Rogelio is one of the 70,000 people who have been detained during this pandemic.
You can read more about his story and those of the people we profiled here. https://t.co/HTQlE9PVlN
Memphis!! A list of resources to refer to instead of the police. We need to start relying on our community and imagining a world with no police:
https://t.co/GyYFuQyyId
"For every person that does not complete the Census we lose $2,000 per person, per year, for the next 10 years." - Candice Battiste, North Louisiana Organizer - Power Coalition Equity & Justice
Complete your Census: https://t.co/gu8L4fPMvi
This morning, the Nashville @Tennessean — the largest newspaper in the state — published a full-page ad from a far-right client warning “Islam is going to detonate a nuclear device in Nashville, Tennessee.” It’s accompanied by photos of Donald Trump and Pope Francis.
Police foundations raise money to supplement bloated police budgets and buy surveillance tech, body armor, and weapons for police forces with little to no public oversight.
We profiled the corporations bankrolling these foundations here: https://t.co/8fUutXvZHr
In the past 4 months, the U.S. has added 29 more billionaires.
In the past 4 months, the U.S. has lost more than 44 million jobs.
The economy is rigged in favor of the wealthy and corporations.
Nationally there’s no “second wave.” There’s one long wave. We’ve been in a plateau of around 20,000 cases and 1,000 deaths a day, largely among minority and vulnerable populations. Reopening will cause spikes, but calling them a second wave denies the reality of what’s going on.