This kind of reportage has flourished, because admit it or not, most news outlets have started to outsource their news from trending in social media. Nothing wrong about that, but the art of hands-on journalism is slowly dying in exchange of instant and short-term news content.
May 1, 1903: First #LaborDay in PH, led by the Union Obrero Democratica de Filipinas, the country's first labor union.
100,000 workers marched from Tondo to Malacanang to demand fair working conditions and national independence
In 1908, Labor Day became a national holiday.
Before we romanticize gated communities as the pinnacle of urban living, know that they:
1. disenfranchise urban peasants;
2. privatize public spaces;
3. encourage the use of private cars (leading to car-centric cities);
4. decrease property values in non-gated neighborhoods;
This NEEDS to be SHARED everywhere.
People don't realise Daniel Radcliffe is actually doing something extraordinarily powerful in this video by refusing to engage with transphobes on their terms & using his platform to centre trans kids' stories & educate people directly