#Poverty

KP

KP_8994

My 17 year old student was shot and killed while leaving the funeral of his 18 year old friend, who was also shot and killed. I’m heartbroken, I’m angry, and

Justin

JustinTarnation

Damn it’s like you know me personally.https://twitter.com/pholanthropist/status/1355886586240634880 I used to wonder how much and how many future generations have had their lives irreparably damaged from having to take care of

Southern Meff

misanthropicc92

A Black person doesn’t commit crime against another Black person because they’re Black. Conflating all interpersonal crime as “Black on Black” is how socioeconomic factors alongside contextual details related to

Jay Hancock

jayhancock1

Nice work by @brianmrosenthal. Hospital group run by Cuomo pal suing lots of patients. Northwell Health says it "has a financial-assistance program for low-income patients that is more generous than

Venessa Wong

venessawong

The impact of the pandemic on people with disabilities has been devastating. America's disability insurance system (SSDI) provides benefits that put many recipients at or near poverty levels. COVID-19 prevents

Sally Goldenberg

SallyGold

.@Dr_CMGreer to @AndrewYang "I haven't been a fan from when you ran for the presidency...The blue hat crew for me is a little too similar to the red hat crew

Gabriel Zucman

gabriel_zucman

The 18 wealthiest Americans now own 1.25% of all US wealth — a share 10 times as large as in 1982(Source: http://gabriel-zucman.eu/files/SaezZucman2020JEP.pdf) With an 8% annual wealth tax for deca-billionaires

Family Income Support Team at CBPP

TeamTANF_CBPP

Sobering analysis from @WashUSPI: among a sample of renters, half who received #TANF were evicted, compared to just 1.5% of those not receiving TANF. 1/7 https://socialpolicyinstitute.wustl.edu/cash-assistance-tanf-recipients-suffer-the-bru

AJ🌹B L M

meatprism_

Fuck it. Let’s talk about how we need to recontextualize the systems of mental healthcare and social work to truly address how inequality harms individuals while we’re at it. Covering

Ayanna Pressley

AyannaPressley

Good afternoon. Dr. King was an anti-war, anti-capitalist justice seeker who rejected poverty, racism, militarism and the death penalty. He challenged the hypocrisy of "socialism for the rich and capitalism

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breadpolls

just because avatar the last airbender is well written it does not mean it’s suddenly free from criticism. as much as atla is a good show it misrepresents different asian

Shuaib.

ShuaibKhan26

1/10 570 Educational staff have died since December. With mixed messages & the experts telling us schools are “safe”, this offers no peace to these grieving families. With no intervention

neal rice

flakealso

80% of restaurant workers still serving customers report a decline in tips and 40% report an increase in sexual harassment, and i am willing to bet its because of the

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

For 200 years the wealthy have been telling us the planet is overpopulated and something needs to be done. It wasn't true in the 1800s, it's still not true today.

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asideoftrashpl1

Asian-American s: can people stop calling us colonizers uwu don’t use heavy terms for fandom discourseAsian-Asians: actually, the policing of Asian fandoms according to western identity politics, and blanket labeling

Mona Pinchis-Paulsen

loyaladvisor

W/ @USTradeRep support over the weekend for @NOIweala it seems as if multilateralism didn't see its shadow after all. This week, my IEL & Development students get to consider the

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