#Poverty

Nadine Nakagawa

NadineNakagawa

We need a real conversation about journalism & bias. There’s a veneer of so-called objectivity when there really is no such thing which is being revealed in some recent anti-poverty

Celeste Headlee

CelesteHeadlee

THREAD: Before any conservative tries to invoke George Orwell, let me tell you an interesting story about his first book. Orwell was a policeman in Burma while it was still

meghan van dyk

meghanvandyk

I had the opportunity to hear from NJ state officials today at a COVID-19 vaccine briefing for journalists, including BIPOC media outlets. It was organized by @CenterCoopMedia, and had live

Ganza

Ganza_aimhaya

We need hardship, struggle, and pain in our lives. We need it for improvement, so we can achieve, learn, evolve, and grow, but we also need it for our own sanity.

Thiyagarajan Maruthavanan (Rajan)

mtrajan

@morganhousel is one of the finest finance thinker & writer of our times. His ideas are like a magic wand for designing a good life. Every kid should know them

Julian Gravatt

JulianGravatt

1/6. IFS's 3rd annual report on education spending out today. 175 pages but the summary here covers the key points. They released the school section in September but there's some

Dr Ella Cockbain

DrEllaC

I just can’t. Government claiming it’ll defend free speech & stop “cancel culture”... by stifling academic freedom & defunding research that’s “political” 1/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2021/02/13/exclusive-uni

Hannah Natanson

hannah_natanson

It's increasingly clear that the pandemic is taking its worst educational toll on Black, Hispanic, low-income & English-learner children, & students with disabilities. I'm threading evidence here. I'll start with

Nick Kapur

nick_kapur

Scholars from many disciplines are rightfully demolishing @Harvard_Law prof. Mark Ramseyer for deliberately omitting historical evidence and misapplying both contract law and game theory in an article calling World War

Jack Schneider

Edu_Historian

Really excited to share this new piece in @AeraOpen, co-authored by @_jmnoonan, @ImRachelWhite, Doug Gagnon, and @ashleyjcarey: "Adding 'Student Voice' to the Mix: Perception Surveys and State Accountability Systems"https:

Stephanie Hurlburt

sehurlburt

I think I finally got closer to pinning down what bothers me about a lot of financial planning advice: it's the same thing that bothers me about a lot of

ORCBRAND - THE "NO" SAYER

BroncRad

"No nations no borders" is exactly a position of someone who lives in a powerful nation might hold. Those who come from colonized, often dominated nations, who had to struggle

Alex Maitland

alex_maitland1

Profits of 32 of the world’s largest companies jumped by $109bn in 2020, while 1/2 billion people are expected to be pushed into poverty, @Oxfam's latest research finds.A World War

Sunil Bhopal

sunilbhop

Another week in the paediatric clinic, another week of #Covid19 induced massive difficulty for children & families, particularly the poorest.Please! Whatever we think about schools, can we stop auto-speaking "children

Eve Keneinan 𝛗☦️ن

EveKeneinan

Much the same can be said of America as G. K. Chesterton said of Rome: “Man could do no more.” America is one of the greatest and noblest attempts to

Francesca Tacchi ★ Italian history & shitposting

jackdaw_writes

Serious talk about religion tho. The atheist stance that every religion, in every circumstance, is oppressive and 'irrational' is incredibly harmful and - yes, also racist, as it's rooted in

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