Tackling the impact of the financial crisis on financial health of America’s cities. Restoring balance of political & economic power from Wall St. to Main St.
EID UPDATE: #PolicingIsHaram is live!
For months now, the war against Black America has ignited the streets and hearts of people throughout the world—"abolition" is on everyone's lips, but what does it mean? what does it require from us?
Answers inside⬇️
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Last year our friends @ACREcampaigns released a scathing report (https://t.co/BaxA3SpAu3) showing how @amazon platforms the same white supremacist texts that inspired the #Christchurch shooter. 51 Muslims died while worshipping. @amazon must stop profiting from Islamophobia 1/4
Struggling cities choose to pay back #policebrutalitybonds over funding public services like schools and mental healthcare. For more, check out @ACREcampaigns report https://t.co/gSHMOsA98s
This groundbreaking report from @ACREcampaigns shows how banks are profiting from settlements when cities get sued for police violence against people of color. #policebrutalitybonds https://t.co/u6U1NUZkge
As the costs of police misconduct rise, cities and counties across the United States are going into debt to pay for it. Check out our new report exposing how cities are going into debt to pay back big banks that profit from #policebrutalitybonds https://t.co/THWrFRktj0
Palantir has secretly been using New Orleans to test its predictive policing technology: “It’s almost as if New Orleans were contracting its own version of the NSA to conduct 24/7 surveillance of the lives of its people.”
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@realDonaldTrump
"in 2017 reflected what white supremacist groups want to see: a country where racism is sanctioned by the highest office, immigrants are given the boot and Muslims banned” . Read: https://t.co/3wu82u15ux
Expert reports "make clear what hundreds of thousands of Black & Latino people know from their everyday lives: Milwaukee police stops and frisks are routinely conducted without legal justification & on the basis of race and ethnicity". https://t.co/CfozTEQ3Wh
How can cities afford to roll out the red carpet for Amazon HQ2 and mega-billionaires like Jeff Bezos, but cant meet basic needs of their own residents? We call that #RacialInequalityPrime. #AmazonHQ2
New report shows: Predatory bottled water advertising targets people of color, women, mothers, children and lower-income groups: https://t.co/S36Hu9PZSu
Trump Wants to Sell Our Water to Wall Street
Trump's infrastructure scam is dangerous for our communities, workers, and the environment. Here’s a 5 point breakdown: https://t.co/tgPKFAB3Mi #InfrastructureScam
Trump’s so-called populist agenda has a lot in common with huge corporations’ wish lists -- like buying our public water systems and running them for profit. Via @nytopinion and @StopCorpAbuse https://t.co/3M2K1AIVaP