Chris Roa

Chris Roa

@chrisroa.bsky.social

Progress is often slow and painful, but it happens when dedicated groups of people tirelessly organize and fight to enact change.

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On October 28, 1886, the Statue of Liberty was dedicated. “Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free” are lines from the poem “The New Colossus” by Emma Lazarus, which is inscribed on a bronze plaque in the Statue of Liberty's pedestal.

REMINDER: The Trump administration’s war in Iran has raised prices across the board, increased inflation, and cost about $2,000 per household.

On this day in 1968, at the Summer Olympics, Tommie Smith and John Carlos turned on the podium to face their flags, and raised a black-gloved fist. They kept their fists raised until the American national anthem had finished.