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The Kansas City football team is playing for the Super Bowl championship, but their team name is rooted in a history of racist depictions of Native people.
Sign @woapefoundation's petition to demand that they change their racist name & imagery NOW! ⬇️ sign.moveon.org/petitions/ch…
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A life-size statue of Henrietta Lacks, the Black woman whose cancer cells were taken without her consent and were used for medical research, will be placed in a plaza previously named after the Confederate general Robert E. Lee in Roanoke, Virginia.
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I have now talked to several people who signed the referendum to repeal AB 257 because they didn't understand what they were signing.
I wrote this in hopes that other people are not fooled by these deceptive tactics.
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This whole Global Middle Ages series looks like a list Things I’ve Always Wanted to Know and Didn’t Know Who to Ask 📚🤓
Y'all want a free book on Global Medievalism? If you are into RPG, fantasy lit, movie adapatations, etc, & medievalism this book by @heyouonline and @KVMFinn is out & available for free for a short while. Download it while you can.
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Y'all want a free book on Global Medievalism? If you are into RPG, fantasy lit, movie adapatations, etc, & medievalism this book by @heyouonline and @KVMFinn is out & available for free for a short while. Download it while you can.
Hey look what @KVMFinn and I did! We wrote a book and it’s out today! #medievalism #GlobalMiddleAges #medievaltwitter cambridge.org/core/elements/…
Environmental sacrifice zones aren’t just for a month, a year, a decade. They mean sacrificing entire generations so someone else can live more comfortably or cheaply.
Data suggests a long history of uranium mining has made Native communities especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
Now, many in these communities are worrying about how this will impact younger generations.
loom.ly/AROjmmQ
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Something impt that press is getting wrong in coverage of @Chevron-Ecuador case. Chevron did NOT "fight the Ecuadorian judgment in the U.S." Its unethical lawyers @gibsondunn prevented that by preemptively suing Donziger under RICO. They knew they'd lose an enforcement action.
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Also, Defenders Association admin staff salaries are 30% lower than their counterparts in other city agencies.
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Pretty wild that @Darrell_Clarke would say something like this when Defender Association attorneys' (with law school bills) starting salaries are $7k LOWER than police officers' (who are only required to have high school diplomas).
@K_Nicole_Hudson takes questions a few slides in. @Darrell_Clarke takes the chance to tell her, our members and our staff they don’t go into public service for the $
Thanks for the reminder
We’ll be sure to remind our members when they pay out of pocket for bar fees and CLEs.
If this sale goes through, I expect I’ll be leaving this place. Makes me sad, as there’s so many lovely people and conversations on Twitter, despite its reputation. But if that dude is buying, I’m goodbying.
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In Ukraine, it’s a headline. In Syria, just part of the ritual. Rubble world.
People gather during Iftar (breaking fast), during Ramadan on the frontline between Russian-backed Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed Syrian rebel-held territory, in the town of Tadef, northern Syria. More photos: reut.rs/3L49JR6 📷 @khalelashawe
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In PA, OSHA protections do not cover state and city government workers -- like teachers or trash collectors.
For decades, PA Dems have been trying and failing to change this. I took a look at whether this year could be different. @WHYYNews @PlanPhilly
whyy.org/articles/could-pa-p…
Fund reproductive health, get puzzles
#AbortionIsHealthcare
classy.org/campaign/c392643
Wrongfully imprisoned at age 18, finally released when he should be retiring. Join the @AbolitionistLC in supporting Arthur 'Cetewayo' Johnson’s life after incarceration. #BLM now and forever.
gofund.me/f8634639
