https://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlvnyeiwis2jBeyoncé or Solange? Toni Morrison or Angela Davis? Hot girl summer or healing girl autumn? @jamilahlemieux.bsky.social Not one pause. Watch the clip — no spoilers. Full conversation on Teach the Babies. 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SVl4CKtXkhwJKu4xDMHGM?si=00b4c61b77a440fe #TeachTheBabies #BlackSingleMother #JamilahLemieux15 May 2026 15:37 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlvnyeiwis2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlsvfuwoh22oThe culture decides which Black mothers get dignity & which get destroyed — and the criteria have nothing to do with parenting or character. Jamilah Lemieux names what it's actually about. #TeachtheBabies. 🎧 https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SVl4CKtXkhwJKu4xDMHGM?si=00b4c61b77a440fe #TeachTheBabies #BlackSingleMother #JamilahLemieux14 May 2026 13:12 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsvfuwoh22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlo5qibwrs2mThis book opened a real conversation between my sister and me about her experience as a Black single mother. That's what the best books do. Go listen. Read the Stack. Get the book. 📖 Substack: https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/love-is-present?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #TeachTheBabies #BlackSingleMother #JamilahLemieux #LetsALLGetFree [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5qibwrs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlo5oxirqs2mOur conversation on Teach the Babies goes deep—the Moynihan Report, who gets protected and who gets punished & what every-other-weekend costs, and what the culture owes Black women. 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3SVl4CKtXkhwJKu4xDMHGM?si=00b4c61b77a440fe #TeachTheBabies #BlackSingleMother #JamilahLemieux #LetsALLGetFree [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5oxirqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlo5m5cr7k2mJamilah Lemieux wrote the book Toni Morrison told us to write. Black. Single. Mother. Real Life Tales of Longing and Belonging is out now. Go listen. Go get it. 🎧 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns/id1745797318?i=1000767388963 #TeachTheBabies #BlackSingleMother #JamilahLemieux #LetsALLGetFree12 May 2026 15:55 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5m5cr7k2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlljngmq5s2sEducation policy breaks down when proximity breaks down. I joined Code for America CEO Amanda Renteria on The Government Fix to talk about what it actually takes to build systems that serve Black children left out of every room where their futures get decided. Episode: hubs.ly/Q04ftcWJ011 May 2026 14:52 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlljngmq5s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mlgkbpfbvc2bYOU no longer have to pontificate, imagine, or wax poetic about what you would have done if you were asked to join the children’s crusade by Dr. King, organize alongside Ella Baker, or otherwise engage in the Civil Rights struggles. What will YOU do? Yes, YOU. allroadsleadtothesouth.com ✊🏾✊🏼✊🏿09 May 2026 15:20 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlgkbpfbvc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mkqdtegpa22yThe Supreme Court modernized Jim Crow. This was coordinated. The moment was prepared for. They are betting we will get overwhelmed and pull back. That is part of the strategy. We ride this to 2026. Read. Share. Act. https://substack.com/@drdavidjjohns/note/p-196034818?utm_source=notes-share-action&r=a7hdg30 Apr 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkqdtegpa22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mkku7k3xu22kThe SPLC bankrupted the Klan. Shut down White Aryan Resistance. Seized the Aryan Nations compound in Idaho. Fellon 47 just indicted them. Effectiveness is the crime. And we are not going to pretend otherwise. Full breakdown 🔗 https://drdavidjjohns.substack.com/p/they-came-for-the-lawyers-who-bankrupted28 Apr 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkku7k3xu22khttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mkfpi4psqs2dA man who kills his wife doesn't get to be called her husband anymore. He is her murderer. - @karenattiah.bsky.social I wrote about femicide, and what it costs Black women, and what eight children in Shreveport deserve from all of us right now. https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/femicide-say-the-word26 Apr 2026 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkfpi4psqs2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mjxggztnjs22The Oval Office occupant posted an AI-generated image of himself as Jesus. The head of the global Catholic Church—whose institution's imagery was being co-opted—looked at it & said: Not on my watch. The Pope of Rome is out here being braver than Congress. Stack: https://open.substack.com/pub/karenattiah/p/when-the-weapon-formed-against-you?r=a7hdg&utm_medium=ios20 Apr 2026 21:37 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjxggztnjs22https://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mjut5grblc2cBrothers. Before posting another pic of you and Justin read this. https://open.substack.com/pub/karenattiah/p/when-the-weapon-formed-against-you?r=a7hdg&utm_medium=ios thank you, @karenattiah19 Apr 2026 20:46 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjut5grblc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mjngcevphc2d"Pro-family" is either a value or it's a talking point. 11,000 citizen children separated from detained parents—some in foster care right now—will tell you the answer. The policy that could change this exists. 11 states are moving. Full piece on my Stack: https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/pro-family-is-a-test-11000-children16 Apr 2026 22:07 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjngcevphc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mjmjelg3hc2dAI should make you faster. Make you better. Help you do things you've never been able to do before. That's not for tech people. That's for all of us. Dee C. Marshall on Teach the Babies. May 6th is Global AI Adoption Day 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1QDOUN4r0jjEGclNTduJA1?si=c7675709e961448f #TeachTheBabies #AIAdoptionDay16 Apr 2026 13:30 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmjelg3hc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mjkzitp4q22uHungary just took down a 16-year authoritarian government. Not diplomats. Not elite pressure. Women who refused to believe their issues were "too niche" to build a coalition around. This fall disrupts the whole template. New Stack: https://drdavidjjohns.substack.com/p/they-said-womens-issues-were-too15 Apr 2026 23:13 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjkzitp4q22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mj7vu6yonc2cHe fires up-passionate. She does it-aggressive. That is misogynoir. Ora Washington. Lusia Harris. Pearl Moore. The Federal City Pantherettes. Black women built this house. You cannot run up on the woman who built your house. Full Stack: https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/you-cannot-run-up-on-the-woman-who?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer #DawnStaley #IBGA11 Apr 2026 13:09 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj7vu6yonc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mj4at3ccfk2zDid you know your public library offers: ✅ Free computers & laptops ✅ Free books ✅ Free college application support ✅ Free tutoring resources Full episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/22tJ403yn6SOnA7AZlZ1LK?si=dd1c8c35147e4424 The babies are watching. What are we teaching them? #TeachTheBabies10 Apr 2026 02:14 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj4at3ccfk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mivtafiouc2x$51 billion could be drained from public schools under the new federal voucher program. Fred Jones (SouthernEdFound) traces the direct line from Brown v. Board to now. Listen: https://open.spotify.com/episode/22tJ403yn6SOnA7AZlZ1LK?si=0344659bec6a4e31 Read: https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/teach-the-babies-this-program-will?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #TeachTheBabies07 Apr 2026 12:55 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mivtafiouc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mitmz4lljk2t"We have no kings in America." "Allegedly." Zakiya Smith Ellis—former White House education advisor—on what an executive order is, what it isn't, and why the courts keep saying no. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns/id1745797318?i=1000758408121 📖 https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/in-spite-of?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #TeachTheBabies #NoKings #InSpiteOf06 Apr 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mitmz4lljk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mioepfg5bk2p"They like to put DEI in quotation marks as if it's some boogeyman word." @zakiyasmithellis—on what they want you to think is illegal. Spoiler: Diversity. Equity. Inclusion. None of it is. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns/id1745797318?i=1000758408121 📖 https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/in-spite-of?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #TeachTheBabies #DEI #InSpiteOf04 Apr 2026 13:46 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mioepfg5bk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mif2rij3xk2r📣 UNDISTRACTED with @mspackyetti.bsky.social is in 2nd place and so close to joining the #Webbys Winners Circle. RT + VOTE: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting#/2026/podcasts/shows/belonging-inclusion31 Mar 2026 20:55 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mif2rij3xk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mievyvllns2hThe Supreme Court struck down Colorado's conversion therapy ban. What that DOESN'T mean: ❌ Conversion therapy is safe ❌ Conversion therapy is legal ❌ Survivors can't sue It's still malpractice. It's still consumer fraud. The fight continues. Full breakdown https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/the-supreme-court-just-opened-a-door?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true31 Mar 2026 19:29 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mievyvllns2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mie6tzinps2y"The best way to renovate your house is not to set it on fire." @zakiyasmithellis.bsky.social on the privatization of public education. New Teach the Babies episode. In spite of everything. 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1JirQwcJz0lPUFh3LCo7i3?si=f3d0034b35464547 #TeachTheBabies #PublicEducation #InSpiteOf31 Mar 2026 12:35 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mie6tzinps2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mi3bzrbd7c2qCompiled a whole roundup of jobs, scholarships & resources that are actively circulating—because opportunity should move through us, not past us. https://drdavidjjohns.substack.com/p/opportunities-knocking-jobs-scholarships?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true27 Mar 2026 23:38 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi3bzrbd7c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mhxwqbwm5222"You can be called a racist and become president." @mayarupert.bsky.social said it plainly. The label has never been the harm. The harm is the harm. 🎧 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/teach-the-babies-w-dr-david-j-johns/id1745797318?i=1000756976938 📖 https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/the-white-people-whisperer-is-in?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true #TeachTheBabies #TheRealOnes #StormTheGates26 Mar 2026 15:38 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhxwqbwm5222https://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mhwbssr5ds2sRead the full post: https://open.substack.com/pub/drdavidjjohns/p/today-is-not-just-a-day-of-remembrance?r=a7hdg&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true Pick up Radical Reparations by Dr. Marcus Anthony Hunter. Name it. Own it. Repair it. We will not wait. #ReparationsNow #WhyWeCantWait #NameItOwnItRepairIt [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 23:51 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwbssr5ds2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mhwbq7t7ks2sShoutout to Dreisen Heath, one of the most visionary leaders in this fight. Her work bridges the UN accountability framework to domestic policy. She is the connective tissue. Engage with her. Follow the work. reparationscantwait.org [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 23:49 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwbq7t7ks2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mhwbod5isc2sYesterday @attorneycrump.bsky.social —NBJC board member and Black America's attorney general—stood at the UN alongside President Mahama to advance reparatory justice on the world stage. The movement is credentialed and showing up at every table that matters. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwbod5isc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mhwblyw25k2sThe wealth gap. The health gap. The education gap. The employment gap. The housing gap. These aren't historical remnants. They are living consequences. The debt is real and it has compounded. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 23:47 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwblyw25k2shttps://bsky.app/profile/drdavidjohns.bsky.social/post/3mhwbkloa322sThe wealth gap. The health gap. The education gap. The employment gap. The housing gap. These aren't historical remnants. They are living consequences. The debt is real and it has compounded. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Mar 2026 23:46 +0000at://did:plc:qzu766s7p5gr4o7wo7hbds7w/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwbkloa322s