"Since the 1980s, the Black child poverty rate has been cut nearly in half. This is progress but Black children and adults are still far more likely to live in poverty than their white counterparts.Extending the #ChildTaxCredit is a racial justice issue. #JECxCBC"Read on Twitter
Here are other recent tweets from Bobby L. Rush:
"#AhmaudArbery was lynched 2 years ago today.74 days passed before his murderers were arrested. District attorneys who were friendly with the killers helped cover up the crime.Let us be clear: lynching is still alive and well in America. It's time to pass the #AntilynchingAct."Read on Twitter
"#HazelMJohnson's fight against environmental racism in her South Side community led to a decades-long crusade that resulted in the signing of the first Executive Order on environmental justice & earned her widespread recognition as the mother of environmental justice. #IL01BHM" on Feb. 22Read on Twitter
"Ahmaud Arberys murder was a modern-day lynching a clear-cut case of a hate crime. Guilty is correct. #AhmaudArbery" on Feb. 22Read on Twitter
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