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In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
A Hampton Inn in Asheville just canceled my family's reservation because our address (incorrectly) showed Asheville—and the hotel bars locals within 50 miles.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
When I asked why, they said, "because of our homeless population," adding that most hotels here have similar policies.
This is outrageous.
December 29, 2025 at 2:46 AM
In America, where irony is dead, a hotel chain uses a policy denying shelter to local people, for fear of accidentally housing homeless persons…
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
To deny a reservation to the author of a much-lauded book on how American economic unfairness forces working people into homelessness.
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“When all the good in you
starts arguing
with all the bad in you
about who you really are,
never let the bad in you
make the better case.”
— Andrea Gibson
starts arguing
with all the bad in you
about who you really are,
never let the bad in you
make the better case.”
— Andrea Gibson
July 14, 2025 at 10:34 PM
“When all the good in you
starts arguing
with all the bad in you
about who you really are,
never let the bad in you
make the better case.”
— Andrea Gibson
starts arguing
with all the bad in you
about who you really are,
never let the bad in you
make the better case.”
— Andrea Gibson
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Medicaid does the following:
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
July 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Medicaid does the following:
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
-Provides 1 in 2 kids health insurance
-Keeps the majority of rehab and skilled nursing facilities open nationwide
-Until today, had a rule in place to ensure minimum nurse staffing for patient safety
This is the program the party of “MAHA” wants to gut.
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"Every bombed village is my hometown."
—James Baldwin
Artwork/Graphic by @silveiraworks (via Instagram)
—James Baldwin
Artwork/Graphic by @silveiraworks (via Instagram)
June 22, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Every bombed village is my hometown."
—James Baldwin
Artwork/Graphic by @silveiraworks (via Instagram)
—James Baldwin
Artwork/Graphic by @silveiraworks (via Instagram)
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I forgot to mention the kicker: the homeless ski instructors, snowplow drivers, and restaurant servers sleeping in their cars in this Colorado resort town actually have to pay $75 a month for a spot in the parking lot.
Homeless workers now have to submit *proof of employment* to be allowed to sleep in their cars in one of the richest counties in the U.S.
Welcome to America: people shivering overnight in subzero temperatures, steps from luxury ski resorts, for the privilege of keeping the local economy booming.
Welcome to America: people shivering overnight in subzero temperatures, steps from luxury ski resorts, for the privilege of keeping the local economy booming.
In One Colorado Town, People Experiencing Homelessness Can Sleep in Their Car — if They Have a Job
People experiencing homelessness can sleep in their cars in this wealthy ski town in Colorado, but only if they have a job.
www.nytimes.com
April 13, 2025 at 1:18 PM
I forgot to mention the kicker: the homeless ski instructors, snowplow drivers, and restaurant servers sleeping in their cars in this Colorado resort town actually have to pay $75 a month for a spot in the parking lot.
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“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
April 10, 2025 at 12:16 PM
“They were careless people…they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness…and let other people clean up the mess they had made…” -- F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby (April 10, 1925).
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We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger. If people think that my danger makes them safe, we are in trouble.
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
April 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
We have yet to understand that if I am starving, you are in danger. If people think that my danger makes them safe, we are in trouble.
—James Baldwin
—James Baldwin
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39% of KIDS
80% of KIDS in poverty.
41% of BIRTHS
Medicaid is Pro Children Being ALIVE.
80% of KIDS in poverty.
41% of BIRTHS
Medicaid is Pro Children Being ALIVE.
Wanna cut Medicaid? It covers 39% of kids, 80% of kids in poverty, 16% of adults, half of adults in poverty, 25% of adults w/disabilities, 41% of births, 50% of kids w/special health care needs, 5 of 8 in nursing homes, 29% of non-elderly adults w/ mental illness, & 40% of non-elderly adults w/HIV.
10 Things to Know About Medicaid | KFF
At the start of 2025, many issues are at play that will affect Medicaid coverage, financing, and access to care. While Medicaid was not discussed much on the campaign trail, Congress may consider big ...
www.kff.org
March 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
39% of KIDS
80% of KIDS in poverty.
41% of BIRTHS
Medicaid is Pro Children Being ALIVE.
80% of KIDS in poverty.
41% of BIRTHS
Medicaid is Pro Children Being ALIVE.
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re Trump's "indirect costs" funding cuts, here's a look at the NIH presence in Colorado.
-supports $1.6 billion in econ. activity
-3,300 businesses
-CU, CSU, DU, National Jewish
-supports $1.6 billion in econ. activity
-3,300 businesses
-CU, CSU, DU, National Jewish
February 8, 2025 at 10:23 PM
re Trump's "indirect costs" funding cuts, here's a look at the NIH presence in Colorado.
-supports $1.6 billion in econ. activity
-3,300 businesses
-CU, CSU, DU, National Jewish
-supports $1.6 billion in econ. activity
-3,300 businesses
-CU, CSU, DU, National Jewish
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“You’re going to need somebody who is willing to break the stranglehold of the two-party system.... What we need is someone who can coalesce the energies in this country ... into another party which can respond to the needs of the people. The Democratic Party cannot do it.” —James Baldwin, 1968
Baldwin’s Lonely Country - Boston Review
When Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated, James Baldwin made a final attempt to reconcile the generational divide between the civil rights movement and Black Power.
www.bostonreview.net
February 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“You’re going to need somebody who is willing to break the stranglehold of the two-party system.... What we need is someone who can coalesce the energies in this country ... into another party which can respond to the needs of the people. The Democratic Party cannot do it.” —James Baldwin, 1968
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Misplaced Trust.
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
grist.org/project/equi...
#UniversityofArizona #Arizona #Universities #Climate #Tribes
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
grist.org/project/equi...
#UniversityofArizona #Arizona #Universities #Climate #Tribes
How 14 public universities are profiting in the billions from extractive industries on stolen Indigenous land
Extractive industries filling public university coffers on stolen land. Here's how 14 land-grant colleges took 8.2 million acres from 123 Indigenous nations.
grist.org
February 7, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Misplaced Trust.
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
grist.org/project/equi...
#UniversityofArizona #Arizona #Universities #Climate #Tribes
Stolen Indigenous land is the foundation of the land-grant university system. Climate change is its legacy.
grist.org/project/equi...
#UniversityofArizona #Arizona #Universities #Climate #Tribes
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One devastating effect of eliminating the Department of Education: *1.4 million* homeless kids would be abandoned.
The Department funds programs that support these students, guaranteeing their right to stay in school and access resources.
Dismantle it, and those protections—and the funding—vanish.
The Department funds programs that support these students, guaranteeing their right to stay in school and access resources.
Dismantle it, and those protections—and the funding—vanish.
February 6, 2025 at 2:21 PM
One devastating effect of eliminating the Department of Education: *1.4 million* homeless kids would be abandoned.
The Department funds programs that support these students, guaranteeing their right to stay in school and access resources.
Dismantle it, and those protections—and the funding—vanish.
The Department funds programs that support these students, guaranteeing their right to stay in school and access resources.
Dismantle it, and those protections—and the funding—vanish.
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Denver King Soopers are gonna strike.
Remember to not cross the line. Remember to downsize, not replace, your grocery order to avoid moving dollars to less ethical shops.
Change is going to come from refusing comfort and leisure, it’s time to get tough.
✊🏼
Remember to not cross the line. Remember to downsize, not replace, your grocery order to avoid moving dollars to less ethical shops.
Change is going to come from refusing comfort and leisure, it’s time to get tough.
✊🏼
January 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Denver King Soopers are gonna strike.
Remember to not cross the line. Remember to downsize, not replace, your grocery order to avoid moving dollars to less ethical shops.
Change is going to come from refusing comfort and leisure, it’s time to get tough.
✊🏼
Remember to not cross the line. Remember to downsize, not replace, your grocery order to avoid moving dollars to less ethical shops.
Change is going to come from refusing comfort and leisure, it’s time to get tough.
✊🏼
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In a period as short as 90 days, 136,000 babies could acquire HIV due to the US withholding humanitarian aid. I don’t know if we’re fully grasping the scale of destruction here.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
“People Will Die”: The Trump Administration Said It Lifted Its Ban on Lifesaving Humanitarian Aid. That’s Not True.
Organizations that provide vital care for desperate and vulnerable people around the world have been forced to halt operations, turn away patients and lay off staff. “I’ve never seen anything that sca...
www.propublica.org
February 2, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In a period as short as 90 days, 136,000 babies could acquire HIV due to the US withholding humanitarian aid. I don’t know if we’re fully grasping the scale of destruction here.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
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More details on the killing of Cornelius Taylor.
Another unhoused man who present during the sweep said: "They did not go to one tent. One tent!—to check and see if somebody was in there. They are negligent, and regardless how society try to judge us, we are somebody. He was somebody's son!"
Another unhoused man who present during the sweep said: "They did not go to one tent. One tent!—to check and see if somebody was in there. They are negligent, and regardless how society try to judge us, we are somebody. He was somebody's son!"
Community vigil to be held for man who was killed as crews worked to clear Atlanta homeless encampment
In a news release from an Atlanta organization, the Housing Justice League identified the man who was killed as Cornelius Taylor.
www.11alive.com
January 18, 2025 at 2:26 PM
More details on the killing of Cornelius Taylor.
Another unhoused man who present during the sweep said: "They did not go to one tent. One tent!—to check and see if somebody was in there. They are negligent, and regardless how society try to judge us, we are somebody. He was somebody's son!"
Another unhoused man who present during the sweep said: "They did not go to one tent. One tent!—to check and see if somebody was in there. They are negligent, and regardless how society try to judge us, we are somebody. He was somebody's son!"
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That a "booming labor market" can coincide with a catastrophic rise in homelessness should force us to rethink our assumptions about homelessness and jobs alike.
January 10, 2025 at 2:48 PM
That a "booming labor market" can coincide with a catastrophic rise in homelessness should force us to rethink our assumptions about homelessness and jobs alike.
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This is beyond demoralizing. What a damning indictment of our systems here in the US. Not that it is surprising at this point that nothing seems to move people to demand safer, healthier policies and programs for our most vulnerable, but it is still shocking.
🚨Staggering new data from HUD: The number of people experiencing homelessness in 2024 was the highest EVER recorded.
Families with children saw the single largest increase—up an astonishing 39 percent from last year.
www.huduser.gov/portal/sites...
Families with children saw the single largest increase—up an astonishing 39 percent from last year.
www.huduser.gov/portal/sites...
www.huduser.gov
December 27, 2024 at 9:45 PM
This is beyond demoralizing. What a damning indictment of our systems here in the US. Not that it is surprising at this point that nothing seems to move people to demand safer, healthier policies and programs for our most vulnerable, but it is still shocking.
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"Universal school lunch eliminates the visibility of who is receiving assistance. Consequently, more students are likely to participate in the lunch program. ... [T]hey are more likely to consume healthy nutritious meals, which can positively affect their health and academic performance."
"If we want to bring universal school meals to all children, regardless of income, it’s going to take a combination of imagination, tolerance for criticism, and a shift in how we consider this issue."
Minnesota Guaranteed Free School Meals for All Kids. Now Let’s Do It Nationwide.
The program has been a massive success, reducing families’ food insecurity and improving academic performance.
truthout.org
December 27, 2024 at 1:18 AM
"Universal school lunch eliminates the visibility of who is receiving assistance. Consequently, more students are likely to participate in the lunch program. ... [T]hey are more likely to consume healthy nutritious meals, which can positively affect their health and academic performance."
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Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
December 22, 2024 at 2:22 PM
Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.
― James Baldwin
― James Baldwin
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"As she walked toward the street to wait for help, [the cop] yelled at her to stop. 'Am I being detained?' she asked.
'Yes, you’re being detained,' he shouted. 'You’re being detained because you’re unlawfully camping.'”
Absolutely revolting.
'Yes, you’re being detained,' he shouted. 'You’re being detained because you’re unlawfully camping.'”
Absolutely revolting.
An unhoused woman in *active labor*—her water had just broken—was ticketed by Louisville police for sleeping outside.
What a cruel, cruel country.
What a cruel, cruel country.
Pregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in labor
She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.
www.lpm.org
December 19, 2024 at 10:24 PM
"As she walked toward the street to wait for help, [the cop] yelled at her to stop. 'Am I being detained?' she asked.
'Yes, you’re being detained,' he shouted. 'You’re being detained because you’re unlawfully camping.'”
Absolutely revolting.
'Yes, you’re being detained,' he shouted. 'You’re being detained because you’re unlawfully camping.'”
Absolutely revolting.
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When organizations that address social conditions, including poverty & homelessness, don't have money to pay their employees, that's on us. Our cities & states have the money. We just choose to manufacture scarcity.
Support workers, provide housing, end poverty.
denverite.com/2024/12/12/c...
Support workers, provide housing, end poverty.
denverite.com/2024/12/12/c...
Colorado Coalition for the Homeless employees file petition to unionize
The Service Employees International Union has filed to represent 78 of the 850 workers employed by the nonprofit.
denverite.com
December 14, 2024 at 3:09 PM
When organizations that address social conditions, including poverty & homelessness, don't have money to pay their employees, that's on us. Our cities & states have the money. We just choose to manufacture scarcity.
Support workers, provide housing, end poverty.
denverite.com/2024/12/12/c...
Support workers, provide housing, end poverty.
denverite.com/2024/12/12/c...
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The response from the American public in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing is not one of theory; it is one of tangible experience.
Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
Nina Turner: For-Profit Health Care Is Immoral
Nina Turner reflects on the outpouring of anger at our for-profit health system in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing — and her concern that without radical change to our politi...
jacobin.com
December 12, 2024 at 2:12 PM
The response from the American public in the wake of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson’s killing is not one of theory; it is one of tangible experience.
Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
Read my latest in @jacobin ⬇️ jacobin.com/2024/12/nina...
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Ten percent of all civic repression worldwide related to Palestine, study finds - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ten-percent-all-civic-repression-worldwide-related-palestine-study-finds
Pro-Palestine voices are among the most suppressed, global study finds
Across the board, civic space is shrinking, and both Israel and the US have used intimidation tactics to silence pro-Palestine voices
www.middleeasteye.net
December 5, 2024 at 10:17 PM
Ten percent of all civic repression worldwide related to Palestine, study finds - https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/ten-percent-all-civic-repression-worldwide-related-palestine-study-finds
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This piece shook me.
My Life As a Homeless Man in America
An extraordinary firsthand account.
www.esquire.com
November 27, 2024 at 1:47 AM
This piece shook me.