#Opinion

Charles C. Mann

CharlesCMann

New Nature paper uses genetic evidence to argue that pre-1492 population of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico was **much** lower than previously thought—fewer than 80,000 people.Article: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-03053-2NY Times

Stefan Simanowitz

StefSimanowitz

“Sweden hoped herd immunity would curb #COVID19. Don't do what we did” write 25 leading Swedish scientists“Sweden’s approach to COVID has led to death, grief & suffering. The only example

shai @ comms! | jinsuke & akane stan

suikapop

anyway for real this time... i’m not rly that big of a shipper which is probably going to get everyone attack at me but in sense of romantic ships i’ll

David Leonhardt

DLeonhardt

Trump never cracked 47% of the national vote. He left office with a 39% approval rating. And polls show a majority of Americans favored his disqualification from future office.So why

Cassandra Good

CassAGood

The undemocratic way the electoral college works now is not even what the founders intended. And the electoral college itself was a compromise that nobody was fully satisfied with /1https://twitter.com/chrislhayes/status/1324824219180584967

Avinash Paliwal

PaliwalAvi

Couple of quick thoughts, @pstanpolitics a) China has offered shelter to various NE insurgents for some time, w/o letting them operate kinetically. b) P. Baruah is one, but H Tangkhul,

Daniel Schwammenthal

DSchwammenthal

1/8 A thread about Europe's dangerous refusal to vote for the extension of the UN arms embargo against Iran. @UKUN_NewYork @franceonu @GermanyUN put out similar explanations. They are all contradictory.@francediplo

🍃🍄 The tree guy still apparently 🦌🐐

psychonot23

Leftists that are aware of Irish history have a bad habit of reducing the Irish struggle against whiteness and empire to Ireland when in fact Irish immigrants in many cases

Adam Klasfeld

KlasfeldReports

Supreme Court arguments in California v. Texas will begin shortly.Will Justice Amy Coney Barrett help deliver a parting gift to lame duck President Donald Trump—dismantling Obamacare during a pandemic?Follow the

Nicholas Kristof

NickKristof

The most exciting part of @JoeBiden's "America Rescue Plan" may be one that gets little attention: It's the most serious effort to reduce child poverty in at least 50 years.

Viktor

ViktorMatic1992

For years @SeloSabic has been advocating for an exclusive civil state in a 3-national (Bosniaks, Serbs & Croats) Bosnia and Herzegovina which is against the 1995 Dayton Peace Treaty and

Ibram X. Kendi

DrIbram

In a week of double standards, adding another. Republicans opposing Trump’s impeachment because it'll “further enrage Mr. Trump supporters,” to quote @WSJ, hardly ever oppose letting violent cops off the

Michael R. Strain

MichaelRStrain

THREAD. It’s a slam-dunk case that a $15 federal minimum wage would lead to significant declines in employment opportunities for workers with few skills or little experience.My latest Bloomberg column:

Charlie Camosy

CCamosy

Sr. Campbell calls for evaluating Harris' record "faithfully." This is an excellent goal. https://www.ncronline.org/news/opinion/evaluate-sen-kamala-harris-record-faithfullyBut Sr. Campbell doesn't mention abortion even on

Claudia Sahm FULL CHECKS NOW

Claudia_Sahm

trouble falling asleep. mulled over targeting not targeting. I remain appalled we moving (too damn slowly) toward $700 billion package (too damn small) extending relief handful of months and misses

Martin J Keatings SNP 1 | AFI 2

MartinJKeatings

Plan A - A referendum with a section 30 : Keep asking Westminster for a Section 30 despite them saying no twice (dead as the proverbial dodo now that Westminster

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