TIPS: Email me at nhannahjones@nytimes.com or send a Signal nhannahjones.67 //Founder Center for Journalism & Democracy at Howard Univ// Staff writer at NYT Mag// Creator #1619Project// History blerd//Smart and Thuggishhttps://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mmx4rzh7as22Absolutely devastating and enraging reporting out of Texas from the @nytimes.com local investigations fellowship. Warning: If you care about children, this one is a hard read. Gift link here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2026/05/27/us/texas-schools-police-force-students-uvalde.html?unlocked_article_code=1.l1A.ztH-.LW-VGYAwYyDA&smid=nytcore-ios-share28 May 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmx4rzh7as22https://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mmh6o45osc2bBecause this country likes to forget what it’s capable of, I take it as a duty to remind us. We sit at the brink of the largest decimation of Black political power since the fall of Reconstruction — a Second Redemption. And the end of Black political power means the end of democracy itself. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/magazine/voting-rights-act-reconstruction-civil-rights-redistricting.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kVA.bmlG.buiiPu9VTE0G&smid=nytcore-ios-share22 May 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmh6o45osc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mkoggj2as225This is what Du Bois meant when he said Black America stepped briefly into the sun and then fell under the veil.30 Apr 2026 01:08 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkoggj2as225https://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mknirceiw22pWe must understand that the Voting Rights Act was not merely about ensuring Black Americans rights, it was about democratizing America. This ruling is not just a decimation of Black rights and Black Americans’ ability to have representation, it is a fatal blow to multiracial democracy.29 Apr 2026 16:17 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknirceiw22phttps://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mknepb5vps2gThe Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.29 Apr 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mknepb5vps2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mkluprzrnk2qThis is a modern-day Lost Cause campaign to once again white-wash our origin story, erase the true history of the myriad of people who helped build this nation, justify genocide/ slavery by painting an idyllic, racist portrait of an America that never was. You do so to justify the horrors to come. [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Apr 2026 00:45 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkluprzrnk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nhannahjones.bsky.social/post/3mfrbie74xc2rY’all think these are dance moves when they really are tactical maneuvers for when they are deployed to suppress us. But keep thinking it’s cute to watch how deftly robots dance. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Feb 2026 13:11 +0000at://did:plc:kydd7ppawtffeqfvek5omiz4/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfrbie74xc2r