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‘Thomas Abt of the Council on Criminal Justice, in Washington, says data so far for 2020 suggest “the largest single-year increase in homicides ever reported in the US’The ‘Ferguson Effect’?
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Assuming that HMG sticks with its apparent plan of scrapping parts of Withdrawal Agreement and doing without an EU-UK trade accord, I foresee 10 consequences - a short thread. @CER_EU
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Two weeks ago the federal gov't decided to close fish farms in BC's discovery islands. https://bit.ly/2WQUkfw  #coastaljobsgone Regardless of my position on open-net salmon farming, I think this policy rollout
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Cool cool cool Bill and Melinda Gates funding an article trying to use "cultural competence" to set the stage for African child labor....in a colonizer publication. I'M SCREAMING!"Is international concern
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[Thread] Yesterday I appeared on Politics Wales on the BBC to discuss concerns I’ve been raising about the fact that the cost for dualling the final part of the A465
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1/ You know what we've not heard for a bit? The Test & Trace success percentages. Anyway, they are available weekly to Jan 6th https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nhs-test-and-trace-england-statistics-31-december-2020-to-6-ja
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Does having women in top positions help close the gender pay gap?This fascinating research from the US suggests the answer might be "no". They find no difference in the earnings
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A poll has found that more Welsh voters would vote to rejoin the European Union than those who would vote against in a referendum.http://bit.ly/3sLs7pa  According to the Welsh Barometer Poll,
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The new trend in LGBTQ+ EDI is aiming for "increased visibility of LGBTQ staff." This is an admirable goal, but requires additional support that needs to come with that messaging.
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New article on the social protection of immigrants in voluntary unemployment insurance systems, published (OA) in the Journal of European Social Policy. The study received the 2020 Doctoral Research Prize
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WTO backed by Western countries have always wanted to dismantle support systems for farmers in developing countries including India while pumping in federal payments to its farmers. Trump gave 46
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So earlier in the week I began a list of who or what I would drop in an independent Scotland. The following is an open list which includes suggestions from
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Anyone surprised by this has not been paying attention. This government is not convinced by devolution. And here’s the thing, that’s ok... 1/https://twitter.com/hrwritesnews/status/1328470172177412097 The 97 devolution settlement only w
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Ok. I’m trying to be hopeful and optimistic. I’m on the Freelance Task Force and I intend to do what I can to open conversations within the industry and beyond
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Interesting thread, but I don't think ecosocialists or degrowthers are arguing that if German socialists had come to power the world would be green by now. Socialism is not automatically
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Do you like Klimt? Do you like WW2 authoritarian architecture with a naval twist?Do you like both, with a backhanded bird raised at Nazis?If so, read on... Thread Yesterday I
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