#Democracy

Charlane Oliver

CharlaneO

What we're seeing play out in TN and Republican legislatures across the country are racially-motivated voter suppression bills aimed at restricting power from minorities to prevent another Nov 2020 election

Cheri Jacobus

CheriJacobus

I'm sick and tired of MAGAs acting like abusers and the rest of us have to tiptoe around them and pretend they're not lying, pretend they are informed, pretend they

marc ambinder

marcambinder

Journalists do have a agenda. The quicker we admit it, the more crisply we can shape it. (Truth, participation, evidence, democracy, science, curiosity, anti-corruption, anti-authoritarian.). That’s our side. This is

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐚 𝐓. 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐲𝐚𝐧

alistoyan

THREAD: Given that we can't change what's happened in Bolivia, a question that deeply worries me: at this point, what agreement might be acceptable to both the MAS and the

Hermy🍌Ana Pinto

Hermy_Blake

I've watched something yesterday that urged me to speak up, especially in a day such as today. For those who are not from Portugal, they are most likely unaware that

Rachel Coldicutt

rachelcoldicutt

When I wrote this https://www.doteveryone.org.uk/2019/11/better-than-ethics/ last year I hadn’t yet read @schock’s Design Justice or @laurenfklein @kanarinka’s Data Feminism, which have me reframe more succinctly: tech ethics should r

A.R. Buckle

JuliusGoat

They never cared about deficits, never cared about fiscal responsibility.They never cared about national security.Never cared about corruption.Or freedom of speech.Or preventing terrorism.Never actually even wanted to reduce abortions.It was

Sunanda Vashisht

sunandavashisht

Angela Merkel’s statement that Germany/West ‘allowed’ India to become a large pharmaceutical producer is extremely unfortunate and shortsighted. India is a rising power of 1.3 billion people who are hardworking

Thibaut Raboin

ThibautRaboin

1/5 A short thread on my chapter in #RefugeInAMovingWorld edited by @FiddianQasmiyeh & published by @UCLpressChapter 10 is about discourses of advocacy for SOGI asylum in the UK. #EncountersInDisplacement https://www.uclpress.co.uk/prod

Erin Handley

erinahandley

Myanmar’s ethnic minority groups banded together for a protest against the coup in Melbourne today. A thread Mie Mie and Khine say they want to free Burma from dictatorship.

Bartłomiej Znojek

BartekZnojek

Venezuela opposition Henrique Capriles' open letter on why he considers (unlike Guaidó opposition circle) that it is needed to participate in the 6 Dec elections. He sees Maduro’s invitation to

Anand Giridharadas

AnandWrites

A respectful PSA to any of you who may have mistakenly followed me thinking I would only interview people you adore.I'm a journalist. I have interviewed AOC and Steve Bannon,

Chad Topaz

chadtopaz

This morning's thread: Chad contends with public damage done by a colleague. A.K.A. I swear, we DO know how to do (and teach) mathematics and statistics at @WilliamsCollege. A.K.A. I

Claire Mellier-Wilson

clmellier

And here we go again... The reduction of VAT on train tickets (one of the Convention's measures) has been rejected by parliament. In June, when the Convention's Citizens voted, they

David Roberts

drvolts

I used to wonder, "what level of threat would rouse the institutional Democratic Party to actually FIGHT, fight like desperate people willing to do anything to save their country?" It's

Radio Chinar

RadioChinar

#Pakistan sponsored #terrorists are trying to derail democracy in #KashmirBy killing political leaders, these Pak stooges wants to create fear & distrust, hampering the development initiatives taken by Govt. Because