#Crisis

Lion सिंह

singhcp6

On march 11, 2020, WHO declared Corona virus outbreak as a pandemic and reiterated the call for countries to take immediate actions and scale up response to detect,treat and reduce

John Warner

biblioracle

I think it's important to remember that state legislatures are not designed around meeting the needs of citizens and fostering well-being. Their primary purpose is to balance the budget. This

Kerry

purplebootspol

Mental health: a threadThis week marked the 10th anniversary of me being discharged from a mother and baby psychiatric unit. I’d been an inpatient (with periods of home leave) for

Richard 🌞 Spencer

RichardBSpencer

I have, rather reluctantly, come to the conclusion that a) some kind of "herd immunity" to #COVID19 is inevitable and b) knowing this, bringing about this outcome in a reasonable

Tyler Huckabee

TylerHuckabee

After 3 white cops beat a Black man named Robert Hall to death, a panel issued a 178-page report on America's police "failings" which found that while both white and

Joshua Salem

Joshuahsalem

America failed Bernie Sanders:In a time of crisis, with over 10,000 Americans dead from a pandemic, Americans across the country have decided that universal healthcare, free college, ending wars, and

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

Why is Trump so desperate to raise oil prices, even though America is a net oil importer? 1/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/12/business/energy-environment/opec-russia-saudi-arabia-oil-coronavirus.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Home

Eli Savit

EliNSavit

"Severe overreach" puts it kindly.The MI Supreme Court struck down the relevant emergency powers law on "nondelegation" grounds--a doctrine that prohibits the Legislature from delegating power to the Executive if

O₿iWan

ObiWanKenoBit

0/End of a CycleOver the last 11 years a debt fueled speculative economy with multiple asset bubbles has been primed for correction. Will this be remembered as the Great Crash

ًsam!!

XEPHSWlNGS

a thread of carrds you can check out:https://twitter.com/tylerrjoseph/status/1301265619724177409 this carrd has resources to many different issueshttps://allcards.carrd.co/ this also has many resources as wellhttps://dotherightthing.c

UK NPM

UKNPM

In the rapidly changing context of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak, we would like to provide some updates on how the UK NPM is approaching the crisis and taking forward our

Rachel Strohm

RachelStrohm

Thread: I've got a new piece out at @africaarguments talking about how public markets and cash transfers can mitigate the economic effects of coronavirus in Africa. It rounds up research

Vinay Prasad MD MPH

VPrasadMDMPH

A terrific, courageous and data-driven article, but reading the comments is painful.A few thoughts...[Thread]https://twitter.com/ProfEmilyOster/status/1314572214621143040 The intervention is Closing Schools. Let's be clear.And it is not

Rachel Cohen

rmc031

I had a chance to read @AlecMacGillis's new story on remote learning. https://www.propublica.org/article/the-students-left-behind-by-remote-learning It's definitely worth a read, but I do feel some important aspects of school reopen

Kris McNeill

krismcneill

I got the sad news that last Sunday night Prof. Tom Dunne of Reed College passed away in his sleep of natural causes (age 89). Tom was my undergraduate thesis

Nduta Kangethe

NdutaKangethe

Re-opening Schools- A threadOn March 13th 2020, Kenya announced its first case of COVID 19. On 15th March 2020, the government closed all institutions of learning. At the time, there