Powerful and thorough analysis of the challenging terminology “able-bodied” and how it hurts disabled people.

Re-Elect Alexis Weaver, Tucker City Council District 3, Post 1 www.Alexis4Tucker.com

@tiffanydcross.bsky.social preach! Thank you for telling the truth tonight on Abby Phillips! and standing up to the callousness of the male maga caucasity sitting next to you.

hubs is hoping Baylor football is good enough this year to not make it to Espn+. had to explain to my kids why they won’t be able to watch some of their favorite shows. we are in an emergency and in our capitalist society money speaks. Resist authoritarian dictates on the media and free speech.

Tortured because of the US Government. This is so immoral.

I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE. This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined. It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

New Urban Institute #upwardmobilityinitiative blog post on why local policymakers need data that include disabled people's experiences & recommendations for identifying and collecting data related to disability: upward-mobility.urban.org/including-di... @sjpopkin.bsky.social

The United Farm Workers, along with the entire labor movement, stands in strong solidarity with our comrade, labor leader David Huerta. We demand his immediate release and condemn indiscriminate sweeps targeting working class immigrants.

ICE waited until a woman’s lawyer went to the restroom then dragged her away. She fainted from stress and they dragged her unconscious body into the elevator, refusing medical attention.

EVERYBODY WATCH. ICE IS OUT OF CONTROL. Video of SEIU California’s President David Huerta getting assaulted & arrested during an ICE raid in the warehouse district of Downtown Los Angeles today. He’s an LA native, American citizen and labor leader. Don’t turn away.

"The City of LA's Sanctuary City Ordinance prohibits City resources from being used to aid federal immigration enforcement. However, today, the City witnessed through videos and media coverage Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers within the vicinity of ICE raids."

Los Angeles ICE protests continues in the quoted post below

Protesters in Los Angeles covering tear gas grenades with traffic cones and trying to extinguish them with water. Crowd is still growing.

We just rallied at the steps of the Supreme Court to free Andry now! But we're not done fighting yet. Head to freeandry.org to donate and help!

- mexican man arrested for writing letters for threatening trump - letters were actually written by a wisconsin man whom the mexican guy was going to testify against for robbing him & slashing him with a box cutter - mexican guy still detained & facing deportation

New — Marcelo Gomes da Silva has finally been released from ICE detention where the 18-year-old was held in deplorable conditions. He helped translate paperwork for other detainees that said they were getting deported. Unimaginable. www.wcvb.com/article/immi...

DEAN: What's the tariff on bananas? LUTNICK: Generally 10% DEAN: Walmart has already increased the cost of bananas by 8% LUTNICK: If you build in America, there is no tariff DEAN: We cannot build bananas in America

I’m not sure if you can overdose on schadenfreude but we’re about to find out

Summer nights = movies and homemade stovetop popcorn. Also my 13 year old telling me every 30 seconds what is and isn’t a part of the game as we watch Minecraft

“If Musk is moving fast and breaking things, as the Silicon Valley dictum goes, Vought is taking the shattered pieces of the federal government and reassembling them into a radically new constitutional order,” @mckaycoppins.bsky.social writes:

Nice opportunity to watch Texas vs TCU NCAA Tennis Championships tonight at Baylor! #hookem #ncaatennis

Really thrilled to have this (my first this cycle) national endorsement!

I’m running for re-election to Tucker City Council! I’m proud of the progress we’ve made together—on inclusion, transparency, and community engagement—and I’m excited to keep building on that work. Learn more or get involved at alexis4tucker.com. #TuckerGA

NEW: The doctor behind breakthrough Parkinson’s research was among the scientists purged from the National Institutes of Health, the US’s leading medical research agency. www.wired.com/story/doctor...

Does #SNAP cover the cost of a meal in your county? #Research shows that many families receiving SNAP benefits are still facing food insecurity, and proposed cuts to the program could exacerbate existing challenges. Access the #data using Urban's tool.

What are the effects of dismantling the Department of #Education on students with #disabilities? An Urban Wire post examines the potential impacts of disrupting the Department of Education’s key functions of enforcing critical civil rights laws and distributing IDEA #funding to the states.

A new analysis reveals that Trump’s tax plan will “actively transfer money from low-income people to the top 0.1% of income earners.” 🔗: www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Some of the communities I’ve been able to work with on the Upward Mobility Initiative have done really powerful work in their communities. Looking forward to hearing the conversation with folks from Richmond, Santa Barbara, and Kansas City next Tuesday!

Thrilled to be a part of this event highlighting the great ways that RMAPI and Feeding America’s Economic Mobility team have been applying the Upward Mobility Framework in their efforts. Hope you’ll join us!

This continues to hit too close to home. Debunked pseudoscience. Focus on my child not having or being a “problem” to be “fixed” but instead, understanding how her and other autistic brains work and how our systems (healthcare, education, society) can serve them better and adapt to them!

Dismantling the Dept of Ed could have major implications for students with disabilities @alexis-weaver.bsky.social www.urban.org/urban-wire/h...

Black History Month- works from Black authors and artists who changed my life. Day 5. Black Liturgies by Cole Arthur Riley www.instagram.com/blackliturgi...

February is Black History Month. Black history is American history. Works by Black artists that changed my life, day 4. “Mississippi Goddam” by Nina Simone youtu.be/LJ25-U3jNWM?...

Black History Month - Works by Black authors that changed my life, day 3: “The Lost Education of Horace Tate: Uncovering the Hidden Heroes who Fought for Justice in Our Schools” Vanessa Siddle Walker. thenewpress.com/books/lost-e...

February is Black History Month Works by Black authors and artists that changed my life, day 2: “How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America” by @clintsmithiii.bsky.social MUST get both the hard copy AND the audio version. www.clintsmithiii.com/how-the-word...

February is Black History Month; Black history is American history. Books, poems, and art by Black authors and artists that changed my life, day 1: “I’m Still Here: Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness” by @austinchanning.bsky.social austinchanning.com

ICE made an arrest today of a father of two kids at a Spanish-speaking congregation here in Tucker, down the street from our neighborhood. 70 congregants worshipped inside on this Fourth Sunday of Epiphany. www.telemundoatlanta.com/2025/01/27/a...

Trump/Musk/MAGA/DOGE are not trying to make NIH more efficient, they’re trying to break public health, undermine science, attack academia, and destroy the broader societal role of expert knowledge. Appeasement doesn’t work. And pretending it’s a good faith efficiency effort just helps them sell it.

The price of eggs in the US is spiking, mostly due to #H5N1 bird flu. Solving the problem requires urgent, important communications from the CDC & FDA* and rapid development of research by the NIH** * Currently paused by Executive Order ** Grant reviews now all canceled www.kcur.org/news/2025-01...

How can Los Angeles support disabled residents displaced by the wildfires? A new Urban Wire post outlines the impacts of disasters on people with disabilities and shares ways local leaders could help ensure inclusive recovery efforts.

As the parent of an autistic child with intellectual & developmental disabilities, one of my worst fears is what happens to her in an emergency situation if myself or my husband is incapacitated. She often interprets any loud speaking as anger.

Can’t say enough how insulting it is for people to ascribe that awful behavior to autism.

By Sara Gibbs an autistic comedy writer "The autistic guide to waving exuberantly without accidentally Sieg Heiling" thedailytism.com/the-autistic...

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research. I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

A recently proposed federal rule would phase out a program that allows some employers to pay disabled workers less than the federal minimum wage. Learn more about how subminimum wage employment impacts disabled workers and how to help ensure their economic security in a new Urban Wire post.

From @urbaninstitute.bsky.social's #Disability Equity team: Ending the subminimum wage is the 1st step to economic stability for disabled workers via @alexis-weaver.bsky.social dana ferrrante & marokey sawo www.urban.org/urban-wire/i...

Hannah’s first snowman on Friday’s snow day.

America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth. The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%. Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.

Sign up for a free bystander intervention training here. Learning & practicing what to do *before* a hateful incident happens will give you the skills & confidence to effectively intervene.

Sic ‘em Bears! Love the new Foster Pavilion! However- Customer service (standing room only tickets when have the seats are empty?!?) leaves something to be desired… definitely doesn’t have the family Baylor feel of the old days…