July 31, 2023 by V Leigh

The largest public school district in Texas is eliminating librarian positions and converting the libraries into ‘discipline centers’ at 28 schools this upcoming year

The largest public school district in Texas is eliminating librarian positions and converting the libraries into ‘discipline centers’ at 28 schools this upcoming yearhttps://t.co/PhO0TkEpBi
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 27, 2023

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What do we say to our children and our children’s children if we are silent on this?

How can we claim to want to interrupt the school-to-prison pipeline and not see its rubrics here?

“HISD to eliminate librarians, turn libraries into discipline centers” https://t.co/yQ3abhIwsm
— Tracie D. Hall (@TracieDHall1) July 27, 2023

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— Danez (@Danez_Smif) July 28, 2023

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they said fuck a pipeline just make the school jail https://t.co/QQ2jbikzP8
— Glizztina Aguilera (@Lex_topia) July 27, 2023

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Removing libraries to better punish students!?!?

Is this really how we increase student achievement in America?

This is dystopian!

HISD to eliminate librarians and convert libraries into disciplinary centers https://t.co/OEL9CjAbGw
— EveryLibrary (@EveryLibrary) July 27, 2023

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Closing libraries in schools to open up more spaces to discipline children should be an urgent wake up call for people to get involved in local political activity. They will hollow out everything that is good about collective life if you do not organize. https://t.co/amfydjgtLZ
— Alec Karakatsanis (@equalityAlec) July 28, 2023

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July 27, 2023 by V Leigh

The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed. “Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx.

See Marvin Guy. Killeen TXhttps://t.co/njhX8UvdxA
— Old Woman Seeking Justice 🐝🐝🐷🐝🐝 (@GrownRoom) June 28, 2023

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This is the worst. Unconstitutional, inhumane, disgraceful. So, what are we gonna do about it? As a profession? As a city, what is Chicago gonna do?? As a country? Or are we gonna just leave it to this man, to find his way to some measure of reparation? And what of the next man? https://t.co/SA327Fzo2k
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) June 27, 2023

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Evidence shows that making swift arrests/solving cases deters crime, while longer sentences/more pre-trial detention doesn’t (and may even make things worse).

So why has all the discussion about the crime bill focused on the latter instead of the former?https://t.co/X4UazZ7T8i
— Alex Koma (@AlexKomaWCP) July 11, 2023

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BREAKING: IL Supreme Court upholds SAFE-T Act provision to eliminate cash bail.

Outstanding news!

Judges now cannot hold people in prison because they cannot pay bail. Instead, that decision is based on whether the person is a threat to peace & security—as it should be.
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@QasimRashid) July 18, 2023

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Illinois is set to become the first state in the nation to eliminate cash bail https://t.co/lv35IzofSs
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023

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The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed.

“Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx. https://t.co/xdaSrUJv0j
— Chicago Sun-Times (@Suntimes) July 18, 2023

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July 25, 2023 by V Leigh

School administrators nixed a Black History Month program planned by Jamiyah Brown and other Black students at a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This censorship in Tuscaloosa is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern across the state.

School administrators nixed a Black History Month program planned by Jamiyah Brown and other Black students at a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

This censorship in Tuscaloosa is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern across the state. https://t.co/NHFAtYX9lq
— Southern Poverty Law Center (@splcenter) July 15, 2023

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New Florida “Standards” Require Teachers To LIE https://t.co/hCcZzpjs4n via @YouTube
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 24, 2023

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@lilmaverick3 #greenscreen History professor discusses pre-WWII propaganda #history #professor #jewishhistory ♬ original sound – LilmaverickProf🤓

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The point of attacking public schools with the gay and trans conspiracy theories was always to oppress vulnerable groups, but also to weaken public education and create a controlled market for ideology-driven curricula producers. https://t.co/6kKAMzmNTm
— Jared Yates Sexton (@JYSexton) July 25, 2023

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Fox News is in a panic defending Florida’s offensive curriculum standards that teach that slavery offered benefits to the enslaved.

Greg Gutfeld not only called it a made-up story, which it is not, but he accused VP Kamala Harris of being drunk when she spoke against them. pic.twitter.com/1iUsYl1rGu
— David Heath (@davidhth) July 25, 2023

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“It’s inaccurate, insulting. It’s hurtful and prevents an honest account—an honest account—of our nation’s history.” Press Sec. @K_JeanPierre blasts Florida’s new history curriculum claim that slavery included “benefit” to Black Americans. pic.twitter.com/e3ATCZZMAR
— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule) July 24, 2023

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July 20, 2023 by V Leigh

181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims.

181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims. https://t.co/ITmBd2hwaM
— NBC News (@NBCNews) July 14, 2023

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From Jan. 1 to June 30, the nation endured 28 mass killings, all but one of which involved guns. https://t.co/paB0Y7o0MK
— ABC News (@ABC) July 14, 2023

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July 18, 2023 by V Leigh

This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy. Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr

“Push children and nursing babies back into the Rio Grande.” “Deny water”. A pregnant, miscarrying woman trapped in razor wire. A Texas trooper describes the orders as “inhumane”: https://t.co/ZedO4o4MtX?
— Frank Figliuzzi (@FrankFigliuzzi1) July 17, 2023

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Revolting report from the Houston Chronicle: Brace for the BOMBSHELL.

To stop migrants from crossing the border, Gov. Greg Abbott has resorted to truly barbaric measures, issuing INHUMANE directives with very specific targets: Texas troopers have been ordered to push small… pic.twitter.com/5NnHh8ykTO
— Stephanie Kennedy (@WordswithSteph) July 18, 2023

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Where is the humanity?
Where is the federal government? https://t.co/OchlBnvpbR
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) July 18, 2023

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Officers working for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security initiative were ordered to push “small children and nursing babies” back into the Rio Grande, according to an email from a trooper

“I believe we have stepped over a line into the inhumane” https://t.co/soWc98Eni0
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 18, 2023

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Texas is installing a “floating wall” across the Rio Grande with netting intended to snag & drown border-crossers.

River currents will trap debris in the nets & alter river flows. People & wildlife will drown.

This is Gov Abbott’s deadly abomination…pic.twitter.com/EKgC7ReMwQ
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) July 11, 2023

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The Rio Grande is being turned into a war zone by the Texas GOP.

Deadly razor-wire has been deployed along riverbanks, cutting off wildlife from water sources while stopping border communities from accessing their lifeblood & source of drinking water.pic.twitter.com/oc0oA0GqF0
— Laiken Jordahl (@LaikenJordahl) July 15, 2023

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This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy.

Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr
— Joaquin Castro (@JoaquinCastrotx) July 18, 2023

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July 14, 2023 by V Leigh

We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach.

I woke up yesterday morning, looked out my window and saw the neighbors had hung this flag on their children’s playground.

Pull up a seat, and join me, friends, for The Chronicles of Being Black in a Rich, White suburb

A thread 💀 pic.twitter.com/2p3M03KOUV
— Brittani James, MD (@DrBrittaniJ) July 9, 2023

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Owner bans some LGBTQ customers from Michigan hair salon over pronouns. ‘Not welcome’ https://t.co/2Cssnp4eJu
— 🌈The Where True Love is Movement 🏳️‍⚧️ (@WhereTrueLoveIs) July 11, 2023

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Florida is racist and pushes divisive education.https://t.co/yZtHhhkg0a
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 9, 2023

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Republican Oklahoma State Superintendent Ryan Walters says the Tulsa massacre in Greenwood can be taught in schools but the instruction should not mention the issue of race. “Let’s not tie it to skin color”

For two days in 1921 — black residents were terrorized and had their… pic.twitter.com/AodvrZWgIX
— chris evans (@notcapnamerica) July 10, 2023

🚨 The self-described white nationalist who wrote that Hispanics were “invading” America before fatally shooting 23 people at Walmart in El Paso was just sentenced to 90 consecutive life terms for his conviction on federal hate crimes charges. https://t.co/oSdrEfLIWL
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) July 7, 2023

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After a Supreme Court ruling found that “creative” businesses can turn away gay customers, influencers on the right are calling for the end of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

From @MiaGingerich: https://t.co/gEaRjzZrM4
— Ari Drennen (@AriDrennen) July 10, 2023

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Hoopla, Overdrive/Libby Now Banned for Those Under 18 in Mississippi | @bookriot https://t.co/qCORwYvrSM
— Publishers Weekly (@PublishersWkly) July 10, 2023

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After gutting affirmative action, Republicans target minority scholarships https://t.co/9xYcMyW8JV
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 5, 2023

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Philadelphia wants to ban ski masks to reduce gun violence, even though there isn’t a body of research proving such policies work.

Instead, it’s reminiscent of other policies that criminalize Black fashion, @sunny___sone wrote in our Weekly newsletter: https://t.co/Sc0Gj6Z9j5
— The Trace (@teamtrace) July 5, 2023

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“These Donor and Legacy Preferences are not justified by any educational necessity because Harvard cannot show that the use of these preferences is necessary to achieve any important educational goal.” https://t.co/9U6NUhwz6C
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 3, 2023

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A Facebook group for the mothers of LGBTQ kids is skyrocketing and now includes tens of thousands of moms against GOP bigotry.

The group, called Mama Bears, seeks to combat Republicans’ attempt to hijack “parents’ rights” to push a hateful agenda.

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— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) July 11, 2023

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We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach. https://t.co/vnNIbMxHWB
— NEA (@NEAToday) July 7, 2023

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Black people are 50% more likely than White people to face medical debt. But they’re less likely to get a GoFundMe, thinking they’ll reinforce racist ideas about Black people wanting handouts. When Black people do seek help, they receive less than White people seeking help. pic.twitter.com/dWhs0mSbBC
— Ibram X. Kendi (@ibramxk) July 11, 2023

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Hate has no place in our state. I’ve fought for more community-based resources to tackle the surge of hate crimes in California, and I won’t stop pushing to keep everyone safe.https://t.co/Ldl1R5Qead
— Katie Porter (@katieporteroc) July 7, 2023

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Today I announced the largest-ever investment to help organizations at risk of hate crimes and signed landmark legislation to strengthen our anti-hate crime efforts.

We are making it clear: Hate will never have a place in New York. pic.twitter.com/e4aC53oKH6
— Governor Kathy Hochul (@GovKathyHochul) July 11, 2023

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July 11, 2023 by V Leigh

The largest American labor strike in over 60 years is on the horizon.

“Nobody wants to work anymore”

The people’s minimum wage:
2011: $7.25
2012: $7.25
2013: $7.25
2014: $7.25
2015: $7.25
2016: $7.25
2017: $7.25
2018: $7.25
2019: $7.25
2020: $7.25
2021: $7.25
2022: $7.25
2023: $7.25

It’s not a labor shortage. It’s a living wage shortage.
— Public Citizen (@Public_Citizen) July 8, 2023

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DoorDash, Uber Eats and Grubhub are suing New York City to block a new law that sets minimum wages for food-delivery workers.

After years of organizing @LosDeliveristas won a $17.96/hr minimum wage, but the giant gig companies want to keep paying poverty wages.
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) July 6, 2023

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“When you’re able to change the law and make it easier and safer for workers to organize, it is always good.”

United Farm Workers has unionized over 500 farm workers in New York… so far. https://t.co/CYbUB5jGgk
— Elizabeth Strater (@straterize) July 6, 2023

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What distinguishes this moment in media is that for the past 20 years the assumption was that we were in a transition from print to online media and now it’s clear that online media is dying and we don’t seem to be transitioning into anything. Just less. https://t.co/A9QYC5aaGK
— Hamilton Nolan (@hamiltonnolan) June 29, 2023

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The largest American labor strike in over 60 years is on the horizon. https://t.co/7lrsrG8QXk
— Mother Jones (@MotherJones) July 6, 2023

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Waffle House workers in Columbia, South Carolina are on strike, citing unsafe working conditions and low pay

“Nobody’s scared, we’re ready. We are going to keep fighting by any means necessary.”https://t.co/uUwhOeLxZ8

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— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) July 10, 2023

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Exactly. Every worker deserves a living wage. pic.twitter.com/MrEwgr7D7r
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) July 10, 2023

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Huge day for @LosDeliveristas who defied the odds, took on Big Tech and won in what @SenSchumer called “one of the most exciting and extraordinary examples of new labor organizing in the country.” @THECITYNY first brought you their story in Dec 2020: https://t.co/E5iS0uydGp
— claudia irizarry aponte (@clauirizarry) June 11, 2023

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The climate crisis is a labor issue. Climate catastrophes impact workers, and disproportionately affect frontline, essential workers.

Here’s a thread of what’s happening to workers in this current wildfire emergency, and how they’re organizing around it 🧵
— More Perfect Union (@MorePerfectUS) June 8, 2023

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July 8, 2023 by V Leigh

Five Mississippi deputy sheriffs, without a warrant, entered a home where two Black men were. They beat, sexually assaulted, and tased them, eventually shooting one in the mouth. All five have now been either fired or resigned amid a federal investigation.

Five Mississippi deputy sheriffs, without a warrant, entered a home where two Black men were. They beat, sexually assaulted, and tased them, eventually shooting one in the mouth. All five have now been either fired or resigned amid a federal investigation.https://t.co/CvezDcsul2
— Ibram X. Kendi (@DrIbram) July 6, 2023

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The LAPD Commission has the shooting of Jermaine Petit on their agenda Tuesday:

One cop had left hand on steering wheel, and used his right hand to SHOOT OUT OF THE WINDOW hitting Jermaine in the back.

A drive-by on an unarmed Air Force vet. pic.twitter.com/sLf0CqoTL4
— Film The Police LA (@FilmThePoliceLA) June 26, 2023

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If you didn’t know.. a 17 year old was shot & killed by police in France. They lied & said the boy rammed them with his car but video from a witnessed proved that was a lie & it’s been up in France ever since.. https://t.co/G44VMZfIUC
— Tori Nicks 2.0 🛰 (@MajestyRia) June 30, 2023

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July 7, 2023 by V Leigh

It’s believed that yesterday was Earth’s hottest day on record. St. Louis has 11 more 90 degree days per year today than when I was born. The climate crisis is here.

Monday was the world’s hottest day on record, exceeding an average of 62.6 degrees Fahrenheit for the first time, according to initial measurements taken by meteorologists. https://t.co/WC5DdhQdOf
— KDKA (@KDKA) July 6, 2023

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Because of the climate crisis, heat waves are becoming:

⚠️ more frequent
⚠️ more intense
⚠️ longer
⚠️ deadlier

Urgent #ClimateAction is needed to prevent a future of frequent & deadly heat disasters.

More from @UNOCHA: https://t.co/W1D5u3Z06W pic.twitter.com/kVH36zJlro
— United Nations (@UN) July 6, 2023

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🚨 South Sudan is experiencing some of the worst effects of the climate crisis, with unprecedented floods and droughts affecting children and communities throughout the country. pic.twitter.com/y3qbFnABeV
— UNICEF South Sudan (@unicefssudan) July 6, 2023

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the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
the climate crisis is a human rights crisis 🌏
— Amnesty International (@amnesty) July 5, 2023

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Monday, July 3 was the hottest day EVER recorded on Earth. A hugely significant record that stood…

… a mere 24 hours when Tuesday, July 4 broke the record for hottest day ever measured.

This is the climate crisis. Every day is record-breaking, every day is heartbreaking. pic.twitter.com/Wz0BwqWpiD
— Dr. Lucky Tran (@luckytran) July 5, 2023

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It’s believed that yesterday was Earth’s hottest day on record.

St. Louis has 11 more 90 degree days per year today than when I was born.

The climate crisis is here.https://t.co/vnGHhuEikg
— Cori Bush (@CoriBush) July 5, 2023

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July 6, 2023 by V Leigh

Celebrations during the Fourth of July long weekend were marred by 16 mass shootings, leading to 15 people killed and 94 others injured. Now, the US is on track for one of its worst-ever years of mass shootings, with 350 incidents to date. @EVYSTADIUM reports: https://www.tiktok.com/@vicenews/video/7252425555046337818?lang=en

Celebrations during the Fourth of July long weekend were marred by 16 mass shootings, leading to 15 people killed and 94 others injured. Now, the US is on track for one of its worst-ever years of mass shootings, with 350 incidents to date. @EVYSTADIUM reports: https://tiktok.com/@vicenews/video/7252425555046337818?lang=en

Four killed, many others injured in multiple mass shootings across the c… https://t.co/9C5rmVpsNf via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) June 19, 2023

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A “good parent with a gun” can carry a weapon into a school in Ohio.

That “good parent” turns bad in an instant when he lined up his 3 kids (3, 4, and 7) and executed them with a rifle in front of their mother. Mother was wounded.

Chad Doerman, 32, was charged with domestic… pic.twitter.com/OtJjvt4yHn
— K-12 School Shooting Database (@K12ssdb) June 16, 2023

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2 people were killed and 28 injured in a mass shooting at a Baltimore block party, officials sayhttps://t.co/BkH4BrekAj
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) July 2, 2023

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4 killed, 2 injured in Philadelphia mass shooting https://t.co/CHXElUeHHd via @YouTube
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 4, 2023

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Mass shooting in Louisiana leaves 4 dead, 7 injured at July 4th block party https://t.co/C04Ec231yh
— glenn robinson (he/him) (@glncv) July 5, 2023

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Police say the Philadelphia mass shooting suspect was found with two untraceable ghost guns. @PhillyMayor Jim Kenney calls ghost guns a “level of insanity that no one should ever deal with” pic.twitter.com/14BSv1Yb4g
— The Lead CNN (@TheLeadCNN) July 5, 2023

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Nine people, including two minors, were injured in a mass shooting early on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., according to police, the latest in a series of mass shootings that took place across the country over the long Fourth of July weekend. pic.twitter.com/24duvu40F8
— Forbes (@Forbes) July 5, 2023

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Celebrations during the Fourth of July long weekend were marred by 16 mass shootings, leading to 15 people killed and 94 others injured. Now, the US is on track for one of its worst-ever years of mass shootings, with 350 incidents to date. @EVYSTADIUM reports:… pic.twitter.com/o2hfjifkfK
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The largest public school district in Texas is eliminating librarian positions and converting the libraries into ‘discipline centers’ at 28 schools this upcoming year

The Illinois Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the elimination of cash bail marked a sweeping win for Gov. J.B. Pritzker and many progressive Democrats who argued that change was needed. “Everyone deserves a fair shot at justice,” said Kim Foxx.

School administrators nixed a Black History Month program planned by Jamiyah Brown and other Black students at a high school in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. This censorship in Tuscaloosa is not an isolated incident but part of a pattern across the state.

181 days. 28 mass killings. 140 victims.

This is absolutely monstrous, inhumane policy. Governor Abbott’s troops have been told to push migrant children back into the Rio Grande to drown.https://t.co/uXT37fwtgr

We say gay. We read banned books. And we will continue to defend our students’ freedom to learn and educators’ freedom to teach.

The largest American labor strike in over 60 years is on the horizon.

Five Mississippi deputy sheriffs, without a warrant, entered a home where two Black men were. They beat, sexually assaulted, and tased them, eventually shooting one in the mouth. All five have now been either fired or resigned amid a federal investigation.

It’s believed that yesterday was Earth’s hottest day on record. St. Louis has 11 more 90 degree days per year today than when I was born. The climate crisis is here.