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Dr. Steven W. Thrasher
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1. THREAD: I spent tonight at the new occupation in Lower Manhattan, not so far from Occupy Wall Street, which I covered nearly nine years ago for the now defunct
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The enormous gap between what “Black politics” means to the kids running these massive marches worldwide and what it means to the corporate Dems can be measured in how Biden’s
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AirBnB built nothing. They figured out how to steal rental housing stock & make it into hotels, priced ppl who work in cities from being able to rent in them,
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Essay coming shortly, but it's amazing what drew Americans out of lockdown and into crowds again for the first time was protesting against the lethal violence of the police state
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Often hear, "But why did they burn a gas station/Target/CVS that hurt nobody? It will harm their community!"Agree with it, disagree with it, but the goal of taking & burning
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1. A GAY ASS HISTORY LESSONFeel like a broken record, but HIV/AIDS slowed way down bc gay men started wearing condoms when having sex. Prior to AIDS, condoms were only
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One of the saddest things was watching young ppl get yelled at "YOU HAVE TO ORGANIZE YOU HAVE TO VOTE YOU LOSERS" and they phonebanked and canvassed their asses off
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I'm really disappointed in how many of y'all are so uncritical of seeing Brooklyn Nine-Nine for what it is: an interracial police buddy comedy meant to make white & Black
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A common type of journalism story I loathe:Smiling TV journalist tells you about a needless sacrifice made by a goodhearted person which can never address the structural violence the act
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1. Photo essay thread: Some people have fled New York. I returned, about 3 weeks ago. I’ve been riding the storm out w friends in Brooklyn w my one true
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A must-read by @CharlesMBlow. For anyone who studies how Black ppl embody health disparities (diabetes, hypertension, HIV/AIDS, incarceration, homelessness, asthma) it is unsurprising but still heartbreaking to see COVID add
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Means testing breeds resentment, up and down.The poor/middle class hate being tested to prove they "deserve" something. The rich resent that a thing they "don't use" exists AT ALL &
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