#Inequality

Was supposed to do a thing yesterday, but ended up not being able to do it. But then I wrote down some of the things I would have probably said....Sport
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NEW: 24 dead in Colombia as protests continue. A teen shot after kicking a police officer. A young man bleeding out as protesters shout for help. Police firing on unarmed
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Happy Labor Day. Beware the Company Town—it’s not just an economic system, but a political one.https://time.com/4020710/first-labor-day/ “Pullman gave bricks-and-mortar expression to his sense of the immutability of the social order.
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This is reminder #495502 that the GRE, a test that tests whether you know how to take the test, predicts absolutely nothing about your future.And the push to achieve some
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I’d like to talk about the enemies of humanity. The people who brought us to the state we’re in. The people who run our economy, own our corporations and control
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Why do carbon taxes fall short? Here's a quick tweet thread on their limitations. For context, I am a carbon tax advocate, was on the board of WA's 2016 revenue-neutral
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"Democracy is the worst form of Government except for all the others that have been tried."—Winston ChurchillWhat if that just meant we haven't tried enough? We just lack imagination?What if
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you’re right in saying that capitalism did aid in the industrial revolution but not through means that are unique to capitalism and not because of private property. capitalism was only
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policing tone versus calling out inaction. i've severely under-appreciated how learning the term for certain behaviors empowers one to recognize it even more. the misogynoir of Black men who only
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Collapse of government authority, factionalism within regulatory agencies, breakdown of community trust, refusal of one branch of government to recognize another, armed vigilantes, mass infection, and resulting brain drain -
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New article: 'How can we pay off the global coronavirus debts? Tackle the powerful.'https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/nov/23/pay-off-global-covid-19-debts-tackle-powerful-tax-havens-pandemicI argue that 10 global propos
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Dogs are a tool of white supremacy and gentrification. That’s not just my opinion. There is research that shows how white newcomers dogwalking routes stake out territory. And white owners
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Thread..Decolonising in education isn’t just the curriculum. Yes – *what* we teach is the core to many, but *how* we teach, and *who* teaches can potentially reinforce inequality, solidify existing
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The biggest difference for me btw now and March is the strength and loudness of the debates around strategy. And I find it hard to figure out where to land
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Who told me to make the mistake of going down an ADOS (American Descendants of Slaves) hashtag rabbit hole? I completely share the concern with racism and wealth inequality (it's
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The people who say once we get rid of Trump we'll be okay are part of the problem. The damage to our country--to our system of law, our courts, our
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