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#mmiw

[David AttenBruh @AlHendiify]

Criminalizing homelessness ($34,000.00) costs $20,000.00 more per person than providing housing ($12g/yr) pass it on.

[AFRICAN & BLACK HISTORY @AfricanArchives]

On this day in 1963, four little girls: Denise McNair(11), Carole Robertson(14),Addie Mae Collins(14) and Cynthia Dianne Wesley(14) were killed when white supremacists bombed the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham.

The bomber was found not guilty of murder.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

For perspective.

1 Gallon of:
•Similac: $153.60
•IV Fluid: $178.05
•Blood Transfusion: $1,514
•Insulin: $123,000
•Gas: $4.06

I detest high gas prices too, but if $4.06 gas is price gouging—what do we call permanent astronomical prices of life’s necessities?🤔

[No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen @NoLieWithBTC]

Americans came 3 votes short of having their insulin capped at $35/month. And it failed because Republicans blocked it. Remember that when you vote this fall.

[Mercedes @Mercedes_jo7]

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[Lourin Hubbard @LourinHubbard]

A gallon of baby formula cost $154 but cost $0.31 to make. A gallon of IV fluid cost $178 but cost $0.28 cents to make. A gallon of insulin cost $123,000 but cost $0.68 cents to make. I’m concerned with making these as affordable as #gas at $4.32 a gallon. #perspective

[Mercedes @Mercedes_jo7]

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[Sharice Davids @sharicedavids]

100 years ago, insulin began to be used as a treatment for Type I diabetes. It made front-page news in 1922 and went on the market for just a dollar - so why is it bankrupting people a century later?

It’s unacceptable. We must act to lower the prices of these life-saving drugs.

[Turnpike Troubadours @TpTroubadours]

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[Kili One @Sicanguhemaca]

7 Native Kids missing from the Rapid City area in a week. Where’s the amber alerts? Where’s the outrage? Where these kids?

[debanawen @debanawen]

a love letter:

your ancestors were uncertain at times too. they felt those same feelings of impending doom & hopelessness, but they kept on it, just like you are.

they knew about you then, just like you know about them right now. some things are absolutely certain.

[Mercedes @Mercedes_jo7]

👏🏽👏🏽 love this

[SportsCenter @SportsCenter]

She set an all-time world record 👏🏆 @espnW

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[Emmy Scott @EmmyNawjoopinga]

The most annoying part of the “critical race theory” debate is that what they want to ban isn’t even critical race theory. They want to ban teaching Native history, slavery, history of white supremacy, and eugenics.

They want to ban actual history, and teach pure propaganda.

[Mercedes @Mercedes_jo7]

I’m one minor inconvenience away from completely losing my shit

[Brandon Stanton @humansofny]

“The story of the black cowboy began when our ancestors were brought to this country against their will. Many of them were adept with horses. The first Kentucky Derbies were won by black jockeys. One out of four cowboys in The West were black..."

[nat♡ @kelemveil]

As new bodies are being discovered. I want to remind you that this didn’t happen 100’s of years ago. The last residential school closed in 1996. That means we are either a 1st, 2nd or 3rd generation survivor of these institutions. So no, we can’t forget.

[Mercedes @Mercedes_jo7]

Happy pride month🌈❣️

[Erin Coulehan @erin_coulehan]

Same-sex marriage has now been around in the U.S. longer than the Confederacy