#Labor

It’s often said that you can’t change other people, meaning you can’t force them to show up for themselves in the relationship. You can’t make them with through their shit.
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Black enslaved people and their descendants were not and are not migrants, immigrants, settlers, or colonizers to the United States. Our ancestors were brought here against their will. They did
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(THREAD)We are working hard to pass Senate Bill 2929, The End Prison Slave Labor bill. The average pay for someone working and incarcerated in Illinois prisons is $28 a month.
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As dawn breaks on Sunday, know that God looks upon you with all the love of a tender parent.This world must pass through travail, for a new age to be
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There's so much to consider here, including the changes to sentencing (e.g. ending gang enhancements) which represent a genuine sea change. The question that remains is what this will mean
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This week is National News Literacy week, and I want to share with you a great example of how we together can fight misinformation. This picture has been shared thousands
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Serious question for Black folks: What do real allies do? Non-black folks please be quiet and listen. to me: actually sacrificing opportunities they've gotten from privilege and giving them to
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After an uncomfortable incident yesterday I feel like I need to say a thing. When you criticize how a woman who focuses on feminism and social justice, particularly a woman
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After dispossessing their fellow-citizens, oligarchs always import foreign labor Note that this becomes a “national security” problem—the dispossessed peasants are no longer able to serve in the military. The “free
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We continue our celebration of Black STEM history with the story of one of the most important contemporary mathematicians - J. Ernest Wilkins Jr. (1/5) Wilkins Jr. was born in
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This story. Have to say the @WSJ has done a good job on covering the reality of life in America, especially on issues such as household debt. This one is
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1/NThank you very very much, Mr President and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden. The sincerity in your Lunar New Year good wishes is deeply felt. I wanted to acknowledge your
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Apropos of That Game coming out today, I've been thinking a lot about what I would like to see from cis streamers / let's players / reviewers who have to
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https://twitter.com/doddgrile/status/1341182013177540612 Ulysses S. Grant owned one slave in his life, during his brief interlude in civilian life that was marked by poverty and failure. During his time at Hardscrabble, his
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i waste so much time convincing professional technologists that computers are actually cool and not evil tempted to say i'll curtail these conversations in future. "oh, sounds like you don't
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It has become painfully obvious that we not only need to spend more time teaching Civics & American Gov in our schools to our youth but more importantly offer classes
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