Through the years – Kenny Rogers (1981) d1155
Through the yearsWhen everything went wrongTogether we were strong
This is not a feminist song – Kate McKinnon, Leslie Jones, Cecily Strong, Aidy Bryant, Vanessa Bayer, Sasheer Zamata, Beck Bennett (2016) d1140
A gorgeous ode to feminismWell within our sightsBut this is pretty nuanced stuffAnd putting it all in one song was tough
***Flawless – Beyoncé f. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie (2014) d1136
I know when you were little girlsYou dreamt of being in my worldDon’t forget it, don’t forget it
Decatur, or, round of applause for your stepmother! – Sufjan Stevens (2005) d1123
The sound of the engines and the smell of the grainWe go riding on the abolition grain trainSteven A. Douglas was a great debaterBut Abraham Lincoln was the great emancipator
Lift every voice and sing – Melba Moore and friends (1990) d1090
Stony the road we trod,Bitter the chastening rod,Felt in the days when hope unborn had died; Yet with a steady beat,Have not our weary feetCome to the place for which our fathers sighed?We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,Out from […]
Meeting of the minds – Bad Religion (2010) d1061
Open the blinds to our complicated livesWe all need some kind of creed to lead us to light
The birth of American music – Wesley Morris (2019) d1020
Black music, forged in captivity, became the sound of complete artistic freedom. It also became the sound of America. On today’s episode: Wesley Morris, a critic-at-large for The New York Times. “1619” is a New York Times audio series hosted by Nikole Hannah-Jones. You can find more information about it at nytimes.com/1619podcast. This episode contains […]
The safety net-work; an anti-racist imperative for public health data – Dr. Rhea Boyd (2019) d1010
Equity is not the end goal, and I would say, maybe even justice is not the end goal. It’s not just that we’re trying to provide for people’s resources by need now, which is equity, or justice would say, we’re also going to provide and redress all the years we weren’t providing for your needs. […]
Highwoman – Highwomen w. Sheryl Crow, Jason Isbell, and Yola (2019) d981
We carry the sons you can only holdWe are the daughters of the silent generationsYou sent our hearts to die alone in foreign nationsIt may return to us as tiny drops of rainBut we will still remain
