Co-President @CommunityChange. Organizer. Scholar. SouthSide Chi. Mourn, then Organize! Co-founder @EconomicSecProj. Personal account.
Nov 10, 2022 • 13 tweets • 17 min read
To borrow lines from MLK, these midterm results show us what bending the arc toward justice truly looks like.
Taken individually, these wins (& the predicted GOP “knockouts” that we turned into competitive races) are impressive.
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Taken individually, these wins (& the predicted GOP “knockouts” we turned into competitive races) are impressive.
But not a miracle.
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Jun 4, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Racism is embedded in the rules of our economy. Black workers experience worse job outcomes compared to white workers in so-called good times and bad. The UR for Black women is 8.2%, for white women 4.8%. #JobsReport#BeyondtheNumbers 1/
There’s no evidence that how Black workers, particularly Black women, are experiencing the economy is really any different than before the pandemic struck. #BeyondtheNumbers 2/
Jun 4, 2021 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Over ½ a million people are back in the labor market. And importantly, the permanently unemployed number is down. Data is also showing rising wages, declining hunger, and improving mental health. #BeyondtheNumbers 1/
As people get vaxed and pandemic restrictions lift, employment is rising even before the recession is officially over -- which differs from recessions of the past. Lots of reasons to suggest this growth will continue, check this out from: @RooseveltInstrooseveltinstitute.org/2021/06/03/zoo… 2/
Apr 1, 2021 • 11 tweets • 3 min read
Yesterday, @POTUS urged Congress to pass the #PROAct. Let’s talk about why unionizing is important for a caring economy and how this bill would dramatically expand worker rights:
Worker wages have been stagnant for decades while average incomes for the wealthiest 1% increased more than 184%!!! from 1980 to 2017. Mass inequality doesn’t just happen. It’s the result of deliberate policy choices to strip worker power in favor of keeping CEOs ultra-rich.
Jan 13, 2021 • 8 tweets • 2 min read
The House has now reached the votes to impeach Donald Trump twice. Anyone who supports a free and fair democracy, regardless of party, should support this impeachment.
For years he’s fanned the flames of white supremacy, encouraged violence and emboldened the extremists who attacked our Capitol. He’s fought to overturn certified election results and spread disinformation about voter fraud.
