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This HAS to be a mistake. Prince was supposed to be immortal. :(

Apache County just changed the game for Native voters dailykos.com/stories/2026/4… .

A high school history teacher in Pennsylvania who helps students look inward to find their strengths and outward to find community inside and outside the classroom has been named the 2026 National Teacher of the Year. abcnews.link/012ityH

This HAS to be a mistake. Prince was supposed to be immortal. :(

A proud Minnesotan through and through. 10 years after his passing, I’m joining folks around the world in honoring Prince by listening to Purple Rain today.

Origins of Purple Rain, Purple Rain' was originally written as a country song, and was intended to be a collaboration with Fleetwood Mac singer Stevie Nicks. According to Nicks, she received a 10-minute instrumental version of the song from Prince, with a request to write the lyrics, but she felt overwhelmed by the task. She later said: "I listened to it and I just got scared. I called him back and said, 'I can't do it. I wish I could. It's too much for me.'" Prince then asked his backing band to try the song: "I want to try something before we go home. It's mellow." According to Lisa Coleman, Prince changed the song dramatically after Wendy Melvoin started playing the guitar to accompany the song: "He was excited to hear it voiced differently. It took it out of that country feeling. "Then we all started playing it a bit harder and taking it more seriously. We played it for six hours straight and by the end of that day we had it mostly written and arranged." Prince's explanation on the meaning of 'Purple Rain': "When there's blood in the sky – red and blue = purple... purple rain pertains to the end of the world and being with the one you love and letting your faith/god guide you through the purple rain." After recording the song, Prince phoned Journey member Jonathan Cain, to ask him to listen to it. Prince was concerned that it might be too similar to Journey's 'Faithfully', a song composed by Cain which had recently been in the US charts. However, Cain reassured Prince by saying that the songs only shared the same four chords. "I thought it was an amazing tune," Cain said. "I told him, 'Man, I'm just super-flattered that you even called. It shows you're that classy of a guy. Good luck with the song. I know it's gonna be a hit.'" Ladies and gentlemen, Prince performing a special and an absolute classic song, Purple Rain, live at Paisley Park, in 1999. Credits for the background information: @SmoothRadio

Until we meet again, our freedom fighter, now our ancestor. Rest easy, our sweet Nancy. 💔

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"The death of Cerina Fairfax leaves an immeasurable void in the lives of all who knew and loved her. Above all else, Cerina was a devoted mother to her beautiful children, who were the very center of her world. She embodied the true meaning of motherhood through her unconditional and unwavering devotion to her children, providing a constant source of love, protection, and guidance. It is an absolute tragedy that Cerina was taken from her children and family. Everyone who knew her, including her relatives, friends, and patients, will remember her for the beautiful spirit she brought to the world. May her memory inspire all who knew her to honor her enduring legacy of love and selflessness, which she expressed most poignantly through motherhood.” -Amy Spain, counsel at Boies Schiller Flexner

The attorney representing Cerina Fairfax, wife of Former Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax says in-part, "It is an absolute tragedy that Cerina was taken from her children and family." Full statement below👇

This is what I’m talking!!!! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Bring Black History back to Florida schools!!!! Black History is AMERICAN HISTORY!!

🇺🇸🇦🇱 Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams is now officially Albanian. He has been granted citizenship and has received an Albanian passport by a special decree issued by the Albanian president.

UPDATE: Letters from Leo can now independently confirm that the meeting took place — and that the Vatican was so alarmed by the Pentagon’s tactics that Pope Leo XIV shelved plans to visit the United States later this year. Many in the Vatican saw the Pentagon’s reference to an Avignon papacy as a threat to use military force against the Holy See.

Same Mizzou that had protests due to racism on campus and saw black student enrollment decrease but the state lawmakers pushed anti-protest bills because they claimed the protests embarrassed the school and tarnished the school’s image but not the racism itself. That Mizzou?🤔

Chicago has turned all public school IDs into library cards to boost student access. blockclubchi.co/3NTWvNM

This is so emotional. To everyone going through a hard time, may you get the help you need 🥺❤️

Mariah really is a woman of God ❤️ in church with her kids in ATL on Easter Sunday!

Death is always lurking. We see it in violence, in the wounds of the world, in the cry of pain that rises from every corner because of the abuses that crush the weakest among us, because of the idolatry of profit that plunders the earth’s resources, because of the violence of war that kills and destroys. #Easter

Christ is risen from the dead, and with him, we too rise to new life! This Easter proclamation embraces the mystery of our lives and the destiny of history, reaching us even in the depths of death. #Easter

We had this at the national level under President Biden, but of course Trump came in and ended it. So we definitely need to see this at the state level in several Democratically lead states. Filing this away for my Georgia wishlist lol

And that’s the only reason that piggy hasn’t pulled us out of NATO yet. Thank you President Biden!!