The ‘Board of Peace’ started World War 3 so fast.
You can oppose authoritarianism in Iran and the United States at the same time.
With protesters calling for an eviction moratorium at Minneapolis City Hall this morning (to quote the banners): “We fought ICE to keep our neighbors here”; “now we’re fighting to keep ‘em in their homes.”
I’m grateful for the opportunity speak out against this terrible bill.
‘America is showing its dark underbelly’: Protestors condemn ICE in rally at Kansas Statehouse | via @journalist-sherman.bsky.social #ksleg
'Trump and his acolytes have turned this country upside down, but you would rarely know it come game time. Twenty twenty-five was the most disappointing, depressing year of sports activism... in my professional lifetime.'
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Local anti-poverty groups have had to scramble and scale back this year as the Trump administration targeted safety-net programs. They are bracing for what may come next.
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He loudly warned against Medicaid cuts, but turned around and voted for them. So far, the Missouri senator’s call for GOP populism is all talk. | Opinion
NEW: More than 300,000 Missourians signed a petition for a referendum aimed at blocking Missouri Republicans’ new congressional gerrymander. Despite the GOP doing everything in their power to stop them, voters successfully delivered those signatures to the state.
Please join us Thursday at 7pm CT for the launch of Free Families, an important campaign to end the use of child and family detention because it is immoral and inhumane.
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Workers from @sbworkersunited.org put their bodies on the line today, shutting down Starbucks' distribution center in York, PA, the largest in the US
Stand in solidarity with these working-class heroes, DON'T BUY STARBUCKS ANYWHERE UNTIL THEY WIN THEIR STRIKE
We are in the middle of a spiritual emergency - I joined @ms.now to talk about the stakes of what we are up against. If they can treat me like this when the whole world is watching, what are they doing in these facilities with no oversight and accountability? 👇👇👇
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"For people wanting to experience God, we are more likely to meet the Divine trying to shut down the Broadview facility than we ever were in church. I say that as someone who leads a church for a living." -Rev. Michael Woolf
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The average SNAP benefit per month is $177 a person.
The average ACA benefit per month is up to $550 a person.
People want us to hold the line for a reason. This is not a matter of appealing to a base. It’s about people’s lives.
And working people want leaders whose word means something to them.
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
To be clear:
LA County has declared a state of emergency BECAUSE OF the federal government.
The Feds, LA County is (correctly) saying, have CAUSED the emergency.
This is a striking political moment of internal collapse. Local govts feeling compelled to protect their ppl from … their own govt.
Our leaders have a duty to ensure that every student gets the excellent education that they deserve.
Instead, children with disabilities are suffering under the Trump funding cuts.
"H.R. 1, also called the 'big, beautiful bill,' represented to many observers the greatest transfer of wealth from the poor and working class to the wealthy in the nation’s history. But people are not disposable, and we are not meant to live in isolation." #ksleg
BREAKING: The director of the presidential library and museum in Abilene, Kansas, said he was suddenly told to resign or be fired. He refused to give the Trump administration a historic sword from the museum’s collection.
“Four hundred and twelve women were charged with crimes that would not have been crimes if they were not pregnant. That is exactly what happens when we give rights and status to embryos and fetuses.”
All that stands between voters and Trump’s effort to rig the 2026 elections in Missouri? 107,000 signatures by the end of this year.
Missourians are laying the groundwork to give voters the power to stop the GOP’s proposed gerrymander from taking effect.
Here's what you need to know👇
As Charlie Kirk is quickly canonized by Trump and his movement, a full depiction of his impact on American politics is largely being sidestepped.
Kirk built his movement with falsehoods, and his advocacy was laced with racist and bigoted statements.
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These aren’t just prayers—they’re blueprints for liberation.
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"Such 'Christian' politicians regularly misuse Biblical passages to blame the impoverished for their poverty. There is never a suggestion that the rich, who have stolen people’s wages and engorged themselves by denying them healthcare, are in any way to blame."
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Our single most powerful tool is solidarity. Happy #LaborDay. 🤝
No, criminalizing homelessness doesn't increase housing stability. What does?
- Prohibiting evictions without just cause
- Prohibiting excessive rent increases
- Funding rental assistance
The solution for the housing crisis is protections. Not punishment.
