#Equality

Khaya Dlanga

khayadlanga

Many of us know this famous picture of Tommie Smith and John Carlos. But few know the bravery and tragedy of the white guy, Peter Norman. He came second in

Kay

jacelala

Abortion is not women’s empowerment [thread] there’s differences between men and women’s biology *shocking* I know. one important difference is that women can get pregnant ~ shocking ~ modern feminism

Audrey Ludwig

AudreySuffolk

This is a thread by a law student re @jk_rowling and her essay. The student says that the latter is wrong about her concerns about separate and single sex facilities

Liz Giorgi

lizgiorgi

Thinking a lot about the rhetoric of my network these last few days. I'm disappointed by the vitriol and name-calling on both sides. Voting for a candidate is not a

Peter Boghossian

peterboghossian

How to destroy civilization in 10 easy steps:1) Claim that science, reason, and rationality are tools of oppression. 2) Focus on equality of outcome at the expense of equality of

defund the police

not_carlisle

Martin Luther King Jr. is not Black Buddha or Black Gandhi. Nonviolence was a tactic adopted in response to the poisoned conscience of white America. He knew that to lessen

Kodama Mama

CaseyExplosion

The transphobia crisis in the UK mirrors in a lot of ways Prop 8 in California over a decade ago. There was a concerted effort by the religious right to

Steve Peers

StevePeers

Some thoughts on the human rights aspects of this debate. Yes, incitement to violence is an exception to free speech laws. But thresholds differ - "clear and present danger" in

Jonathan Portes

jdportes

This from @BBradley_Mans is false. Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 *requires* public authorities to consider socio-economic disadvantage & to exercise powers with due regard to reducing inequality. *This*

Steven Wedgeworth

Wedgetweets

Because of the return of the Grudem, people are talking about eternal subordination and social trinitarianism. I have been a longtime critic of the latter and a more recent--only bc

Human Rights Campaign

HRC

Trump and Pence spent #PrideMonth escalating their already horrific attacks on the LGBTQ community.https://www.hrc.org/blog/trump-pences-pride-month-of-hate Rather than uplifting LGBTQ voices, Trump and Pence instead met with and praised a

David Rich

david_rich9

Important thread incoming. 1/_. “Joe Biden has shown this week that some of his ambitions are more radical. On immigration, he is way to Obama’s left, proposing a mass amnesty of millions

Just Fair

JustFairUK

[1/10] Together we can use #HumanRights to protect our shared #values of #equality, #fairness and #respect. Rights give us a “basic level of dignity” and “equal opportunity”. #HumanRightsDay

Joshua Leifer

joshualeifer

The right-wing responses to @PeterBeinart's article are very telling. They show a striking inability to engage with the arguments the article actually makes. They reflect the intellectual exhaustion of Anglo-American

Harshita Sharma

Harshita511

Patriarchy, feminism, and crime.A thread. So I believe this is how it started. If we go hundred or thousand years back, the only purpose of life was to eat and

Why do Republicans hate our country and our laws?

lousywithhumans

Wrote this Nov 10, 2016.I'm some chocolate, and a hot tub, away from near total recovery. It's the rest of the Nation, I worry about now. I mourn for this

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