#Massachusetts

David Leonhardt

DLeonhardt

The country’s cities — historically the nation’s engines of opportunity — often exacerbate inequities today. We've got charts. (1/n)https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/05/13/opinion/inequality-cities-life-expectancy.html The average life exp

Clint Smith

ClintSmithIII

Today, let's remember that the first Memorial Day celebration was held on May 1, 1865 by Black people in Charleston, SC. As historian David Blight puts it, "The war was

David

battling_bucs

With Tyler Anderson having completed the set and given the Pirates a player born in all 50 states I've been meaning to post my best Pirate born in each state.

A Shot For Life™

ASFL_Shoot4Cure

The A Shot For Life Challenge in August has a long selection process. As that process gets more intense in the next two months, please refer to this thread as

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

Pennsylvania has more COVID deaths over age 100 than under age 45.More deaths over age 95 than under age 60.More deaths over 85 than under 80.https://www.health.pa.gov/topics/Documents/Diseases%20and%20Conditions/COVID-19%20Death%20Reports/

Dr. Jeffrey Guterman

JeffreyGuterman

John F. Kennedy was born on this date May 29 in 1917. Photo by Hank Walker//Time Life Pictures/Getty. #OTD #JFKGuterman John F. Kennedy, born on this date May 29 in

Take Care of Each Other

RachaelLudwick

I’ve always felt empowered to walk on the street on the greenway street 18th Ave S because there are spots that get blocked. But sure was fun to just walk

Nova

FederalistNo78

What do:The BM Gates FoundationCDCChildren’s Investment Fund Foundation (CIFF)National Institutes of Health (including NIMH, NICHD, NIAID)USAIDWorld Health Organization (WHO) &HIV All have in common?International Clinical Research Center (ICRC)ht

Lindsay Chervinsky

lmchervinsky

In my conversation with @HC_Richardson @HarvardBooks on Wednesday, a viewer asked how we can spread historical literacy. We rattled off a list of ideas, so I thought it would be

Phil Kerpen

kerpen

This paper finds nursing home residents comprise 57% of all COVID-19 deaths in Spain, 53% in Italy, and 45% in France.https://ltccovid.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Mortality-associated-with-COVID-12-April-3.pdf Same paper also quotes a U.S. study f

Elnathan John

elnathan_john

Some of you have heard this story before. But I am at the airport and the woman at the counter has me triggered: she reminds me of the smiling German

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lilsarg

A god damn SONNENRAD hanging in front of the Massachusetts State House. No one ever gets to tell me there are no actual Nazis in Boston. Fuck anyone who tries

Kirk Carapezza

KirkCarapezza

.@BrownUniversitynow says it will stagger students arrival. The goal is to bring most returning undergrads to campus by late September. Brown President Christina Paxson has been a big advocate for

Vida News Ventura County

VC_vidanews

562,504 muertes y 31,263,579 contagios por Covid-19A thread https://vidanewspaper.com/2021/04/13/562504-muertes-y-31263579-contagios-por-covid-19/ Estados Unidos alcanzó este lunes 31,263,579 casos confirmados del coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 y

Nancy Pelosi

TeamPelosi

From "everyone was in the loop" in the Trump bribery scheme to "we followed the President’s orders" -- the news coverage across the country for Trump and Republicans engaging in

Alana M. Vincent

ProfAMV

This image has been circulating heavily this year, mostly in posts marking Juneteenth. But it’s not quite what it looks like.https://twitter.com/calamity_jt/status/1274041814987620352 In the context it’s being used, it seems like