Kelly Wilkins

Comms for @EnviroDGI. Media democratization and journalism for @rift_mag. Formerly @chesaboudin campaign. Alumna of @berkeleysocwel.

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

BREAKING: Barnes & Noble workers in Hadley, MA, just won the first union at the book giant.

The vote was unanimous.

Workers at the flagship store in New York could be next.

[Renterly @renterlyorg]

It's time that renters had a bigger voice and more power over the places they call home.

Introducing Renterly, a place for tenants to share their landlord and renting experience.

It's easy:
1⃣ Search any US address
2⃣Rate & review

https://t.co/C6tbLYxiyO

[Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @EnviroDGI]

Toxicologist @kimkgarrett explains how the “pay to play” US environmental regulatory system allows companies like Norfolk Southern to pollute communities like East Palestine - for a price - and treats the people harmed as expendable. 8/

https://t.co/O4JTCDLepR

[Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @EnviroDGI]

"The US EPA has taken the extraordinary step of setting legal drinking water limits for six of the most studied and toxic PFAS compounds, known commonly as 'forever chemicals', that are at the center of an ongoing environmental crisis."

https://t.co/Atie3C66x8

[Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt]

The EPA Has Failed the People of East Palestine

"Why would the EPA let this horrific situation continue? It should have ordered comprehensive testing the day of the burn. It should have told residents, esp. pregnant women & families with young children..
https://t.co/pa7e4gqRdF

[Kristen Gonzalez @Gonzalez4NY]

I'm losing my voice repeating this, but let me say it again: Tax The Rich. Freeze Fares. Free buses. #FixTheMTA

[More Perfect Union @MorePerfectUS]

A few months ago our staffer @snmrrw used Twitter Blue to make a parody account of Eli Lilly and announce “insulin is free now.”

But this one isn’t a parody: today Eli Lilly announced they’ll cap insulin prices at $35 a month.

You’re getting there, Lilly. 35 dollars to go.

[Starbucks Workers United @SBWorkersUnited]

🚨🚨🚨 IN A HISTORIC DECISION Administrative Law Judge Michael A. Rosas of the National Labor Relations Board issued his 204 page decision, finding Starbucks violated federal labor law HUNDREDS of times in Buffalo, NY alone. https://t.co/eEfaOfELTl

[Steven Greenhouse @greenhousenyt]

Alone & exploited, migrant children are working brutal jobs across the U.S., violating century-old child-labor laws, an NYT investigation found

There are 12-year-old roofers in Florida & Tennessee, underage slaughterhouse workers in Delaware & Mississippi
https://t.co/YYBpazA6wp

[Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @EnviroDGI]

"[Budget] cuts are a key reason the EPA’s performance in cracking down on violators is at its weakest in decades across various measures, according to the @EnviroDGI, an environmental watchdog group."

By @sklee_ca

https://t.co/8OWBTXuZut

[Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @EnviroDGI]

"Adjusting for inflation, the budget for the EPA’s main enforcement and compliance programs hit an 11-year low in fiscal 2022, sinking below levels set during the Trump era, according to a new independent [@EnviroDGI] analysis."

https://t.co/8OWBTXuZut

[In These Times @inthesetimesmag]

Rail bosses won’t solve the problems they created. It’s time to nationalize the rail system. https://t.co/OT1FPMBNbF

[Nick Estes @nickwestes]

Meanwhile, in the real news. The same company responsible for one of the biggest environmental disasters in recent history which is devastating Palestine, OH, is also bankrolling Cop City in Atlanta, GA.

[Environmental Data & Governance Initiative @EnviroDGI]

We are excited to present EDGI’s 2022 annual report.

Last year we made major contributions towards promoting environmental data justice and strengthening the Environmental Right to Know.

Read the report and check out a few of our highlights below. 👇
https://t.co/XyDOKyzzgo

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

Claire Sterk, president of Emory University, reportedly claims she has stepped down from the Atlanta Police Foundation board following pressure against #CopCity.

[Jimmy @JustNotTheSam]

Nobody wants to work 160 hours a week anymore

[Defend the Atlanta Forest/Stop Cop City @defendATLforest]

Belkis Terán, Tort's mom: “I’m going to clear Manuel’s name. They killed him … like they tear down trees in the forest – a forest Manuel loved with passion.” https://t.co/uTltOmSaMT

[Steven Donziger @SDonziger]

BREAKING: In a landmark victory for justice, Canada will pay $2.8 billion to 325 Indigenous nations over harm caused by the racist residential boarding schools that devastated cultures and killed thousands.

Huge congratulations on a historic achievement.
https://t.co/WuF5LxNP56

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

I'm not sure people know just how bad the "cop city" project in Atlanta would be. They want a whole mock city to practice police repression.