COVID-19 relief without a $2K/month UBI is not relief.
COVID-19 relief without a rent cancellation is not relief.
COVID-19 relief without enhanced unemployment is not relief.
COVID-19 relief without universal broadband internet access is not relief.
Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. spoke these words 57 years ago, “This is no time to engage in the luxury of cooling off or to take the tranquilizing drug of gradualism.”
They were as true then as they are today. ✊🏾✊🏿✊🏽
#MarchOnWashington2020
Depriving ppl of basic necessities (housing, healthcare, food, clean water, living wages) is a form of social control. Please understand this. Pouring money into police & prisons while denying ppl a decent quality of life is done to control ppl & limit their options in life.
Teachers can do what is good for the student, or do what makes the student feel good.
It is wonderful when these are compatible, but the conflict in these goals is a problem
Teachers can either do what is best for students, teach them for long-term success with high expectations and potential for failure
Or
They can treat them as customers, where “customer is always right”, placating, never given the opportunity to fail
Capitalism kills Education
Yes, medical bankruptcy is a major problem in the US, even in non-pandemic times
No, the solution is not lawyers for all.
The solution is #MedicareForAll
Vote @EdMarkey
@CharlesMBlow Just like everything else in this failed state, it is meant to keep people running from one disaster to another so they can’t organize and plan past their immediate survival needs. If you can’t plan and organize you can’t mount robust opposition
All of these men were involved in recent murders. The top row: Breonna Taylor and the bottom row: Elijah McClain.
None of them have been arrested.
Four of the six are still on payroll.
We must stand with the Shinnecock Nation and demand the protection of unmarked burial sites and an immediate moratorium on any further building in the Shinnecock Hills.
Use this toolkit to take action before the Town of Southampton votes Sept. 8: https://t.co/9kHLzTlHpE