Optimism is a dream to Gen Z because we have grown up with a dying planet and inaction. WE HAVE HAD ENOUGH AND WE DESERVE OPTIMISM that is real and not a dream.
in a shocking turn of events, the exact fucking thing the native people of the region said would happen if the pipeline was built just fucking happened
The time has come to fulfill and expand upon FDR’s vision that he laid out 75 years ago.
These are not radical ideas. They're supported by the majority of Americans. Working together, we can and must achieve economic, social, racial, political and environmental justice for all.
So are we just going to move on with the news cycle and forget about the fact that two dozen Republicans compromised national security yesterday for a stunt designed to obstruct a lawful investigation into the president’s corruption?
“We can disagree and still love each other unless your disagreement is rooted in my oppression and denial of my humanity and right to exist.” - James Baldwin
So did Trump just betray the Kurds because
(a) He has business interests in Turkey
(b) Erdogan, being a brutal autocrat, is his kind of guy
(c) His boss Vladimir Putin told him to
Remarkable that all three stories are perfectly plausible.
When Republicans say our nation‘s laws are “just a joke,” they mean it.
They treat our country as a joke, our communities as a joke, and our future as a joke.
For the GOP, as long as the rich get richer, they are happy to play games with American lives.
Happy September Equinox to planet Earth
We say Day equals Night but it’s not true. There’s extra minutes of day because our atmosphere Refracts light from space, prying the Sun’s image above the horizon before it actually rises and delaying sunset until after it has actually set
"You have stolen my dreams and my childhood with your empty words," climate activist Greta Thunberg tells the UN. "We are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fairy tales of eternal economic growth. How dare you." https://t.co/F5Umw55Y5Y
We have a corrupt criminal justice system where if you're a kid caught selling marijuana, you go to jail, but if you're a fossil fuel CEO who knowingly destroys the planet and harms thousands of people, nothing happens to you. That's a system I intend to change.