Sarah Christine

tOSU ‘19

[Ahmed Ali @DrAhmednurAli]

Your periodic reminder that charity will never solve what public policy was meant to address. The generosity of strangers is not a substitute for good public policy.

[Wes Rogers @wesforkc]

You can go vote in Missouri starting today.

We passed a law last session allowing two weeks of no-excuse early voting.

Take advantage of it.

We should have the state’s highest voter turnout ever this year (though I doubt we will).

#moleg

[Saint Louis Public Schools @SLPS_INFO]

As we move into our first day helping students and families recover from the tragedy that occurred at CVPA and Collegiate High Schools, we want to acknowledge our collective heartbreak at the loss of 15 year-old student Alexandria Bell and 61 year-old P.E. teacher Jean Kuczka.

[Ida Bae Wells @nhannahjones]

We've only had multiracial democracy in this country for fewer than 60 years, meaning we've only had democracy in the US for fewer than 60 years. In places where Black people outnumbered white, we had violent minority rule. If you don't understand this, what are you reporting?

[W. Johnson @WJohnson68]

Youngest gets to sleep in today as his post-shooting school remains an active crime scene. That he now knows the sounds and adrenaline surges more closely associated with a battlefield, I’m preparing advice I’d hoped to never share.

[Dan Price @DanPriceSeattle]

If you think Russia sentencing Brittney Griner to prison for cannabis is wild, wait until you hear about the U.S. prison system

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

Wherever you fall on whether $100M is enough money, an essential thing to remember is that this doesn’t happen at all without years of student activism that has been demanding the school acknowledge and account for its past. This didn’t happen on its own. https://t.co/kj33e473ZB

[Nicholas Ferroni @NicholasFerroni]

Teaching gives me life, but being a teacher is sucking the life out of me.

[Read Raising Expectations (and Raising Hell) @JPHilllllll]

Elon Musk keeps tweeting that he loves free speech. So here's a thread with just a few of the countless examples showing he couldn't care about it less (🧵)

[Stephen Semler @stephensemler]

The amount Elon Musk just paid for Twitter ($44 billion) is nearly equal to Biden’s proposed climate budget ($44.9 billion), in case anyone's wondering how seriously we’re taking the climate crisis

[Desmos @Desmos]

😍😍😍

[Ayanna Pressley @AyannaPressley]

Breonna Taylor, you are more than a trending hashtag.

Your life mattered. The headlines may have faded, but our resolve for accountability has not.

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

I don’t like paying higher gas prices either but it’s incredible that people will buy GOP outrage on gas that’s $5 instead of $3.50—but then excuse GOP for keeping the min wage at $7.25 instead of $15, insulin at $1200 instead of $35, & paid leave at 0 weeks instead of 12 weeks.

[CTS @changethstation]

todays a good day to remind everyone that the FBI killed MLK and his family sued the US government over it and won

[Mohamad Safa @mhdksafa]

Why is it “if you can't pay rent, buy fewer lattes” and not “if you can't pay your employees a living wage, buy fewer yachts”?

[Cori Bush @CoriBush]

One year later after being shot in the back, Jacob Blake is still paralyzed.

The officer who shot him still has not faced charges.

We still need accountability. Still.

[Mark Takano @MarkTakano]

BIG NEWS: I’ve just introduced legislation in Congress calling for a four-day work week. It’s well past time that Americans have more time to live their lives, and not just work. Retweet if you agree, we need to make this a reality.