#Opinion

Rim-Sarah Alouane

RimSarah

1- The French Law Strengthening Republican principles that was adopted by the National Assembly is a very regressive piece of legislation that dangerously curtails civil liberties and human rights and

elizabeth bruenig

ebruenig

If you were given dominion over 50 souls and tasked with executing any 13 of them, how would you decide who to kill? A thread.https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/18/opinion/federal-death-penalty.html?smid=tw-share In 1972's Furman v. Georgi

Glenn Greenwald

ggreenwald

There have been a lot of discussions about this and a lot of progress made toward it. As is turns out, super-rich people are not extremely fond of parting with

Norman C

NormanC28839418

There's so many issues with this that it's hard to know where to start, but the use of data really must not be allowed to go unaddressed. It's pretty much

Benita Fernando

benitafernando

It's the first Monday of 2021, so may I recommend some good old fashioned daydreaming? We love to say we are "busy" and then we go on "breaks", which we

Melanee Thomas

MelaneeLThomas

Disinformation is when content -- correct and incorrect -- is presented to lead people to draw a particular, often incorrect or misleading political conclusion. The Fair Deal Panel is an

Operation Cupcake

PhillipsBarrie

The Jewish Labour Movement acted as a proxy for the Israeli embassy, a document obtained by The Electronic Intifada reveals.“We work with Shai, we know him very well,” the group’s

Angus Robertson

AngusRobertson

With only weeks to go until the Scottish Parliament elections the Scottish Conservatives are using Trumpian rhetoric and tactics which should concern everybody. The evidence is there for all to

Margot Cleveland

ProfMJCleveland

If you want to form your own opinion on the merits of Texas' case, here's what I recommend you do:1) Read this: https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/12/pennsylvania-mail-in-ballot-snafu-is-ripe-for-the-u-s-supreme-court-to-intervene/ 2

kim!!

kimaoko

I’ll start this off by saying: I don't mind having a discussion with anyone on this but if you start being a dick about it, i'll probably block youI think

Adam Townsend

adamscrabble

Quick thread about POLLS. They're back. Polls give an appearance of “data-driven journalism”, but they are not. They make it effortless to form an opinion with no information assembly required.

Sam Wineburg

samwineburg

History teachers, from high school to college: Worthwhile things to do in the history classroom, Episode #1. Assessment. I know, it’s dreaded word. Bad reputation well-deserved. 1/14 I’ve long been

Nisha Thampi

NishaOttawa

1/It's the eve of provincial announcements on schools reopening for in-person instruction.Households are under stress and experts are divided on whether schools are unicorns or infernos.Everyone wants to do right

Modern Labour

modernuklabour

The 2019 general election was a disaster for the Labour party. Entirely predictable — and predicted, which made it even more painful to see decent, compassionate candidates who genuinely care

Amanda Knox

amandaknox

People often assume that the worst my moment of my life was that first guilty verdict, where I collapsed in the courtroom. Or that nothing could be worse than those

Alex

JewishWonk

On this day in 1945 Soviet forces liberated Auschwitz-Birkenau. It was the largest concentration and death camp. 1.1 million people, 90% of them Jews, were murdered there. Today it is

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