#Reforms

Getting settled in for the Know Your Rights panel discussion starting in a few min! Run by @defundcpd, @BSAatUVA, @plumas_at_uva, and others! Will be live tweeting as much as i
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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking, talking about & worrying about the #PlanningWhitePaper & proposed #PlanningReforms over the last 6 weeks. I’ve seen lots of criticism that I agree
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Seattle has ordered the Police Department to cease using crowd control weapons like tear gas starting tonight at 3 AM local time.DOJ has entered a TRO to block the order.
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Emo Trash on Connecticut Politics (A thread)Settle in, there's some stuff really worth knowing about what's going on in Connecticut right now Firstly, this is Jeff Desmarais. He is running
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Let us understand Petrol taxes clearly to see that whether it is possible to bring them under GST. A small #thread for you. You should understand the tax regimes first
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Like I've said and written: radical political demands aren't meant to be "market tested" and analyzing all protests through the lens of two party politics is very myopic when one
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MERITOCRACY IN THE NEWS @David_Goodhart and Michael Sandel have both written provocative new books about the trouble with 'meritocracy'. Both argue that non-graduates have been undervalued and that graduates in
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1. @NateSilver538’s team of data journalists released its highly anticipated survey this week showing the president has a 29 percent chance of getting reelected while Joe Biden has a 71
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It's #JUNETEENTH2020 and Black scholars, writers, and activists are providing so much wonderful context for this important holiday. Here is a thread of the articles, threads, and podcasts out
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Anyone following the US primary election knows that we had our first presidential candidate of Hindu faith. She was mercilessly attacked with propaganda throughout the primary. One of the media
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I'm at @FamStudies today explaining why universal childcare programs are a poor policy *even though* childcare costs are indeed a huge problem for families.https://ifstudies.org/blog/why-a-child-allowance-is-preferable-to-subsidized-chi
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(Thread) The Future of the GOP: Part IThe GOP is on a collision course with time.Its base of voters is aging and shrinking. The GOP has become a white grievance
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This Day in Labor History: October 26, 1924. The first of five workers died in less than a week at Standard Oil’s New Jersey Bayway TEL works from lead exposure
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Like I've said and written: radical political demands aren't meant to be "market tested" and analyzing all protests through the lens of two party politics is very myopic when one
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if you aren’t educating yourself abt this country’s *broken* legal immigration system so the immigrants in yr life no longer have to explain what it feels like to be disposable/used/gaslit
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This would be a great time for the federal government to fund public/non-profit acquisition of privately-owned apartment buildings. (thread) Here's a 12-unit property on the market for $3.6 million. With
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