#Crisis

THIS IS IMPORTANT (Written by @socialworkerscankissmyass on IG):Why are mental health professionals complacent in a system that is more likely to kill folks experiencing a mental health crisis than to
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Absolutely heartbreaking. We convinced @bcndp to introduce Endangered Species Act when they were in opposition. They promised to do so when elected, spent months consulting stakeholders, First Nations, but have
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"Folks, we’re in a crisis. Just like we need to be a unified nation to respond to Covid-19, we need a unified national response to climate change." --BidenNo.1. Climate change,
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In 10 minutes, a child will die.Yemen has the worst humanitarian crisis in history. Their healthcare system has collapsed. 24 million people are starvingβ€”most of them children. The pandemic is
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On Obama's light touch with Wall Street, its important to remember that there are cases from the financial crisis in which big banks *as institutions* plead guilty to felonies, but
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1/ "For many commentators it seems that British capitalism has been buffeted by a series of unrelated and inexplicable tragedies – ranging from the Brexit vote, to the election of
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Vaccine hesitancy, again: "[A]ttitudes towards vaccines against Covid-19 must be read in the context of broader perceptions of the management of the current crisis [...]". In other words: it is
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"My friend is in crisis but I just can't support them anymore without tanking my own mental health. What do I do? How do I step back?"Remember the acronym TACT.
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If there can be an economic logic behind the support the allies of SLPP enjoys in the North, it is possible a similar logic was at work when Southern voters
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In this @postopinions op-ed @chefjoseandres makes the case that the US needs to learn from the hunger crisis caused by the covid epidemic as it did healthcare after the 1918
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This is what an OVERWHELMED NHS looks like.A consultant says β€œ... there has been chronic underfunding over the last seven years seems not to have been addressed too widely as
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The prior history of the United States is divided into two parts:1) The period from the Revolution to the Civil War.2) Everything after.We are entering a third chapter, marked by
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Before people go into paroxysms of deficit-angst today, keep in mind a fundamental truth of economic accounting: one sector's deficit is another's surplus. By pumping billions into income supports &
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Women don't have "sex-based rights" we have sexism based compensation & we should never settle for it. Sexism based compensation gives us, on paper, access to legal redress if we
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In #Lebanon, the airport reopened yesterday after a Covid-19 lockdown, but today cannot land due to electricity outages.Country sinking in massive economic crisis due to lawlessness, corruption and debt:https://twitter.com/davidkenner/stat
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Extending free school meals to all eligible pupils over the summer holidays would cost just Β£120m, yet Boris Johnson is still refusing to do it. Here are some other things
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