#Crisis

I’m trying to emotionally come to terms with the fact that my job might be eliminated in four months. As a labor force, fac have tried to resist the all-online
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The "fighting" and "battle" and "beast" metaphors being uncritically used by public health officials, epidemiologists, and political leaders has really been illuminating in terms of our ongoing dependence on military
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WHY THE MARKET AND CONSUMER ACTIVISM WILL NOT DEFEAT THE CLIMATE APOCALYPSE:I want to first off make two things clear:The first is that the point of this thread IS NOT
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i’m at that stage in my trans journey where i feel like i’m 2 years old because i’ve only just started living & experiencing life comfortably now “post-transition”, but i’m
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So this advises "read a dumb romance novel" as one way to deal with the crisis going on, and it's kind of amazing that they're literally saying romance novels can
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Tomorrow, I’m traveling to Europe to meet with our allies and partners exactly one month after Putin accelerated his brutal war in Ukraine. My first stop is Belgium where I’ll
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We’ve always relied on machines to eradicate dangerous & tedious tasks. The COVID-19 crisis presents an opportunity to enhance workers’ safety & productivity while better protecting the global economy. Some
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A piece I wrote in the @Independent on the new economic common sense which has emerged from the Covid-19 crisis and the opportunities for selective, value-driven regrowth which it presents.
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okso what if i am actually alone in this universe sorry to my friends i just saw someone casually post a status asking if anyone wants to get food &
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There is this whole discourse by the privileged classes questioning the ongoing migrant crisis. Their argument blames migrants for having more than two children. Yes, population control is necessary but
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PM Rajapaksa said: “It is without getting a budget approved in Parliament that we have allocated this large amount of money and given relief to the general public.”Comment: A budget
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THREAD: Follow up resources from IDHA's 9/14 event #DecarceratingCare: Taking Policing out of Mental Health Crisis ResponseWe have made two versions of the 2-hour recording available.The first is in panel
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Not sure about other parts of the world but #Journalism in #SouthernAfrica is in crisis, needing serious and urgent redress. I'm serious. Well, I now know - and I'm sure
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As somebody who studies the political effects of apocalyptic narratives and events, I've had some trouble collecting my thoughts on #coronavirus, because it's so damn complicated. Plus, I can only
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Over the past couple of weeks, I worked on a story about the mental health toll of #coronavirus/#COVID19 and social distancing efforts. I can’t begin to express the gratitude I
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What’s happening in the world right now. A thread 1-Yemen is facing the biggest humanitarian crises in the world. Over 24 million of Yemen’s population are in need of humanitarian
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