#1990s

The Timbuktu Syllabus part 8Social Defeat How Black SA men became violent (Crime, GBV, Rape) Before European settlement, tribes had scuffles that lasted a few hours.Seldom was life lost in
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Dear "why not cut everyone a $2K cheque" crowd:I will be talking about this tomorrow at the Broadbent confab about basic income Thurs aft 1 pm ET, register here: https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/would_a_universal_basic_income_guarantee_a_g
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1/Well, here's a depressing thread that I've known that I was probably going to have to write since sometime in 2016 or so. I was waiting to see how things
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One of the most important figures in modern finance is John Bogle. He made index funds accessible to individual investors. I am really thankful for his work and you should
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I’ve talked a bit about my family, the Pamunkey tribe’s historic anti-blackness, and the enrollment case for which we have enlisted the help of Congresswoman @RepGwenMoore and a tribal lawyer,
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So earlier today I was looking through old photos I took at an abandoned hotel on the Adriatic coast, and I came across this funny looking terminal. Anyone have any
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Fed Thread - What matters from what @federalreserve Chair Powell did and did not say today @KansasCityFed 1) The process of doing the review was as important as the results
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A bit of good news, after 19 submissions spanning six years, two months, two weeks, and four days, my job market paper on the collapse in US manufacturing has been
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Things you did not know about one of the bloodiest killings, the Rwandan genocide.a thread! 15 in 1994, almost 1 million people were murdered in Rwanda after Hutu extremists ordered
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???????? Audi Ambassador???? So it’s real!! That green Audi is really something else. Reminds of me The Mask.https://twitter.com/wangyiboupdates/status/1307718400127295488 Woah. WOAH WOAH WOAH. This isn’t just an upgrade of an endorseme
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30 days of celebrating Black LGBTQ+ individuals who paved the way for each and everyone of us. They fought for our rights and it’s about time we honour and thank
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Decades ago, charismatic churches were implicated in the promotion of a prototypical form of QAnon, what is referred to as the "satanic panic".The "satanic panic" claimed hundreds of thousands, or
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"Who's that in your avatar?" you might ask.That's Marielle Franco, Brazilian researcher, socialist, & human rights activist murdered yesterday in Rio de Janeiro, likely by the police whose brutality she
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Hi friends. Inspired by @jon_bois and Alex Rubenstein’s incredible video series about the Seattle Mariners, I want to discuss a way that the Mariners altered the course of a World
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A generation of Canadians was influenced by the Heritage Minutes, historical vignettes that began in 1995 and are still in circulation. While presented as neutral and apolitical, the Heritage Minutes
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THREAD: Swindon Town FC.Many football fans pick a team based on what makes a particular impact on them as a kid. In my case, I'm a Norwich fan because, at
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