#Social

David Frum

davidfrum

In February 1981, pro-Franco army officers attacked the Spanish Parliament hoping to halt Spain's evolution toward democracy and liberalism. 1/x The coup was soon suppressed, in large part because of

Shikha

shikha_shrivas

1. On Sep 11, I was watching horrific visuals of World Trade Center burning (the towers were still standing). I immediately spoke to a close friend who was also a

Jessica Metheringham

QuakerDissent

Primary schools may not open this week. I understand that, and it’ll be ok. It is probably the right decision, hard though it is. However, I’m seeing a lot of

Michael Lough

mickylough95

It's easy to sound a bit dramatic when you lose games in League One because every defeat feels like an insult. That's not arrogant, if Shrewsbury found themselves in the

Tony McDonough

tonymc39

1/9 Thread..Today I saw the best of Merseyside and the worst of it.Sarah-Jane Morton, a @UKLabour councillor for Liverpool Clubmoor (an area I know well), called her party leader @Keir_Starmer

EM Simpson

charlie_simpson

With an academic lens: studies of protest and social movements typically focus on the "rebels' dilemma" - the collective action problem of getting people to show upbut there is also

Timothy Layton

timothyjlayton

New Paper Alert "The Liquidity Sensitivity of Healthcare Consumption: Evidence from Social Security Payments"joint w/ @talgross and Daniel Prinz (Who is on the job market! Hire him!)@nberpubs WP released today:

Zaddy Aang 🧦🌐🔰🌹

SocksxMC

WHY "PREJUDICE + POWER = RACISM" IS BAD, a thread:If you're in any kind of politics/social justice-related social media and real-life circles, you have no doubt heard from many an

Sammie Lynn !™🏁💜💛 ♊ ™️

_MahoganyL0VE

I really feel like we are going to move into a society where monogamy is no longer going to exist. A thread If it’s not polygamy going on in front

Tanzila Anis.

aaliznat

Hijab and Burkha are social evils. Don't glorify them for the sake of being woke under the guise of 'choice' Keep getting pressed. Idgaf. You guys who are outraging are

Adam Hamdy

adamhamdy

1. A little over 4 years ago, I started work on Black 13, an espionage thriller set against the backdrop of far right radicalism, which publishes in paperback today. Some

Son of Mighty Humanzee

HZardoz

But we will have neither when Trump leaves office. Also, how much of the declassified documents, ordered nearly 2 years ago, have we seen?This is the problem the intellectual class

Paige Byerly

paigebyerly

I’m glad to see the swift action around de-platforming an accused abuser today. I’m a bit surprised at how swift it was, but it makes sense since his platform was

Cathy Reisenwitz 🏗🌐🥑

CathyReisenwitz

2019 survey: 86% of white evangelical Protestants & 70% of white mainline Protestants and white Catholics said that the “Confederate flag is more a symbol of Southern pride than of

A Little More Optimistic

Lazybastid

This is my first real experience with tech businesses doing, I assume, what is the tech business way of doing things and...woo. It's a lot of "let us all reason

💣 shackleton 💣

shackle_ton

Why saddle up to chivalrously defend the honor of media companies? They're not going to award you good boy points if you manage to unhorse people on the point of

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