Reposted by Urbanista01Congresswoman Delia C. Ramirez @ramirez.house.gov · 24/07/202617 years ago today, the federal minimum wage was increased to $7.25—17 years ago! That was last time we had a federal minimum wage increase. It's past time we change that. 33168622331
Reposted by Urbanista01@Boom-WhatsGoingOn.bsky.social @boom-whatsgoingon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026Economy would be booming, the wealthy & corporations wouldn’t be so filthy rich, social security fund would be flush with cash, national debt would be lower, we need new leadership, vote out all Republicans!!!🗳️ 58426
Reposted by Urbanista01More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 28/04/2026BREAKING: Two Democratic Reps. are introducing a bill to raise the federal minimum wage to $25/hr and eliminate subminimum wages. Reps. Delia Ramirez and Analilia Mejia are introducing the bill, saying it's unacceptable that the minimum wage has been stuck at $7.25 since 2009. 455129583181
Reposted by Urbanista01Pam Keith @pamkeithdc.bsky.social · 19/04/2026I don’t think we talk nearly enough about the fact that corporations like Amazon, don’t pay a single cent to maintain the roads they use, the transportation system they use, the courts they use, they pay nothing for the infrastructure that is absolutely critical to their business. WE Pay for 705204726262
Reposted by Urbanista01The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 26/03/2026“That just doesn’t make sense to me — when the richest people have the smallest effective tax rate, that does not seem like a very fair system.” #LiftTheCap 476114614866
Reposted by Urbanista01Mike the Hot Dog Mayor @mayorofoakland.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Baseball should never be only available on an app. It should always be available for free on terrestrial radio 4677956
Reposted by Urbanista01Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 25/03/2026This is devastating. 361715537
Reposted by Urbanista01Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 24/03/2026SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty. 385147993337
Reposted by Urbanista01Osaka, we 🐇 @osaka.zone · 23/03/2026OS level age verification is a Meta lobbying project Pass it onyahoo.comReddit User Uncovers Who Is Behind Meta’s $2B Lobbying for Invasive Age Verification TechMeta funneled $2B through nonprofit shells to push age verification laws targeting Apple and Google while exempting its own platforms from surveillance requirements. 6559824105
Reposted by Urbanista01Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Forty-six years ago today: “DO YOU BELIEVE IN MIRACLES?” 🇺🇸 49717116
Reposted by Urbanista01Current Affairs @currentaffairs.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Washington Post is shuttering its book section, part of the ongoing war against literacy & knowledge. We at Current Affairs want to pick up the slack by expanding book reviews. Writers: pitch us anytime! And if you subscribe/donate we'll use the funding to commission book coverage. 8694307
Reposted by Urbanista01Brian Phillips @brianphillips.lol · 04/02/2026Bezos isn't destroying the Washington Post because it isn't profitable. He's destroying the Washington Post because he's calculated that a robust free press threatens the ability of his class to warp society around their interests 410192755560
Reposted by Urbanista01Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 03/02/2026Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. Hello? 21547751874
Reposted by Urbanista01Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 01/02/2026Liam made people look. Now don’t look away. We still have children in ICE custody eating bad food, drinking questionable water, living in filthy conditions, and carrying a lifetime of trauma they shouldn’t have to survive. #FreeTheChildren 24896854453
Reposted by Urbanista01Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Retiring Walmart CEO Doug McMillon made $27.5M last year, over 930 times the median Walmart worker's salary of just $29,469. Walmart's wages are so low that its workers are among the most likely to rely on SNAP and Medicaid to get by. It's past time Walmart paid them a living wage. 12532291299
Reposted by Urbanista01Sarah Lazare @sarahlazare.bsky.social · 24/01/2026I'm not one for false optimism. But what I witnessed today in Minneapolis was tremendous, both in scale and exuberance. It was a stunning answer to the federal assault on Minnesota, a show of solidarity that gives us something to hold on to during times that are unforgiving.inthesetimes.com“Everybody Showed Up”: Stunning Crowds at Minnesota Day of Strike and Shutdown Against ICEExtreme cold didn't stop the shutdown on Friday as some 100 faith leaders were arrested, residents stayed home from work, and an estimated 50,000 or more marched through downtown Minneapolis. 168134183153
Reposted by Urbanista01WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 24/01/2026They're taking money that's supposed be used for your healthcare. They're using it to fund detention centers run by corporations that contribute to Republicans to detain your neighbors. These are the same corporations who are donors to the same politicians who gave them the money 24924
Reposted by Urbanista01Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Minnesota: "School officials say the [5-year-old] child was used as bait. They say [ICE] agents made little Liam knock on the door to ask to be let in in order to see if anyone else was home." 697154208479
Reposted by Urbanista01jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 21/01/2026state-sponsored child trafficking 339180985653
Reposted by Urbanista01Scoiattolo @scarnecchia.net · 21/01/2026This is a photo of someone being tortured, not someone being restrained 10582442723
Reposted by Urbanista01More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 20/01/2026BREAKING: Massachusetts has secured a preliminary injunction prohibiting Kalshi from doing anything that constitutes sports betting in the state. 71015130
Reposted by Urbanista01WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 21/01/2026In Minneapolis, ABC News interviewed Purple Heart veteran William Vermie, who says ICE detained him for hours, denied him access to his attorney, and held him at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building. A white man with privilege chose to speak when silence was easier. 14621
Reposted by Urbanista01Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com · 21/01/2026Every ICE officer who has broken the law should be arrested, tried, and imprisoned for their crimes. 624126562631
Reposted by Urbanista01MeidasTouch @meidastouch.com · 20/01/2026McGovern: I believe ICE should be abolished. I don’t want one more penny for ICE. 387136593198
Reposted by Urbanista01Kemi Babagbemi MD, FACR🐳 @kemimdrad.bsky.social · 19/01/2026The black and white pictures are meant to deceive you. It was not long ago. #MLKinColor 101083359
Reposted by Urbanista01Josh Sternberg @joshsternberg.com · 19/01/2026Bruce Springsteen: “ICE should get the fuck out of Minneapolis.” 32164253977
Reposted by Urbanista01Tandy⁷ @tandyhard.bsky.social · 19/01/2026MINNESOTAAAAAAA WE FUCKN LOVE YOU AND STAND WITH YOUUUU!!!!!!! LET'S FUCKN GOOOOOO!!!!media.tenor.coma protester holds up a sign that says enough is enoughALT: a protester holds up a sign that says enough is enough 01600305
Reposted by Urbanista01Erika Cole 🦊☕ @escherichiacole.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I don't think law enforcement officers should be allowed to carry firearms. 912615
Reposted by Urbanista01LynnZ 🦋 @zizij.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Uvalde Tragedy: Police Accountability and Credibility Are on Trial in Texas Courtroom Legal approach to prosecute officers’ failure to act during tragic school shooting Courtroom has potential to increase police accountability and affirm most basic expectation we have of the police to protect us. 245
Reposted by Urbanista01Derek Seidman @derekseidman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026"Public power is a way to actually improve the lives of working-class people. Electric bills are absurd. People are racking up debt... We’re reaching a crisis point." New @truthout.org roundtable w/ organizers from Tucson + DC on the rising left movement for public ownership of utilities.truthout.orgAs Electricity Bills Rise, Activists Are Demanding Public Control of Utilities“Public power” organizers are pushing for democratized control and truly public ownership of our energy system. 54934
Urbanista01 @urbanista01.bsky.social · 05/01/2026media.tenor.coma red apple holding a green sign that says healthcare for allAlt: a red apple holding a green sign that says healthcare for all 000
Urbanista01 @urbanista01.bsky.social · 04/01/2026media.tenor.comCarebear Carebears GIFAlt: Carebear stare from the animated cartoon with the caption "Love & Light" 000
Reposted by Urbanista01Charles Keener @charleskeener.bsky.social · 01/01/2026www.commondreams.org/news/minimum...commondreams.org'A National Disgrace': 19 States to Raise Minimum Wage But Federal Rate Stuck at $7.25 | Common DreamsOne Fair Wage noted that "tipped workers can still legally be paid as little as $2.13 an hour, a system advocates describe as a direct legacy of slavery." 1517574
Reposted by Urbanista01Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Friends — Here's one "big idea" for how we can start to fix the system in 2026. Let me know your thoughts. robertreich.substack.com/p/how-to-g… 21055492069
Reposted by Urbanista01molly taft @mollytaft.com · 18/12/2025EXCLUSIVE: the Working Families Party is putting out a recruitment call for people opposed to data centers in their communities to run for local office the recruitment effort comes just 2 days after Bernie Sanders called for a moratorium on data center constructionwired.comOpposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for OfficeThe influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers. 462235847
Reposted by Urbanista01The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 15/12/2025SANDY HOOK SURVIVOR: “I carry this trauma with me every single day… we deserve to live in a nation where you value children more than guns.” 🇺🇸 (H/T @marchforourlives.bsky.social ) 11146551456
Reposted by Urbanista01nnoir226 @nnoir226.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Utah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unions apnews.com/article/utah...apnews.comUtah repeals ban on collective bargaining for teachers, firefighters and police unionsUtah has repealed a collective bargaining ban that prevented labor unions serving teachers, firefighters, police and other public employees from negotiating on behalf of their workers. 8726159
Reposted by Urbanista01Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 10/12/2025This new Politico poll should stop us all in our tracks! 50% of Americans are struggling to afford groceries, let’s start there. Then add the fact that we have a president who thinks we’re lying about it. I’m just waiting for the next poll that asks, “Does the president care about people like me?” 36066062821
Reposted by Urbanista01WatchYourRepsTN&SC @watchyourrepssc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Veterans see through President Bone Spurs & the guy who plays Secretary of War on TV. They call honorable servicemen "seditious" while cutting their benefits. 03212
Reposted by Urbanista01Áine ☽𖤐☾ @whoa-magic.lol · 26/11/2025Senators Demand #Meta Be Investigated For Billions In Profits From #Facebook #Scams www.benzinga.com/news/legal/2... #TechBrosbenzinga.comSenators Demand Meta Be Investigated For Billions In Profits From Facebook Scams - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)Senators Richard Blumenthal and Josh Hawley call for an investigation and regulatory action against Meta over its alleged profiting from fraudulent advertisements on its platforms. 441150348
Reposted by Urbanista01CNN @cnn.com · 20/11/2025Border Patrol's immigration enforcement operation in Charlotte, North Carolina, is over, local officials say. cnn.it/4oqPPD3 2510027
Reposted by Urbanista01Elizabeth Warren @warren.senate.gov · 19/11/2025I warned that private equity taking over Walgreens would be bad for workers. This is the private equity playbook: they hollow out businesses, cheat their workers, and drive them into the ground. Red Lobster, Toys "R" Us, and Joann Fabrics. Who’s next?whio.comReport: Walgreens cuts hourly workers’ pay for 6 major holidaysThe hourly employees will only be paid if they work on those holidays. 16530591150
Reposted by Urbanista01Forbes @forbes.com · 18/11/2025Three states have so far filed lawsuits against the hugely popular online gaming platform Roblox, alleging it has not done enough to protect children from predators.forbes.comRoblox Rolls Out Facial Recognition Technology To Estimate Users’ Ages—Amid Lawsuits Over Child SafetyThree states have so far filed lawsuits against the hugely popular online gaming platform Roblox, alleging it has not done enough to protect children from predators. 57644189
Reposted by Urbanista01Indivisible ❌👑 @indivisible.org · 07/11/2025Because Trump is using millions of hungry Americans as leverage in his shutdown, SNAP benefits will be late and significantly reduced this month — leaving millions of families at risk. We’re stepping up to support our fellow Americans by donating food, supplies, and funds to local food banks. 👇docs.google.comMutual AidNo Kings Alliance - Mutual Aid Table of Contents Find a Local Mutual Aid Group Do’s and Dont’s of Mutual Aid Common Items in Need Starting Your Own Project Create a donation drive for a local mutual ... 21628250
Reposted by Urbanista01unraveled @unraveledpress.com · 06/11/2025Easily several hundred people have packed into this plaza in Chicago's North Center tonight in response to ICE abducting a daycare worker early this morning. This is a neighborhood that has largely been spared until now from the "Midway Blitz" terror campaign. But everyone knows someone affected. 179155935297
Reposted by Urbanista01Lex McMenamin (they/them) @lexmcmenamin.com · 04/11/2025if you want to know what happened to Teen Vogue yesterday, my work wife @allegrak.bsky.social — who ran our politics section for 6 years until this past June — said it all in this. can't even pull out a favorite part til I sign my separation letter lol, just read the whole thing.talkingpointsmemo.comWhat We Lost When Condé Nast Unceremoniously Shuttered Teen VogueThis article is part of TPM Cafe, TPM’s home for opinion and news... 3828621262
Reposted by Urbanista01Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 27/10/2025Tim Walz: "People are gonna be lined up out here to get food, and we're talking about a damn ballroom. Don't lose the plot." 486269728121
Reposted by Urbanista01Kelly @broadwaybabyto.bsky.social · 27/10/2025The Walton family (who own Walmart) are worth over $400 billion, yet many of their employees are on SNAP. Bezos is worth over $400 billion, many Amazon employees require SNAP. The people who need help are not the problem. It’s corporate greed. It’s an unwillingness to pay a living wage. 10213560513524
Reposted by Urbanista01Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/10/2025Climate change in the Midlands is a serious local concern Climate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands.centralbylines.co.ukClimate change in the Midlands is a serious local concernClimate change is a global emergency, but its impacts and solutions must also be a local priority for the Midlands 1117949
