#SOLIDARITY

We woke up early to drop off a care package of donuts and coffee for our educators at Edward E. Sadlowski Elementary School in the Southeast Side.Teachers were locked out
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Over the course of 3 days, #GHIX2021 highlighted innovation, creativity & diversity in global health and int'l development. I want to share a few moments that stood out for me!
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ANNOUNCEMENT: As most of you know, I advocate for contingent faculty, under-represented minorities, etc. So this is my reminder to you: if you are contingent faculty, a scholar at the
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Some context, perhaps. About 10 years ago, maybe longer, folks noticed that @edmontonjournal reporter @keithgerein made a habit of wearing purple shirts on Thursday. And thus, with affectionate humour, we
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Keir Starmer has sacked Rebecca Long-Bailey after accusing her of sharing an 'anti-semitic conspiracy theory'. The 'conspiracy theory' in question is that US police forces are trained in violent and
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no but the way me and all of my abuse/unhealthy relationship survior friends find comfort and solidarity in jaspis and are just absolutely grossed out by ships that romanticize the
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1. A kind of “Me-First Marriage”—where marriage was seen as a vehicle for happiness, individual fulfillment & self-actualization—reached its zenith in the late 20th c. Many people thought marriage was
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Seeing people directly around me make the willful choice to actively endanger my life as a high risk, disabled person hurts the hardest. The state is killing us, yes, but
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Can I tell you a secret? My husband is scared to leave us at home alone. Our child is well behaved, I’m a confident, capable adult and so... what’s the
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Some thoughts on Denver organizing:We don't need all the different organizations, crews, or affinity groups to come together into one big group. In fact, that's counterproductive. A big group has
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Warning: It's time for a slightly whiny rant...The appliance repair guy came to the house this morning.I'm a remote worker who was either traveling or working from home even pre-pandemic,
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On the occasion of this piece of satire, which hits pretty close to home: here's my impression of what happened to Fed Soc. It's just an impression--correct me where I'm
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I am over here ruminating on this - wondering what it might take to create a unified body of social service workers/providers to speak as such in coalition. When I
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Since it's 5 in the am i'm gonna take a rural girl hot take (don't bash, just constructively criticize)- ACAB is very bad messaging; the intent of it is good,
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As much as I’ve harped on it and written about it, Ive 1,000 percent understated the undermining influence of the NGO complex on mass politics. The explosion of social philanthropy
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Periodically, some dimbulb will pop up and say, "Hey, you love unions but you hate police brutality - so how about police unions, huh? Ever think of that? Huh? Huh?"Yeah,
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