"From the beginning of this catastrophe, Brian Kemp has demonstrated that he has absolutely no competency in this process," Stacey Abrams says of the governor's decision to void local mask mandates. "What he continues to do is downplay ... the deaths of Georgians."
It’s not only going to hurt Vermont’s workers + students, but also its reputation across US. Vermont doesn’t want to be known as a state that closes public colleges. Legislators like @MitziJohnsonVT + @TimAsheVT will hopefully realize they have to intervene to keep colleges open.
Hopefully this will get more attention outside Vermont. Other states may start making plans to close their most accessible and affordable colleges, citing COVID-19 but really trying to implement longstanding wishes for "structural reform" and "responding to market forces."
Please share news of this very under-publicized higher ed crisis widely:
Vermont State Colleges is threatening to close Northern Vermont U. and 2 campuses of Vermont Tech. These are critical schools for thousands of first-gen students and hundreds of employees #SaveNVU#SaveVTC
BREAKING: the San Ysidro border between US/Mexico has been shut down as reports are coming in that tear gas has been deployed on children. #Migrant Exodus
Asking to be considered a refugee & applying for status isn’t a crime.
It wasn’t for Jewish families fleeing Germany.
It wasn’t for targeted families fleeing Rwanda.
It wasn’t for communities fleeing war-torn Syria.
And it isn’t for those fleeing violence in Central America.
It’s finally official. Lucy McBath is going to Congress.
She beat Karen Handel and the NRA.
She’ll hold Newt Gingrich’s former House seat.
And she’s doing it as Jordan’s mom. https://t.co/XPAsGb6leG
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 29, is officially the youngest woman ever elected to Congress. The first-time candidate, a Democratic Socialist, will represent parts of the Bronx & Queens in New York.