“People tend to use hope and optimism as synonyms, but that isn’t accurate. Optimism is the belief that things will turn out all right; hope makes no such assumption but is a conviction that one can act to make things better in some way.” https://t.co/09BWudMCGy
(1/2) Sunflower's Brandon Skidmore is @KSPublicHealth's president this year, as they celebrate their 100th anniversary. KPHA's (virtual) conference this year will focus on Strengthening Social Connectedness...#kshealth#publichealth
Senate confirms Rep. Deb Haaland as interior secretary, in a vote that for the first time will make a Native American a White House cabinet secretary https://t.co/srRArpjrRT
Arizona Secretary of State Katie Hobbs released this statement in response to ongoing and escalating threats of violence directed at her family and her office.
"We often give men the benefit of the doubt, we'll assume they'll get there," @AliVelshi says. "From women we demand a plan: we want to see receipts and we often vote for someone else, anyway."
"It’s time to stop. End the double-standards."
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s rebuttal to Ted Yoho should be studied for its measured cadence, its artful construction, and its refusal of ugliness, David Remnick writes. https://t.co/U1EpZnPdhH
If you don’t breathe the spirit of the nation, if you don’t have a fierce sense of belonging to each other, you’re not going to sacrifice for the common good. We’re confronted with complex problems and we’re not even capable of putting on a friggin’ mask. https://t.co/O9Z4FsAZtX
#BREAKING: The Supreme Court has ruled against the Trump administration and extended a lifeline to the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, allowing the program that has permitted about 650,000 "Dreamers" to stay and work in the U.S. legally to continue.