#Society

Sagarika Ghose

sagarikaghose

Why liberals are making a mistake in confusing farm “freedom” with open markets. A thread drawing from my book #WhyIAmALiberal. Liberals like Sharad Joshi have long called for open markets

James A. Robichaux

JamesRobichaux

Democrats would do well to get into the habit of leading with a qualifier, the likes of which @AOC made here that I highlighted, when responding to GOP concerns about

Shanika Somatilake

Nikshazz

By age 12, kids become set in their beliefs. Children exposed to society will gain fluency in racial bias even if their parents do nothing. Steps to help your kids:

Mansi Jain

TopKnotAndKeys

Here’s the truth. 1.Contracted farming will reduce farmers to employees of big corporates. They will lose their independence. 2.corporates will control food production and food industry through and through. 3.

Spencer Keys

spencerkeys

Hear me out, @LawSocietyofBC - if and when this comes to Canada, a Law Society escrow service to make electronic transfers between trust accounts a breeze. @Steve_McKoen @b_greenberg @A2JamieMac https://twitter.com/stratechery/status/133451

me, a fat 🦋🇬🇾

SimoneMariposa

Hmm... I’d love to discuss this one a bit more.https://twitter.com/thekingofreads/status/1292124513598091266 This is a slippery slope.Considering that there’s so much anti-fat rhetoric within the medical field, being fat, for many peopl

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

Without getting into the ins and outs of the ‘Is Christmas pagan?’ debate, it’s worth dealing with some faulty assumptions people often make about the ‘Christianisation’ of pre-Christian traditions (buckle

United Nations CTED

UN_CTED

At @GermanyDiplo @FightExtremism intl conf “Transnational violent right-wing extremism & terrorism – threat landscape & policy responses,” ASG Coninsx said MS have repeatedly warned @UN_CTED of evolving challenge of extreme

Ailbhe Rogers

AilbheRogers

#otd 1955 - Grace Gifford Plunkett died suddenly aged 67 in her flat on Sth Richmond St, Portobello and is buried in Glasnevin. If you haven't already check out this

RobotofDeath

Mr_GWard

Open thread for the small but vocal group with an agenda to see Doctor Who ended or changed, those that use the hashtags #NMD and #NotMyDoctor. This thread is not

Michael Fordham

mfordhamhistory

History involves interpretation, theories and the projection of our own experiences onto the past. But, crucially, history is an empirical exercise with a reasonably-high burden of proof tested against the

nik

RaiNotWheat

With the deepest respect, I disagree with @Isabelwilkerson's recent piece in The New York Times comparing America's racial hierarchies to the caste system in India. /1 (Thread) To fully understand

Ali Shihabi علي الشهابي

aliShihabi

Unfortunately history is written by force/realities on the ground and if there is no conceivable chance of changing that by force then getting the best terms for "surrender" is the

Catarina Demony

CatarinaDemony

Lagos, a town in southern Portugal, was Europe’s first African slave market. For centuries, the town hid its dark past. But this tiny museum is a step in the right

pattasūtrakāra

aurnavabha

Buddhists too have a parallel caste system, and says the first two are superior and deserve more respect: "Hina (Lower)" jati-s [Chandala, Vena, Nesada, Rathakara, and Pukkusa] do not possess

JaneAustenDance

JaneAustenDance

I've updated my annual #CanadaDay #thread, & added to it in ways that are particularly meaningful to me. As a society we've achieved many wonderful things, but we have done

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