"Winning" on affordability means raising wages, putting more money in everyday people's pockets, ending profit-driven healthcare, ending unjust wars, and ceasing policies that cater to the interests the ultra-rich.

"The challenges we face today, from drug trafficking to mass deportations to mass migration to climate change, cannot be solved through domination and military intervention. They require real partnerships based on mutual respect and mutual collaboration." -  @velazquez.house.gov

CEPR hosted a Hill briefing last Friday titled: "Cuba in Crisis: What Congress Needs to Know" Here, former Obama aide @rhodesben.bsky.social discusses how sanctions hamstring Cuba's economic reform and why @democrats.org should be more outspoken on the use of sanctions as collective punishment.

🚨 NEW EPISODE From D.C. Across the Americas 🇨🇴 🇺🇸 This week, CEPR research fellow Mario Osorio analyzes the recent Petro-Trump meeting, where U.S.-Colombia relations go from here, and why everyone should pay attention to Colombia's upcoming elections in May. Full video: https://tinyurl.com/25ehnnjk

Fossil fuels and deforestation are driving climate change. But clean energy investment, stronger pollution rules, and zero-deforestation commitments across both public and private sectors will make the difference. More from @mattsedlar.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/4nXTbP8

Conditions in #Cuba are rapidly deteriorating as Trump's de facto oil blockade brings life on the island to a halt. After traveling to Cuba last week, CEPR expert Michael Galant analyzes the situation on this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas" FULL VIDEO https://tinyurl.com/uh34wjhy

88 profitable corporations paid $0 taxes last year. Meanwhile, capital gains breaks keep protecting the wealthy while workers pay in full. @itep.org  @amyhanauer.bsky.social breaks down the three biggest problems with the US tax code. #econsky full #mostlyeconomics ep: https://bit.ly/4tVbbuW

Low- and middle-income countries are straddled with crippling public debt, hamstringing efforts to combat the climate crisis. At this week's IMF Spring Meetings, CEPR is calling attention to this issue. Ivana Vasic Lalovic breaks it down for this week's episode of "From D.C. Across the Americas."

Since assuming office in January, Honduran President Nasry Asfura has tightened relations with Trump and Netanyahu, persecuted opponents, ushered in austerity measures, and rejoined ISDS, CEPR's Pedro Labayen explains on this week's "From D.C. Across the Americas" FULL: https://tinyurl.com/33jtaj6x

Union membership dropped from 18% to 10% since 1985 and every state declined but Vermont. As federal protections erode, states and localities must step up to defend worker power. bit.ly/4tSeRhU

Snake game IRL

#VisibilityBrigade #democracy @maddow.bsky.social #rights #civilrights #usa #mayday @visibilitybrigade.bsky.social @rosaliewong.bsky.social @jesscraven101.bsky.social @emmatk.bsky.social @hcrichardson.bsky.social #epstein #ice #freespeech #boycott #fascism #freedom #kentuckyderby

🎗️ International Childhood Cancer Day 🎗️ Each year, around 300,000 children are diagnosed with cancer worldwide. Survival rates vary drastically depending on resources. Together, let’s continue supporting innovative and ethical research 💛 #WorldChildhoodCancerDay #MetLung #Research #Innovation

The MoCA is a screening tool for cognitive decline, not an IQ test. The fact that Trump keeps bragging about “acing” it as proof of brilliance should itself be disqualifying. Authoritarianism thrives on confusing basic competence with exceptional greatness.

So Louise Upston owns a Wellington apartment but claims a $52,000 a year tax free accommodation allowance for the city But she wants accommodation allowance cut for the poorest Kiwis. This is the same Upston who relied on the benefit & now maligns beneficiaries www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Beech Grove City Schools said Friday that there will be no transportation for the district after thieves stole catalytic converters from all school buses overnight. Read more: https://tinyurl.com/ymsha49h 

The Pain Nobody Talks About #sick #wellness #sugar #chronicillness #fibre

📺 [ #GaMeTiMe ] Brighton 0x1 Manchester United ⚽ Patrick Dorgu 🅰️ Bruno Fernandes (21 PL Record) 🏆 Premier League | 38° Rodada 🏟️ The Amex Stadium https://cdn.nostrcheck.me/29e884c5c5737c82176ab9645a0f54e73cffe10fb31f025c3ee1f61fe2ae4622.mp4 #Sports 🌐 #PREDYX

“IF WE FAIL TO STOP THE SUFFERING OF PALESTINIAN CHILDREN, WE ARE FAILURES” ICELAND’S FOREIGN MINISTER BREAKS DOWN IN TEARS OVER THE HORROR IN GAZA

🙋🏻‍♀️Sleepy drunk 1/2 a drink & my eyes get heavy then I start looking for a comfy chair, couch… shoulder I'd assume my 52% European dna would hold but imagine the 41% Spanish side & 11% Portuguese side are arguing over who invented sangria while my 38% Indigenous side drinks, smirks at debate, & 😴

How can you simplify your life? What knowledge has had the greatest impact on your life? #VibrationMentor #CLManifestation

An Israeli🇮🇱settler helped the military detain a Palestinian🇵🇸for no reason, kneeling on his neck. #Act @kajakallas.bsky.social @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @press.consilium.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @spokesperson.europarl.europa.eu @cnn.com @reuters.com

Repost by @cavs For this city, the work continues. #WatchRockSports Click to see original repost

Waymo's LA geo approaching the they're not stuck in here w us, we're stuck in here w them stage. OP: tiktok.landolarp

Strawberries are a science - approved super food. 😯 #strawberry #science #food #foods #health #healthy #love #care #bluesky #japan #usa #uk #us #srilanka #pakistan #indonesia #Thailand #thai #home #doctor #uae #dubai #saudi #nepal

“Vogue has so much rizz, and no money. And the Bezoses have just so much money and not a lot of rizz. It's a marriage made in heaven.” @profgalloway.com and @karaswisher.bsky.social on why Jeff and Lauren Bezos belong at the Met Gala. Catch the full conversation in tomorrow's episode.

Happy Birthday to Beebee!!! May 2001 Archived Web Page 🧩 🔊 #geocities #2001

It’s hard to remember, but Sid Bream was beloved in #Pittsburgh. A solid player, he did tons of fan outreach. OTD 5/10/91, he returned with the #Atlanta #Braves, pinch-hitting for Francisco Cabrera in the 9th vs Stan Belinda. The fans gave the ex- #Pirates star a standing ovation! #LetsGoBucs

#News for #investors and #media: Today we are announcing that our potential treatment for chronic hepatitis B has been accepted for regulatory review by US FDA. Learn more: gsk.to/3Qz28Sq

Trump is snollygoster minus the shrewdness.

🇬🇧 Royal Marines strike back! After French & US forces failed, NATO sends in the British Commandos to hit hard where others couldn’t. ⚔️ British Mod action 🎖️ 1989 gear, modern fight 📹 Follow the chaos as Gamemaster 👉 youtu.be/F7BN9e1KG98 #ArmaReforger #Milsim #BritishMod #Krynka @armaplatform.com

My Republican colleagues introduced legislation to extend and expand sheltered workshops, which employ individuals with disabilities and pay less than minimum wage. 🧵

On May 24, a russian missile struck Kyiv, once again damaging historic Lukianivka. An ordinary morning and a simple walk for coffee turned into a path through destroyed buildings and ruins. Help protect Ukraine’s skies from russian attacks. u24.gov.ua/sky-defense?...

Andrew Schulz on Trump's weaponization fund: "We know exactly what this really is. It's just a slush fund for him and his buddies."

Congratulations to @montserratgaribay.bsky.social! HD 49 in Austin has a fighter on the November ballot, and the Texas labor movement is with her every step of the way. When we fight, we win!

Me every 5 mins

Renee is a Special Olympics athlete and health messenger who is highlighting how people with IDD face significantly greater health disparities due to the failures of our current health system. 🔗 ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/10.2105/...

What is Real Yoga? Yoga for the body is asana. Yoga for verbalization is understanding and expressing the original sutras. Without the root scriptures, yoga becomes incomplete. This clarity restores the authentic purpose of yoga as revealed in its original tradition. Nithyananda Yoga offers this int

#ICYMI After a recent rebidding process for the concessions contract. Long-time SBN resident The South Bend Chocolate Company is on its way out at the end of this month. https://bit.ly/3QJFd77

IRELAND HERE I COME!! #W6Ns #WomensRugby #IREvSCO

The balls on this guy., OMG

➡️ Big Oil companies are scared to face the evidence of their lies. The fossil fuel industry followed the same playbook Big Tobacco used decades earlier to deny the dangers of its products—and we all saw how juries responded to that.

A successful hate watching session completed! I enjoyed witnessing the Scousers lose

Good morning Blue Sky

Chants of DE-FENSE in MSG! #Knicks

Inderdaad Schatjes

When I visited the Spam Museum as part of filming for my TV show Hidden Middle, I tried to ask them about the histortic meatpackers union strike in Austin, Minnesota in 1984.

Researchers at the Hospital for Sick Children and @utoronto.ca used special imaging techniques at the CLS to create a high-resolution, 3D map of curved fish spines, and noted they act very much like human spines as #scoliosis worsens. Full story: https://bit.ly/4nvOomR

Get to know your hosts of the weekly #AEWDynamite on Pario Magazine, @jamie.pariomagzine.com.au & @opheliapayne.bsky.social

As the Super Bowl gets ready to kick off in Las Vegas, someone just protected this video onto a building there! It’s the “P-do Bowl” featuring the men who are in the Epstein files the most. Hint: Donald Trump, Howard Lutnick and Steve Bannon are the all-stars of this game.

All these people that were talking about the economic decline of Russia are completely wrong! Nothing shows more activity than the smokestacks of factories. They even ran out of smokestacks, so they improvised free-air smoke plumes.

The protestors are winning ✊️❤️‍🔥

Despite losing the GOP primary last month, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller did not rule out getting on another ballot in the future.

Why AI Is Not Software!

Jose Siri robbed a Taylor Walls grand slam directly above a full buffet

The Play-In Games kinda slap! #nba #basketball #playoffs #nbaplayoffs

Les forces russes ont attaqué le bâtiment de l'entreprise d'industrie de défense Ukroboronprom à #Kiev. Cf. https://x.com/ukr_fr/status/2061749654149079204

Have a beautiful day 🌹 Love & Peace 💗 I'm preparing various things. 🎸🔥Upcoming songs by Beautiful Life with W Eyes Band will play with Half Down tuning.🎸🔥 Yesterday I gave myself a haircut and got an 80s metal-style hairstyle 💗🤘🎸🔥 I also remade a rider's jacket.

WHY DON'T STraiGht PeoPLe hAVe a MOntH-

40 years ago today - in their first ever match in the World Cup, Preben Elkjær-Larsen gave Denmark the perfect start to the tournament against Scotland.