McDonald’s Employee Can’t Wait to Spend $60k Bounty on Overnight Stay at Hospital: bit.ly/41qGEKD

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White men “need to show up as partners for social justice and know that it's going to benefit us too,” says Seattle activist and facilitator Mike Beebe. st.news/3NApXV0

Oklahoma schools are not OK

“The time is always right to do what is right.” — Rev. Martin Luther King seattletimes.com/opinion/ren…

lol public comment is already over. Holding public comment less than 24 hours after a huge document drops doesn't actually give much opportunity for working people to speak and give informed opinions

City Inside/Out is some of the best civic programming around, bar none. Very sad to see this and I hope the city council sees this differently.

Tonight, Missouri executed an innocent man. Our hearts are with Marcellus and his loved ones. innocenceproject.org/innocen…

Fact Check: 1) House Our Neighbors - not Tech 4 Housing - filed Initiative 137. 2) Councilmember Woo agreed weeks ago to attend the Social Housing candidate forum hosted by House Our Neighbors at the International District Chinatown Community Center yesterday.

“(Making it easier for people to vote from jail) increases public safety, it increases civic awareness, and it produces the best kind of electoral outcomes — where all eligible voters are able to be heard in our democracy.” calmatters.org/politics/elec…

This story holds deep significance to many in our community because it highlights the ongoing struggle of the Duwamish people, who have been systematically denied their treaty rights and federal recognition. southseattleemerald.com/2024…

Also… people who have apartments and homes do their drugs at home, not a bus stops and on public sidewalks. The city council could’ve voted on a plan to fund social housing. They didn’t, so now it will go to a lower-turnout special election theurbanist.org/2024/08/07/s…

We must work towards keeping each other safe without incarceration. Our system is devastating.

Crime underreporting allows folks to disregard inconvenient crime data. But about 1/2 of violent crimes are reported and 1/3 of property crimes are reported. This number stays consistent, give or take a percentage point or two. A downward trend is a downward trend. Period

Happy birthday to activist and chairman of the Black Panther Party Fred Hampton. He was assassinated by Chicago police and the FBI at just 21 years old. William O'Neal, an FBI informant, infiltrated the Black Panthers and set up Fred Hampton for $300. A THREAD