#Structural

Felix M. Simon

_FelixSimon_

I see Cambridge Analytica is trending again because of this Channel 4 documentary exposing the Trump campaign’s attempted deterrence of Black voters in 2016.Unpopular opinion: This documentary has some big

A Black Woman 🇿🇦 🇿🇦

SneKhumaloSA

The reason whites feel the way they do about Hamilton Ndlovu is because they know that in SA, the environment is more conducive for THEM to be rich. A Thread/

Ashwin Nair

ashwinnnair

This A*y Coo*er case is an excellent textbook example of white supremacy and racism at play, and I’m therefore dedicating this #thread to it. White supremacy is the condition under

Eric Hundman | 何諳銳

ehundman

Recent attempts to blame China for SARS-CoV-2 have argued that it could have been released from a poorly regulated laboratory in Wuhan, as @IgnatiusPost does here. This sounds more reasonable

Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley

RepPressley

TODAY: @SenBooker and I re-introduced the MOMMIES Act to expand Medicaid coverage for birthing people & promote community-based, holistic approaches to maternity care.Every pregnant person should be listened to and

man residue

nanayasleeps

Gonna say a few words about voting as an electorialism-critical person now, pls scream + mute for self-care if that sounds too horrendous/exhausting/disturbingly relatable. I am, broadly speaking, inclined towards

Josh Marshall

joshtpm

Facebook is again getting an eminently justified wave of bad publicity today. It deserves every bit. It is the prime incubator racist, quasi-fascist propaganda, state-run psyops operations and more. But

Dan Nexon

dhnexon

A note on liberal democracy and counter-majoritarianism. ☑︎ The main purpose of counter-majoritarian checks, such as veto points, is to preserve the rights of subpopulations: to guard against the 'tyranny

⨺Bryan☽

FixedAirMoon

Libra SeasonHere we are, the equinox and of course the Libra season we have all been waiting for. And to be honest balance will be harder to find than ever.

CCFC

commercialfree

Tune in now to hear CCFC Board member and expert @BenfordC speak about the impact of persuasive design on children and teens in the FTC's workshop on dark patterns! …https://ftc-workshop-dark-patterns.videoshowcase.net/?category=13046

Decision Desk HQ

DecisionDeskHQ

As we did in 2018, we’ve gone back and done a preliminary analysis of the DDHQ/@0ptimusPredicts forecast model’s performance. Our model predicted the vast majority of competitive federal races and

Shaw Natsui, MD MPA

shaw_natsui

Lowest income neighborhoods in NYC are hardest hit by #COVID19. Quick thoughts after a whirlwind first four weeks of this marathon.1/x threadhttps://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/04/01/nyregion/nyc-coronavirus-cases-map.html Like many health outco

an invasive blackberry bush

ProleSurvival

Labor exploitation on a family farm (not really blaming the farmers for the structural reality) is what pushed me out of legal agriculture into grey areas, and later into industrial

Matthew Arbo

MatthewBArbo

several years ago I wrote an essay on Justice in the New Testament for a volume edited by @drantbradley and Greg Forster that contrasted Rawls' theory of justice with conception

Elemental

elemental

1/ No matter who wins next week, this election will have profound, far-reaching consequences for your physical health and well-being.From insurance coverage to plans for a pandemic, here’s what’s at

brin 🌹 solomon

nonstandardrep

after last night, i'm seeing a lot of people expressing despair and wondering how to find hope. i've shared some thoughts on that before, but i think they're worth re-upping