#Poverty

Zoe Gardner

ZoeJardiniere

So, we hear on #r4today that a new report (unnamed) criticises the Home Office for not knowing how many undocumented immigrants are in the UK. By definition, nobody knows.But, a

Yang Gao, PhD

Yang_Aotearoa

As a #Xinjiang-born ethnic minority Chinese who spent almost 20 years in #Urumqi, received higher education in #Beijing and lucky enough to do advanced studies in different western countries, I

brandy

brandleminaj

When I was 11 my mom would let our neighbor use water from our hose bc his utilities were shut off (he was elderly and living off of SS). Apparently

Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘

Prof_AmyBrown

I wrote this 4 years ago. Nothing has changed despite numerous lets tackle obesity strategies. Cycling though... Nice idea but nobody is obese because they don't have a free bike.

Aditya Dasgupta

_adasgupta

It seems that the rationale that this antipoverty intervention conducted among the "ultrapoor" with a proselytizing religious organization in the Philippines is OK because: i) it was invitation-based; ii) the

Iron Spike

Iron_Spike

LRT: People who have been following me for years are probably sick of hearing about it, BUT: In my 20s, a common feature of comic conventions was a row in

T. R. Okuna

XivTroy

Even in the hinterland, morality was implausible. There can't be a moral act without a victim. I arrived late and missed my bus. I had to book the only available

Dan Honig

rambletastic

The UK's Department for International Development (@DFID_UK) ceased to be yesterday. https://www.gov.uk/government/news/prime-minister-announces-merger-of-department-for-international-development-and-foreign-office This is a bad idea fo

Jennifer Pagliaro

jpags

As he told me Tuesday, Tory has proposed a series of policing reforms to be debated at the upcoming council meeting: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2020.CC22.2 There is no immediate action to defund the

Sara Wezzie

sarawezzie

It #InternationalDayofDisabledPeople today and I’d really like to ask more of my able bodied mutuals to step up and get more engaged with what’s happening to disabled people where you

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telltaleangxl

THREAD: on FGM and how you can help FGM is a procedure that removes a part of the external female genitalia. Contrary to other claims this gruesome practice does not

Ontario Dad

ONT_Dad

Poverty is expensive. I know this because I've been in a place where I have to decide whether to pay for electricity or food with my paycheque. But why is

ONE WISE MAN™ | Good Habits. Good Life

OneWiseMan__

Some Mind-Blowing Facts About Indian History Every Indian Should Know.// A Thread // (1/9)>> India never invaded any country in her last 10000 years of history. (2/9)>> Although modern images

Timothy Snyder

TimothyDSnyder

1/20. Democracy is precious and exceptional. 2/20. Democracy is undone from within rather than from without. 3/20. The occasion to undo democracy is often an election. 4/20. The mechanism to

Mark Horvath

hardlynormal

W/ almost no budget, @invisiblepeople produced 7 mini-docs on homelessness. If you're looking to shift perceptions, pay attention to the messaging. We've been doing this longer than anyone in the

Andrea Sereda

andreasereda

Thanks to my colleague Dan Mackenzie for the following commentary:Homelessness is not something that is simply "tolerated," it is actively enforced. People do not simply "experience homelessness," they are forcibly

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