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Great to sit down with community members in Atlanta to hear about the challenges renters face, from opaque algorithms that block people from housing to inflated rents and unsafe conditions at homes bought out by private equity & institutional investors.
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NEW: @UofCalifornia investments in entities with ties to weapons makers, Israel, Blackrock, Blackstone and 24 other companies targeted by divestment proponents amount to about $32 billion of UC's $175 billion. Per Chief Investment Officer Jagdeep Singh Bachher.
Weapons: $3.3 billion
Israel: $12 billion in US Treasuries
Blackrock: $163 million
Blackrock managed investments for UC: $2.1 billion
Blackstone: $8.6 billion
24 targeted firms (Disney etc): $3.2 billion
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BREAKING: Billions of Pentagon dollars are shifting to Silicon Valley and Big Tech, according to our latest research. The top five contracts to major tech firms between 2019 and 2022 had contract ceilings totaling at least $53 billion combined. watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/pap…

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New from us and @Cmmonwealth: the US and UK militaries are among the most prolific polluters in world history. We show that the monetary costs of environmental damages caused by these militaries & associated industries is at least $111 billion since 2015🧵 common-wealth.org/publications/l…
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Now Israel is striking the West Bank which of course is not controlled by Hamas. What’s the excuse now for this war crime?
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BREAKING: An Israeli air strike hit the Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early on Sunday, killing two Palestinian medics and wounding several others, according to Palestinian medics. 🔴 LIVE updates: aje.io/mccuq4
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“In every other space, these 2 factions claim to strongly dislike each others’ politics, but they agree on the repression of protest,” says Tiffany Roberts “It all comes down to a so-called progressive man wielding conservative politics.” time.com/6284605/atlant…
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BREAKING NEWS: A judge has OVERTURNED residency requirements for petition canvassers, and EXTENDED the timeline for signature collection! Read more about what this means and our statement here. Cop city will never be built. #stopcopcity



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‼️Attention‼️
#FiyahLitMag subs are now open for the Belonging (@oandbinstitute) issue with Guest Editor @AGEEDUBB until July 31st.
🔥short fiction up to 7,000 words
🔥novelettes up to 15,000 words
🔥poetry no more than 1,000 words
Details:
fiyahlitmag.com/submissions/
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@LouderThanARiot does not miss! facing sexism and homophobia head on is the only way to move to the future that queer artists have already been in ✨
Louder Than A Riot@LouderThanARiot
.@SaucySantana is part of a new wave of queer artists pushing back against hip-hop’s stale standards. But in an industry that profits off of toxic masculinity, how can femme presenting gay men go from being considered viral jokes to becoming superstars?n.pr/44MW0bP
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Can't quite believe I'm writing this: Today, 150 African workers behind ChatGPT, TikTok and Facebook voted to unionize at a landmark meeting in Nairobi.
These AI workers are invisible, underpaid, and the backbone of the tech in all our pockets:
time.com/6275995/chatgp…
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So excited to host this @bioneers + @oandbinstitute panel in April. We’ll learn from our panelists’ experiences organizing & storytelling at the intersections of visions for clean air + water, freedom from criminalization, good + dignified work, & more!
conference.bioneers.org/civic-power-bu…
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