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i went to my neighborhood association meeting to comment on blocked/unshoveled sidewalks around condemned buildings being repaired after tornado, was told it’d be addressed after first snowstorm in early december… nothing for this storm. we should be promoting walkability year round!

Call to Action: This Friday, Minnesota is being called to stand together in real, visible solidarity. Labor unions, faith leaders, and community organizers are urging people across the state to plan ahead and take part in a Minnesota Economic Blackout do not work, do not attend school, and do not

Ask your doctor what treatment the supreme court decided is right for you.

The anguish of gay Americans who were called “sexual psychopaths” in Congress and fired from their jobs fueled the first public demonstrations for gay rights in the nation. The fight for dignity continued through the AIDS epidemic and the battle for marriage equality.

St. Louis residents want quick federal tornado relief and worry when it will arrive Few expect President Donald Trump to deny Gov. Mike Kehoe’s request for aid from the May 16 tornado. But some are concerned that the help for disaster victims will be too slow.

Even if the FEMA aid comes, some St. Louisans worry that it won't come fast enough.

Deep dive by @jasonrosenbaum.bsky.social‬ www.stlpr.org/government-p...

will $20M even cover my block? let alone street?

wow. I’m a block from here and lost my roof too

Starved for Care People are starving to death in local jails across the U.S., even as for-profit providers are often paid millions for their care. Who is dying, and why?

People are starving to death in local jails across the U.S., even as for-profit providers are often paid millions for their care. Who is dying, and why?

This is how our government has been corrupted: 

1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians to office. 
2) Elected officials rewrite the rules in the donors' favor. 
3) Donors make a huge profit. 
4) Repeat.

For the sake of democracy, we must get Big Money out of politics.

just finished she who became the sun by audiobook and know i missed sm😭

We had 100 people at Rick Scott’s office in West Palm Beach today

👇🦋💪

St. Louis-area immigrant agencies scramble to provide services after federal funding pause Resettlement agencies and immigrant and refugee service providers in the St. Louis region have begun to scale back services for immigrants and refugees due to Trump’s executive order to pause federal ...

Resettlement agencies and immigrant and refugee service providers in the St. Louis region are scaling back services due to Trump’s executive order to pause federal funding.

this isn’t how you created a united front ☺️ hope this helps

Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
Read diverse books every month.
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they are mostly targeting black employees so this is quite literally just a repeat of woodrow wilson’s segregationist purge of the federal government

Trump clean energy pause puts St. Louis school district's electric buses in limbo The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.

The Ritenour School District says it is unable to pay for electric school buses and charging infrastructure the federal government promised.

right now we are at "first they came for transgender people"

This is a word of warning to all of us. Left, right, or anything else.

Constantly reevaluating and learning.

St. Louis International Institute furloughs 60% of staff, pauses Festival of Nations prep The International Institute of St. Louis furloughed staff and paused preparations for its popular annual Festival of Nations because of uncertainty over federal funding under the Trump administration.

The International Institute of St. Louis furloughed staff and paused preparations for its popular annual Festival of Nations because of uncertainty over federal funding under the Trump administration.

Missouri House speaker sees little interest in immigration bounty bill One bill being discussed in the Senate would include life imprisonment without parole as a punishment for immigration violations and would allow Missourians to collect $1,000 bounties for reporting pe...

Missouri House Speaker Jon Patterson said he sees no appetite in his chamber for a Senate bill that would place $1000 bounties on people in the country without legal status.

Read.
Read books.
Reading books is resistance.

Buy.
Buy books.
Buying books is resistance.

Share.
Share books.
Sharing books is resistance.

Celebrate
Celebrate books.
Celebrating books is resistance.