Jonathan Krall

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Fun fact: I don't wink out of existence every time I approach a dangerous intersection; neither does my bicycle

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Last week, the Alexandria Times decried opinion pieces that "denigrate local residents" while posting an opinion piece that denigrated local residents. This was my response and fact check: alextimes.com/2024/06/heed... Takeaways: 1) volunteers deserve respect 2) bike lanes are popular

Heeding own advice on respectful discourse - Alexandria Timesalextimes.com To the editor: The editors of the Alexandria Times should consider taking their own advice. Editorializing against coarseness in our local politics, they recently called out a City Council candidate f...

Today we complete our story. In part 4, we step up our city council whispering skills. This is how Grassroots Alexandria (with NoVA DSA et al) obtained a resolution from Alexandria VA City Council in support of Medicare For All. grassrootsalexandria.org/how-we-succe...

How We Succeed, part 4: coalition politics - GRASSROOTS ALEXANDRIAgrassrootsalexandria.org by Jonathan Krall On March 12, 2024, after nearly two years of steady effort by a coalition of Alexandrians, the Alexandria City Council passed a resolution in support of Medicare For All, adding to t...

Sweating at the GW Middle School polling place with the future mayor #vote #AlexandriaVA

Election day in Alexandria Virginia!

Grassroots Alexandria: How we and our allies obtained a Medicare For All resolution from City Council. In part 3, we work with City Council members to line up four "yes" votes: grassrootsalexandria.org/how-we-succe...

How We Succeed, part 3: the price of persistence - GRASSROOTS ALEXANDRIAgrassrootsalexandria.org by Jonathan Krall On March 12, 2024, after nearly two years of steady effort by a coalition of Alexandrians, the Alexandria City Council passed a resolution in support of Medicare For All, adding to t...

Grassroots Alexandria: how we succeed How we and our allies obtained a Medicare For All resolution from City Council. In part 2, we reach out to the public after striking out with the boards and commissions. grassrootsalexandria.org/how-we-succe...

How we succeed, part 2: public support - GRASSROOTS ALEXANDRIAgrassrootsalexandria.org by Jonathan Krall On March 12, 2024, after nearly two years of steady effort by a coalition of Alexandrians, the Alexandria City Council passed a resolution in support of Medicare For All, adding to t...

I have a friend in PLTI who thinks my activist friends should be paying more attention to their mental health mailchi.mp/plti-alex/re...

ARE YOU REGISTERED? Two Mental Health Awareness Events in Next 7 Days!mailchi.mp

Once more, with feeling... massive ethnic cleansing is massively immoral. These are our tax dollars. If we don't speak up, we are massively guilty

Israeli troops are fortifying a strategic corridor that carves Gaza in two, building bases, taking over civilian structures and razing homes — an effort military analysts and Israeli experts say is part of a large-scale project to reshape the Strip and entrench the Israeli military presence there.

What Israel’s strategic corridor in Gaza reveals about its postwar planswapo.st Analysts say the buildup of the Netzarim Corridor is part of a large-scale project by the Israeli military to reshape Gaza and entrench its presence there.

It turns out that police spend most of their time stopping and questioning BIPOC people for no particular reason... who knew?!?

"Police don’t solve serious or violent crimes w/any regularity, & spend very little time on crime control." They spend more "time conducting racially biased stops & searches of minority drivers, often wo reasonable suspicion, rather than 'fighting crime.'" www.reuters.com/legal/govern...

Police are not primarily crime fighters, according to the datawww.reuters.com A new report adds to a growing line of research showing that police departments don’t solve serious or violent crimes with any regularity, and in fact, spend very little time on crime control, in contrast to popular narratives.

If you support action for a kinder Alexandria....

The report from the Alexandria TWU/GrA/DSA candidate forum is out! All the questions, all the answers, most of the candidates. grassrootsalexandria.org/mayoral-and-...

Mayoral and City Council Candidate Forum - GRASSROOTS ALEXANDRIAgrassrootsalexandria.org by Shira E. and Beth S. Caption: Candidates Aguirre, Bagley, Chapman, and Gaskins respond to a question about holding the school board accountable (photo by Jonathan Krall) On May 2, 2024, Grassroots ...

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Q6: Money for youth programs?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Q5: School board accountability?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Q4: Expand ARISE guaranteed income?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Q3: Continue fare-free DASH bus?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Alternatives to policing?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Pressure the sheriff on ICE?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Significantly increase housing funds?

At the TWU/GrA/DSA mayoral and city council candidate forum, we asked 8 yes/no questions. Local rent vouchers?

Alexandria city council will recognize National Arab American Heritage Month with a proclamation on Wed 4/24. If you'd like to come to support the Arab American community in Alexandria, please arrive in by 6:50 pm or so. Arab Americans and their supporters are welcome to attend.

It's official. After 400 years without truth-and-reconciliation to deal with a history of genocide, slavery, violence, and war, we have officially gone insane. Soooo.... now we need yard signs to tell people that we oppose genocide. You can oppose genocide too! bit.ly/m/ceasefirenow

Chesapeake Bay Bridge (both spans): 75,000/day Baltimore Harbor Tunnel: 75,000/day Baltimore Fort McHenry Tunnel: 125,000/day American Legion Bridge: 235,000/day Wilson Bridge: 250,000/day Francis Scott Key Bridge: 30,000/day Estimated replacement cost: $500 million Is replacement cost effective?

According to new survey of U.S. drivers, the average American is spending 20 percent of her monthly income on auto loans, fuel, insurance, maintenance, which is around twice ... of what financial experts recommend usa.streetsblog.org/2024/03/25/s...

Study: How Car Ownership is Keeping Americans From Financial Stability — Streetsblog USAusa.streetsblog.org As car costs continue to surge, American drivers are taking drastic measures to stay on the road — with troubling societal implications.

*🚨🚨STATE DEPARTMENT Emergency Protest* Today, we are convening at the State Department to "greet" Israel's Defense Minister, Yoav Gallant. *Location:* Intersection of 22nd and C Street *Time:* 2:15 PM PLEASE SHARE to spread. If you have bullhorns or sound systems please bring them if possible!

Alexandria City Council passed a Medicare For All resolution tonight. Thanks to volunteers from GrA, TWU, and DSA NoVA and to Councilmember Bagley for introducing it. One more point on the national map of M4All support, and the first in Virginia

Don Beyer supporting Canek Aguirre for Alexandria city council

Why is the majority of the arena-related transportation funding going to bring more cars to Alexandria? Even the conceptual graphics are all about cars. Unlike transit, cars do not add to quality of life. #thisisnthealthy

So where are the strong? Who are the trusted? Who, in #AlexandriaVA is willing to come to face to face with the specter of human rights? grassrootsalexandria.org/please-suppo...

Please support Alexandrians for Palestinian Human Rights - GRASSROOTS ALEXANDRIAgrassrootsalexandria.org As many of you may be aware, a growing coalition of individuals and groups, acting under the banner Alexandrians for Palestinian Human Rights, is calling for a ceasefire in Gaza. Specifically, they ar...