#Poverty

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

This Mail on Sunday piece seems a very over-cooked headline on Claire Ainsley's (vg) research on class, inequality and poverty, democracy and trust at the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. (Not esp

Jonathan Portes

jdportes

*Why* did the Home Office ignore the law in order to implement racist policies? As the EHRC report found, because that's what Theresa May and David Cameron wanted. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-55065061 As

Husnain Fateh

husnain_fateh

1/ The government is loosening lockdown requirements allowing "skill-based" jobs. https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/541071-Federal-Cabinet-coronavirus-situation-countryHere's a ECON 101 argument for why this is not just a bad idea, but t

Jeffrey Young

JeffYoung

Missing from these documents is any mention of Medicaid expansion, which would make benefits available to anyone earning up to 133% of poverty (~$17K a year for a single person)

Diksha Lahoti

DikshaLahoti

1/Presenting 'The Takeaway' from @blumeventures. A weekly update of 3-5 Indian startup podcasts with key takeaways from each.Link to page: http://bit.ly/blume-takeaway For the 1st issue we have 5 terrific podcasts Why?

Center for Reproductive Rights

ReproRights

ICYMI: In a big win this morning, the Supreme Court issued a ruling in our case, June Medical Services vs. Russo, striking down Louisiana's admitting privileges law as unconstitutional. #MyRightMyDecision

Temitope

TemitopeNicho

Education, youth unemployment and social unrestA thread https://temitopeogundejiinfo.wordpress.com/2020/10/25/education-youth-unemployment-and-social-unrest/ By Nike Akerele-De Souza Nigeria is facing an increasing ‘youth bulge’ with a

Jill ♀

jillsloth_

Northern Ireland has only ever mattered to middle-class English people when they could say the EU brought peace here. The poverty, mental illness and suicide, paramilitary violence and lack of

Beautyon

Beautyon_

People without imagination are perhaps the greatest drain and threat to the world. They keep people starving, moving slowly and killing each other and stealing from everyone to solve problems.

Nautilus Blue

BlueNautilus1

Thread asking questions that I feel need answering about #COVID19 and the UK govt response to it:1) There are concerns from @MichaelYeadon3, @carlheneghan & others about PCR tests delivering over-exaggerated

Tara Lemieux, Writer

Tara_Writer

“In many cases, I probably identify more as Democrat," explaining: "It just seems that the economy does better under the Democrats than the Republicans...we've had some pretty bad disaster under

Dreaming Freedom Practicing Abolition

studyabolition

Currently our demands center on two things:1. Releasing prisoners, especially those with compromised immune systems and the elderly (over 50). Please follow @RAPPcampaign, @WLNMP, and @ParoleIllinois among others on this

IFAN UK

IFAN_UK

4 weeks ago ⁦⁦@guardian⁩ @Robert_Booth spoke with @IFAN_UK independent food bank members reporting that they were running out food. Since then many millions have been donated to help food charities

MuslimMarine

mansoortshams

POWERFUL THREAD: My sister a Police Officer opens up on George Floyd. She’s not on Twitter so took her words from FB & posted here.“Several friends & family have reached

Tamanisha J John

TamanishaJohn

The other day I noted that harm reduction arguments only work if “incrementalist” progress is happening in the direction that we want it to happen in; And that you can’t

Vance Ginn

VanceGinn

1/ THREAD: In anticipation of tonight's President #Biden speech, here's already what's being done to weaken families, the labor market, our energy future, the budget picture, and America--while noting what