Sarah V. Schweig

PhD in Philosophy @TheNewSchool. Poetry @Milkweed_Books and @UIowaPress.

[Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @NYCMayor]

While Wall Street executives rake in nearly $1,800 an hour, home-based child care providers earn a median wage of just $6. That isn't a reflection of the value of their work. It's a reflection of an economy that has never valued care the way it values wealth.

It was an honor to visit Xiomara Family Day Care in the Bronx and sit down with extraordinary home-based educators as part of our administration's listening tour with family child care providers.

Together, we will build a universal child care system that works — for families and educators alike.

[Kitty Block @humaneworldkb]

Less than a week after an 18-year-old tourist tragically died in a horse-drawn carriage accident, the rides in and around Central Park started up again. We cannot forget what happened.

New York must take seriously the future of the horses and the livelihoods of the workers, while ensuring that no other family be burdened with the kind of grief and sorrow that has stricken the family of the teen who lost his life. Read more: @NYDailyNews

https://t.co/xVcQ8IJJWz

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Artificial Intelligence is built on the creative work of millions of writers, artists, musicians, journalists, teachers, scientists and ordinary people. That work has been stolen by Big Tech oligarchs.

Now's the time to reclaim it and ensure AI works for ALL, not just the few.

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

One month into the declaration of a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, Israel has violated the agreement with near-daily attacks, killing hundreds of Palestinians.

We track Israeli ceasefire violations to date https://t.co/jjnDndMPlc

[Rashida Tlaib @RashidaTlaib]

There is no ceasefire. It's a lie.

More than 200 Palestinians have been killed by the Israeli government since Trump claimed a ceasefire was achieved. The Israeli government never even stopped bombing Lebanon. They are still committing war crimes.

https://t.co/3YfICafKv7

[Sarah V. Schweig @sarahvschweig]

Glad to discuss Charles Taylor, with some cameos by Miranda July, Descartes, Baudelaire, and to also send an eyeroll at Adam Gopnik, in this review. https://t.co/exkTyqsYTK

[Rain Taxi @RainTaxiReview]

In “The Ocean in the Next Room” (@milkweed_books), poet @sarahvschweig captures the flat affect of our digital lives and offers an ironic look at our civic malaise. New review by Walter Holland in our Online Edition: https://t.co/FQ8elM2ela

[Christopher Kondrich @ChrisKondrich]

Marie Howe won the Pulitzer this year for her NEW & SELECTED (@wwnorton). I'm so thrilled her poems have been recognized in this way. She's an incredible poet, & an incredible human.

Here's a poem from WHAT THE LIVING DO that still leaves me speechless.

[Sarah V. Schweig @sarahvschweig]

Join the effort to protect public media @MyPublicMedia! Sign the petition now to safeguard your local public media stations. https://t.co/C1nKfBwrYn #ProtectPublicMedia

[David Roderick @droderick77]

@adroitjournal #53 is here, including a great Enlightenments section: interviews with @TianaClarkPoet, Mai Der Vang, @akendragreene, Sarah Aziza, and @kwamedawes.

Plus Lisa Russ Spaar's "Second Acts" on books by @sarahvschweig and Stephanie Roberts

https://t.co/W9wojWnbrh

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

Netanyahu has not allowed any aid into Gaza in 22 days. He broke the ceasefire, resuming a bombing campaign that has killed more than 50,000 people. Now he is threatening a long-term occupation of Gaza.

NO MORE MILITARY AID TO NETANYAHU’S WAR MACHINE.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

The terrible CR Budget bill — written by right-wing House Republicans with no input from anybody but themselves — was passed tonight with the support of 10 Democrats.

An absolute failure of Democratic leadership. NOBODY in the Senate should have voted for this dangerous bill.

[Sen. Bernie Sanders @SenSanders]

This is Oligarchy. The three richest men in the world have become $196 BILLION richer since Donald Trump was elected.

$196 billion for three men in 99 days.

Meanwhile, 60% of Americans live paycheck to paycheck.

[Sarah V. Schweig @sarahvschweig]

"The feeling is: Nothing fits together." https://t.co/AcuWo7zxbl

A little poem with an @elonmusk cameo.

[Sarah V. Schweig @sarahvschweig]

https://t.co/AcuWo7zxbl

[Sarah V. Schweig @sarahvschweig]

"In my crumbling country, we listen
to the old stories we’ve been telling ourselves
about ourselves forever. So this
is despair."

The Ocean in the Next Room is out today from @Milkweed_Books

https://t.co/GKYmGJO9yT

[Acyn @Acyn]

Bernie Sanders: You don’t think we should change the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour?

Trump Treasury Secretary Nominee Scott Bessent: No

[West Trade Review @WTRlitmag]

“Schweig holds up a mirror to our lives, asking us to consider the systems we participate in and also how — and why — we continue.“

From review of The Ocean in The Next Room by @‌sarahvschweig, new from @‌Milkweed_Books

Full review:

https://t.co/nBizrT4cge

#writingcommunity

[Omar Hamad | عُـمَـرْ 𓂆 @OmarHamadD]

This is how the story of Kamal Adwan Hospital ended.

The medical staff was arrested, oxygen was denied to the patients, and everyone in the hospital was stripped of their clothes, dragged, and tortured.

I am very worried about Dr. Hossam Abu Safia. You are a hero.

Merry Christmas, world.