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Over the holidays Goldman Sachs, Wells Fargo, Citigroup, B of A, & Morgan Stanley withdrew from the Net-Zero Banking Alliance (NZBA), an important global effort aimed at aligning the financial sector w/ Paris Climate Agreement & achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 #GreenSky #ClimateSky

DYK: Many of us are struggling to afford the things we need to live. Meanwhile, amid corporate price gouging, corporate profits are soaring for #GreedyCEOs. We’re uniting to ensure everyone has union rights & living wages so we don’t have to decide what bills we can afford!

The impact of coerced debt on survivors is devastating. Perpetrators of abuse use coerced debt to gain financial control over survivors’ economic choices. This article provides tips for assisting clients with debt incurred by an abusive partner #DV #ConsumerLaw www.nclc.org/digital-libr...

aight back from sub stack, u made some salient points,relevant points, you're not wrong. I fear this is a just, but lost cause, granted I'm a nihilist for me there's only one solution. the def of insanity is expecting different results from the same actions & I think thats where we are as a country

Not at all, I know Charles Blow has this whole push of reverse migration to the south, haven't been to the sub stack yet so this is the knee jerk reaction of a NYer, but ain't no way in hell I'm ever moving to the south. nice to visit, but I'd sooner move to another country (seriously been looking).

I love Charles Blow and love Outkast, Cyhi, Big Krit, love fish and grits but, respectfully,

I've seen too many terrible hot takes about The South. If we want to make this country better, we build in The South. We don't abandon it. Yeah, its gonna take a lot of hard work AND it will be worth it! I’m from The South and I got somethin’ to say about folks playin' in our faces.

Republicans want to spend a billion dollars on a ballroom while they rip healthcare away from 15 million Americans. If that's not a #HealthcareHeist then we don't know what is.

In my new Substack, I lay out a pathway to build the good— affordable mortgages, small business credit, and real second chances. I'm naming the authors of this affordability crisis and the architects of solutions — and showing what happens when the river changes course.

Financial hardship isn’t a personal failure when there are major financial institutions profiting from, and deepening unaffordability through extraction, predatory lending, & abandoning communities when politically convenient. This affordability crisis has authors, and they must be held accountable.

Huge. Laws like this were designed to punish investors for taking basic steps to address climate risk. @sierraclub.org statement: www.sierraclub.org/press-releas... (Also worth noting: the firms targeted were never actually “boycotting” fossil fuels—that was political misinformation all along.)

🕵️‍♀️ Exclusive data from Stand.earth reveals that since 2021, banks including JPMorgan Chase, Citi, and Bank of America committed more than $124 billion of financing to just nine fossil fuel companies set to most benefit from the U.S. recent illegal invasion of Venezuela. Find out more here:

Being up before 8am today after the holiday break feels OBSCENE! 😂

It's an old and obvious pattern. An unpopular president - failing on the economy and losing his grip on power at home - decides to launch a war for regime change abroad. The American people don’t want to “run” a foreign country while our leaders fail to improve life in this one.

Whew! I have had three GOOD cups of Sir Davis!

I went to 4 stores and couldn’t find a drop of Egg Nog on Christmas Eve.

Santa if you want to save some time and get home early. Here is a place you can skip ——> The White House. 😂

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This isn’t just a hypothetical “fear.” The same communities of color that have long suffered from higher rates of pollution and environmental degradation are now being targeted again by big tech companies and their power hungry data centers. This is unacceptable.

As families struggle with soaring costs for rent, groceries & basics, nearly 200 labor, consumer & civil rights groups are warning Congress: a bill the payday loan app industry is urging Congress to introduce would open the door to predatory payday loan apps. https://loom.ly/Uuzme1s

Nobody asked for this. Yet here predatory lending is, workshopping a new form: the 50-year mortgage.

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Glad I got out the house today and experienced a #NoKings demonstration. Today looks like a step in the right direction. Real Democracy Does Not Fear Dissent.

Yeah, I know people love the saying “Democracy dies in the dark” But apparently, this MF dies in the light. We all vividly see what’s happening and ya hate to see it. SMH. Let’s not let that happen.

Turning the military on citizens. Attempting to rig elections. Toying with the idea of declaring martial law. Attacking political enemies and punishing those who speak out. If this were happening in another country, what would you call it?

Anybody: Me: The WORST type of hotel is an Atrium style hotel. I CAN’T STAND them.

Five corporations control 90% of the US media market. Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere.

Airlines merged from 12 major carriers in 1980 to 4 today. Four giants control 80% of meat processing. A handful of companies control the pharmaceutical industry. The evidence of corporate concentration is everywhere. It means more power for them and less freedom for you.

Some personal news: I've been fired from the Washington Post in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting. Thread incoming. substack.com/@karenattiah...

Spatial processes play a critical role in creating/shaping/perpetuating inequalities/oppression. We advocate for spatial justice in climate action and offer 8 principles to support a critical perspective on climate change in urban contexts rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Lord make my faith greater than my fears. May my purpose be in alignment with Your Will. Let what I been through and my struggles help someone and magnify Your Name.

A new report found that the 65 biggest banks globally committed a whopping $869 billion to companies conducting business in fossil fuels in 2024, representing a huge $162 billion increase from 2023, all while pulling back from previously stated climate commitments.

“I think it’s my duty, because I look at them as my brothers.” Now this vet sees 60 patients a day as a VA medical technician, and says the system is struggling to keep up:

"Every map since the 1970s has been challenged or redrawn in part because they were racially discriminatory or violated the Voting Rights Act. ... Whether Democrats drew the maps or Republicans drew the maps, Texas has struggled for decades to draw maps that fairly represented communities of color."

Voter Turnout Matters.