#Inequality

David Lammy

DavidLammy

I almost cried with joy when @theHouse_mag asked me to guest edit its first ever #BlackHistoryMonth issue. This has been a year of black pain, but also one that

Mozilla

mozilla

The producers of The Social Dilemma brought some serious and valid concerns about the impact of social media platforms to a broad Netflix audience. BUT… There were glaring omissions,

Dr Julia Coronado

jc_econ

In response to @itsafronomics's call to action I am going to make some observations as a macroeconomist. Black Americans’ share of wealth has hovered around 4% of total wealth for

Tomas Pueyo

tomaspueyo

How is it possible that the market is at historic highs IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC? Where does that wealth come from?Maybe it's taken... from you?Thread[1/18] The market (taking

Michael Lane 🏖️

mlanetrain

It's interesting that otherwise educated and informed people believe the average American is on the verge of povertyJanan Ganesh identified simplistic ways people think about foreign countries. The UK counterpart

Alon Eizenberg

eizenb_alon

During the past decade, many of you were subject to see our Jerusalem supermarkets paper in seminars and workshops. Possibly more than once. It is now accepted at the AEJ:Policy,

Kelsey Trevett 💚🌱

CouldBeKel

Today marks the first day of #PrideMonth. To be honest, it usually passes me by — the usual “happy pride month” tweet on 1st June, and on we go.This year

rhia

rotichuunai

love all the threads recently calling out amerocentrism. it took this long only because american k-pop fans have largely been gaslighting everyone else into thinking that arguments against Amerocentrism are

T. R. Okuna

XivTroy

The dispensations of power in African families is a convenient, oversold apologia for society’s sustained persecution of men and its desire to maintain the status quo. Where elderly fathers are

Helen Pluckrose has returned to Hermit Mode

HPluckrose

That most people don't have pragmatic notions of truth. That is, they don't believe things because they think believing those things is useful, but because they think the thing they

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Nationwide, the American south is facing the worst harms from coronavirus (as @yvessmith points out, big blue cities get more coverage because that's where the press lives).https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2020/0

chesa tartine 💋

_kueller

Chesa Boudin has rapidly become the scapegoat of San Francisco crime. I'm worried about his infamy reaching state and even national levels, because many of these reactionary arguments against him

🦋miranda white🦋

mirrandawhite

YES BLACK AMERICANS FEAR THE POLICE!! HERE’S A HISTORY LESSON WHY: A THREAD (1) Yes, not all cops are bad but ALL cops work for an organization where they would

Megan Ming Francis

meganfrancis

Thread of resources from webinar on Philanthropy, BLM Protests, & 2020 Election We said the quiet things about power & racism outloud…honest convo that covered lots of groundin gratitude: @CHayling

em ミ☆

sapphicskams

did research about grace’s interests so he could plan a nice date transcript:D- grace.G- they’re not coming out tonightD- actually they are. they-G- i’ve tracked the bat schedules all year,

Rhea Boyd MD, MPH

RheaBoydMD

A number of journalists have asked me, why now? What ignited this unique moment of civil unrest?My answer isn't that folks are simply sick of staying home. It's that the