#Poverty

Albert Pinto

70sBachchan

India-wide lockdowns for 21 days. Modi - "If we don't handle these 21 days well, then our country, your family will go backwards by 21 years". Food & essentials provision

lyssa⁷

taesbambi

thread of donation links to help lebanon: https://linktr.ee/solidarityforlebanon https://www.gofundme.com/f/lebanonneedsorg?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/a

John Eligon

jeligon

1/14 NEW: We've talked a lot about the structural reasons Covid19 is hitting black folks hard: pre-existing conditions, insurance, poverty, etcLess discussed is the most uncomfortable factor: racial bias at

John Oakley

jonokli

On the Land of Hope and glory faux furore. Firstly I know it's all a right wing media distraction piece cooked up to galvanise the right and annoy the left

California Policy Lab

CAPolicyLab

Today is the 1 year anniversary of CPL's 1st UI Report, released April 29th, 2020. Since then, our team (@alexbellecon @TJ_Hedin Roozbeh Moghadam, Geoff Schnorr, & @TillvonWachter) has written 15

Guy Stallard

Guy_Stallard

!!!!https://twitter.com/joepike/status/1314840507491774466 #Covid19UK so the Government is between a rock and a hard place this weekend on what it does over sudden (albeit expected by those of us living the pandemic

Karnika

KarnikaKohli

I HAVE SPENT Rs 1,61,800 SO FAR TRYING TO TAKE CARE OF MY MENTAL HEALTH.TW: anxiety, depressionNow that I have your attention with all that clickbait and all caps yelling,

Sam Bowman

s8mb

Cutting the aid budget is a bad idea – I say this as a long time sceptic of *development* aid, and admirer of the great PT Bauer, one of the

bex

beccatasker

If you only kinda-sorta know who the Proud Boys are, this thread is for you. If you're unfamiliar with militia movements in general, this thread is for you. These are

Sizwe sikaMusi

SizweLo

At the Truth & Reconciliation Commission in 1997, Professor Sampie Terreblanche made a submission that South Africa should impose a wealth tax. This was accepted by the TRC but rejected

Janieyaya

janieyaya

Just One More ThingI'm sure this is just coincidence, but,What about Brazil? Why that country among so many hit by virus?Why do they have the worst COVID conflagration?A variant on

Carlos Osweda

COsweda

THREADFor @realDonaldTrump How do you know that the Democrats--including the Democratic Socialists--and the press have given up?@AOC plays an online video game for three hours, gets half a million followers,

fun facts with lulu

FunFactsLulu

Honestly what wrecks me is these research studies are always like an evil mirror image of a Really Important Point we need proof for.Heaps of Autistic people are living in

Pagey

thepagey

Here are some thoughts on #MentalHealthAwareness I’m going to focus on:1. Context of our people 2. What we can all do3. Tips for leaders4. Convergence with alcohol5. Neurodiversity6. The most

Zuri Davis

ProperlyZuri

(Long thread)One of the most historically ignorant criticisms of black communities is that they haven’t done anything to advance themselves economically. Americans are finally learning about Black Wall Street and

Cat In The Hat

PlanetUpNorth

I feel like I've missed an episode. I have very little clue what has caused the latest feminist blow up. From what I can gather, it appears to be class,