#Communities

Just finished reading @povertyscholar's "Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism, & Unequal Politics." It's phenomenal. I can't say enough good things. But I'm about to say a bunch of them (thread) 1.
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It's time for some more #2021MPF live tweeting! You can still register at http://bit.ly/MPF2021 .Today's session: Shaping inclusive cities through land use, housing and transportation policy This morning we'll hear from:-
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From a close source:8 people outside #Cardiff Bay police station at a social distance w/ masks. Police officers are stationed in two's outside the police station. It appears that they
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NEW data from @amprog’s @NSvajlenka highlights the contributions of #undocumented essential workers across sectors including health care, food supply, construction, and the care economy.https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/immigration/
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Thread: A plea for companies, businesses & government bureaucracies to be more #CALD inclusive in paperwork & admin. As demonstrated by my Vietnamese name. For this rant to work &
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Thread:The Punishment of Rewards.As many of you know, Barrowford Primary School is reward and sanction free.There are many and varied reasons for this.1/ There is usually a lot of interest
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Dear liberals, many of you have said things along the lines of "It's Biden's first week, he's already done great things, what's the issue with progressives?" In the case that
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'Cause no media outlet likes my pitch: here’s a thread on the early 20th century German gay liberation group “The Gemeinschaft der Eigene” (or “Society of the Self-Determined”). What "being
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the thing about this letter is if you read between the lines of all their pro-cop propaganda, it's them largely validating much of what has been said by those who
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Seattle's best known meteorologist, @CliffMass, compared recent Black Lives Matter protests in the city to Kristallnacht, a night of Nazi-incited, state-sanctioned violence against Germany's Jews in 1938. This is appallingly
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Media briefing on #COVID19 with @DrTedros https://www.pscp.tv/w/ccissDI2MTAyMHwxbERHTHlEUnF5ekptyeK2G8Yo5-sfNUEVo7cCB03EI1pJ_KH7-RJPJZtKPDI= "Tomorrow marks six months since WHO received the first reports of a cluster of cases of pneum
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How did it come to this? A deeply misguided effort (@joyhataley) to silence @randyhillier, a MPP in the provincial legislature. This reflects poorly on the medical community. How could one
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(Thread) Wishful Thinking, Deliberate Lies, or Complete Lunacy?Spoiler: I suspect this particular lie sprang from pure delusion.For me, though, what matters more are the historical patterns, and why 40% of
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''Long thread' on Eating with Hands (bear with me, & enjoy reading )A few years ago while watching the famous film ‘Chungking Express’ (1994), a particular scene stayed longer in
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Joining the dots between Fallism and Restitution — a new op-ed by me and @nickmirzoeff in New African Magazinehttps://twitter.com/newafricanmag/status/1295239099566174208 ‘Fallism’ is an African movement – and one with a long
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Regarding Facebook blocking news sites in Australia. I have some thoughts on strategy, foresight, and leverage specifically relating to news orgs. (1 of ??)https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/17/technology/facebook-google-australia-news.html Be
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