Author of THERE ARE NO ACCIDENTS -- a Slate, Mother Jones, Fortune Magazine and The Economist best of book of the year. Now in paperback: bit.ly/3IsxS4f
IF WE ENDED CHILD LABOR BECAUSE CHILDREN WERE MORE LIKELY TO BE INJURED AT WORK, AND THEN A CHILD WAS INJURED BECAUSE WE REINTRODUCED CHILD LABOR, THEN IT IS NOT AN ACCIDENT IT IS A POLICY DECISION
A 13-year-old who was burned with caustic chemicals while working for Packers Sanitation Services in Nebraska told investigators the accident occurred during a shift that lasted from 11 p.m. to 5 or 7 a.m., a direct violation of multiple federal laws. nyti.ms/40iDdCn
Between 1999-2019 in the U.S., Black people were killed in “accidental” residential fires at more than twice the rate of white people. Their deaths are not accidents but the direct result of infrastructural negligence.
announcing you’re running for mayor and walking the length of manhattan on the gorgeous summer friday night longest day of the year is some genius ed koch fiorello laguardia shit
Not my pocket. I have to pay congestion pricing to pick up my child at 10pm from her public school track meet or have her take the subway alone. @GovKathyHochul and her merry band of radical policy-makers make us all unsafe while we pay more for a declining quality of life.
my mentions: the NYC subway is a lawless hellhole and congestion pricing forces us into the grip of criminals
my train home: a cute poodle that technically should be in a bag