#Americans

Austin Clemens

AustinClemens2

Last of four analyses of the new 2019 Survey of Consumer Finances at @equitablegrowth, with @Raksha_Kopparam. Should we be worried about student debt? Yes. (thread!)https://equitablegrowth.org/the-rising-number-of-u-s-households-with-burden

J. L. Hamilton

absinthol

Joe Biden wants to regulate "assault weapons" and "high-capacity magazines" under the National Firearms Act, giving Americans two choices:1. sell them to the government2. pay a $200 tax in order

Victory

IHaveVictory

Can we talk about how this whole “African spirituality” is being marketed to us Black people? Spirits are being presented to our people in disguise of “connecting with your ancestors”

Ethan Grey

_EthanGrey

Somebody asked me today: "How can anyone vote for Donald Trump and think this is America at its best?" What follows is a thread where I want to focus on

Sean Casten

SeanCasten

There is a very dangerous conversation going on suggesting that the path to beating COVID is through herd immunity. This is massively dangerous, and will lead to the death of

Steve Phillips

StevePtweets

#Veepstakes are underway & while everyone has an opinion for @joebiden there’s little actual data. Donors of Color Action released only poll thus far asking voters how they'd feel abt

Adam Serwer 🍝

AdamSerwer

With 6.6 million unemployed and more than 6k Americans dead, it would be wrong to investigate the US response to the pandemic, instead of key priorities like Hunter Biden.https://twitter.com/byronyork/status/1246038434759794688 Yeah

Chloé S. Valdary 📚

cvaldary

This sums up @DrIbram ‘s premise pretty well I think and what’s horrible about it is not it’s sophist attempt at reducing America to its ills but in its casual,

National Conference of Black Political Scientists

NCOBPSTweets

.......More information on Race, African Americans, and COVID-19. Data and Race - https://www.propublica.org/article/early-data-shows-african-americans-have-contracted-and-died-of-coronavirus-at-an-alarming-rate/amp?__twitter_impression=true. 1/ Publ

Thomas B. Harvey

tbh4justice

Today would have been Eleanor Bumpurs' 102nd birthday if NYPD hadn't killed her during an eviction in 1984 over $400. When you think about the millions of people who are

Hannah

hannahghafary

If Trump defunds USPS, small businesses may be forced to raise prices bc shipping w privatized mailers like UPS/Fedex is significantly more expensive. Even worse, USPS is the 2nd largest

Heath Mayo

HeathMayo

COVID arrived in the US on January 13. Wednesday is May 13.That’s four months. Four months to figure things out, to communicate a plan, & to get testing & tracing

Crazy Sexy Cool

JustAGurLnSwedn

WHY does the Democratic nominee always have to pander, and have a PLAN for their specific group? Republicans don't give a SHIT about anybody but their own white wealthy Americans....

Elizabeth Warren

ewarren

This was not a confirmation hearing. This was a farce.https://twitter.com/CNN/status/1319768271122518017 No Supreme Court nominee has ever been confirmed this close to a presidential election? Republicans say “no problem” and plunge

Jasmin Mujanović

JasminMuj

Assume for a sec that the US is in the midst of a constitutional crisis (it is). Notice how the stores are still open, your bus completed its usual route

Doug Lindner

DougLindner

Court expansion is restitution, not retribution. Americans have voted Dem in 7 of last 8 national elections. Rs invented a principle to deny Obama a seat, then Trump *lost popular