Why is it so hard to pass a working class agenda? Not a single Republican vote for childcare, pre-school, a child allowance, vision, dental or hearing for seniors, free community college, or solar or wind investments. Not 1 Republican Senator or Rep is for any of these programs.
Say her name: Akeelah Jackson.
She was 12-years-old and run over by a St. Louis County cop who was driving nearly 60 MPH in a 30 MPH zone with no lights or sirens on. Yesterday, he was acquitted.
Black girls deserve to know our lives matter. Black girls deserve to grow old.
Three police officers went to an *elementary* school in Tennessee & arrested four Black girls.
One girl fell to her knees. Another threw up. Police handcuffed the youngest, an 8 yo with pigtails.
Their supposed crime? Watching some boys fight — and not stopping them. (THREAD)
We were outside the Capitol for 5 days. Rain. Heat. Cold.
If they think this partisan ruling is going to stop us from fighting to keep people housed, they’re wrong.
Congress needs to act immediately. For every unhoused or soon to be unhoused person in our districts.
I’m not running for Congress for a fancy title or a paycheck.
I know what it's like to go to bed hungry. To share a room with 7 siblings. To bury a loved one robbed by a broken healthcare system.
It's time for this country to work for working people in OH11 & across the nation.
Our hope is that this verdict will be a small step towards accountability. But that’s just about accountability, not justice.
For us, justice would be George Floyd alive today.
We all watched George Floyd get murdered, and now for the next several weeks, the entire news cycle will be dominated by Derek Chauvin’s defense lawyers arguing that George Floyd does not deserve justice.
That's trauma.
It's ok to not be alright. Take space for yourself.
This is insane: Georgia Dem rep @Cannonfor58 was arrested for trying to watch Brian Kemp sign new voter suppression bill. Look at how she is treated by police. This is straight out of Jim Crow
The cost of a standard unit of insulin:
🇦🇺 $6.94
🇬🇧 $7.52
🇫🇷 $9.08
🇩🇪 $11.00
🇨🇦 $12.00
🇯🇵 $14.00
🇺🇸 $98.70
Our job: End the greed, collusion and price-fixing of the pharmaceutical industry and substantially lower drug prices.
Tens of millions of Americans are out of work. Half our people are living paycheck to paycheck.
But hey, a handful of billionaires have another $1.3 trillion in wealth, so that's okay, right? WRONG.
Enough is enough. We have got to create an economy that works for all of us.