“The Biden administration is moving to protect the lives of workers,” said MCN's Amy K Liebman. “This effort is particularly critical as states such as Texas and Florida," where local heat laws are being limited. ✒️: Ayurella Horn-Muller frida garza grist.org/labor/biden-ad…

“This means the church needs to step up. If not us, then who?” Churches in San Antonio are being trained to treat depression using a test pilot program from Harvard Medical School. texastribune.org/2024/07/22/tex…

It’s august here in Paris,,, and these Olympians be livin for the hope of it all

Every time I get a press release about a city/county's sandbag distribution during hurricane season, I can't help but look for signs that unpaid prison/jail labor was/is involved. It probably is, more often than not. But some don't see a problem with that. orlandoweekly.com/news/florida-u…

“Transportation is just an essential part of daily life for so many people, in particular lower-income folks and people who don’t have the luxury of working from home. I definitely see the intersection between transit and climate.” Erin Stone (she/her) 🚇 Neel Dhanesha niemanlab.org/2024/08/the-tr…

ctrl + F in the draft, search for "often", delete delete delete

Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller September 10,1981

“What I suspect,” he told me, “is that American media in general thinks of itself as separate from the ends and goals of American power. And I don’t think that’s true.” on our moral responsibility: nymag.com/intelligencer/…

if no one else got me i know my friend’s foursquare recommendations from 10 years ago still got me

The conspiracies started as the floods rose: #HurricaneHelene was sent by Biden, FEMA is confiscating supplies, the gov spent money on immigrants instead of storm prep. I wrote about what happens when a hurricane hits a month before a presidential election.grist.org/article/fact-c…

just finished the bluest eye. now i have to go on with the knowledge i’m never reading a better book than that huh

In today’s Los Angeles Times: My column excoriating Gov. Gavin Newsom for urging Californians to act on climate in their daily lives while also signing bills that would make it harder for them to go solar panels, and to choose clean stoves over polluting gas: latimes.com/environment/ne…

Mexico City was never actually going to run out of water. But the talk of a ‘Day Zero’ finally got a conversation going about what kind of solutions are needed for a city with water shortages one day and massive flooding the next. I wrote for Bloomberg CityLab. bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Nebraska Examiner | Bluesky: @nebraskaexaminer.com Cindy Gonzalez Nebraska Chamber Nebraska Chambers Association Lincoln Chamber UNMC College of Public Health UNO OLLAS Immigrant Legal Center Elior Cohen Kansas City Fed U.S. Census Bureau SBA Nebraska Rural Prosperity Nebraska Center for Rural Affairs NE Community Found NCRCRD News from the States || bsky @statesnewsroom.com Alan (Al) Juhnke NE Pork Producers "Such a shock to the ag labor force could result in higher food prices, too. If farmers lose a large portion of their workforce due to mass deport, they may not have enough people to harvest, grade & sort crops before they spoil." Ayurella Horn-Muller frida garza grist.org/food-and-agric…

I wrote about the calls for justice in Gaza here at COP29 in Baku As Ahmed Abu Thaher of Palestine’s Environment Quality Authority told me: “If you are killing the people...for whom are you keen to protect the environment?" theguardian.com/environment/20…

everybody is obsessed with productivity lately and rightly so. it's the black matter & holy grail of econ but somewhere along the road everybody started eyerolling at the infamous disconnect between labor productivity and wages paid to workers. idk. i still find it interesting:

Two years ago, the Supreme Court made it easier to destroy swamps and marshes. Agricultural lobbyists want to keep it that way. Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco and frida garza report via grist: buff.ly/8sxbcor

i loooooove going through old stuff i have made and laughing at it. im funny!!! and good at writing. handsome too