Lincoln spent the first two years of his presidency plotting to deport all Black people out of the U.S. Political support for "colonization" evaporated #OTD when the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment fought the Second Battle of Fort Wagner near Charleston. A 🧵 1/
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…take another month to get an MRI. As a professor of Human development I know that early intervention is key to prevent her from having even more serious developmental issues than is already occurring. Why is this taking so long???!! (2/2)
@SickKidsNews why is it taking months for my goddaughter to get a diagnosis for a condition that is getting worse every day? She is not even 2 yrs old and is in constant pain. She’s having seizures multiple times a day. It took 6 months to get a neurologist appt and will (1/2)
In written testimony on the bill, Souza said there is no other type of business “forced to renew a contract against their will, so why force housing providers?” -hmm maybe we shouldn’t treat housing like any other business??
There has been an overall decrease in the number of evictions in Connecticut during the pandemic.
But, one type of eviction — the “no-cause” eviction, typically involving expiring lease agreements — has become increasingly common.
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@heymrsbond If you're willing to eat one type of salad per week (with other types of meals) you can ensure that you use up all the supplies by the end of the week and then switch it up in the following week. Or just under buy and stock up if you need to during the week
via @NYTimes The win on Staten Island could herald a new era for labor unions in the United States, which saw the portion of workers in unions drop last year to 10.3 percent, the lowest rate in decades… https://t.co/g37U8FMpzD
Social scientists effectively (albeit erroneously) reduced "race" to an attribute instead of adequately framing "race" as racism structured. Now, racial essentialism undergirds most research on racial inequality. We gotta do better!
via @NYTimes “They would say ‘only women and children can pass through,’” she said. “But they were letting some Ukrainian men through. And whenever a Black lady would try to pass, they said: ‘Our women first,’” Ms. Mbagwu added. https://t.co/zlpUo8FzyF
#StandWithUkraine - The Santa Barbara Independent “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out — because I was not a trade unionist. Then…” https://t.co/F6fKuwAGTT