Pastor of Forest Hills Presbyterian Church(PCUSA) in Queens, NY, Doctor of Ministry, combat veteran, quite liberal, committed to living God and neighbor.
The Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) guaranteeing fair pay, reproductive rights, and freedom from gender-based violence has the necessary number of states for ratification--38. It's time for Congress to listen to the People and publish in the Constitution! https://t.co/P83bWI3pxE
Peruvians are flooding the streets to stop this ‘anti-forest’ law, which gives giant corporations a license to kill. Stand with them by signing the petition here: https://t.co/8ayQq3CJbp
No matter your zip code, everyone deserves to breathe healthy air. But right now, environmental justice communities are choking on the fumes of old, polluting power plants. The Just Energy Transition Act would address this crisis head on. Email today! https://t.co/V4t0uTHO9K
The Supreme Court is out of touch with modern life. I have a bill that calls for 18-year term limits and a binding code of ethics for justices. Let’s pass it.
“After nearly three years, the rate of heart attack, stroke, and death was 4.5 times higher in people with microplastics in their plaque than those without.” https://t.co/bd8MI5y477
We cannot talk about Gaza without talking about campaign finance.
The reason our elected officials are not responsive to the people and are continuing to fund a genocide is due to AIPAC dollars.
It’s not just AIPAC, these lobbies are why most Americans aren’t represented.
Both Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito should be immediately expelled from the Supreme Court, Alito for expressing his allegiance with treason and Thomas for joining his wife in the plot of sedition. SCOTUS is compromised and illegitimate.
A law proposed in New York State seeks to reduce plastic packaging, ban certain plastic chemicals and mandate that producers of packaged consumer goods fund the recycling or disposal of what they sell https://t.co/pPY0hw9eKE
On this day in 1918, a white mob from Brooks County, Georgia, lynched Mary Turner, a Black woman who was 8 months pregnant, for speaking out against the lynching of her husband the day before. https://t.co/CE1n3mWWcO
The gospel is not good news to the poor if it only brings comfort to the oppressor.
Jesus didn't come to maintain the status quo, He came to turn tables. We must examine whether our version of Christianity supports the systems of power or seeks to serve the marginalized.
Texas Gov Abbot pardoned a white man & convicted murderer for killing a BLM protestor
Meanwhile Texas sentenced a Black man to 70 years in prison for spitting on police to “make an example out of him.”😳
Systemic white supremacy is thriving in the GOP.
Horrific.
If it weren’t for the Congo, there wouldn’t be any iPhones in the world. The world’s biggest tech company, especially Apple, relies on cobalt mining in the country to power its iPhones. But it’s also a source of child labor and the deaths of thousands of people, while the world watches.
In the meantime, the use of forced labor in the Congo is becoming more common, due to the proliferation of armed groups in the country that are funded by multinational companies to run multiple mines.
In March 2024, More than 40 000 children are working in hazardous conditions in cobalt mines in the Katanga province alone, according to the UN.
Nearly 63% of the world's coral is suffering from 'crazy' hot ocean water in a global bleaching event that is nearing record levels. World oceans have now set heat records 13 months in a row. One scientist: We're watching an ecosystem die in our lifetime https://t.co/blVd5aSGUv
Texas sentenced Crystal Mason, a Black woman, to 5 years prison for filing a provisional ballot that was never counted—but pardoned Daniel Perry, a white man, for deliberately killing a peaceful protestor & Veteran.
This is not from 1824—but 2024. White supremacy is alive & well