After we documented children crawling through trains to get to school, the mayor of Hammond, Indiana, said train company Norfolk Southern pledged to help fund an overpass. Now the project is dead after the company reneged, he says.

Norfolk Southern denies making a commitment.
https://www.propublica.org/article/norfolk-southern-train-crossing-hammond-indiana-school-pedestrian-overpass?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#News #Trains #Children #Walking #Safety #Indiana #School

🤝 Today, we have sent a joint open letter to the European Commission, calling for the enforcement of the #DigitalMarketsAct to deter #Meta from exploiting European consumers and businesses. ⚖️

✉️ Read more: https://checkmyads.org/statement/joint-open-letter-to-enforce-the-digital-markets-act-against-meta/

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RE: https://flipboard.com/@theatlantic/ideas-m415bvjnz/-/a-wUCfP0u8Q6-fscXxKqJapQ%3Aa%3A3199527-%2F0

USA evangelical christofascists have blocked ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, even though the Reagan administration “championed” and signed it.

in fact, USA is the only country that has NOT ratified UNCRC.

christofascists argue that children have no rights separate from their parents. by comparing parents’ rights to states rights, they define children as property.

just as during the neoconfederacy, they see procreation as a means to produce slaves.

RE: https://thecanadian.social/@MostlyHarmless/116285239183264441

49 states have 'at will employment' meaning unless you have a union, which is ~not~ 90% of us, we can be fired just for saying we're sick. (yeah, it's wrongful firing - sure sue them. Tell me how rent gets paid while paying for a lawyer?)

The struggle isn't even to explain sick leave is a terrible racket, half (at least) of the US labor force doesn't even have sick leave or use it if we do!