In her extraordinary career, Cicely Tyson was one of the rare award-winning actors whose work on the screen was surpassed only by what she was able to accomplish off of it. She had a heart unlike any other—and for 96 years, she left a mark on the world that few will ever match.
McDonald’s worker in the US: $9/hr
McDonald’s worker in Denmark: $22/hr, 6 weeks of annual vacation, a union, 1 year of paid family leave, life insurance and pension.
America must join the rest of the industrialized world and ensure that our working class can live with dignity.
The attempt to install an unqualified Trump loyalist as NSA General Counsel just 72 hours prior to the start of a new Administration is highly irregular and highly suspect. This placement should not move forward.
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Wealth increase in past 10 months:
⬆️$173 billion: Elon Musk
⬆️$77 billion: Jeff Bezos
⬆️$60 billion: Walton family
⬆️$43 billion: Bill Gates
⬆️$39 billion: Mark Zuckerberg
12-year increase in U.S. minimum wage: $0
We must tax the rich & raise the minimum wage to at least $15.
The Muslim ban will be repealed by the Biden administration through executive order today!
Next, we must pass the No Ban Act into law to ensure no future president has the power to ban people based on their religious affiliation ever again.
Elections have consequences.
Biden within hours of taking the oath of office was able to: revoke Muslim ban, rejoin Paris Climate Agreement,
extend federal eviction moratorium,
rescind Census orders to exclude non-citizens, preserve/fortify DACA and much more.
It’s a new day.
In 2016, when Trump won PA, MI, and WI by a handful of votes, the election system worked just great. Now that he's losing, it's a "fraud" and they're "stealing the election." This is how demagogues destroy faith in democracy and move us toward authoritarianism. Count every vote!
Joe Biden wants to build on the Affordable Care Act to cover millions more Americans.
Donald Trump wants to gut the ACA, leaving millions—including those with preexisting conditions—without health care.
@FWPOA thinks posting this video is appropriate? The fact that you all are not posting more content on how you are going to work with the ppl of Fort Worth let’s me that the protesting has to continue...I don’t agree w/ cursing toddlers...I also don’t agree w/ police brutality