#Kids

Earlier today, @oren_cass and @wellscking released a report arguing for much larger cash benefits for families with children, but only for families with labor income.This thread contains a few of
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In addition to the unfathomable tragedy of 190,000 people dead, think of all the smaller painful losses Trump's lies & mismanagement have led to-- lost school years, canceled family reunions
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Settle in folks, because here’s some backstory even most of my friends don’t know.In July of 2015 my husband got laid off from his job the same week my post-doc
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1. We are all being asked to give things up to deal with this problem, but the sacrifices are not evenly distributed Sunetra Gupta. 2. “We are seeing inequality within
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I've spent years in the pro-2A scene, where NRA leadership was widely known to be as corrupt & self-dealing as the public now sees it is. So why the universal
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Imposing school standards on home Ed - a thread.The LGA published a report on “Children Missing Education” which 1) conflated HE with CME & 2) tried to use a definition
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Imagine if we banned coffee & caffeine tomorrow.Some coffee drinkers would quit.Others would buy black market coffee beans at high prices.In 5 years we'd see a thriving black market in
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In a renewed rage, I just allowed myself to remember that Daycare in NYC reopened in June, w/ minimal fanfare. Search for "Daycare NYC Safe" and you get a tiny
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"school pods are unfair to poor kids"easy fix:1. open schools2. re-allocate funding from closed schools to the parents of affected children to let them shop for education/podsif you support neither,
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A week ago, I asked @FCPSNews school board to protect my son's magnet school, TJ, from a race war. Ive since learned our K-12 kids are in the crosshairs of
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Actually, fuck it, I'll just say this straight outTorturing and abusing someone until they renounce, or develop new trauma around, their sexual interests is a form of sexual abuse. When
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Great article! I wholeheartedly agree, although reckless greed and mistreatment of labor seems to be celebrated as the American way. Those in power will never embrace change or go quietly.
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Hearing/Georgia Election: the info from lying to incompetence to criminal activity could literally fill a book. But let’s address some stuff NO ONE is paying attention to regarding the Georgia
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I just finished watching Cuties and wow...it was a tough film to watch. It was weird, disturbing, uncomfortable, and down right gross in certain parts. I think that makes the
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My kids are asleep and my wife's on call. So I have the evening to explore whether my latest acquisition might enable some of my students to access online learning
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I'm thinking clearly enough right now after Rose's death and all the other deaths I've had to survive over the past mumble mumble years, to not want to scream in
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