#JStor

Lemillion

RickyDLaw

So i got curious of how badly hit Tanganyika was during the Spanish flu pandemic. Very few records exist obviously. But i found some sources that shed a light on

Tricia Pendergrast

traependergrast

THE MCAT WAS DESIGNED TO FAIL (ON PURPOSE):Many medical schools in the 19th century either did not accept white women or non-white men and women.In response to this, medical schools

ZeBigDragon Mourns for Hong Kong ✝️🏳️‍🌈🏴🐉

ZeBigDragon

For anyone shocked about the revelation of the sterilization of Uyghur women and wondering how this could possibly happen, the sad truth is is that it's not the first time

Tom Barton

_TomBarton

The world of voter ID laws is a dynamic one, when talking about ID laws you may usually think about in-person voting, yet mail-in ballots are become more important, due

Karlo Basta

KarloBasta1

1/ I really enjoy these intellectual excursions @BrankoMilan runs from time to time. Here, he compares the legacies of Franco and Tito, in effect attributing the survival of one multinational

Dr Robin Douglas

Robin_C_Douglas

Was there an esoteric/occult revival in the late Victorian period?A thread/1 It's fairly uncontroversial in the secondary literature to speak of such a thing (see e.g. https://www.jstor.org/stable/30053265?seq=1 and https://link.springe

Brian EdwardsTiekert

bedwardstiek

Bit late to the party on this, but I think it's worth disentangling the *very broad* set of practices that get called "forest management." 1/https://twitter.com/Acosta/status/1305575210872168448 IE, the timber lobby can

Geoeconomica

Geoeconomics

Beginning to wonder if #geoeconomics versus #geopolitics (as catchwords of interest) point to where perceptions of systemic risk are focused? Thread: 1/ The origin of "geopolitics" stems from a Swedish

Indian History Collective

IndianHistory_C

But Aruna Asaf Ali was more than a symbol or office holder. Educator, Publisher (she began the daily 'Patriot' & the weekly 'Link') & Activist, her contribution - socially &

Mirth hoping for BlueWave 2020

MirthDAL

.@CBC @CBCAlerts @CBCPolitics SHAME! SHAME! SHAME!Mr Floyd didn't "die in police custody" - he was KILLED cold blood while hand-cuffed, on ground, and not resisting. He was KILLED in drawn-out

Dr. Khalid PhD 🇧🇳☪️

TenMillionIQ

Thread on how atheism causes higher crime rates. Numerous scientific evidence has shown that atheists commit more crimes and have higher per-capita crime rates.A meta-analysis shows that atheism increases

Eric Wolever

e_wolever

While much of this is quite correct, I do have two concerns about the framing of the issue here: 1) that allegory is presented as in opposition to a literal

Sarah E. Parkinson

se_parkinson

Great reporting from @washingtonpost's @ksieff on how militants, gangs, and mafias are engaging with #COVIDー19 pandemic. What I said: Some groups are filling gaps that governments have left. Some are

red

thebryreed

is this moment radicalizing you? let’s get some readings lined up for you. a thread: Malcolm X (1964) The Ballot or the Bullet http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/speeches/malcolm_x_ballot.html Martin and Malcolm by James Baldwin

Ashley T. Rubin, Penal Scientist

ashleytrubin

Now is a great time to remind folks about how we released people in the past to keep the prison population under control. See this study by Shelly Messinger and

Daniel Finn

DanFinn95

With his familiar acuity, John Rentoul highlights this pearl of wisdom from ex-Labour MP Phil Wilson, believing it to be a devastating take-down of Corbyn, but only manages to reveal