More details: The Canada Emergency Response Benefit will give workers who've lost their income because of COVID-19 $2000 a month for 4 months. The CERB combines 2 benefits announced last week to streamline application. thestar.com/news/canada/20…

Sonnet 14. #ASonnetADay

“My Heart Will Go On” Celine Dion

In South Korea 🇰🇷, the solar panels in the middle of the highway have a bicycle path underneath - cyclists are protected from the sun, isolated from traffic, and the country can produce clean energy. x.com/UniverCurious/…

VIDEO: Why #ArtsForIllinois is critical to our state's creative community right now. Visit artsforillinois.org to browse art, make a donation that supports creatives & to apply for funding. bit.ly/ArtsForIL

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Legalize marijuana nationwide and expunge records for cannabis-related offenses.

On Dec. 4, 1969, Chicago Black Panthers Fred Hampton and Mark Clark were assassinated by Chicago Police and the FBI

This ⁦ITV News⁩ report shows some shocking scenes from inside the Capitol - haven’t seen this footage on any American news network

Anyone see a pattern here?

A $15 minimum wage passed in Florida with 61% of the vote in 2020. Biden got just 48% of the vote in the same Florida election.

If Facebook simply did not come back, that would be a very good thing for humanity.

Nearly a million people in Michigan without power today. Storms swept the country, but Michigan took the brunt of power outages - again. Most of those without power are DTE Energy customers. A thread 🧵 1/

If the publishers win, artists lose 🎸 Many musicians are losing out to corporations thanks to the rise of "platform capitalism." Max Collins of @Eve6 cautions authors and readers not to accept the same fate: popula.com/2022/08/11/own… #OwnBooks #EmpoweringLibraries

Why do American cities feel less "alive" than their European counterparts? It's because of something called the "missing middle". A century ago, American cities looked completely different... (thread) 🧵

This isn’t getting nearly enough attention. Phoenix may have just experienced the most extraordinary heatwave in American history. The city endured 21 consecutive days of record-breaking high temperatures, shattering the previous record of 14 days set in Burlington, Iowa,

We need to draw attention to a new, exploding type of household debt that only recently emerged: it's called rent debt—or "back rent debt," and it didn't really exist before COVID at all. It's getting little attention in housing discourse and media coverage. We'll explain it.