Dozens of residents have reportedly been killed by gunmen who raided several communities in the Anka and Bukkuyum areas of Nigeria's north-western Zamfara state https://t.co/8K9QK96T7s
During President @JoeBiden’s first 100 days, the economy has created more than 1 million jobs, more than 200 million shots have been administered, and we’re on our way to cutting child poverty in half. And as we saw last night, this is just the beginning.
Economists agree that canceling student loan debt would help boost our struggling economy and lead to greater home-buying rates and housing stability, higher college completion rates, and greater small business formation. This is a no-brainer for our economy.
Black-owned independent bookstores play a critical role in communities all across our country. I wanted to show my support, so I dropped in to surprise the folks from @MahoganyBooks & the Very Smart Brothas Book Club. Take a look.
In our latest World Economic Outlook, we project global growth of 5.5% for 2021 but much depends on the outcome of the race between the virus and vaccines, and on the policy support provided. Read @GitaGopinath’s latest #IMFblog. #WEO https://t.co/l6a6MLEYha
“Call it democracy, or call it democratic socialism, but there must be a better distribution of wealth within this country for all of God's children.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
This is a time for boldness and President Biden is already delivering.
By rejoining the Paris climate accords on day one, he declared loudly and clearly that the U.S. will once again lead the fight against climate change.
And this is only the beginning.
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On a day for the history books, @TheAmandaGorman delivered a poem that more than met the moment. Young people like her are proof that "there is always light, if only we're brave enough to see it; if only we're brave enough to be it."
No mother should have to go through this.
A vial of insulin costs about $5 to make. Yet people with diabetes are dying because drug companies charge as much as $540 per vial in the U.S. https://t.co/iRd8n2AA27
Amidst massive income and wealth inequality tens of millions of Americans are working for starvation wages. We need to raise the minimum wage to a living wage, at least $15 an hour. No more excuses. We need to act NOW.
The monthly price of:
Insulin:
$373 in the U.S.
$47 in France
Januvia for diabetes:
$331 in the U.S.
$39 in Germany
Advair for asthma:
$310 in the U.S.
$29 in Australia
Our job: End the greed, collusion and price-fixing of the pharmaceutical industry and lower drug prices.
Tonight, in Washington, D.C. and across the nation, we came together to honor the over 400,000 Americans we’ve lost to COVID-19. The last year has tested us in unimaginable ways, but now it’s time we begin to heal and overcome — together.