#Anniversary

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RaiNotWheat

19 years ago today, my Aunt Deepa Pakkala left her home in New Jersey to go to the World Trade Center for work and never came home. She was only

John Gans

johngansjr

A week after watching the Towers fall from my window on 9/11, I was hired by FEMA to serve as a media liaison at ground zero. I was given a

Julián Castro

JulianCastro

1. 50 yrs ago, a week after MLK's assassination, President Johnson signed into law the Fair Housing Act, which promised to address racial housing discrimination & proactively dismantle the pervasive

J.B. White

RattlerGator

1 of 70I’ve rushed to finish this. Consider yourself warned.In early 2016 I met with a political friend in South Florida. On my trips there we’d get together sometime for

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

75th anniversary of the Trinity atomic bomb test! Some wondeful stories about how the Manhattan Project influenced science & culture.https://insidescience.org/manhattan-project-legacy https://twitter.com/dschwa8059/status/12835928078784

Buffy Wicks

BuffyWicks

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act—a major milestone in the fight for disability rights.But the fight for justice continues. Thread on progress made, and promises

Danny Boy

Care2much18

A certain Irish woman is running around spreading hatred towards non-white immigrants.One thing I'm guilty of is not doing enough to counter messages of hate with ones of positivity.So here's

Neil Shenvi

NeilShenvi

In the last few months, many prominent evangelical leaders have warned about #CriticalTheory in its various forms. Here's a short thread collecting the statements of Carl Ellis Jr., Tim Keller,

Anne Thériault

anne_theriault

I wrote for @FLAREfashion about the 30th anniversary of the École Polytechnique shooting and what the next 30 years of National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women

Stephen Stapczynski

SStapczynski

Japan imported its 1st shipment of liquefied natural gas 50 years ago today. Now the nation is the world’s largest buyer of the fuel (and pioneered the industry)Hiroshi Anzai is

Megan McArdle

asymmetricinfo

So I'm advising people to skip the big Thanksgiving, even though yes, most people who go to a big family Thanksgiving dinner will not die!https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/my-no-1-thanksgiving-tip-dont-gather-this-year/2020/11/17/

📚Philliteracy📚

Philliteracy

Yesterday was the anniversary of the death of an intriguing figure: publisher & satirist Hugh Shimmin (1820-1879)- friend & scourge of philanthropy in Liverpool in the late C19.In case you’ve

Midlands Movies

MidlandsMovies

Well, it's been a really harsh year for everyone and after hearing from the region's filmmakers recently I thought that despite the toughest of years, it would be great to

The Cart Horse

TheCartHorse1

When Nigel told 'leave voters' he was leading the fight against 'the establishment'.Ladies & GentlemenI give you, the establishment #Brexit links to #TrumpOn 28th Oct 2020Farage calls Trump the'LeAdEr of

People's City Council - Los Angeles

PplsCityCouncil

Jokes aside about how the earthquake was an act of god to smite valley electeds for being exceptionally awful, it was a grim reminder of how fragile our disaster relief

Ahmed Hussen

HonAhmedHussen

5 years ago during one of the world's worst refugee crisis, stepped up to resettle 73K Syrian refugees. This didn't happen by itself, it took leadershipThread: Our Govt did not

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