#Poverty

Scott Wessman 🇺🇸

scottew

A true innovation economy would be OBSESSED with lifting the tens of millions of people out of poverty who could be innovators if they weren’t worried about food, shelter, etc.

AdVoKat

AdVoKat_Miaw

What is this @liberal_party fetish with foodbanks? Another $100m going to food banks today. If the Liberals were so concerned about food insecurity and people living in poverty, they'd be

Aruni Kashyap

AruniKashyap

Son of a poor farmer, an expert in Assamese literature, my father doesn't get Father's Day. But I am writing in honor of him today bec if he hadn't taken

I Am Incorrigible FCA

ImIncorrigible

If you think the big reason Conservatives hate the BBC is because they can't profit from it, you're hugely mistakenOf course, there are some juicy assets to carve up &

a crabful of conundrums

_knucklebone

I’m tired of people talking about systemic injustice, systemic cruelty, being silenced by language of the individual. Nobody cares that your uncle Carl is “a nice cop”. The system is

Dan

SuffolkDan

I haven’t done the maths exactly, because I’d rather soak in the bath drinking cyder... but I’m sure if I could isolate my situation, I would be better off under

Tantrum Eel

BarbiturateCat

Modern Day anti vax types: We’re not meant to inject chemicals in to our bodies! We’re not meant to eat food from boxes! Our ancestors would be disgusted!!Their ancestors: Five

Sujatha Hampton

SujathaHampton

It’s clear that those tagging me about the @FairfaxNAACP and my own comments regarding TJ admissions do not know me or my history and do not understand my heart or

sabrinanottinghill

sabrinanotting

1/ Here’s why I love Trump. This is not anti-Obama or pro-republican.My long thread. Prior to Trump- 200,000 manufacturing jobs lost- Wages were flat or falling- 5 million people left

Heather Thompson Day

HeatherTDay

A woman at my PhD defense said “So are you saying racism is STILL so bad it impacts learning environments?” I said: Well, I, a black student, straightened my hair

Dr. Paige Harden

kph3k

My favorite part of this @NathanJRobinson critique of DeBoer’s “cult of the smart” is when he describes a position that is pretty damn close to mine as “a little bit

Kathleen Smith

KikkiPlanet

A pandemic they can’t get under control. An economy in shambles. Millions in poverty & without basic healthcare. An opioid crisis. Natural disasters. The worst racial tensions since the 60’s.

lici 🦋

aliciaarubyy

I will mourn him forever I don’t understand how anyone could not appreciate the heart and soul of this man. The poetry. The storytelling. Phenomenal. I will spend my life

Ebube.

EbubeIsaac

For days before the lockdown, I had a running argument with a colleague who was intransigent in calling for the WHOLE country to be locked down. He would not be

Anthony Buckley-Thorp

AntBuckleyThorp

After five amazing years in the US (and six before that in China) I moved back to the UK today. I left both counties feeling conflicted about how living there

Kim Ann

ATLSAHM

I have mixed feelings over this...as usual, I can see both sides. I suppose it depends on what your criteria and reasoning are for reopening. Some want no virus exposure