#Poverty

In 2008, I traveled to the world's largest scientific data-centers for a @Nature story. No matter whether the labs were devoted to internet archiving, the human genome, or the Higgs
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I seriously think a lot of lefty activism doesnโ€™t get the traction it deserves because so many folks keep using jargon people find obtuse or inaccessible. For example, the phrase
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THREAD:Remembering Baburao Bagul on his birth anniversary today.For Bagul, Dalit Literature was about defiance in the face of suffering. He established a discourse in which Dalit Literature does not mean
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Aunt Jemima:The world knew her as "Aunt Jemima," but her given name was Nancy Green and she was a true American story. She was born a slave in 1834 Montgomery
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The really key part of this dialogue about "re-opening" that a lot of white folks are missing isn't that they have the liberty to make dumb choices. It's about the
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THREADSince my son started school, a few classmates have asked Qs about us living in a flat. Why don't we live in a house? Why don't we have a garden?
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Stay 1M apart and wear a mask. If the social distancing works why the mask, if the mask works the social distancing. Why have we only heard only testing case
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2/ like all Danes, they enjoy universal medical insurance & paid sick leave. Danes pay an extra 19 cents of every $ in taxes, compared with Americans; For that they
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A lot of people who are into cryptocurrencies will see this FinCen leak as vindication and proof that banks are money launderers. But, this will be used against cryptocurrencies...1/ See
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There's a smugness to Buttigieg campaign staff that I find annoying. What did Buttigieg accomplish to merit this degree of arrogance? Inslee, Booker, Warren, Sanders, Steyer, and hell, even Bennet
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A Nigerian legislator's phone rings for one thing & one thing only - people seeking favors. If they pick their call, it'll be at least 15 calls per hour and
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a very necessary thread that you should read ;im so angry rn omg LETS GET ONE FUCKING THING STRAIGHT OKAY? YOU ARE LATINO IF YOU WERE BORN IN HERE OR
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I remember reading a few years ago how the scholars of Syria had so much love and concern for others and their feelings, they would teach people that when you
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1/6I rarely see a young person engaging in Somali politics for the common good. They donโ€™t represent their clan which is also the name of the game in the Somali
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Question: Will newspapers hold Govt & Railways accountable for migrants' deaths on their front-pages? Express: a stand-alone photo with a caption about 6 deaths. Hindustan Times: a tiny column/paragraph under
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tw // lesbophobiawith lesbian visibility week approaching, i want to turn your attention to the situation here in france. lesbians, sapphic couples and single women, due to a national ban
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