“Karen from Novak Construction, new owner of the Little Village Plaza, trying to intimidate and stop Discount Mall vendors from protesting the possible displacement of family owned businesses.” #JuntosPorLaVillita
The rich continue to get much richer while workers suffer. Since the pandemic started, 643 billionaires have seen their wealth go up by $584 billion, while U.S. households have seen their wealth go down by $6.5 trillion and nearly 46 million have filed for unemployment.
I know you’re all tryna go back to your daily lives but I need you to see this and I need you to understand this shit is not over. Rayshard Brooks was shot in the back for sleeping in a Wendy’s parking lot in his own fucking car.
Instead of spending $740 billion on the Dept. of Defense, let's rebuild communities at home devastated by poverty and incarceration. I'll be filing an amendment to cut the DoD by 10% and reinvest that money in cities and towns that we've neglected and abandoned for far too long.
4. So if we want to bring about real change, the choice isn’t between protest and politics––we have to do both. We have to mobilize to raise awareness, and we have to organize and cast our ballots to make sure that we elect candidates who will act on reform.