#Poverty

We have a government whose inner circle belives that some people are genetically predisposed to do better than others. And that anyone can achieve success by pulling themselves up by
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In celebration (/s) of some of our city council trying to return to intense criminalization and sweeps, I'll be playing some of the greatest hits (read: most tragic) that I
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Why the $USD is a poor asset to sit on, the purchasing power of USD vs other assets will continue to drop. This is a transfer of wealth from the
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Some thoughts on the future of capitalism...In spite of some significant trade offs, free market capitalism has been THE primary force that has reduced human suffering to it's lowest point
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No one talked about debt when I started college in 2005. My high school didn't have a guidance counselor, and no one in my family had gone to college. All
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Who made these statements about democracy, human rights, and freedom in China? Trump, Obama, or Bush? THREAD 1/ "And that is why America will always speak out for these core
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When thinking about the Aboriginal flag and copyright and the desire of the government to intervene to overturn the copyright protections of the Aboriginal flag, owned by the flag's creator
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Before you fall for this fable of Chinese philanthropy in Latin America, here's a few facts that were not mentioned in the article:-The U.S. donated 1,000 ventilators to Mexico while
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Thread of fruit and vegetable prices in the Arctic And before you say 'just move down south' here is the price of airfare of my hometown to Ottawa
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hillbilly elegy is a narrow depiction of appalachia that ignores some marginalized groups and paints the people as backwards. “what you are getting wrong about appalachia” by elizabeth catte is
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I get very irritated everytime some1 says "oh u grew up in kolkata? such a beautiful city!"wait. which kolkata ru talking about? Park Street, Alipore, Southern Avenue maybe-- yes very
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Trillions on War on Poverty. 4 decades of affirmative action. -Black president & First Lady for 8 yrs, plus black AG, heads of DHS, DOT & DOE, U.N. ambassador, &
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Orientalism is about subjective othering of what's colloquially called "the East." Both negative conceptions with authoritarianism, poverty & constant war as well as festishism with utopia, egalitarianism, paradise. The 2n
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This is Penrhyn Castle. It's visible from the house I used to live in, my primary school was next door, and I'm really grateful to see the National Trust use
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SOOOOOO as a veteran, a lefty, and someone very anti military industrial complex I need to chime in on the #AdamDriverIsOverParty sadly. I say sadly because its more of the
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1/ If you truly care about #Uyghurs in #Xinjiang #China, you must first know who they are & where they came from. It's a piece of 2000 years of history
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