As New York experienced freezing cold temperatures as low as two degrees, inmates at the Metropolitan Detention Center (Mdc) in Brooklyn have gone nearly a week without consistent heat, electricity, hot water, sanitation, proper medical attention, or the ability to contact their families. More than 1,000 prisoners held at Mdc have been made to suffer in these inhumane conditions without extra clothing or blankets, shivering in the dark in their short-sleeves and banging on the windows in a desperate attempt to get the attention of people outside. Now, officials are promising...
- 2/3/2019
- by Peter Wade
- Rollingstone.com
In an election year marked by unprecedented grassroots energy on the left, and with just one month to go until the midterms (Nov 6th), dozens of notable cultural figures have come together in a video series launching today with the goal to drive mass volunteer action that transforms our government this November.
Amid a slew of celebrity PSAs and reminders to vote, their message is different: “Don’t just vote this year — volunteer!”
Entitled The Last Call for The Last Weekend, the video series is the last big push for The Last Weekend, a coalition campaign organized by Swing Left and backed by more than 60 other progressive organizations including Indivisible, MoveOn, Organizing for Action, and Emily’s List to enlist people from across the country to volunteer a collective 1 million hours to help get out the vote when volunteering matters most: on the last weekend before the midterm elections (Saturday 11/3 – Tuesday 11/6).
In the video series,...
Amid a slew of celebrity PSAs and reminders to vote, their message is different: “Don’t just vote this year — volunteer!”
Entitled The Last Call for The Last Weekend, the video series is the last big push for The Last Weekend, a coalition campaign organized by Swing Left and backed by more than 60 other progressive organizations including Indivisible, MoveOn, Organizing for Action, and Emily’s List to enlist people from across the country to volunteer a collective 1 million hours to help get out the vote when volunteering matters most: on the last weekend before the midterm elections (Saturday 11/3 – Tuesday 11/6).
In the video series,...
- 10/5/2018
- Look to the Stars
President Donald Trump took to Twitter on Tuesday to address the terror incident in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday in which eight people were killed and more than a dozen were injured.
“In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person,” Trump tweeted. “Law enforcement is following this closely. Not In The U.S.A.!”
In a follow-up tweet, Trump wrote: “We must not allow Isis to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere. Enough!”
We must not allow Isis to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere.
“In NYC, looks like another attack by a very sick and deranged person,” Trump tweeted. “Law enforcement is following this closely. Not In The U.S.A.!”
In a follow-up tweet, Trump wrote: “We must not allow Isis to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere. Enough!”
We must not allow Isis to return, or enter, our country after defeating them in the Middle East and elsewhere.
- 10/31/2017
- by Tierney McAfee
- PEOPLE.com
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