#Poverty

Max Ghenis

MaxGhenis

I have a new @TheUBICenter blog post on UBI and the black-white gaps in poverty, median wealth, and mean wealth. For example, I found that a $200/month UBI would cut

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

I see a national newspaper, one history shows has lent towards fascism, is carrying an attack by a Minister on those who speak for minorities, whilst affecting a historically familiar

Matthew Cappucci

MatthewCappucci

This is less than ten dollars per hour for a degreed scientist to work full time. At least a year of experience is preferred, with availability required nights, holidays, weekends.This

Dawson Richard Epiphanytide Vosburg

DawsonVosburg

A thread covering one reason why economic conservatism is nonsense for Christians.I specifically say "economic conservatism" because "cultural" things (abortion and sex mostly) are used as a shield for less-examined

Andrew Ratcliffe

andyratcliffe9

I was speaking to my team yesterday about the dangers of balkanising poverty into 'fuel poverty', 'food poverty', 'digital poverty' etc. and today i saw this article so i wanted

Julie Rohr ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ °)

JulieRohrYEG

You know what would be great? If the same politicians would actually live their convictions by helping pass policy that doesn’t keep people in poverty, depending on charities.Sure, the donation

goldie bone.

zeniaontop

A thread from my masters and RE: evictions...although socio-economic rights are recognised under the constitution, even where the claim to these rights in a given case succeeds, their recognition alone

Nicholas Kristof

NickKristof

The most exciting part of @JoeBiden's "America Rescue Plan" may be one that gets little attention: It's the most serious effort to reduce child poverty in at least 50 years.

Max Daly

Narcomania

Discussion about the disproportionate number of arrests and convictions of black people due to racist policing and justice often misses a trick - the strong link between crime and poverty,

Stephanie Ruhle

SRuhle

THREAD: Let’s dig into Biden’s econ proposal. I know there are a lot of numbers to dig through, but I wanted to note something:The American Family Act, Child Tax Credit

Wealthy Brains

Wealthy_Brains

Life Lessons I Learned Growing Up Poor~ Thread ~ 1. You Are Tougher Than You ThinkUnfavorable situations bring out the inner strength in you. Poverty teaches you to emerge as

UN Special Rapporteur on poverty and human rights

srpoverty

Today I release my first annual report on the impact of COVID19 on people in poverty, scrutinizing the recent wave of social protection. I find that most measures are maladapted,

wademobley

wademobley

Something triggered a thought tonight: When I was a kid, poverty wrecked me. We didn’t have much, but never missed a meal, and my mom did wonders to hold it

GemmaMS

GemmaSchwendel

Whilst the DDA has been instrumental in improving lives, unemployment and poverty levels amongst disabled people has remained at unacceptable levels for at least a decade. There is still much

Matthew Yglesias

mattyglesias

A child allowance would rescue millions of vulnerable kids from poverty, but @swinshi says it’s bad anyway because it reduces work incentives.So I asked him if he could give me

Danika Dragomir

NikaDragomira

It sounds to me like Canada is going to have to step up its game if they want to compete with Biden's financial agenda of lifting people out of poverty.

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