No one is being held accountable for the Flint water crimes.
Why?
Because the victims are poor and Black.
Because the victims are poor and white.
Because the victims are poor and Hispanic.
This is going to get lost in the shuffle of the Deere news, but Latino workers at the Curly's/Smithfield plant in Sioux City, Iowa, staged a walkout over wages yesterday.
They chanted Cesar Chavez's words "Si Se Puede," meaning "Yes, We Can."
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And yet for the last two days every major news org has given platform to a xenophobe who argues that “wokeism” — AKA, anti-racism and progressive intolerance — is the nation’s biggest threat.
Here are 2 signs placed by the current Detroit City Clerk with the wrong polling times.
It's 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.!
These signs are at Henry Ford School & Detroit School of Arts.
The lack of accountability for this type of incompetence continues to enable it all. @ACLUofMichigan
The U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky 🇺🇸 met her match at #Tokyo2020. She lost the 400-meter freestyle to Ariarne Titmus of Australia 🇦🇺. https://t.co/ktwCzc2RrS
The U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky 🇺🇸 met her match at #Tokyo2020. She lost the 400-meter freestyle to Ariarne Titmus of Australia 🇦🇺. https://t.co/ktwCzc2RrS
We are seeing immense human suffering and extensive damage to homes and vital infrastructure in Gaza.
I call on the international community to ensure adequate funding for our humanitarian operations in Gaza. https://t.co/lbKUIbhulU