Every black woman who has run for or held office that I have ever known has had to face virulent and terrifying racist and sexist hatred when they have stepped up to lead in our democracy.
We need better than to return to the safety of the pre-Trump status quo. Is that what you want? That’s your privilege showing. (Privilege definition: those things which we all need to have for basic human dignity, but many do not have because of social inequity and injustice.)
WATCH as the fierce @TianaCaldwell15 disrupts @JoeBiden at his rally in Kansas City. Tiana, who has experienced eviction and homelessness, demands a #HomesGuarantee. Biden tells her to be quiet, promises to meet with her, and then hides after the rally.
🌍 Today is the Global #ClimateStrike 🌏
People of all ages are taking to the streets for #FridaysForFuture following the bravery & boldness of a young woman named @GretaThunberg.
What are you waiting for?
🎥 @guardian
What a beautiful, generous, fiercely internationalist movement these young people have woven.
It's the mirror opposite of the hateful isolationism, chauvinism and supremacist forces roiling and overheating our world
#ClimateStrike!
LIVE: 16-year-old climate activist Greta Thunberg sails into NYC after two-week journey across Atlantic. https://t.co/QbyALQ1Fml https://t.co/d7DiySCOvY
It never ceases to amaze that we are still working on this issue, but we WILL end childhood lead poisoning. And Vermont just took a giant step forward by passing the nation's strongest Lead in Drinking Water Law. https://t.co/QM3ExsAIPr #vtpoli#gettheleadout
Vermonters aged 18-24 have the highest poverty rates in the state and are overrepresented in the #minimumwage workforce. Young adults need to earn enough to meet their basic needs. Raising the minimum wage is a critical policy tool to achieve this. #realchangeVT#vtpoli