#Inequalities

Per Engzell

pengzell

What happened to learning when primary schools first closed to curb the pandemic a year ago? We answer this question in a paper with @ArunFrey @MarkDVerhagen that is now out

Charles Grant

CER_Grant

What will be the impact of Trump's 4 years, Biden's arrival and COVID-19 on global politics, over the next five years or so? A few thoughts in a thread. @CER_EU

Ben Goodair

BenGoodair

Thread with lots of graphs and maps: Today we released our @BennettInst Townscapes report on the South West of England so here is a thread about about local economies in

Alisha Lewis

Alishacmlewis

The ’culture war’ is pouring petrol on the fire that's been burning the community out of community politics for a while. Here's a thread about why that should scare you

Marcel Fratzscher

MFratzscher

Our G-SOEP survey finds much higher private wealth & higher wealth inequality in Germany than previously known:Top 0.1% have 20% of all private wealth (prev. 7%)Top 1% have

Impact:Peace

ImpactPeace

Starting now! "The Wake-Up Call: Building Trust and Rewiring Institutions in a New Social Contract" kicks off day 7 of the @SIPRIorg #SthlmForum. Join us at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V08qgFr7y_E&feature=youtu.be #SDG16Pl

Bernard Aryeetey

BernieAryeetey

So we know the @FCDOGovUK has to make tough choices. But the 80% cut of water sanitation and hygiene aid makes no sense on a number of levels.

Sexual Rights Initiative

SexualRights

The #HRC44 panel discussion on women's rights and COVID-19 has started. Follow it live athttp://webtv.un.org/live Peggy Hicks (@UNHumanRights) highlights the "pandemic within the pandemic" of domestic violence against wo

Hija Kamran

hijakamran

So here's my dislike in 19 tweets:a) The Social Dilemma portrays social media as absolute evil, discounting the many positives. Sure, there are countless issues & they are in the

People_of_Space: Julie

People_Of_Space

Good morning space-people! I thought I'd kick off today with a fun thread: space science fiction! I'll post some of my own favourites (including some movies which I

Kurt Eichenwald

kurteichenwald

A democracy has 2 purposes. In rules agreed upon by the governed, to:*Protect the security and total well being of its current and future citizens.*To ensure equal opportunity so all

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Last week, 2.2 million workers applied for unemployment benefits. This is the thirteenth week in a row that unemployment claims have been more than twice the *worst* week of the

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Forgiving US student debt is a no-brainer: as a nation, America has saddled its best-educated young people with a lifetime of debt whose interest serves the parasitic rentier economy while

Heather E Heying

HeatherEHeying

Totalitarianism always flies in on the wings of beautiful ideals. It lands gently, flatters you and charms you, makes you feel smart for recognizing how beautiful it is.Do not be

Dr Julia Leventon

julialeventon

This is a thread about #racism in sustainability academia. I started Saturday thinking that I shouldn't raise this with my research group here in CZ. It felt distant. But I

R Madhavan

RMadhav89152767

@kritisanon I HOPE U read this thread. My small way to give about knowledge SDGs @SDG2030 with ur help. #sdgchallenge pls make this trend ask ur friends, fans, star's to