silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agoMore Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.prospect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square35fedilinkarrow-up1275arrow-down11
arrow-up1274arrow-down1external-linkMore Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.prospect.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 hours agomessage-square35fedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 hours agoThe outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices. What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoSure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoTaking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoI think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 hours agoThey’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours agoThere’s more than gerrymandering going on.
The outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices.
What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
That won’t happen
It can with local support.
Sure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
Taking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
I think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
They’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
There’s more than gerrymandering going on.