March 28, 2021 by V Leigh

Crumbling infrastructure in the rural South is a racial justice issue.

.@KeriLeighMerrit: “It is nothing short of a moral and ethical tragedy – an indictment of the entire country – that our citizens are being deprived of clean, running water in one of the richest nations on earth.”https://t.co/ApB1xgnO0f
— CNN Opinion (@CNNOpinion) March 14, 2021

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“It’s now week four of the water crisis in Mississippi’s capital city of Jackson. The water is still not safe to drink.”https://t.co/sYYXrG2tqq
— Rachel Maddow MSNBC (@maddow) March 12, 2021

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You can’t bathe. https://t.co/70qNjYgOIU
— Kiese Makeba Laymon (@KieseLaymon) March 13, 2021

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Mississippi’s capital city enters week 4 of a water crisis: Here’s how it got to this point https://t.co/IZecn04q1o via @usatoday
— Ben Barber (@Ben_Barber_) March 10, 2021

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Residents of Jackson, Mississippi, were left without water for weeks after a deep freeze hit the south, bursting pipes and forcing people to rely on bottled or collected rain water. @nickjudin dives in on Jackson’s water crisis on What Next:https://t.co/e8z3cUS2Qu
— Carmel Delshad 📻 (@cdelshad) March 23, 2021

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Jackson, Mississippi, water crisis: Crumbling infrastructure in the rural South is a racial justice issue. https://t.co/LaO5ovlgxg #environmentalracism
— Robert D. Bullard (@DrBobBullard) March 23, 2021

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October 23, 2020 by V Leigh

The top 1% of Americans

BREAKING: The Seattle Human Services Department just announced that providing housing to Seattle’s 12,000 homeless would be “reckless and irresponsible”. Over 1 in 10 Seattle apartments are currently empty. We are in a pandemic and our air is at toxic levels due to wildfires. https://t.co/9OQnV1F6r6
— Dae (@daeshikjr) September 17, 2020

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The top 1% of Americans have taken $50 trillion from the bottom 90%—and that’s made the U.S. less secure https://t.co/o7Nm9JUOWI
— TIME (@TIME) September 14, 2020

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August 12, 2020 by V Leigh

“The rot from slavery and its aftermath are still with us, in a thousand different ways.”

A Black man will spend the rest of his life in prison for stealing hedge clippers after the Louisiana Supreme Court denied his request to have his sentence overturned last week. https://t.co/IuVmbNSjd8
— CNN (@CNN) August 6, 2020

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The Louisiana Supreme Court denied a request to review a LIFE sentence issued to a Black man convicted of trying to steal hedge clippers from a storage room in 1997. Chief Justice Bernette Johnson, the court’s lone Black justice, was the sole dissent. https://t.co/YVpQkFBP7D
— Kristen Clarke (@KristenClarkeJD) August 4, 2020

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Louisiana Supreme Court Chief Justice Bernette Johnson: A life sentence for a failed attempt to steal hedge clippers is a “modern manifestation” of the “Pig Laws designed to re-enslave African Americans.” https://t.co/L4GYMz4G2R
— Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) August 7, 2020

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“The rot from slavery and its aftermath are still with us, in a thousand different ways.” @JoyAnnReid discussing Louisiana Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the prison sentence of a Black man who is serving life for stealing hedge clippers in 1997. https://t.co/Wa6mkTll4u
— The ReidOut (@thereidout) August 8, 2020

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The Louisiana Supreme Court refused to review the life sentence imposed on a man for attempted theft of hedge clippers. The court’s only Black justice dissented and identified this as a harsh legacy of racially-biased punishment. https://t.co/zMGbwqFMTC
— Equal Justice Initiative (@eji_org) August 7, 2020

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“If he lives another 20 years, Louisiana taxpayers will have paid almost one million dollars to punish Mr. Bryant for his failed effort to steal a set of hedge clippers,” wrote the sole dissenter in the court’s decision.https://t.co/ffTLXdB9cF
— NPR (@NPR) August 7, 2020

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May 18, 2020 by V Leigh

“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen”

Striking garbage workers in New Orleans, making $10.25 an hour, were fired en masse this week.

Now, they are being replaced by prison labor. https://t.co/Os5a52qOo5
— Mike Elk (@MikeElk) May 10, 2020

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Capitalism has brought about levels of income inequality that are unjust and unsustainable.

Three men in America own more wealth than the bottom HALF of the country. This is disturbing. Unfettered capitalism is not the path forward.#RIPCapitalism

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— McAuley 🍽 (@McauleyHolmes) May 13, 2020

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On top of years of income inequality, women have also been most heavily affected by this economic crisis. We have a responsibility to provide aid to displaced workers and ensure equal pay for women as they re-enter the workforce. https://t.co/iDQciwYF78
— Reverend Raphael Warnock (@ReverendWarnock) May 11, 2020

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Before the early 1980s, there weren’t millions of people experiencing homelessness in the United States. The modern crisis can be traced to drastic Reagan-era cuts to affordable housing in the middle of an economic recession. https://t.co/W3nLJSaPiE
— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 25, 2020

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“There’s a cruelty here that I don’t think I’ve seen…” As I have said before, homelessness and housing insecurity are directly connected to income inequality. Time to fix that. #waleg @markoliias America’s Cities Could House Everyone if They Chose To https://t.co/3jO1TlQL7c
— Patty Kuderer (@senpattykuderer) May 17, 2020

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April 22, 2020 by V Leigh

Coronavirus Lays Bare The Staggering Class Inequalities That Divide America

This is a fantastic article addressing a very real issue with the rebound from this difficult chapter. Prepare for the Ultimate Gaslighting* – Julio Vincent Gambuto – Medium #Gaslighting #COVIDー19 https://t.co/x41EtmvrBw
— Bethany Lambert (@ComposinCounsel) April 11, 2020

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.@chrislhayes: “We cannot go back to normal until we have a vaccine, there is no business as usual. Things will change.”https://t.co/c5evgn0Aah
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 12, 2020

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Officials spent 20 years preparing for a pandemic.

When it finally arrived, they ran into an unexpected problem: A president who refused to act.https://t.co/Xt8roO9mYX
— POLITICO (@politico) April 13, 2020

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Governors plead for federal help on coronavirus testing, contradicting Trump’s claims that testing is widely available https://t.co/awxgBmcEaX
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 19, 2020

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As COVID-19 exposes the class inequalities that have long divided America, support for Medicare for All has surged to near record highs, and 7 in 10 Americans support halting evictions and freezing rent during the crisis. https://t.co/yDFwV28uPn
— The Appeal (@theappeal) April 16, 2020

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April 21, 2020 by V Leigh

Coronavirus is an inequality crisis: people left without food, unable to pay rent, abused at home. We need to start talking about it.

I’m so tired. https://t.co/HUXYLOi1Xw
— Kimberly Atkins (@KimberlyEAtkins) April 14, 2020

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imagine if cops just….handed out masks instead https://t.co/3AMJT2t2YU
— aída chávez (@aidachavez) April 10, 2020

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More than three dozen immigrant children at a Heartland Alliance shelter for unaccompanied minors have tested positive for COVID-19. https://t.co/PfSumDOHjW
— CBS Chicago (@cbschicago) April 14, 2020

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In Chicago. 270 people at Cook County Jail have tested positive for COVID-19. 210 are incarcerated and 60 are staff. https://t.co/EF0GOeaPIY
— Rebecca Kavanagh (@DrRJKavanagh) April 4, 2020

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COVID-19 is disproportionately affecting African Americans, but our health system has struggled to address health inequality since long before the coronavirus pandemic. It’s time to end these disparities. https://t.co/zeZlM1L650
— Rep. Lauren Underwood (@RepUnderwood) April 17, 2020

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Coronavirus is an inequality crisis: people left without food, unable to pay rent, abused at home. We need to start talking about it. >> Today’s col. https://t.co/3IDtgwtNRL
— Frances Ryan (@DrFrancesRyan) April 15, 2020

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April 13, 2020 by V Leigh

White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is working with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on a possible plan to help U.S. farmers by reducing wages for foreign guest workers on American farms.

NEW: White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows is working with Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue on a possible plan to help U.S. farmers by reducing wages for foreign guest workers on American farms. https://t.co/bde2558h69
— NPR Politics (@nprpolitics) April 10, 2020

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This is how the GOP plans to treat the migrant farmworkers who are making it possible for us to eat. Wow wow wow wow wow wow #coronavirus https://t.co/B8FY1mypgS
— Rinku Sen (@rinkuwrites) April 11, 2020

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Once you acknowledge the plain fact that the U.S. has deliberately engineered — and maintained for over a century — an agricultural system dependent on migrant labor, you see that “the undocumented” aren’t an illicit foreign presence, but a hyper-exploited domestic caste. pic.twitter.com/1Yzvv4qtrL
— Eric Levitz (@EricLevitz) April 4, 2020

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Farmworkers are on the front lines of this pandemic, ensuring our communities are fed—and the Trump administration wants to reward them by cutting their pay. This is shameful.

Make no mistake: We will fight for farmworkers with everything we’ve got. https://t.co/1MAdQe4MdG
— Elizabeth Warren (@ewarren) April 11, 2020

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Cutting the pay of farmworkers will starve the American people!!!!

Farmers are struggling, but the answer is NOT to hurt those who are helping farmers. We must prioritize folks on the frontlines, NOT corporations and no-strings-attached industry bailouts. https://t.co/nWFPgKaFli
— J.D. Scholten (@JDScholten) April 11, 2020

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January 14, 2020 by V Leigh

We need to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.

ICYMI: @AyannaPressley @IlhanMN talk Black economic opportunity in Boston https://t.co/1p6yrL2sFw

— rolandsmartin (@rolandsmartin) January 12, 2020

"If the federal minimum wage in 1968 had kept up with inflation and productivity, it would now be $22 an hour. Instead, it’s $7.25," write @NickKristof and @WuDunn https://t.co/fh9SlEvp7r

— New York Times Opinion (@nytopinion) January 10, 2020

Raising the minimum wage by $1 or more appears to reduce the suicide rate, especially in times when unemployment is high and it's hard to find a job, a new study finds.https://t.co/gJOB8k0miN

— NPR (@NPR) January 9, 2020

The federal minimum wage is still $7.25/hr. https://t.co/ZLw6SdPhUy

— West Virginia IWW (@WestVirginiaIWW) January 11, 2020

We need to raise the minimum wage and tie it to inflation.

And we need to make sure we leave no tipped workers behind.https://t.co/MQYI1z4t23

— Cristina Tzintzún Ramirez (@cristinafortx) January 11, 2020

December 29, 2019 by V Leigh

The amount of money cities spend on anti homeless architecture is much, much more than it would cost to provide everyone with housing..

deterrence of homeless seeking shelter from rain under bridges pic.twitter.com/tFN3Uwkbrv

— Garland 🌏🕊 Tulsi 🕊🌍 (@Inartica) December 24, 2019

The amount of money cities spend on anti homeless architecture is much, much more than it would cost to provide everyone with a house. They choose to punish the poorest people in our society not to save money but purely because they believe that homeless people deserve to suffer. https://t.co/SmtWdVwWZy

— Lapis🌹🦋 (@DegenerateThing) December 27, 2019

This infuriates my soul…can’t use the money to help the homeless so ya use it to build fucking SPIKES. Y’all really treat homeless people like dirt, yo. https://t.co/eESTRbA0So

— tori @ 2020 vision 👀 (@torimani_) December 27, 2019

homeless spikes gets the most results…also try homeless architecture. pic.twitter.com/MOkURLCuDL

— Garland 🌏🕊 Tulsi 🕊🌍 (@Inartica) December 24, 2019

"Anti-homeless" hostile architecture, a thread.

Toronto. These devices (left) keep homeless people from sleeping on the grates to avoid freezing to death (right). pic.twitter.com/3oxWOLRHJn

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) December 28, 2019

Calgary. @isaacazuelos documented the whimsical, brightly colored anti-homeless architecture in his neighborhood with the caption:

"When you’re inclusive but still hate the poor." pic.twitter.com/a6mXaakJvH

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) December 28, 2019

Los Angeles. The city calls these "arm-rests".

More homeless people die from hypothermia in Los Angeles than in New York or San Francisco. pic.twitter.com/GwgIHtTaDL

— Chad Loder (@chadloder) December 28, 2019

October 20, 2019 by V Leigh

Tweets Round-Up for 10/20/2019

#Muslim Teen Who Was Hit And Smeared As 'ISIS' Wasn’t Protected By School, Mom Says – https://t.co/0Y0WXuSNKw

— DcSlumdog (@DcSlumdog) October 5, 2019

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It is 2019 and this is still not a settled legal matter. Don’t you EVER try to persuade LGBT people that we’re overreaching. https://t.co/YHMa73855Q

— Saeed Jones (@theferocity) October 5, 2019

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“You guys part of the new fare evasion crackdown?”

“Yep.” pic.twitter.com/dH8AL7zSkC

— Jake Offenhartz (@jangelooff) October 10, 2019

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you gotta love capitalism where the government “can’t afford” to offer $2 transit rides for free but can afford to pay 3 cops to stand there https://t.co/pptgZNpVMp

— connor 🌹 (@alsoconnor) October 11, 2019

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The countries with the highest child poverty rate (GDP as % of global GDP):

🇹🇷 25.3% (1.24%)
🇮🇱 23.7% (0.6%)
🇪🇸 22.0% (2.3%)
🇨🇱 21.5% (0.5%)
🇺🇸 21.2% (24%)

It’s sad and cruel for any child to live in poverty — especially in a country with as much wealth as the United States.

— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 11, 2019

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