These stories are frightfully difficult to write. Emotionally taxing and not without risk. I rely on your support to keep bringing situations like these to light. Will you become a paid subscriber today? In 1930, a white mob perpetrated a lynching in Marion, Indiana. Two young Black men, Thomas Shipp and Abraham Smith, had been accused of raping a white woman and killing her boyfriend. This lynching might have joined the other lynchings—more than 4,000 (that we know of) in the Jim Crow era—in relative anonymity.

Hello Wonderful Community, Today I’m sharing a new video of my poem, “What Love Is” published in my book, ‘You Better Be Lightning’.  I’m going to be sharing video newsletters such as this more frequently from now on  as I used to teach in a pre-school and loved story time, and this reminds me of that. I wish we were right now sitting around a circle together, eating snacks and prepping for Show & Tell.

I've always been fascinated by dreams. The fact that human beings conjure up alternate realities for themselves, with unspoken and implicitly understood rules and laws about the world, completely ridiculous things which seem genuinely real and which you don't even question until you wake up, is something that is mind-boggling when you think about, but is also so prevalent since the dawn of time that we don't stop to think twice about it.

Hey all, Jason here. The first status conference since the appointment of former FDIC Chair Jelena McWilliams as Chapter 11 trustee in the Synapse bankruptcy case will take place today at 1:30pm PT. In advance of that hearing, McWilliams filed a status report with the court — thought it worth providing a quick summary of the key points in that filing prior to the hearing. If you enjoy reading this newsletter each Sunday and find value in it, please consider supporting me (and finhealth non-profits!

Hi friends, Today, I wanted to share a few new breath prayers that I’ve been working through over the past month or two. Breath prayer remains an integral part of my own spiritual practice because it hits on something to do with embodiment and quiet that I sorely need in my life. I’ve found that this form of prayer is a real low barrier for those of us wh… ncG1vNJzZmirkaeuqa7ErKqesV6owqO%2F05qapGaTpLpwvI5qZ2amlax6o77EmquhZaCnrrqx0aw%3D