East L.A. News Mayor Karen Bass Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office youtu.be/O9maousBaFE

Save the Date: SHEEO is hosting a free half-day virtual event on Sept 1. Learn about the PDP and hear from national higher education leader @Jillian_Kinzie with sessions lead by SHEEO, Achieving the Dream, Complete College America | CCA, AASCU, & National Student Clearinghouse.

Make sure you’re voice is heard. Vote!

We did not know Presidential winner for certain before midnight on election nights in 1960, 1968, 1976, 2000, 2004, 2016. No one should pretend there would be anything historically unusual if that happens again in 2020.

Voters turned out in record numbers in 2020, even during a pandemic. Both major parties gained millions more votes compared with 2016. Our analysis found that votes were up in nearly every county. We explored where each candidate benefited most. nyti.ms/35HqH5P

i cant really wrap my head around the fact people who violently breached the building, and trashed it were allowed to just...leave the capitol.

IMPORTANT: this is exact moment the siege of the Capitol building began as the two men in front ripped down a preliminary barrier & rushed officers who were behind a 2nd barrier They then encouraged others to follow their lead. Officers appeared to be taken completely off guard

Today is a reminder, a painful one, that democracy is fragile. To preserve it requires people of good will, leaders with the courage to stand up, who are devoted not to pursuit of power and personal interest at any cost, but to the common good.

The FBI is seeking to identify individuals instigating violence in Washington, D.C. We are accepting tips and digital media depicting rioting or violence in and around the U.S. Capitol on January 6. If you have information, visit fbi.gov/USCapitol.

This is how my life is going right now...

The American Rescue Plan has $178 billion for schools, and McConnell is doing all in his power to delay and block it. Only a Republican in Congress could look at this bill and say “that’s all wasteful spending”:

The ARP Act vs. the TCJA: "The ARP distributes more than two-thirds of the tax cuts to low- and middle-income households while they received only about 17 percent of the TCJA’s tax benefits."--Howard Gleckman tpc.io/3v5HASb

Since the turn of the millennium beer consumption has kept falling, but the whiskey and cocktails revival and the continued growth of wine drinking has led to a modest increase in overall alcohol consumption bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

To understand why the U.S. vaccine rollout is plateauing, we need to look past "hesitancy." In this STAT piece I make the case for reframing this conversation so we can see barriers, understand motivators and stop blaming people statnews.com/2021/04/27/vac…

🍕 MISSING PIZZA OVEN 🍕 A 3,500 pound mobile pizza oven was stolen from Pizzeria Paradiso. The owner is offering a free pizza party to anyone who provides information leading to its return. washingtonian.com/2021/06/17/som…

the first time you work with real data

Flinch xkcd.com/2539

if you live in dc and you don’t know about the free at-home covid tests available at over 25 public libraries and rec centers, now you do💥

I will never recover from this student email.