Greener schools create a more holistic environment to learn & to feel physically and mentally healthy #EndthePainofPavement @la_livingschoolyards @LAANE@laschools
You may be hearing the argument that before the rise of modern commercial infant formula, babies all ate breastmilk and everything was great. As a historian of infant feeding, let me tell you why that’s not true.
It's #EarthDay2022!
Here's @MayorOfLA's TRANSPORTATION Budget since we know transportation is important in re: to Climate Change!
• Parking Enforcement & Citation Processing will take up $160M or 49% of the entire Transportation Department's budget (increase from prior years)
While other candidates be fearmongering like it's 1992, we have data.
Crime trends 1985 to 2020 (hint, it is historically low)
A thread, facts take threads:
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I have never EVER subscribed to or believed in any conspiracy theory in my life. That being said, what I'm about to say, I know, but please hear me out. The new Florida law, HB7, which forbids CRT from being taught in math classes from K-12 here in Florida has resulted in only
Hot take: We shouldn't have to "win elections" to save the climate. Protecting ecosystems and the planet we actually live on should be the responsibility of all governance.
Quick thinking transit workers helped riders escape after gunfire erupted on an N train pulling into the 36th Station. Riders were whisked away on an R train that was across the platform. Shout out to the Conductors and Train Operators on both trains.
Have you ever wanted to purchase your own mamalona? Wanted to fit in with your cuh-sins? Or just need a truck for practical reasons? A La Habra family is currently selling their truck to afford an attorney to help their father be released from detention.
Also last night: Jay-Z hosted an Oscars party at the Chateau Marmont, which is currently in the midst of a boycott led by Black women who were fired after complaining about repeated sexual harassment and assault at the hands of guests. The boycott is backed by other celebs.
Thanks to the hard work & advocacy efforts of @Y_Vs_A@ycstrikeLA@OaklandEA@CtaDivest & UPA Warriors for Justice this weekend, CTA—one of the largest & most powerful teachers' unions in the state—voted NOT to oppose the Fossil Fuel Divestment Bill.
Big win for climate justice!