#Poverty

I really struggle to understand why so many people seem to have difficulty in discerning between having a working class background & being working class. Being working class is a
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I don't want to write more on it, but if you have read the stuff about vaccine patents and are like "caring about Big Pharma profits?! What a weird hill
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Saar,No one drops out of good kalejes. Gateswa had close to zero downside risks, when he dropped out, and he dropped out because his daddy could have gotten him better
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A thread about military service in America:For the sake of our own humanity, we must examine how our country frames the reverence for "the troops" and the flag. Though it's
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A rapid assessment survey covering 3196 migrant laborers in North and Central India, by Jan Sahas, surveyed between 27-29 March, has some incredible insights, which shows the dire situation on
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I respect LA County’s decision to extend the lockdown for another 3 months. People’s lives must always come first. But we cannot ignore people’s economic suffering. It may force people
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Former low-income person here. When I had nothing, it meant I had no food, brain fog, constant fear of losing my housing, quick to panic, no money for transit, no
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The problem with the “population = market size" idea: It treats all ~200 million Nigerians as if they were the same. They're not.Show me the money: An investor's guide to
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Hey #energytwitter -- I'm trying to confirm or deny the hypothesis that over time as the grid decarbonizes, it's likely to be poorer people paying for legacy fossil infrastructure. (Preferred
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Think about this.....For as long as I can remember, I remember growing up seeing adverts for Cancer research, adverts for third world countries just for the simple things in life
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PLEASE HELPIf you have any information such as GoFundMe links, locations of safe temporary housing, first aid tips, etc for the people affected by the Beirut Lebanon explosion PLEASE respond
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the DPRK is a - a terrible stateb - not uniquely terriblelike most of the shit the US gives the DPRK is.. stuff the US does too. all states are
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People who say follow for follow underneath posts with weighty subjects are fucking tossers. Almost as though their brain is desiccated and rattling in their skulls, because how can you
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Harris County's 2.7 million voters now have only one secure ballot drop box instead of 12. This is a minor inconvenience for drivers but represents a poll tax on public
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I'm walking away from social media today and I am going to be very honest with why that is. Take the piss and you will be on instant block, I
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My Friend called me and she said Gbolahan this lockdown is a scam. We need to be at work, people are still moving around. I said don't be selfish. Most
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