This may be difficult for you read but it’s time for Americans to comprehend the damage caused by AR15s. Rachel D’Amino was an educator killed in Sandy Hook Elementary School while protecting her students. We are posting this information with permission from Rachel’s sister.
In light of the recent #ColoradoSprings and #uva campus shootings, we have compiled a list of resources for newsrooms covering the tragedies. https://t.co/zS9MeHyelZ
Literary folk: What forthcoming "environmental" books combine scholarship with storytelling; emotion with facts; narrative that reflects the urgency of our moment but also the slow violence of environmental disaster (Publicists, please reach out! Am developing a curriculum!)
CNN projects Minnesota Secretary of State Steve Simon (D) has defeated Kim Crockett (R), who called Minnesota's 2020 election illegitimate, made lots of false claims about elections, and played an antisemitic video depicting Simon, who is Jewish, as a puppet of George Soros.
"So many people today leave their countries, not because of a glowing optimism about the possibilities ahead but simply to avoid being killed." @PramilaJayapal
https://t.co/JvyK3D8Fnh
Africa is the most vulnerable continent to climate change, yet its 54 countries are responsible for just 4% of global emissions.
Leading activist @vanessa_vash calls for #climatejustice at #TC2022.
Read her interview with @meganrowling here: https://t.co/Xlhh8Z2C24
On the 40th day after #MahsaAmini’s death while in custody of the Iranian regime, thousands of protesters take to the streets, despite authorities efforts to stop them. This is in her home town Saqiz
I beg journalists to stop denying or underplaying how much of an effect we’ve had on people’s perceptions. Most people aren’t victims of crime, we’ve focused more on inflation than a historic number of new jobs and a massive drop in poverty, etc. That matters, too.
Support @JamieforMO - a Missouri @MomsDemand volunteer running for a seat in the statehouse. She’s a mom of three who comes from a military family: “Being a responsible gun owner is understanding we should make sure guns are owned by responsible people.” https://t.co/FEbk9OzkI4
New documents indicate the Trump organization repeatedly overcharged the Secret Service for stays at Trump-owned properties — as much as $1,185 per room per night.
https://t.co/CcLixfCyn8
As she traces the history and significance of the longleaf pine, @lacymjohnson reveals fundamental questions about how care for broader ecosystems is to be undertaken when so much land is held in private ownership in service of individual wealth-building.
https://t.co/ACFYZ8G8re