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⭐️ SDG ⭐️AKA Muse of Chicago Trib Editorial Board
@stacydavisgates
“The children are always ours, every single one of them, all over the globe.”—James Baldwin
UnionTown, USA
Joined May 2012
Sen. Bernie Sanders interrupts Chicago Teachers Union podcast with phone call: 'You guys have won a victory that will not only be for Chicago but be for the whole country’ - Chicago Tribune- *vote to work remotely.#BREAKING: Chicago students won’t go to school Wednesday after teachers vote to stay home bit.ly/3zrEkmO
- Chicago police plan to arrest teens on “drug corners” this week to help reduce an expected spike in gun violence during the July 4th weekend. Critics say the preemptive move will only worsen relations with police in some areas of the city. bit.ly/3eMAYPX
- 👉🏿 Chicagoans pay more to the victims of cop violence than the residents of any U.S. city per capita. In 2018, the last yr for which there are records, the city spent abt $100M on claims, & tens of millions more in legal fees to the lawyers 👇🏿
- #Funny cause I’m at a table right now with her team negotiating
- “They are told to stay at home, but they must work, in service jobs, many of them at minimum wage. They rely on public transportation to get there. The CTA buses and trains are petri dishes for COVID-19. On the street, they are threatened by police,”
- …so should “unaccompanied minors” be banned from schools if violence happens there? How abt if violence happen in their n’hoods—the n’hoods outside of downtown? Who gets banned? From where? Why? Is it *just*downtown or…?
- If anyone has ever studied the history of movements, you know that young ppl have always led. Always.
- Remember the ppl who love Adam. Hold them in your thoughts, language, and prayers. Center humanity.
- Someone said on Twitter and I wish I screenshot the tweet that these actions are the 21st Century equivalent of sit-ins. I agree.
- #Chicago We need a halt to *ALL* utility shut offs; moratoriums on evictions and halt to mortgage payments. We also need sick pay extended.I have signed an executive Order halting the disconnection of water service for our customers over the next 60 days. As we work to curtail the spread of the Cornavirus, it is important that all residents and businesses have access to running water.
- #Minneapolis mayor ends curfew with a commitment to dismantle the police dept. #NYC mayor ends curfew with a commitment to shift policing resources to the public good. #Chicago mayor ends curfew.
