#Unemployment

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Though I love good rants, I struggle to differentiate good rants from their tedious, far more common cousins, bad rants. It's all about staying power. It's been 18 years since

Ben Eltham

beneltham

This is a deeply ideological budget. It rewards the Morrison government's friends, and punishes perceived enemies. #Budget2020 Tens of billions will be given to big business, and to high-income earners.

Sébastien Jodoin

sjodoin

@UNHumanRights has released a study setting out key principles & recommendations for protecting & promoting #disabilityrights in the context of #ClimateChange. In this thread, I’ll summarize its key conclusions &

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

I've received a lot of hate mail and DMs yesterday from people who saw me on MSNBCAsked about Donald Trump's racial philosophy, I said: "Donald Trump sounds like a white

Eric Garland

ericgarland

For anyone giving the Orange Stain any oxygen about "moving" elections, reality check: in the last week of July, political parties get their first accurate polls.The GOP is PANICKING. The

Great Zulu👑

SuperiorZulu

Did you know South Africa’s Lockdown costs the economy R13 billion per day and SARB estimates that about over 370,000 Jobs are going to be lost because of Covid19 Pandemic.

ProPublica

propublica

...the hospitals become a vector for infection and you lose the frontline people. Or worse — If you need them to handle a second wave of infections, even a smaller

WTF Just Happened

WTFJHT

What the fuck just happened today? Day 1169: "Here we go again."https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2020/04/02/day-1169/ 1/ More than 6.6 million Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week – double the 3.3 million who

Peter Dunn

PeteThePlanner

Tuesday Morning Update: Today we're focusing on stimulus payments, which should begin to arrive in the next 8 days. For those who will be receiving a stimulus payment, you likely

Alexandre Afonso

alexandreafonso

A thread on fiscal responsibility in Italy and the Netherlands. Since 1995, Italy has never had a balanced budget. The Netherlands has also run a deficit most years, but in

Megan Messerly

meganmesserly

“What Happened Here,” our six-part series looking at the last year of the pandemic in Nevada, is, as of yesterday, finally out there in the world. If you didn’t get

Kia Richards

KiaRichards_

My Post-COVID-19 society predictions. (Thread) COVID-19 will force people to evaluate how they spend their time in the future. I foresee meaningful work-life balance strategies implemented, especially at tech companies.

Allen Sutton

StewardshipAmer

The war in Chicago continues: 54 shot, 12 killed, this weekend. Black citizens, it's obvious your lives don't matter to the Democrat city mayor and Illinois governor you elected. The

Runyararo Mherekumombe

runyamhere

1. Why Life Insurance Isn't Great (Thread)Was responding to a post on @ImcocoMash's TL & was asked to do this thread (thanks Nenekazi). I'll explain why "Life Insurance" is probably

peter kilmarx

PeterKilmarx

THREAD on #ContactTracing. Slow progress, workforce challenges, and lack of coordination implementing a critical intervention to reopening America. Many aspects are "All over the map," except there is no map

Jack Murphy 🇺🇸 ⚔️

jackmurphylive

Labor force participation rate for men:This chart should make your eyes pop.Look at the downward trend over time and then look closely at what happened in 2008-2010.Forget about the unemployment