Vermont state trooper, Todd Chisholm, has been sentenced to only 30 days in jail for raping his girlfriend’s 11 year old daughter.

Did your parents leave because they had to seek a better life, starting with nothing? Or did they leave because people had soured on the class of elites that they were a part of?

Robert Allen has passed away. His book "Black Awakening in Capitalist America" was and is a must-read for anyone attempting to understand capitalist exploitation in our community and the takeover of our movements by the non-profit industrial complex. Rest in Power!

Today is July 20, 2024, the start of the first chapter of Octavia Butler’s #ParableOfTheSower Happy Parable Day.

“Cori Bush stands for you, regardless of whether you stand for her.” One of MANY reasons why we’re proud to be Jews for Cori Bush.

BREAKING: Hundreds of parents and climate activists are about to descend onto the luxury apartment complex of Jane Fraser, the high powered CEO of Citibank, the world’s biggest funder of fossil fuel expansion. We’re taking the crisis to her doorstep. #SummerofHeat

“Neither love nor terror makes one blind: indifference makes one blind.” Today is the centennial of the birth of writer and activist James Baldwin. His words continue to light up and resonate today. The Library of Congress has audio recordings of Baldwin. loc.gov/item/88752473/

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My high alma mater Oxnard High School, a public school of extremely modest means serving a largely poor student body, had a HUGE air purifier and a CO2 monitor in every classroom. Universities, hospitals, businesses and govt bldgs not doing this is a choice.

One hundred years ago today, legendary American writer Truman Capote was born. The Library of Congress is the home to his manuscripts, early drafts, and notebooks to his novels including “Breakfast at Tiffany’s” and “In Cold Blood.” blogs.loc.gov/loc/2019/09/th…

thinking about the incarcerated people who were left behind during the hurricane, who weathered the storm in cages, who may not have power or water or any way of contacting their loved ones outside the walls. prison abolition is a climate issue

Longshoremen union president Harold Daggett on the picket line early Tuesday: "These companies... they don’t give a fuck about us. Well, we’re gonna show them they’re gonna have to give a fuck about us. Because nothing’s gonna move without us." huffpost.com/entry/longshor…

NEW: I've received evidence of an arrest for illegal geese harvesting in Springfield, Ohio. But it wasn't a Haitian immigrant who was arrested. It was a white man named Brian Comer, who shot two geese with a shotgun on a golf course.

Shawn(ta) Smith-Cruz has joined the CRTc as the Associate Editor of the Bell Ringer. She is also one of the author’s for our upcoming special EFI issue. A librarian, archivist, writer, and queer woman, check out more of her work on her website: shawntasmithcruz.com.

Sasha Luccioni, PhD 🦋🌎✨🤗 Training a single large AI model can emit over 600,000 pounds of CO₂—the equivalent of the lifetime emissions of five cars. The environmental impact is significant and often overlooked.

Charleston’s KJ Kearney Partners With PBS to Explain That Food Is Political The first episode of Citizen Better dives into how food fuels political movements bit.ly/4gJzczt

“Baby Bonds will be a game changer for New Mexico.” 🙌 Treasurer Montoya explains the concept behind Baby Bonds and why it’ll help reshape New Mexico’s economy for the better.

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Reminder: the working class is non-partisan, multiracial, multicultural, multigenerational, multi-ability and multigender. The working class looks like you, the person reading this. Solidarity.