#POLITICAL

Unite in justice for the poor & oppressed

BreeNewsome

There were no Christmas lights, Santas, pine trees or toys at the first Christmas. There was only Jesus, born in a manger in a foreign land b/c his parents were

Beatrice Cherrier

Undercoverhist

I'm lay reader, but I know that ethics is as intellectually consistent a field as econ. When authors include "thorough discussion of ethics", I'd expect to read not just descriptive

isozyme

isocrime

jiang cheng deserves more medkink with wen qing. sounding. the thing i'm thinking explicitly and disrespectfully about is sounding. jiang cheng has a thin stream when he pees and he's

Unprecedented Matt

MatthewSpurway

If we want to elect people like Jacinda Ardern in NS (I do!), then we should ask ourselves how NZ managed to elect her... Maybe the *way* people are elected

Arash Kolahi

ArashKolahi

The Democratic Party establishment is far to the right of the US population.PROOF: Compare the public opinion polls in this thread to the Dem Party’s platform.So why is the party

Seth Cotlar

SethCotlar

Reading Sean Wilentz's review of "American Carnage," in which he sees the roots of Trumpism in GWB's presidency, brought to mind the way Bush stoked the fires of homophobic bigotry

Rob Jessel

robjessel

A few thoughts about @Glinner and grooming I've been groomed. I know how it's done and why. It is the process by which an abuser manipulates a vulnerable person into

Yair Rosenberg

Yair_Rosenberg

The problem with Sarsour isn't Israel; it's that she's gone well beyond anti-Israel statements. She slurred Jake Tapper (a Jew) as alt-right, praised Christian anti-Semites on this site & used

Sarah Quayyum (she/her)

quayys

Handing public health responsibility over to the feds has keeps getting brought up during this pandemic. And its true, many provinces are failing or have failed at managing COVID-19. But

SamVimes

SamuelVimes10

Reflecting on questions about how drugs are getting to prisoners under lockdown, it's worth noting that although staff corruption is an important issue, there are many routes, and the only

Michael Veale

mikarv

Important read @EmmaLBriant, calling out many significant methodological flaws w/ the Oxford Internet Institute’s (almost entirely non-peer reviewed) Computational Propaganda project. It’s not just her — its controversy within the

Crypto Cuttlefish

cuttlefish_btc

Anyone else born in the late 1970s / early 1980s feel like they're part of a weird generation that slipped thru the cracks? And I don't even really want to

Basic Income Network Scotland

cbinscot

Great piece from @DaniGaravelli1 on how pandemic restrictions have been a double-edged sword for disabled artists.Author @everdundas argues the arts community should be lobbying for #BasicIncome to remove the need

Leonardo Carella

leonardocarella

Beyond the ridiculousness and absurdity of it all, there's an important takeaway from the last week in Italian politics: EU policy *can* affect party and public Euroscepticism in member states.The

Philippe Lazzarini

UNLazzarini

1/9 I am really disheartened by the severity of @UNRWA ‘s financial situation and its impact to an already stressful situation. My team and I are working relentlessly to overcome

Jeremy Bowers

jeremybowers

Happy monday! My @WapoEngineering teams are hiring.First: Publishing tools builds and maintains our CMS. We’re hiring some senior engineers: https://washpost.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/washingtonpostcareers/job/DC-Washington-TWP-Headquarters/S

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