Claudia Rankins

World Indoor 4x200m relay champions with an American record in the 70-74 age group - Glynn, Harmon, Rankins and Phillips.

@TheBishF1 Thank you for your allyship!

Every April 1 for many years I’ve posted an #F1-related #AprilFoolsDay tweet. This year, with the world in the state it’s in, I don’t have the heart to do so, so instead here’s an #AprilFool.

We are deeply heartbroken for the South Carolina State University community. From one HBCU family to another, Hampton stands beside you, holding your students, faculty, staff, and alumni close in our hearts. We see you. We support you. #HBCUFamily

Flagbearer Stevenson Savart of Team Haiti 🇭🇹 enters with his teammate during the opening ceremony of 2026 Winter Olympic games in Milano Cortina. 📸 Maddie Meyer / Getty Images

@fiagirly Ok, here is what's happening: they shared a ride from the airport where they ran into each other. They just happen to stay at the same hotel. I have to believe that to be true.

Lewis Hamilton and Kim Kardashian in Paris.

Former IndyCar Series racer Simona de Silvestro’s dream of qualifying for the Winter Olympics has become a reality as the Swiss-Italian will represent Italy in Bobsleigh competition. racer.com/2026/01/29/de-…

We can clearly see what they’re doing to Coco and Naomi..God forbid they show ANY passion or emotions. Let’s not forget what they put the Williams sisters through. They can’t come for their talent, so they’ll go after their confidence and mental health. Insufferable demons

Keith Porter was murdered by ICE on New Year’s Eve. His life mattered.

@Masire0009 Also, Hockenheim was even insaner before they added the two chicanes.

@Masire0009 Hockenheim was the best for spectators. You could drive off the interstate, not at an exit, and get to a nice spot at the track.

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Childbirth is marketed like a lifestyle upgrade. Soft lighting. Empowerment slogans. A healthy baby placed neatly on a chest as if nothing else worth mentioning happened in the room. The fine print is hidden. Hemorrhage becomes “a complication.” Organ failure becomes “things took a turn.” Death becomes “tragic” and then swiftly private, because detailing how a woman bled out or seized or went into cardiac arrest might ruin the vibe. We are extremely committed to not scaring women. So committed that we withhold information. So committed that we pretend risk is rare, pain is fleeting, and survival is the default setting. We call it reassurance. It’s actually omission. When childbirth goes wrong, we close ranks. Doctors cite confidentiality. Families are urged to focus on the joy. The woman’s body is treated like an inconvenient subplot in a story that only cares about outcomes if the baby lives. If the mother dies, she becomes a cautionary whisper, not a systemic failure. And heaven forbid the woman knew better. If a medically trained woman dies in childbirth, we don’t interrogate the system. We lower our voices and say “even experts aren’t immune,” as if the takeaway is cosmic irony rather than structural negligence. The rule is simple enough. Celebrate the miracle, bury the cost. Because if we told the truth, women might ask questions. They might demand better care. They might hesitate. They might decide that risking their life deserves more than platitudes and pastel posters. They might just stop giving in to “you should have a baby to fully own your womanhood” by “well-meaning” people. So we keep selling childbirth as sunshine with a side of courage. And when a woman pays with her body or her life, we call it rare, tragic, and absolutely not something we should talk about too much. Wouldn’t want to ruin the miracle. That’s all that mattered, not women’s lives.

The world is sick of hearing 350 million Americans say they're helpless and nothing is their fault

Laila Edwards has been named to the U.S. Olympic women's hockey team, making her the first Black woman to ever represent USA Hockey at the Olympics 👏

Imani Seven Completion and beginning, Cycles close and open Endless dance of becoming We step out up in called by what we cannot yet see but already know We believers trusters doers never have we failed to recognize the knowing that lives inside us When still when moving in the then the here the there faith meets us where feet touch ground Nat Turner Harriet Tubman Names spoken like prayers Paths lit through joy and day terror and night We break through by vision refusal to surrender the promise we see it and be it and pass it on in the best of our moments and somehow too in the worst We have come this far carrying songs scars and each other ascending step by step toward heaven toward wholeness toward tomorrow Imani We believe in us that is the only reason We persist. Seven #Imani #Kwanzaa #Kwanzaa2025 #HappyKwanzaa

The @MorganStateU Magnificent Marching Machine is making all #HBCUs proud at the Rise Parade.

DAKAR FAMILY 🫶🏜️ #Dakar2026 #DakarInSaudi 📸 A.S.O./ DPPI Images

Ujamaa Four Give all Work/life Leave no one Out or behind Capital-Isms? cancelled Capital-lies? not Dis place Make share/care for one is All Our House claims all ties We home in our business Find value in work worth Watch pockets lest someone fall out the whole Make progress grow/show/glow Just like Be Four #Ujamaa #Kwanzaa #Kwanzaa2025 #HappyKwanzaa

Whatever hate, disrespect or insensitivity a Black person may be getting in the Black community, they’ll be getting 50-fold from whites. This idea that anybody flees the Black community, or any portion of it, into the loving arms of the white community is top tier delusion.

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Umoja One Our diversity is strength We pressed into blackness by whiteness Our terms not theirs We born in Us at origin of time and space When We still We/Re member New Never forget never not forgive ourselves before others for crimes We did not commit Never slaves Trafficked, not tethered Taken, not torn Away, not alone Never not Africans Always evermore More than sum of our parts We bookend humanity before and after and everything in between Light the Black Candle cause We is/are/be One #Umoja #Kwanzaa #Kwanzaa2025 #HappyKwanzaa