as he prepared to testify at the first-ever congressional hearing on Medicare for All. Our video gives just a glimpse at how inspirational and heroic this man is.
fights for unpaid interns in the public and private sector. Post COVID-19, they created the Intern Relief Fund to support interns in need with direct cash assistance.
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cause they're not actually living on $8.25/hr. parents are paying rent, covering groceries, etc. then they grow up to lobby for corporations bent on keeping the minimum wage a starvation wage. the circle of life :)
Thank you @JacksonCDavis !
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'My son is now a teen heading into high school. He is taller than I am and has all the moodiness of a teenage boy. He could be considered a threat when faced with an unexpected situation. I worry for him out in the world every single day.' - @mamarunnerx4
So, this is cool: Team Bernie is opening up their Slack channel to volunteers organizing for Black Lives Matter and other progressive causes and campaigns (written by the GOAT
'People want to be inspired by their member of Congress. I'm not running to be one of just 435 people. I'm running to provide transformational leadership in American politics.' -
If the Bowman numbers hold, there won't be a straight white man representing any part of New York in the House from Oneonta to Central Park. Delgado, Maloney, Jones, Bowman, Torres, AOC, Espaillat.
One political insider analyzing results around New York tells me one lesson from tonight is the strength of the insurgency.
With that, expect to see more candidates with no history in politics coming out of the woodwork.
I've seen enough: Mondaire Jones (D) has won the Dem primary for #NY17. Jones, an AOC-backed progressive, is now virtually guaranteed to be the next member from Chappaqua.
Along with Ritchie Torres (D) in #NY15, Jones is poised to be the first out Black LGBT member of Congress.
I’m running for Congress because we need more people in power for whom policy is personal — we’ll get better outcomes that way.
Over the past year, I’ve had the chance to write about some of the fresh ideas I’ll fight for in Washington:
New York, be sure to vote today for:
@AOC@SamelysLopez@JamaalBowmanNY@MondaireJones@jessicaramos@JuliaCarmel__@SenGianaris@JabariBrisport@yuhline@rontkim@MattToporowski
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I grew up in Greenburgh and spent weekends with my dad in New Rochelle. I can't begin to explain how special it is that those two districts have the chance to send two inspiring progressives in