D.C. Statehood is a Voting Rights Issue… and Racial Justice Issue
The disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of D.C. residents is fundamentally un-American and there is no good reason to allow it to continue.
Published 38 mins ago
ByBen Jealous
Washington, D.C. has a higher percentage of Black residents than any state in the country, and they have no voting representation in Congress. This is systemic racism in action. It is long past time to give Washington’s 712,000 residents the representation they deserve by making D.C. our 51st state.
It is shameful that people who live in the nation’s capital have no say in Congress. And it is unacceptable that local laws and budgets passed by D.C. elected officials can be overturned by members of Congress who decide to meddle in local decision-making. That explains why Washington, D.C.’s license plates include the slogan, “End taxation without representation,” a rallying cry by American colonists against the tyranny of B
Published 4 hours ago
By Zack Haber A community kitchen, clinic, toilet and shower made out of cob and wood sit under the 880 Freeway within a homeless community west of Wood Street in West Oakland on April 18.
Members of three organizations – Artists Building Communities, Essential Food and Medicine, and Living Earth Structures – have built a kitchen, clinic, free store, stage, toilet, oven, and shower with and for a homeless community near Wood Street in West Oakland.
Made out of wood covered in brown cob, the structures that house these facilities seem almost as natural extensions of the earth upon which they sit. Empty wine bottles serve as windows, and old discarded clothes serve as insulation. Sculpted images of trees decorate the structures’ surfaces and succulent plants sprout along the perimeters of their roofs.
D.C. Statehood is a Voting Rights Issue… and Racial Justice Issue
The disenfranchisement of hundreds of thousands of D.C. residents is fundamentally un-American and there is no good reason to allow it to continue.
Published 3 hours ago
ByBen Jealous
Washington, D.C. has a higher percentage of Black residents than any state in the country, and they have no voting representation in Congress. This is systemic racism in action. It is long past time to give Washington’s 712,000 residents the representation they deserve by making D.C. our 51st state.
It is shameful that people who live in the nation’s capital have no say in Congress. And it is unacceptable that local laws and budgets passed by D.C. elected officials can be overturned by members of Congress who decide to meddle in local decision-making. That explains why Washington, D.C.’s license plates include the slogan, “End taxation without representation,” a rallying cry by American colonists against the tyranny of B
CA San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA Zone Forecast
April 30, 2021
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National Weather Service San Joaquin Valley - Hanford CA
300 AM PDT Fri Apr 30 2021
Spot temperatures and probabilities of measurable precipitation
are for today, tonight, and Saturday.
CAZ179-302300-
.TODAY.Sunny. Highs 89 to 97. North winds 10 to 15 mph.
.TONIGHT.Partly cloudy in the evening then becoming mostly
cloudy. Lows 56 to 64. West winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to
around 45 mph.
82 to 89. South winds 10 to 20 mph in the morning shifting to the
north 15 to 25 mph in the afternoon.
.SATURDAY NIGHT.Clear, cooler. Lows 51 to 56. West winds 20 to
30 mph with gusts to around 50 mph.
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