Apart in distance but together in spirit! Thank you to everyone who participated in our mask challenge. On behalf of the Roosevelt Network at Michigan, we hope you all have a restful and safe break. Make smart decisions and of course, wear a mask! 😷

"Ultimately, this isn’t just a question of dollars and cents. It’s a question about who we want to be as a nation. If we want to form a more inclusive government, we need to open our doors to young people who can’t afford the price of admission." bit.ly/3f74D7r

Finland is currently pushing for a six hour workday. This isn’t a radical idea. Data shows it’s better for workers well-being and actually increases efficiency/productivity. Better conditions are necessary and possible.

Today, a worker must earn $23.96 an hour to afford a modest 2 bedroom apartment – $5.74 more than the average tenant makes. As a result, 18 million families are paying over 50% of their income on housing. We need to raise wages and build 10 million units of affordable housing.

If you've been hearing the word "austerity" thrown around a lot but aren't sure what it means, here's a #mustread explainer: bit.ly/2IZSpBy

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I've now been sick, first with COVID then with post-COVID symptoms, since April. I wrote this mostly because, well, the pandemic won't end when there's a vaccine for many, many people like me. buzzfeednews.com/article/nidhip…

Zero people die when a protestor shatters a Starbucks window. Tens of thousands die each year because the market denies them health care coverage. The state deems one of these a violent act, the other not. This is because capitalism values private property over human life.

Look at all these whites without masks living their lives while Mexican working class folks put their lives at risk

A gut-wrenching piece about the upcoming execution of Brandon Bernard, by Jessica Schulberg bit.ly/36P6yuU

1/ There will be no update today. At 8:30 am this morning, state police came into my house and took all my hardware and tech. They were serving a warrant on my computer after DOH filed a complaint. They pointed a gun in my face. They pointed guns at my kids..

1 in 6 U.S. residents will soon face hunger amid the #COVID19 pandemic, says Feeding America. For children, the figure is 1 in 4. The group saw 60% more food bank users this year, and about 4 in 10 visited for the first time: "Everybody's just worried about their next meal."

Our government killed Brandon Bernard tonight. Brandon mattered. The death penalty only perpetuates a cycle of trauma. We have to end it once and for all.

Send a letter to your U.S. representative right now and urge them to co-sponsor H.R. 4052 — Ayanna Pressley's legislation to abolish the death penalty on the federal level. actionnetwork.org/letters/end-th…

"[S]ince the end of August, deaths from the coronavirus have doubled in counties with a large college population... Few of the victims were college students, but rather older people and others living and working in the community." nytimes.com/2020/12/12/us/…

Read Roosevelt at UM Executive Board's position statement on #SinProvost and visit linktr.ee/lacasaumich for more resources.