I got to spend last Monday with @AdyBarkan as he prepared to testify at the first-ever congressional hearing on Medicare for All. Our video gives just a glimpse at how inspirational and heroic this man is.
@payourinterns fights for unpaid interns in the public and private sector. Post COVID-19, they created the Intern Relief Fund to support interns in need with direct cash assistance.
You can donate here: https://t.co/1aDRvr9axz]
cause they're not actually living on $8.25/hr. parents are paying rent, covering groceries, etc. then they grow up to lobby for corporations bent on keeping the minimum wage a starvation wage. the circle of life :)
@JacksonCDavis Thank you @JacksonCDavis !
For anyone interested in donating here’s the link! We’re a 501c3 so all your donations are tax-deductible! https://t.co/Jb2Wor4EdW
@HBendaas @_hanchau @AOC @senatemajldr Yes and interns in the state office aren't paid at all: "A few part-time internships are offered in the Senator's state offices...issued on a volunteer basis and are geared toward interns seeking to earn college credit by working in the Senator's office." https://t.co/WR72lUQf1J
'My son is now a teen heading into high school. He is taller than I am and has all the moodiness of a teenage boy. He could be considered a threat when faced with an unexpected situation. I worry for him out in the world every single day.' - @mamarunnerx4 https://t.co/JiC49VoTyk
So, this is cool: Team Bernie is opening up their Slack channel to volunteers organizing for Black Lives Matter and other progressive causes and campaigns (written by the GOAT @HBendaas himself)
Mondaire first came to our studio in Dec. 2019 (literally a different world ago). He had no national endorsements and very little press. But @nowthisnews saw something in him, gave him a spotlight with this video, and now he's heading to Congress 🎉🎉🎉
‘Poverty is by political design.’ — Meet @JamaalBowmanNY, the middle school principle and progressive who just won a shocking upset against a 30-year incumbent Democrat
'People want to be inspired by their member of Congress. I'm not running to be one of just 435 people. I'm running to provide transformational leadership in American politics.' - @MondaireJones says to @mehdirhasan on the latest episode of #Deconstructed
New #Deconstructed podcast: @MehdiRHasan talks to progressive congressional candidate @MondaireJones about his NY victory and @RyanGrim about the historical context of this week’s Democratic primaries. https://t.co/6DhRAu1b3K
If the Bowman numbers hold, there won't be a straight white man representing any part of New York in the House from Oneonta to Central Park. Delgado, Maloney, Jones, Bowman, Torres, AOC, Espaillat.