Dear letter writers
I’ve read your letter to the editor about “Sold a Story,” and honestly ended up confused. I would be grateful for further explanation. I explain my failures to understand your argument in this thread.
https://t.co/lKCj8cFuKm
Twitter, I need your help.
Today, NYC launched its historic taxi medallion debt relief program—could erase $100M+ of debt.
BUT the City has set 9/30 as the app deadline for drivers w/ loans from Marblegate—largest lender.
That’s in just 11 days.
Can you RT to spread the word?
Still can’t get over how good this original song from the elementary schoolers who performed at yesterday’s DOE AAPI curriculum presser was. Still stuck in my head…
Sergey Korenev is running out of time.
His mother is alone outside of Kyiv, and the Russians are closing in on her neighborhood.
He’s on his way to find her, and get her out of the country.
Then he’s joining the war “They are my brothers in arms”
https://t.co/AhHhXtaW9S
2021 continues to be a master class in Ruth Gilmore’s concept of “organized abandonment” i.e. the decades-long project of disinvestment in life-giving systems (healthcare, housing, education, etc) and investment in death-dealing ones (policing, incarceration, surveillance, etc).
Pay early childhood teachers like public school teachers. 40% of whom are women of color.
Another piece of essential reading by Anne Helen Peterson @annehelen https://t.co/Xy4OjxuYgN
1/ Did you know: 35 of the 51 City Council seats are open & there are more than 300 candidates running for Council throughout the five boroughs?
That's a lot. In our latest Civic Newsroom newsletter, we broke this down (and made a map).
So buckle up!
https://t.co/RUWzqJ164c