#Inequality

Jeff Booth

JeffBooth

1) Imagine a society where it was almost universally accepted that it was okay to take something from you, without your knowledge, and gives it to someone else.That is the

Ben Casselman

bencasselman

In his newsletter this morning, @DLeonhardt hits on something I've been thinking a lot about lately: What counts as good (economic) news right now?https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/06/briefing/how-badly-is-america-doing.html When the May

Clive Peedell

cpeedell

THREAD on healthcare for US voters:Republicans repeatedly claim that “socialised” medicine means taking healthcare away from people. I come from the UK, the home of socialised medicine since 1948 in

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gaymetawin

the gifted’s last episode correctly illustrated how the neoliberal design of educational system—being alienating as it is—isn’t only reflected in one institution, but perpetrated by the entirety of the state

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terrilewisinc

I respect Sean Combs as an entrepreneur and contributor to the culture of hip hop. But, he’s always struck me as disingenuous. Him and so many black elites conveniently latch

Quill Robinson

QuillRobinson

Only 30 years after the Berlin Wall fell, socialism is no longer a dirty word in the US. Bernie lost, but his message still resonates with many people. As conservatives,

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nuanceexists

thinking about old argument with an Internet Communist me: as described, your Proposed Communist Society would probably still have inequality in it, because there are a lot of x-st people

Greg Johnston

InfoTrekCalgary

Thread on why the @Alberta_UCP actively want to break public healthcare, education, and other services. It's not just about privatization (that's part), it's about them being fundamentally undemocractic. They want

Brandon J. McKoy

Brandon_McKoy

PSA: I know many in our state will find this blasphemous, but New Jersey isn't near tops in the nation for total taxes as a share of personal income. Not

Aidan Smith

aidan_smx

Me: Yeah it's bad that Jeff Bezos has a net worth greater than the GDP of a country when people are starv-Some guy on Twitter who calls himself an "entrepreneur":

Megan Messerly

meganmesserly

Finally had a chance to go through the White House Coronavirus Task Force report published by @publicintegrity that shows Nevada in the "red" zone. Some thoughts: Oh, first of all,

Lord GS ⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇸

gsteck74

1) The left in an attempt to make everyone equal has in fact done the exact opposite. Today boys who identify as girls are dominating girls sports. Men who identify

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AmicusOpus

This has more to do with power structures than race, right? No one is going to look at this erasure of one of the most scrutinized sentencings in memory and

Ilaria Carrozza 愉悦

ilaria_carrozza

Short : @SandnesMarie and I wrote a Policy Brief summarizing findings from a recently concluded project. This was part of @PRIOUpdates initiative on #racialisation, (anti-)#racism and #discrimination (which includes this

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thatsnotyourlot

Why I believe Boris Johnson’s encouraging schools to open England is racist A thread 1. First of all BAME groups are dying from Covid disproportionately. Up till 19th April figures

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docrussjackson

Most British people think we live in a reasonably equal country.Out of a list of 179 countries measured by distribution of wealth, including Gini coefficients, Britain is 107th.Decades if not