#Poverty

Samuele Onelia

samueleonelia

LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN SO GOOD Global child mortality is at its lowest since ever #ThankYouCapitalism /1https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/global-child-mortality-timeseries Life expectancy in the world is above 70. It was way lower. And

tenn

tennisonok

I was a foster kid who was screwed over by the system and forced to move in w an abusive mom. I now live in poverty wondering if anyone will

Amy Hassett

AmyHassett

To add another perspective on this, here is the reality facing those of us with IRC funding/ studying a PhD and a disability (A thread).My wheelchair friendly accommodation costs €800

Brad Wilcox

WilcoxNMP

C'mon, Ezra. I'm all for Romney's new child allowance. But @swinshi's concerns about its potential effects on family & work are *legit*. It's not fair to dismiss them as "mean."

Da Natty Dread

ZeeNTheCity

Do I really want to watch a documentary about crack after cursing out a patient yesterday for selling their phone for a rock. “Nurse Z you mad at me?”(He’s one

Bikrum Gill

realDrcabbie

While India is dismantling its farmer support programs, China is promising to increase the minimum purchase price it offers to grain producers.Why are the two states responding so differently to

Tanya Ha

Ha_Tanya

Politicians should NOT have to have a personal experience, connection or relationship to DO THE RIGHT THINGS. They just have to be a good human.You do not have to be

Samantha Melamed

samanthamelamed

I was detained Tuesday while doing my job, reporting the news, right here in America. A few people have been asking me what I think about that, if I’m OK,

Gelato

Sorbettogelatos

Quoting @sarahkendzior ...Today the attack on the poor is no longer cloaked in ideology—it is ideology itself. This ideology is not shared by most Americans, butExcerpt From: "The View from

anton

atroyn

a cultural vacuum is forming between elite retreat from the public and the increasing nihilism the public is left with (cribbing from @antoniogm interview with martin gurri)https://twitter.com/atroyn/status/1287789048061243395 people won’

Sarah Huckabee Sanders

SarahHuckabee

As governor, I will not be intimidated by the serious challenges we face. I will courageously lead... I will take on the bureaucracy, reduce the cost and size of government,

The Dread Pirate Jussim

PsychRabble

Ok, hold on to your hats. Double Black Scholar/Public Intellectual Treat Thread.1/n ending in END.Coleman Hughes @coldxman has a great long essay on the deep independent thinker, Thomas Sowell. I

peter booty

peetahbooty

I love it when I read or hear stories about POC who succeed, despite social, economical, and other various obstacles they faced on their path. It’s inspiring. But what I

Ashawo Giggles 🏳️‍🌈

YaaAsantewaaBa

I think it's unfair to equate wanting the fantasized imagery to stop with wanting to be seen only in terms of colonialism. In fact, I'd argue that the images created

Eliza Mondegreen

elizamondegreen

Some activists come to believe that fictions can better serve the cause—perhaps even conceptualized as a 'greater truth'—than inconvenient facts. But this approach won't serve these causes well. When it

Annie Andrews, MD

annielintzenich

1/By the time I met you it was too late. You had been shot multiple times and would probably never walk again. You were angry. You didn’t want to be

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