie out of the candidacy. Bernie was anything but loyal.
  Let me point this out again. It is always one of the Mediocre Justice Dem Quad every week in the headlines. Why don't they stop making remarks, stop tweeting, stop talking & just do their work like the other Freshmen who are doing just that…… https://t.co/XsSyliDYPX
  Her black women's maternal healthcare bill? Her cash bail reform bill? Her rental relief act bill? You don't have to like her, but don't be dishonest. https://t.co/lZFAmiRDbT
  Coast Guard officer accused of plotting terror attack to remain jailed, judge says, reversing magistrate's decision https://t.co/CL9ovMvznf
  Today I am considering the Black feminist notion of the “othermother”: the auntie, teacher, grandmother, neighbor, cousin, community leader or elder who cares for children who are not biologically her own. “Care” can be anything from needed counsel to meals to informal adoption.
  If you don’t think Trump’s tryin’ to start a war to “save” his presidency, you ain’t payin’ attention.https://t.co/WimpNnA97r
  I’ve been saying for months that Buttigieg is going nowhere because of his abysmal polling with Black people. Looks like the mainstream is finally figuring that out. Another 0% poll https://twitter.com/marcushjohnson/status/1128042131531210754?s=17
  OT but breaking. Jimmy Carter has broken his hip from a fall at home, underwent surgery this morning.
  #Lincoln: The series based on #TheBoneCollector starring @russellhornsby has been ordered to series at @NBC. https://t.co/IIAP1sh971 pic.twitter.com/n11dvib9WF
  .@jbouie nails it: "Politics is unpredictable and events matter, but it’s also clear that Republicans are on the verge of a durable structural advantage in the Senate that will make Democratic majorities rare outside of the occasional 'wave' election." https://t.co/EOHvAS8wFz
  Delinquent housewife: Felicity Huffman pleads guilty in deal with prosecutors that will land her in prison for at least FOUR months and require her to pay a $20,000 fine
  Felicity Huffman entered a plea of guilty to a single charge of conspiracy to commit mail fraud and honest services mail fraud
  She was facing a maximum of 20 years in imprison, but prosecutors recommended she serve just four months
  Trump isn’t rage-tweeting about a “coup” only cause he’s irrational; he is irrational, but it’s also projection. The Trumpist “slow-moving coup” is picking up speed. The racist, autocratic, kleptocracy is digging in, democracy being dismantled. We’ve entered the #ReignOfInsanity https://twitter.com/DMRDynamics/status/1127775046984978433?s=17
  How a man treats his mother and sisters or other female relatives is more than likely how he will treat his wife. This is awesome! I tell my daughters this all the time.
  The Congressional Black Caucus may have found an answer to its Joe Biden dilemma: Vice President Kamala Harris https://t.co/hfe1ZJoZPc
  I'm just realizing: Tulsi Gabbard is the only Dem presidential candidate who has endorsed *disenfranchising* people in her home-state who are already allowed to vote.
  Mayor Pete is out here crying about identity politics meanwhile the only reason he's married is because of identity politics and the only reason he's raised any money is because of identity politics https://t.co/nlf4Vp8huR
  Farmers have not been a major source of campaign $ for Tom Cotton. He has received just over $525K from the whole Agribusiness sector over the past 6 years, $160K of that from PACs.
  Comparatively, Finance, Insurance & Real Estate gave him $3.8 millionhttps://t.co/JPO8y6sJIw https://t.co/XoWhui7NGs
  Tom Cotton once held up a highly qualified Obama nominee named Cassandra Butts for 820 days, until she died unexpectedly, in order to cause "special pain" to President Obama. His office did not dispute this characterization of his motives. https://t.co/lv9EKnjjSR
  Every wokie and Blackademic who said the 2016 election didn’t matter, or that we can afford a Trump presidency must be held accountable and answer for this. https://t.co/3sqC2CzyCH