To mitigate #coronavirus fallout for low-income/ homeless residents, Oakland City Council took steps today to stop evictions, halt eviction lawsuits and beef up hygiene in #homeless encampments. @mercnews@EastBayTimes https://t.co/ahenQ0hF7A
Our work to reduce gun violence and launch a movement of #Peacemakers in California is highlighted with what started it all for us, in Oakland! We can end the era of violence and usher in belonging! #LIVEFREE#BuildBridgeBelong https://t.co/di1jZljtkA…
TWO deaths in Santa Rita Jail in THREE DAYS... while Sheriff Ahern's budget was INCREASED. Call your Supervisor TODAY & demand they #AuditAhern
Scott Haggerty: 510-272-6691
Richard Valle: 510-272-6692
Wilma Chan: 510-272-6693
Nate Miley: 510-272-6694
Keith Carson: 510-272-6695
So how did unions crush Missouri's 'right-to-work' law by referendum last night by a 2-1 margin? Knocking on 800,000 doors probably had something to do with it... https://t.co/e4pEu6VVEy
On at 5pm: @PatThurston speaks to Michale McBride (@pastormykmac). McBride is the director of @LiveFreeUS, a campaign led by U.S.-based faith congregations committed to addressing gun violence & mass incarceration of young people of color.
Listen live: https://t.co/lAk73dgIwV
By the end of their careers, on average Black women will have been paid about $840,000 less than their white male counterparts. That’s money that could have gone into student loans, rent, and groceries. Long past time to close the gap. #BlackWomensEqualPayDay
Nearly four years after a Ferguson cop shot and killed Michael Brown, St. Louis County prosecutor Bob McCulloch has lost the Democratic primary to a challenger who cast himself as a reformer. @matthewferner: https://t.co/QvXbMdnoKN
There are currently thousands of prisoners fighting wildfires in California for pay of $2/day and $1 extra for every hour spent on an active fire line. These firefighters are barred from working in civilian fire departments after release from prison due to criminal records.
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Tonight's Independent Lens episode: Delores
Activist Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the first farmworkers union with Cesar Chavez, leads the fight for racial and labor justice.
https://t.co/MjRs1Pmznl
“Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, the wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!” This country’s greatness and true genius lies in its diversity.