This August, hundreds of thousands of new jobs were added to the economy. How many went to women? 100%? 50/50? Nope. Only 11.9% of those jobs went to women. We won’t #BuildBackBetter unless we make it possible for more women to go to work. That means universal child care.
New parents in Sweden are guaranteed:
- 480 days of paid leave
- 80% of normal wages during that time
New parents in the U.S. are guaranteed:
- 0 days of paid leave
- $0 of your wages during any time off
How does that make sense in the richest country on earth?
Jeff Bezos makes some $2,537 every second of the day.
Got that? That means Jeff Bezos — the richest guy on the face of planet — makes nearly 3x more in one second than the median worker in this country makes in an entire week. That is morally obscene.
Tax the billionaires.
Breaking News: George Floyd’s family settled a lawsuit against Minneapolis for $27 million over his death in police custody. It’s among the largest settlements in a police misconduct case. https://t.co/cAeANcGe6R
As part of his climate plan, President Biden is revoking a key presidential permit needed to finish the controversial Keystone XL pipeline.
That likely means the end of the years-long project.
https://t.co/eABqUOdhr3
Dr. Roussell discusses the racial disparities in police stop data, and whether there are other questions that are being missed.
https://t.co/ISQLnlDhIH
The purported threat of antifa was long used to justify militarized targeting of immigration activists. Now it’s being used against protesters in Portland. https://t.co/fqPP3e30bP
2019 Postdoctoral Ford Fellow Victor Ray's (@victorerikray) article "A Theory of Racialized Organizations" in @asr_journal has been awarded the Society for the Study of Social Problems Division of Racial & Ethnic Minorities Kimberlé Crenshaw Article Award. https://t.co/weRArHEens
CW: POLICE VIOLENCE
Here's a supercut in case you were feeling gaslighted by the mayor condemning federal officers for doing what the PPB has been doing for weeks.