#Communities

What’s this?1998 @realDonaldTrump working with black leaders focusing on investment in underserved communities?Percy Sutton asks, “You’ve got the Donald with you?”Why would they invite him if he wasn’t seen as
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Monday marked the 12th anniversary of the death of my older brother, Dhruvanand “Ravi” Budhu. Part of his story is here : https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2020/06/19/george-floyd-killed-12-years-after-brother-died-police-c
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ok friends. a bunch of you were like "2021 is the year i finally get healthy!" so i want to share some things i've learned over the years that may
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Just when I think I’m getting a handle on the tidal wave of grief I’ve been feeling since my disability has progressed and I’ve switched to being a full-time wheelchair
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1/ Mass incarceration and gerrymandering are both dire threats to America's democracy, but only today did I realize how intertwined they are. I honestly had no idea that the US
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Of 112 global health conferences with 254 601 attendees, of which 4% of conferences were hosted in low-income countries. Of the 98 302 attendees, for whom affiliation was disclosed, 38 167 (39%) were
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#COVID in Israel, thread with some possible explanations.Within the last 4wks:1. Massive vaccination campaign, with ~80% of the >60 population vaccinated.2. A third national lockdown declared.3. Huge surge in cases
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1) It's Dec. 1 in Chicago, which means hundreds of motorists were towed for the city's #overnightparkingban which was first created in 1980 under Mayor Jane Byrne, who used snow
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To close the #SLSAPG2021 conference yesterday, we held an ECR panel, which included some PGRs at the final stages of their PhD, some awaiting vivas, some fresh from the viva,
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Help us get #YesonAB345 folks! Follow the instruction from @VoicesCA #NoDrillingWhereWereLiving If you’d like a graphic to help you, here’s one that makes you VERY angry. https://twitter.com/voicesca/status/1276211004272111616 ‱Excess
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“There is an urgent need to address long-term symptoms of the coronavirus... hundreds of thousands of Americans and millions of people worldwide might experience lingering problems that could impede their
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Just over 12 hours ago, @RobertJenrick published ‘Planning for the Future’, a white paper that seeks to rip up planning 'red tape' by taking control away from local people. Shall
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Little thread:I often get asked about philanthropic communities of practice I find useful, and recommendations for awesome participatory grantmakers, so I thought I'd make a little public list. I'd welcome
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Your options for accountability when you're mistreated a lot of the time seem to either be do nothing or blow up someone's entire fucking life and publicly brand them as
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I've written extensively about my own experiences of depression and anxiety in my book, "A Mind Spread Out On The Ground." In the title essay, I compare depression to the
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Just a reminder that the entire bedrock of intergenerational economic prosperity across white america is built on the government having given white people centuries of “free stuff” while purposefully not
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