npr:

“It did not have to be this way, and there was a time when it was not,” Adam Cohen writes in his introduction to Supreme Inequality: The Supreme Court’s Fifty-Year Battle for a More Unjust America.

America could have top notch, racially integrated schools, a criminal justice system that hadn’t ballooned to the world’s largest by locking up generations of black and brown people, a political system that wasn’t suffocating in money, and a legal system that valued individuals over big business. Today, though, the likelihood of implementing such a vision looks dim.

ethereo:

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shitpostbishop:

merelygifted:

(via How coronavirus impacts climate change and the US housing market / Boing Boing)

nasa:

Tonight, count the stars and remember a trailblazer. 

We’re saddened by the passing of celebrated #HiddenFigures mathematician Katherine Johnson. She passed away at 101 years old. 

An America hero, Johnson’s legacy of excellence broke down racial and social barriers while helping get our space agency off the ground.

Once a “human computer”, she famously calculated the flight trajectory for Alan Shepard, the first American in space.

And when we began to use electronic computers for calculations, astronaut John Glenn said that he’d trust the computers only after Johnson personally checked the math.

As a girl, Katherine Johnson counted everything. As a mathematician, her calculations proved critical to our early successes in space travel.

With slide rules and pencils, Katherine Johnson’s brilliant mind helped launch our nation into space. No longer a Hidden Figure, her bravery and commitment to excellence leaves an eternal legacy for us all.

“We will always have STEM with us. Some things will drop out of the public eye and will go away, but there will always be science, engineering and technology. And there will always, always be mathematics.” - Katherine Johnson 1918 -2020 

May she rest in peace, and may her powerful legacy inspire generations to come! What does Katherine Johnson’s legacy mean to you? Share in the comments. 

Make sure to follow us on Tumblr for your regular dose of space: http://nasa.tumblr.com 

sabot-sister:

it’s pride month bitches

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captcreate:

The leg up at the end tho.

I like the coach, putting his hands on his knees like, “Welp, that wasn’t it.”

i was almost like “oh man that sucks” and then her leg popped and i fucking lost it

That leg is killing me

THE LEG KILLED ME

falling with style

i reblogged this a million times and i still dont know what it’s funnier: the leg or the coach

the fact that the coach is her father makes this funnier

starestream:

The source of that Monogram box logo. It is fan made. Ty Lightner (who took the video at Toy Fair) informed me that he asked the people representing Monogram there and was told that they had not received material from Warner yet. 

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