#Poverty

Dr. Asatar Bair

asatarbair

Should we attribute the massive increases in life expectancy that have occurred both in socialist and capitalist countries to their economic system (which is clearly ideological), or to technology and

Tech Bro

OdunEweniyi

No nation in the world can build sustainable wealth until most of its citizens can access and afford financial services.Financial inclusion in Nigeria: Eye service only @StearsBusiness https://www.stearsng.com/premium/article/financial-incl

Chase Strangio

chasestrangio

One thing that always troubles me about #TDoR2020 is how the focus on the individually-perpetrated acts of violence can obscure the systemically facilitated death of so many trans people

player’s ball attendee

daviddupreejr

Something’s gotta give in this city bro. Too many Black youth in Knoxville are dying or succumbing to the violent systems being implemented in our communitieshttps://twitter.com/cole_sull/status/1361868810630934528 Almost half the Black

🍒 Andrew Fletcher 🍒

ScotiaIndyref2

1/6 Camp Street soup kitchen, Motherwell-1926- General Strike.The early 1920's saw an almost catastrophic decline in coal mining and heavy industry in Scotland. For the towns of Motherwell and Wishaw,

ArielTroster

ArielTroster

1/ A few final thoughts re: schools. We are not Texas or Florida. If I lived there, I would not be advocating to re-open schools. They have 10,000 new infections

Venkatesh Rao

vgr

Imagine a homeless person who's clearly not all there, sitting muttering on the sidewalk in the middle of what looks like a loose pile of trash and possessions -- soiled

Scheaffer Okore

scheafferoo

In 2019 women lamented on Always pads in KE,Always ppl were busy taking influencers on a tripIn 2020 Always ppl claimed they'd heard & would do better for women, only

Spike Cohen

RealSpikeCohen

#BlackHistoryMonth In 1825, Black residents of New York City began buying over 100 plots of land north of the city. They took advantage of low property prices from subdivided farmland

Judy Heumann

judithheumann

Each month, my friend Nanette Goodman will highlight important statistics about disability in our series called #FactsThenAct where we highlight the strengths and limitations of data as well as knowing

The Met Skipper

themetskipper

If anything good has come out of recent events it is this: We are finally having a frank discussion around stop & search, and to be honest, it’s well overdue.If

Allen Ray

2CynicAl65

My favorite aunt passed away from COVID this morning. She followed every guideline, was locked away with my uncle in their assisted living townhouse, and wore masks constantly. They both

Ramez Naam

ramez

A short thread on Climate Justice, prompted by this great New York Times article on the global inequality of suffering from heat. 1/n When I hear the words "Climate Justice",

Bob Greenstein

GreensteinCBPP

After two months of delay, we continue to wait for Senate Republicans’ next #COVID relief plan. But indications from public officials and news reports are that it will be highly

Antonia Bance

antoniabance

When schools (rightly) closed last week, we knew many working mums (& dads) would be plunged into the nightmare of trying to work AND look after their kids AND homeschool.

Michael Paulauski

mike10010100

So weird to see progressives turn on... progressive tax credit policy.Probably because tax credits aren't cool enough. I mean they'll halve child poverty, but who wants that? And $15 minimum

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