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There are many different organizations who are working to Get the Vote Out, and get more people registered on National Registration Day 9-19-23. This started in 2012, and last year 1.5 million Americans were registered and others got their registration corrected.
America’s democracy is now facing a mortal enemy from within. Regrettably, it’s Republican Congresspersons, who behave as anti-democratic domestic terrorists, and kowtow to former president Trump. This enemy is far more dangerous than even the past Confederacy. They can troll the halls of Congress and weaponize the House of Representative investigative powers. However, they’re no match for the Heroic Knights of Integrity.
Add to the litany of lies, “ I am being indicted for you”.
“Communities like the South Bronx, where I work, have suffered far too much and far too long from disproportionate fossil fuel pollution,” she told City Council members in December. “For communities like the South Bronx, asthma rates are already one of the highest in the country and children and teenagers visit emergency rooms with respiratory illnesses at rates twice city’s average. We cannot afford to endure additional respiratory illnesses, and we cannot afford to wait another year without government action.”
Our holidays all mark something aspirational–or at least they should, until they are commodified. Some are more joyous, some more reflective.
Shutdown showdown
Nearly 50 years after the Vietnam War, and more than 25 years since the US and Vietnam established diplomatic relations, the two countries have entered into a “comprehensive strategic partnership.” That extraordinary transformation is due mainly to one factor: China.
People who are opposed to building and funding a new police and firefighter training center in metro Atlanta are asking citizens to sign petitions to place the “Cop City” issue on the ballot so the destiny of the proposal can be decided by voters.
Inflation and taxes guarantee each successive generation is not better off than the previous generation, and its worse for Blacks.