Melissa David
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Last year, Nike made $23 billion. Its founder is worth $35 billion. But Nike pays just dollars a day to the workers who make its products.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
June 5, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Last year, Nike made $23 billion. Its founder is worth $35 billion. But Nike pays just dollars a day to the workers who make its products.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
Today I met Dinar, who sews 222 labels an hour onto Nike products. She is paid $202 a month.
This is corporate greed at its worst.
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From Target to Walmart, retailers are fighting two battles at once: a financial battle to keep costs low in the face of new tariffs, and a political one to avoid the president's wrath.
Retailers feel pressure to eat the price increases from tariffs
From Target to Walmart, retailers are fighting two battles at once: a financial battle to keep costs low in the face of new tariffs, and a political one to avoid the president's wrath.
www.npr.org
May 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
From Target to Walmart, retailers are fighting two battles at once: a financial battle to keep costs low in the face of new tariffs, and a political one to avoid the president's wrath.
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Sunset Ireland (May 20th) (Cam 1 still shot) 2 - View from my window. #Sunset #Ireland #Landscape #Sky #Photography
May 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Sunset Ireland (May 20th) (Cam 1 still shot) 2 - View from my window. #Sunset #Ireland #Landscape #Sky #Photography
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I stand with Rep. LaMonica McIver.
This is a political stunt—point blank.
This is a political stunt—point blank.
May 20, 2025 at 1:15 AM
I stand with Rep. LaMonica McIver.
This is a political stunt—point blank.
This is a political stunt—point blank.
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There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind.
The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages.
Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.
The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages.
Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.
Most Americans don't earn enough to afford basic costs of living, analysis finds
The bottom 60% of U.S. households don't make enough money to afford a "minimal quality of life," according to a new analysis.
www.cbsnews.com
May 20, 2025 at 9:34 PM
There is a reason why working families are falling further and further behind.
The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages.
Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.
The cost of housing, health care and other basic necessities are rising much faster than wages.
Learn about an excellent study from the Ludwig Institute.
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“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”
Does Kristi Noem even know what habeas corpus is?
The Homeland Security secretary's word salad raised even more questions about the administration's assault on fundamental rights.
www.motherjones.com
May 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
“Habeas corpus is the legal principle that requires the government to provide a public reason for detaining and imprisoning people. If not for that protection, the government could simply arrest people, including American citizens, and hold them indefinitely for no reason.”
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Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
Where does your weather forecast come from?
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
www.npr.org
May 19, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Whether you get your forecast from an app on your phone, a website or a meteorologist on TV, most of the underlying information comes from the federal government.
By @rhersher.bsky.social
By @rhersher.bsky.social
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Class and dignity in everything.
May 19, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Class and dignity in everything.
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He is completely clueless about what he is doing.
May 18, 2025 at 6:19 PM
He is completely clueless about what he is doing.
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REPORTER: Is the president okay with this bill adding to the deficit?
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
May 19, 2025 at 1:29 PM
REPORTER: Is the president okay with this bill adding to the deficit?
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
LEAVITT: This bill does not add to the deficit
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Republicans just blocked their own "big, beautiful bill" that would kick millions of Americans off their health care...because it doesn't cut Medicaid enough.
May 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Republicans just blocked their own "big, beautiful bill" that would kick millions of Americans off their health care...because it doesn't cut Medicaid enough.
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Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive
May 16, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Hells Librarians🔥 #LibrarySky #ReadToLive
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this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
May 16, 2025 at 3:25 AM
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
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Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...
May 15, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Good morning New York. While you were sleeping, this was the most-read story www.ft.com/content/9019...
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cool new development, the cat has started lying like this. Stupid little loaf. I gasp every time
May 15, 2025 at 1:01 AM
cool new development, the cat has started lying like this. Stupid little loaf. I gasp every time
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In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Opinion | We Study Fascism at Yale. We’re Leaving the U.S.
The decision by these three Yale professors to move to Canada is both a warning and a call to action.
www.nytimes.com
May 14, 2025 at 7:03 PM
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
Three Yale professors who have written extensively on authoritarianism are leaving the U.S. “We’re like people on the Titanic saying our ship can’t sink,” Marci Shore said. “And what you know as a historian is that there is no such thing as a ship that can’t sink.”
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Portrait of Nadine - oil on canvas board
February 25, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Portrait of Nadine - oil on canvas board
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Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
May 14, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Starmer's language was deplorable.
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
It was grotesquely offensive, accusing people who have brought their gifts to this country of doing "incalculable" "damage"; & politically foolish, in endorsing Farage's claims of an establishment conspiracy.
But bad analogies with Powell miss the key problem. 🧵
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