Rupa Murthy

Overextended.

[NPR @NPR]

Math and reading scores for students are down in the U.S. after years of disrupted learning during the pandemic, a new report finds.
https://t.co/VxNwriH1EP

[Nafiseh Kohnavard @nafisehkBBC]

She was full of life
Her name is Nika Shakarami. She was only 17.
Nika joined #IranProtests on Sept 20. Ten days later her family was asked to go to Kahrizak prison to get her body. The authorities didn’t allow the family to have a funeral for her while arresting her aunt & uncle

[Rachel Cohen Booth @rcobooth]

Childcare employment remains 8.4% below what it was in Feb. 2020, and workers are being lured towards the higher pay and benefits offered at chains like Target, Starbucks, McDonald's.

Daycare programs can't just charge families more to compete for staff
https://t.co/hvG1hkr3s6

[Tyler Layne @TylerLayneMusic]

Bon Secours patients reached out with concerns about medical bills after a @nytimes investigation claiming the hospital system used a poor community to rake in profits.

"I have just a really sick feeling in my stomach. Felt like a punch in the gut." @CBS6
https://t.co/ltolyLvKWx

[Rupa Murthy @RupaSM]

👑 👑 👑

[US Open Tennis @usopen]

What a ride it’s been.

Thank you, @serenawilliams 💙

[The Hill @thehill]

Nearly 2 million fewer students have enrolled in public school https://t.co/D17quzz8EZ

[L. Louise Lucas @SenLouiseLucas]

I am outraged to learn of the detention of Virginia lawyer Asim Ghafoor overseas. @POTUS please speak up to the UAE Government and demand his immediate return home. Asim was the lawyer for Jamal Khashoggi and his detention appears to be retaliation for that. @FreeAsimNow

[USA TODAY @USATODAY]

A child's ability to read is a key indicator of the likelihood they will graduate high school. Further evidence connects low literacy with the likelihood an individual could end up in prison — and keep returning.
https://t.co/c7PjE6PlNR

[The Associated Press @AP]

School districts are wading into real estate to attract and retain teachers who are being priced out of the communities in which they work.

The Jefferson Union High School District south of San Francisco opened 122 affordable units in May. https://t.co/AlwVLN3PkZ

[NowThis Impact @nowthisimpact]

Kimberly Rubio, the mother of 10-year-old Lexi who was killed in the Uvalde school shooting, shared a heartbreaking message as she pleaded for an assault weapons ban

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

Michael Brown (18)—unarmed & murdered
•Media: "No angel"
Trayvon Martin (17)—unarmed & murdered
•Media: "Smoked pot"
Tamir Rice (12)—unarmed & murdered
•Media: "A thug"

Robert Crimo (22)—killed 6, injured 24, fled from Cops, arrested alive
•Media: "A Cub Scout & little boy."

[Rupa Murthy @RupaSM]

The sounds in this video…💔🤍💙

[Bess Kalb @bessbell]

Smiling couple forcing birth on unwilling incubators of their desired prize.

[The Associated Press @AP]

The Supreme Court has ended constitutional protections for abortion, and 13 states already have laws that ban abortion in the event of Roe v. Wade being overturned. Another half-dozen states have near-total bans or prohibitions after 6 weeks of pregnancy. https://t.co/VTLTK7zLWk

[Megan Tasha Schiffres @MegSchiffres]

🚨🚨 Attention Richmonders: Planned Parenthood is holding two pro-choice protests today in Richmond: the first is at 12:45 at the Belltower on the Capital grounds and the second is at 6pm at the Richmond Federal Courthouse.

[Jeff E. Schapiro @JeffESchapiro]

“Now making any statement with an ‘LGBT state of mind’ breaks the rules, meaning students are not permitted to exercise their First Amendment rights without violating The Liberty Way.” https://t.co/pMvcguwqx1