I just took action with @wwf_act! Nature sustains us, but it's under threat like never before. Send a message to your Congressmembers asking them to support policies that invest in and protect nature. https://t.co/vTTQZds9Tu
May is Preservation Month. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has released its list of the most endangered places for 2024. One of the sites is located in New York State.
https://t.co/7SSM6ufIzQ
Our health care system is broken and dysfunctional. Not only is it way too expensive, not only are 85 million uninsured or underinsured, but we don’t even have enough doctors, nurses, mental health providers, or dentists. It’s time for a change. Here's what I am working on.
We do not need a cold war with China. We do not need to increase military spending by tens of billions. We do need, however, a global commitment to address climate change & future pandemics. We do need to invest in affordable housing, child care & the needs of working families.
Mass shootings in the US:
2014: 273
2015: 336
2016: 383
2017: 348
2018: 336
2019: 417
2020: 610
2021: 690
2022: 647
In the first seven weeks of 2023: 67
We do not have to live like this. No other country on the planet does.
Today, we have a dysfunctional health care system in which we spend nearly $13,000 for every man, woman, and child, twice as much as most developed countries.
Yet, despite that huge expenditure, 85 million Americans are uninsured or underinsured. Does that make sense to anyone?
Oil prices today: $85.90 a barrel
Gas prices today: $3.85 a gallon
Oil prices in April 2010: $85.66 a barrel
Gas prices in April 2010: $2.85 a gallon
Gas prices are $1 a gallon higher than they should be because of Big Oil's greed. We need a windfall profits tax.
Scientists have found evidence that those who cultivate love and compassion have greater peace of mind, while constant anger and fear make us uneasy and are bad for health. Common sense too tells us that people who are moved by love and compassion are peaceful and happy.
Ted Cruz was born as Rafael Edward Cruz. His father left Cuba in 1957 to attend University of Texas and obtained political asylum in America — as an immigrant. Ted’s dad is fortunate Ted wasn’t a Senator at the time, or he would have been kidnapped and smuggled against his will.
For 87 years, through good times and bad, Social Security has paid every benefit owed to every eligible American on time & without delay. That's a h-u-g-e record of accomplishment. On this, the 87th anniversary of Social Security, our job is to expand Social Security, not cut it.
The Supreme Court decision's in West Virginia v. EPA is a wake-up call: there is no more time to waste.
The impacts of climate change are all around us here and now. Congress must enact the policies we need to turn the tide. Send a message now: https://t.co/EOvUoo7jUn
Pro life?
Hours before the draft decision on Roe v. Wade was published, the Supreme Court issued a two-sentence order denying a stay of execution for Carman Deck. He was executed by the State of Missouri the next day.
Pro life means being pro all lives, not just some lives.
If 700 U.S. billionaires could become nearly $2 trillion richer during the pandemic and Trump could provide over $1 trillion in tax breaks to the top 1% and profitable corporations, please don't tell me we can't cancel all $1.8 trillion in student debt for 45 million Americans.