#Americans

Rugged King

RuggedKing1

People who are saying Kenyans need to riot like Americans need to understand how different the context of police in this country is. A thread. Neo-colonialism is still rooted in

Esai

officialesai

I’m sick to my fucking stomach watching/reading the news feeling like every day I’m learning a new name. BLACK AMERICANS ARE BEING SLAUGHTERED DAILY. This government was created to oppress

Amelia

ActuallyAmelia

Did a survey at uni of Japanese folks on how they felt about recent releases The Last Samurai, Lost in Translation, and Memoirs of a Geisha.Most: "Happy to see our

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Watching the news now is a dizzying horror, an exercise in self-flagellation.That's what Trump wants. Authoritarians depend on endless scandal to break the public will and train them to expect

Andrew Feinberg

AndrewFeinberg

NEW: I spoke with @MaryLTrump about the chances of @IvankaTrump or @DonaldJTrumpJr continuing a "Trump dynasty." She said neither “would for one second think they’re fit for or worthy of

John

jack_john60

Chris Hayes brought up a vry good point. For all you sort sighted and even shorter memory Republicans. In 2009 Obama asked and got an 890billion stimulus package NOT A

Et tu, Mbopha kaSithayi?

Khuze_Elikhulu

I'm watching "David Attenborough: A Life On Our Planet" and as interesting and spectacular and thought provoking as the film is, he glibly skips over colonisation as the main driver

Rep. Gerry Connolly

GerryConnolly

I spoke with the Postmaster General again today. She could not have been more clear: The Postal Service will collapse without urgent intervention, and it will happen soon.We’ve pleaded with

Jared Yates Sexton

JYSexton

Nothing Biden proposed last night was "radical."It was an uncontroversial plan to modernize America after decades of intentional destruction on behalf of the wealthy and powerful.We have to recognize how

Alec MacGillis

AlecMacGillis

"In WI and OH, farmers are dumping thousands of gallons of milk. An Idaho farmer has dug huge ditches to bury 1 million pounds of onions. And in FL, tractors are crisscrossing

Eric Topol

EricTopol

3 optimistic essays: the path to ending the pandemic1."Although attempts to delegitimize vaccines have posed a serious threat to human health, anti-vaccination movements, at least in the long run, have

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

It's been 13 years since @NaomiAKlein's Shock Doctrine described the neoliberal playbook: crises are seized as a moment to smuggle in policies that could not pass public muster under normal

Pouissant

Pouissant1

Part 1In three short months, just like He did with the plagues of Egypt, God has taken away everything we worship. God said, "you want to worship athletes, I will

Elbridge Colby

ElbridgeColby

Among many other things, Macron’s statements are just puzzling. Russia is clearly the most direct serious military threat to major parts of Europe. https://www.nato.int/docu/review/articles/2018/12/20/vostok-2018-ten-years-of-russian-strategic-exerci

Gregg Gonsalves

gregggonsalves

In normal times. In normal times, @CDCgov, @NIH & @US_FDA would have been empowered to lead our response to #SARSCOV2. 1/ In normal times. In normal times, experts on every

Jason Beale

jabeale

Shouldn't be, I suppose, but it's a bit stunning to see Obama trot out a succession of false/debunked innuendo and lies as a central part of his big campaign speech