#Families

Met with one of our amazing @divlearnerscoop Fellows today, talking about how to reorient the rest of our year and unfinished work. Her optimism around the value of this experience
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My kids will not be attending physical school in the fall. Why? 1- to protect them from the potential of lung damage seen even in asymptomatic infections2- to protect my
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Was in a train on Saturday close to two families with children. All four children were, primary school age, had colds and all were coughing like old smokers. None covered
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The year was 2000 & the Indian middle class was reaping the windfalls of liberalisation & Y2K I was busy organising shoots for several brands in my textile belt. The
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"While capitalism is a good system, it requires capital to participate." (*whispers* it also requires cheap labor )https://contractwithblackamerica.us/wp-content/uploads/CWBA-Full-Contract.pdfHave y'all read this Contract With
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1/ Would you work for nothing? Nope? Thought so. Could this be why so many Australian mums work part-time? Tax, welfare and childcare costs mean that full time work for
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hi everyone! today is the 105th anniversary of the armenian genocide. we commemorate 1.5 million armenians who were killed at the hands of the ottoman turks. this genocide is not
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Separate sub-thread for 'the how', because it's Ontario-specific, but could be adapted across Canada. If you're a parent or someone who cares about kids or women, with 8 weeks to
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I'm not a White House ethics person, but here's a small story to show how governing & campaigning is supposed to be separate. When I was a Member of CEA,
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1/ In two weeks, Sponsors committed $300k to help families through the @1kprojectorg http://1kproject.org  https://twitter.com/1kprojectorg/status/1253737035157827584 2/ I personally sponsored a family of a cook in Seattle, who got referred thro
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The problem with those who implemented the #lockdown breaking it, is that it shows a profound ignorance of what the rest of us have endured over the past few weeks,
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This is terrible newshttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-04-23/larry-summers-advising-biden-campaign-on-economic-recovery?sref=f7rH2jWS In run up to a vote on unlocking the second tranche of bailout funds to Wall Street, Summers promised pro
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It costs more per year to keep someone aged 15-17 in a young offenders' institution than it would to send them to Eton. After a decade of austerity, the literal
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Not much has been written on the amount of aid the govt of Pakistan and various private entities within the country have provided to the poverty stricken people in Afghanistan
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Back in medical school,We had to cut up human corpses who they told us were “armed robbers” and “criminals”.I know better now. It was a lie.Those are victims of Police/SARS
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Okay but can we talk about how Mikasa’s potential has been wasted ? Her parents suffered from discrimination in the walls and she is the heir of the Azumabitos: she
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