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Today would have been Coretta Scott King’s 98th birthday. She was more of an activist than MLK when they met, his political partner, & the “family leader” on issues of global piece and anti-colonialism. From my research for KING OF THE NORTH: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
America Has Gotten Coretta Scott King Wrong
Her ghostwritten autobiography diminishes her, and I found out why.
www.theatlantic.com
April 27, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Today would have been Coretta Scott King’s 98th birthday. She was more of an activist than MLK when they met, his political partner, & the “family leader” on issues of global piece and anti-colonialism. From my research for KING OF THE NORTH: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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No matter how you voted in last year's election, no one voted to destroy the Postal Service. But the new administration plans to break up the Postal Service and sell it off to private corps. Here's what you need to know + how you can help save the public Postal Service.
Let's Get to The Truth: Myths and Facts about Postal Privatization
apwu.org
April 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
No matter how you voted in last year's election, no one voted to destroy the Postal Service. But the new administration plans to break up the Postal Service and sell it off to private corps. Here's what you need to know + how you can help save the public Postal Service.
I just want to make sure I understand. The most IMPORTANT thing for the federal government to tackle is classroom management? Is this a joke?
Trump signs an EO to make it easier for teachers to "discipline" students
April 23, 2025 at 9:33 PM
I just want to make sure I understand. The most IMPORTANT thing for the federal government to tackle is classroom management? Is this a joke?
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Lesotho's foreign minister told Reuters last month the country, which has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world, was already feeling the impact of Trump's aid cuts. Now, it's been hit with Trump's highest tariff reut.rs/4joDEVb
April 6, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Lesotho's foreign minister told Reuters last month the country, which has one of the highest HIV/AIDS infection rates in the world, was already feeling the impact of Trump's aid cuts. Now, it's been hit with Trump's highest tariff reut.rs/4joDEVb
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As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 9:50 AM
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
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Voting rights groups say the SAVE Act — which aims to stop something that’s already illegal — would create a barrier for millions of Americans who have changed their legal name.
An effort to block non-citizens from voting could impact married women, too
Voting rights groups say the SAVE Act would create a barrier for millions of Americans who have changed their legal name because of marriage or to better align with their gender identity.
19thnews.org
March 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Voting rights groups say the SAVE Act — which aims to stop something that’s already illegal — would create a barrier for millions of Americans who have changed their legal name.
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🗣️🗣️ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK ⁉️
Here is your weekly flyer with key policy updates coming out of the federal government this week. Please share far and wide! Please print these flyers and post them everywhere in your neighborhood! Hand them out at protests!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
Here is your weekly flyer with key policy updates coming out of the federal government this week. Please share far and wide! Please print these flyers and post them everywhere in your neighborhood! Hand them out at protests!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
March 8, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🗣️🗣️ WHAT HAPPENED IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THIS WEEK ⁉️
Here is your weekly flyer with key policy updates coming out of the federal government this week. Please share far and wide! Please print these flyers and post them everywhere in your neighborhood! Hand them out at protests!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
Here is your weekly flyer with key policy updates coming out of the federal government this week. Please share far and wide! Please print these flyers and post them everywhere in your neighborhood! Hand them out at protests!! SPREAD THE WORD!!
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February 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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FLAG:
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding after Trump's funding freeze — putting programs at risk of having to close in the coming days. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding after Trump's funding freeze — putting programs at risk of having to close in the coming days. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Head Start childcare programs are still unable to access federal money after Trump's funding freeze
Programs serving 20,000 children have faced funding delays since Trump's administration announced (and then announced rescinding) a temporary freeze on federal aid last week.
www.nbcnews.com
February 6, 2025 at 12:40 AM
FLAG:
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding after Trump's funding freeze — putting programs at risk of having to close in the coming days. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Dozens of Head Start programs, which provide childcare and preschool education to low-income children, have been unable to access previously approved federal funding after Trump's funding freeze — putting programs at risk of having to close in the coming days. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
So much for public information I guess 🤷🏾♀️
BREAKING NEWS: Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
Trump administration purges websites across federal health agencies
Research and basic information on subjects ranging from tuberculosis surveillance to adolescent health disappeared from federal health agency websites.
www.npr.org
January 31, 2025 at 10:34 PM
So much for public information I guess 🤷🏾♀️
It feels like healthcare in this country is designed to keep people alive long enough to drain every penny they have. Imagine doing this to people and then wanting a pat on the back for changing an inhumane policy? It's been 20+ years for some. Ridiculous.
North Carolina’s Atrium Health says it will forgive the debts of 11,500 people — less than a week after NBC News reported that the company has aggressively pursued former patients’ medical debts, placing liens on their homes to collect on bills.
'Like a miracle': N.C. couple free of nearly $100,000 medical debt after 15 years
The lien on Donna and Gary Lindabury's home for a 2009 heart surgery debt was among 11,500 wiped away by Atrium Health after an NBC News report.
www.nbcnews.com
December 13, 2024 at 12:39 AM
It feels like healthcare in this country is designed to keep people alive long enough to drain every penny they have. Imagine doing this to people and then wanting a pat on the back for changing an inhumane policy? It's been 20+ years for some. Ridiculous.
Say what now!?
"For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine."
Broward Co. to vacate convictions for people who bought crack made by the Sheriff's Office
For three years, the Broward County Sheriff's Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest.
cbs12.com
December 8, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Say what now!?
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BREAKING: USDA orders that milk samples nationwide be tested for the bird flu.
USDA orders testing of milk for bird flu
The mandate targeting bulk milk transporters and dairy processors is meant to help identify which herds have caught the virus, which has spread among livestock.
www.nbcnews.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:08 PM
BREAKING: USDA orders that milk samples nationwide be tested for the bird flu.
I'm also going to need a podcast to explain the implications of all these proposed policy changes. How's anyone supposed to keep up?!
Breaking News: President-elect Donald Trump said that he would impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico on his first day in office, a move that would scramble North American supply chains and impose heavy costs on businesses around the continent.
Trump Threatens 25% Tariff on Canada and Mexico, Potentially Crippling Trade
The president-elect said that he would impose the tariff on Day 1 and that it would stay in place until Canada and Mexico halted the flow of drugs and migrants across U.S. borders.
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2024 at 1:29 AM
I'm also going to need a podcast to explain the implications of all these proposed policy changes. How's anyone supposed to keep up?!
Commute-worthy listening...
The UMG/Drake/Kendrick thing is what podcasts were made for
November 26, 2024 at 1:16 AM
Commute-worthy listening...
"starting over" on bluesky is feeling like finding a cozy sweatshirt I forgot I had.
November 23, 2024 at 1:27 PM
"starting over" on bluesky is feeling like finding a cozy sweatshirt I forgot I had.