#Residents

Megnaa Mehtta

MMehtta

Got through to 5 friends in the #Sundarbans, only Jio SIMs seem to be working, IF the @PMCares, provide immediate relief to blocks that have been severely hit by #CycloneAmphan

The New York Times

nytimes

Many rural communities in the U.S. that watched the coronavirus unfold in far-away cities are now experiencing the crisis first hand.More than two-thirds of rural counties have confirmed at least

Justin Hart

justin_hart

1/ 2 examples of how you are straight up being lied to about the death toll.. or at least no reporter is even slightly curious about the issues staring them

The Kashmir Walla

tkwmag

#ThisweekinKashmir. A thread.When Ms. Nazia refused flatly to visit IMHANS for detoxification, partly because of taboo and partly to keep her addiction secret from her family, medicines were sent at

/r/2020PoliceBrutality

r2020PB

Cities w/ most #PoliceBrutality incidents since 5/26:1. Portland -2542. NYC–973. Seattle–544. LA–435. D.C.-286. Minneapolis–277. Denver-258. Columbus-239. Richmond-2110. Chicago–20 11. Louisville-1812. Austin–1713. Philly–1414

Emily Prifogle, JD/PhD

EmilyAPrifogle

Most of my @UMichLaw students wrote op-eds for their final assignments in Law in Rural America. The goal was to take scholarship from class, apply it to a current event,

Alberto Lucas López

aLucasLopez

Holy to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, modern Jerusalem has been shaped by 3,000 years of worship, conquest, devastation, and rebuilding. For @NatGeo, we worked on how to visualize this in

Civil War Humor

CivilWarHumor

#OTD in 1865, the morning after Appomattox, Grant realized he had a few more surrender details to iron out with Lee. Grant being Grant, he didn’t want to waste time

David Kim for Congress 🦄

davidkim2020

Our elected officials can't get a pulse to the human suffering in our communities. They're unable to relate to it or really connect with it.Most don't ask their communities about

Evan Roberts

evanrobertsnz

Worth reading in the New Yorker about a five part response to coronavirus: distancing, tracing, testing, isolation, and treatmenthttps://www.newyorker.com/science/medical-dispatch/its-not-too-late-to-go-on-offense-against-the-coronavirus You might al

Lolak

underratedcha

The Chinese Government has detained at least 800,000 and possibly more than 2 million Uyghurs in “reeducation centres” marking the largest mass internment of an ethnic-religious minority group since World

History Under Your Feet

HistorifyToday

On the 15th of August, taking a look at the life of a freedom fighter Krantiveera Sangoli Rayanna, whose Jayanti it is today. Not so well known outside of Karnataka,

cubasupport

cubasupport

10 examples of how the US blockade hinders Cuba's efforts to combat the COVID-19 epidemic.@vonderleyen @JosepBorrellF @PhilHoganEU @wallacemick @lukeming The US economic blockade prevents the purchase of medical supplies and

WoLF

WomensLibFront

US residents: You have until September 22nd to tell HUD that they should allow shelter providers to have women-only services again! You can write them here:https://womensliberationfront.salsalabs.org/hud2020shelters/index.html If this offen

Jamie Bradburn

jbcurio

1) Today's thread o' stuff is inspired by news of the death of music producer Hal Willner. Among the TV series he worked on was Sunday Night/Night Music (1988-90). My

GeorgeJulian

GeorgeJulian

Spent day reading PFDs (Prevention of Future Death) reports and associated stuff. So disheartening to see same issues crop up repeatedly. Am gonna share one lowlight, whilst recognising these are