A 16-year-old Black teen named Kalief Browder spent 1100 days in jail b/c he couldn’t afford $3000 bail on the false accusation he stole a backpack
Peter Lester tried to murder a 16-year-old Black teen named Ralph Yarl & walked out of the police station 2 hrs later
Two Americas
Tennessee State Rep. Justin Pearson speaks after vote to expel him from the House over participating in gun protests: “Our lives are at stake. And we're going to fight for our lives, just like they're fighting for the NRA." #TenneseeThree
The way Americans address policing is like hitting a hammer on a screw. The system continues to do what it is designed to do. We don’t need another dollar spent in a think tank brainstorming solutions. We need to build coalition and strength in our unity.
I got you girl 💪🏽💪🏽💪🏽 proud to help lead the effort alongside activists to successfully bring PreP generic early, and we’re going to keep working for more because healthcare is a human right!
It had been a perfect day for Caitlyne Gonzales. The Uvalde survivor saw Beto O'Rourke, one of her gun-safety heroes, speak. She took a selfie with him, got free shirts, ate fried chicken after.
Then, on the way home, police lights flashed behind her family's car.
A thread:
NYC is limiting the hours when trash is taken out because of issues with rats, and it's genuinely hard to pick a favorite quote from today's presser
Pick your fighter:
Student loan hack: not only are standard Fed loans eligible, but so are parent PLUS loans.
That means a family could 2x or 3x their loan cancellation 💸
Ex: if a parent making <$125k took out a PLUS loan for their kid and got a Pell grant themselves,they EACH get $20k cancelled
The Supreme Court sides with Sen. Ted Cruz in his First Amendment challenge to a federal campaign-finance law that limits how and when candidates can recoup loans that they make to their own campaigns. The vote is 6-3 along ideological lines.
Last night, a younger patient arrived with abdominal pain, chest pain, and shortness of breath. While assessing, the patient began to appear more and more pale with each moment. "I tested + with two at home tested, but I have an IUD." VS=HR 150 BP 80/40
I sounded an alarm.
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New Yorkers are gearing up to march in the streets on Tuesday in the wake of a draft Supreme Court decision that could overturn Roe v. Wade, upending nearly a half century of legal precedent and eroding people's right to abortion access. https://t.co/qMB9Naew4W
Let's be clear, wealthy women will always have access to whatever doctors, medicines and procedures that they want. Ending Roe is an attack on the autonomy of poor and working class women.