From 1619 to 1865, the US benefited from over 222 million hours of unpaid, dehumanizing, forced labor by enslaved black people per scholars. This labor- primarily the production of tobacco, rice, sugar, and cotton- would be valued at over $97 trillion today. Built off the backs.
.@HillaryClinton: "We refused to give up on America. Millions marched. Many ran for office. We kept our eyes on the future. Well, my friends, the future is here! I wish my mother and Kamala's mother could see us. They would say, 'Keep going!'" #DNC
Rep. @AOC on Donald Trump: "I, for one, am tired of hearing about how a two-bit union buster thinks of himself as more of a patriot than the woman who fights every single day to lift working people out from under the boots of greed, trampling on our way of life." #DNC
My colleagues gave repeated standing ovations to Netanyahu yesterday.
I hope they remember the starving children of Gaza who will carry the scars of this disaster for the rest of their lives.
Sonya Massey called the police to protect her and they shot her in the head. She deserved to be safe in her own home. Her life mattered.
The senseless killing of Black people at the hands of police must end. We need to legislate to protect Black lives.
We must bring forth an agenda that works for all people.
Because no matter if you are Black, white, Latino, Asian, rich, poor, gay, straight:
You need health care.
You need a living wage.
You need a place to live.
You need a government that works for all, not the 1%.
Republicans blocked the new student loan repayment plan. This plan was just intended to make it easier to pay loans back. Once again, they block everything that makes your life easier, while rubber-stamping trillions in tax cuts for the top 0.01% of Americans. Shameful!
An Alabama woman has gone missing after telling a 911 dispatcher that she saw a toddler walking alone on the side of an interstate, according to local police https://t.co/5I1HQWykIc
Hours after Trump calls for audit of 2020 Texas election, state says it’s auditing 4 urban counties. Our weak Governor, @GregAbbott_TX has caved (again) to our disgraced fmr Pres- so look for manufactured ‘evidence’ to justify voter suppression. https://t.co/B1yZS3IjVT