#Inequality

It seems like Putin’s active assault on western democracies is a counter-offensive against the encroachment of pro-democracy forces in the post-Soviet republics. In particular, the 2013 Moscow protests and Ukraine
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"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." Congratulations, degrowth, we're now at the penultimate stage 3, apparently. That sure went fast.
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Another way to think about this: the motives that tell folks to 'seek social cohesion' (e.g., authoritarianism) are - at least among members of the racial/ethnic majority in the US
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Power, Gender Inequality and the Law - A ThreadThe horrible details emerging of the conduct of former HCA justice Dyson Heydon are shocking:https://www.smh.com.au/national/high-court-inquiry-finds-former-justice-dyson-heydon-sexually-harass
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Tagging 10 people who won't break the #BlackLivesMatter chain in an IG story comes from a good place but I didn't pass it along because it felt like a
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It's all connected. Lack of leadership during a pandemic. Insufficient help for working people. Systemic racism claiming more POC than whites. Forced reopenings that put working people at risk. Historic
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Friends, let's step back a bit from "abolish the suburbs" & talk about the underlying problem. Economic opportunity varies a lot across places. And high housing costs in some suburbs
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Just like sending troops to the American border right before the 2018 elections, Trump's order banning immigration is an obvious political play that both offers no meaningful help on problems
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Did you know that it is illegal, under local shutdown rules, to play golf in some CA counties, but legal in other counties (correctly). If you can't stay six feet
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I used to be very afraid my life would end in violence because I was trans. Imagine my relief when I discovered that the “epidemic” of violence against trans people
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Thread: a small but, I think, telling story on how the pandemic is exacerbating gender inequality & general hostility to working mothers in our culture. Today, I was mocked in
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THREAD: We’ve been shocked and distressed by the death of George Floyd in the US, and we know many people in the UK are deeply affected by it too.#GeorgeFloyd #BlackLivesMatter
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Friday night thought: in many households we never dealt with the unequal gender division of labor - we just outsourced the inequality (largely to other women) Cleaning disproportionately falls on
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George Floyd is the latest fatal victim of racism in America. Another gasping reminder of America's original sin. He joins Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Freddie Gray, Trayvon Martin— countless others
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Antisemitism weakens progressive movements by sowing confusion about the true source of inequality: the 1% who hoard power & wealth.Anyone can perpetuate antisemitism, but it only benefits those that rely
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Unfortunately, and due to many examples of policies that have limited social and economic mobility of black people, there is a difference. The product of policy has directly supported gaps
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