A secret investigation into alleged sexual abuse at the US Coast Guard Academy, the training ground for the agency's top officers, uncovered a dark history of rapes, assaults and other serious misconduct being ignored and, at times, covered up by high-ranking officials. 🧵

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said that a strike of UPS delivery drivers is still possible after the union said it was negotiating. trib.al/4o4rnLm

“America can bring down household trip distances and, in the process, improve environmental quality, health outcomes, and household budgets. But to do so, public policy must do more to promote development in high-proximity neighborhoods.” brookings.edu/articles/build…

100% and lord knows it took a lot for him to say that

An auto-dependent society puts tremendous pressure on low-income people to own cars. A car can eat up someone’s budget, expose them to predatory lenders who hurt their credit, or worse. And they're getting more expensive. My latest for Vox vox.com/23753949/cars-…

Unbelievable nytimes.com/2023/07/10/us/…

So exciting!!!

It's often said: White kids, upon being taught the history of racism, will feel guilty or bad about being White. In fact, White kids who receive antiracist history lessons exhibit fewer racist ideas about Black people while their attitudes about White people are unaffected.

It’s time to unpack & clarify the phrase “when conditions are met” regarding Ukraine’s membership in NATO. NATO should spell out explicitly these conditions. Ukraines government could then document specific progress publicly. NGOs could then verify this progress towards these

Ukraine will be a member of NATO. It’s just a question of when, not whether.

RIGHT NOW: Biden speech in Lithuania is energetic and powerful. I think a staffer told him about inflation falling to 3%.

A friend and former diplomat reminded me today that if this White House thinks Zelensky is pushy, they should have seen Walesa and Havel with Clinton in the 90s when Poland and the Czech Republic felt their window for NATO membership was closing…

As everyone writes about the Iowa abortion ban, please note the 'exception' for miscarriages is not real. The only miscarrying women able to get care will be those fetus' heartbeat has stopped. The distinction is important: waiting for fetal demise is how women have gone septic

We can’t strengthen our democracy without dismantling white supremacy. We’re so grateful for the transformative work the Black Lives Matter movement has done over the past decade, ushering in a new era of awareness and accountability.

My latest on how we should all be watching Governor Josh Shapiro for understanding the trajectory of politics in America. themessenger.com/opinion/pay-at…

Joe Biden is visiting Philadelphia on Thursday to talk about union labor and clean energy. He'll be at the Philly Shipyard where workers are building a ship needed for offshore wind projects. cbsnews.com/philadelphia/n…

Good piece by David Rothkopf about this unnecessary, unfortunate, unhappy moment. thedailybeast.com/this-is-the-en…

To quote Beyonce: "So don't you ever for a second get to thinking you're irreplaceable." #Prigozhin

When abortion is on the ballot, abortion wins. Everywhere. Every time.

Every 4 yrs we see massive GOTV, especially here in PA. I’m grateful, but even more grateful for the year-round nonpartisan work to educate, empower & register voters. GOTV wouldn’t be possible without it! League of Women Voters of the US League of Women Voters of Lower Merion & Narberth @payouthvote