62 years ago today, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was signed into law.
It was not a gift. It was won through courage, sacrifice, organizing, marching, and the refusal to accept legalized discrimination.
But civil rights laws do not protect us by merely existing. They must be enforced, defended, and strengthened.
Today, those protections are being threatened by efforts to weaken enforcement, dismantle equity work, restrict voting power, and distort history. We cannot honor the Civil Rights Act while being passive about efforts to undermine it.
We must stay informed. We must vote. We must pay attention to courts, legislatures, school boards, executive orders, and policies that shape people’s lives.
Freedom is not self-sustaining. Justice must be guarded by every generation.
#CivilRightsAct #MLK #Vote #Nonviolence365 #BelovedCommunity
FDR was damn near as close at we came to a socialist president (thanks in large part to socialists and labor leader pressure on the ground) and his platform became so popular THEY HAD TO INVENT TERM LIMITS ON THE PRESIDENCY
we should ban teenagers from ALL media. and then on their 16th birthday they are brought to a theatre to be shown a movie of a train coming directly at them to see if they react and flee in horror like they did in 1896
I’m fighting this ongoing case because oversight is at stake.
This isn’t about me—it’s about leaders being able to stand up for their communities. That’s what Trump is attacking so he can wield more power for his cruel agenda. This is why I won’t back down.
The Pentagon is the only place in America where you can fail 8 audits in a row, admit you’ll fail the next few & still get handed more money than you asked for.
But let a family need help buying groceries and suddenly it’s a lecture about hard work, responsibility & bootstraps.
Printers never work because they are an affront to God. Man was not meant to pull objects from the digital realm into the real world. Icarus is flying too close to the sun.
It is important to resist the commodification of basic human needs. Food, water and healthcare cannot be subordinated to market considerations or geopolitical interests. Access to adequate food is a fundamental human right grounded in the dignity of every person. Meeting this need not only alleviates suffering but also addresses underlying causes of geopolitical instability. Indeed, food security is an essential component of global and integral security. https://t.co/DgkM9RegJ7