#Poverty

Disability Justice Network of Ontario

djnontario

When asked today about the eliminated $100 emergency benefit, @fordnation responded alleging that disabled people are defrauding the system, through working, taking #CERB, and the Ontario Disability Support Program (#ODSP)

Emily Pothast

emilypothast

I've noticed a tendency among certain factions of the left to imagine that because there are valid grievances to be had regarding capitalism & the ruling class in the US,

Scholars Strategy Network

SSNScholars

As legislators weigh more #COVID19 relief, SSN's experts are here to provide background and analysis. Today's thread comes from urban poverty expert Dr. Joan Mazelis (@JoanieMazelis), author of “Surviving Poverty:

Nandy

nandy_sd

First step to understanding privilege and why reservations are required. Have you ever thought "If I was a SC, I would get into IIT/IIM/whatever institution". If yes, then think about

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

I had assumed that the #DisruptTexts movement was organic. But I recently discovered https://disrupttexts.org , and I think that, in addition to publishers springing into action to meet market demand, they

TCWF

TaxCreditsWF

Thread: Today is #EITCAwarenessDay, and we want to share the top 10 reasons that we love the #EITC! We want everyone eligible for the EITC to receive the credit they’ve

KantaKerro

KKerro

WHAT IS HAPPENING IN RUSSIA My country lives in dictatorship, totalitarianism and poverty for at least 20 years. It is scary to talk or even think about it. All TV,

Bidjan Nashat

bnashat

Last week's events in the reminded me of the height of the refugee response in in 2016 and how hate speech turned into violence against children. 1/https://twitter.com/save_children/status/1349394777985462273?s=20 It

jess_ralston

jessralston2

Today is #FuelPovertyAwarenessDay, in one of the most testing years for those already struggling to pay their bills. @NEA_UKCharity (1/8) [THREAD] 1 in 5 young people and about 2.4m households

Ben Kelly

bkelly776

The Sun has a huge audience of readers who will need to hear Marcus Rashford’s message. I can appreciate that. The issue is however, that it’s naive to assume that’s

Kim Siever

kim_siever

Last week, someone broke into our garage and stole a bunch of stuff. A large portion of my hand tools are gone, as is most of our camping equipment, an

IndiaSpend

IndiaSpend

India, with the world’s 2nd most #COVID19 cases, might find it difficult to accurately identify the impact of the #pandemic because of a lack of poverty data, says the #PRESS2020

Tommy Tighe

theghissilent

a brief thread on catholics who deny the existence of systemic racism in our nation:denying systemic racism is intellectually dishonest at worst and intellectually lazy at bestit takes almost zero

Lee Healey

leehealey_

Interesting conversation at supermarket check out till on free school meal vouchers & food poverty last night, which highlighted the attitudes many people have about the issue. (Mini-thread) “What do

Noah Smith 🐇

Noahpinion

The ideal of the Middle Class is to minimize the social status differences that arise from occupations. It means that someone who works all their life in an Amazon warehouse

Max Roser

MaxCRoser

Just published my new post on @OurWorldInData. → http://ourworldindata.org/worlds-energy-problemThe energy problem that dominates the public discussion is climate change, but the world's energy problem is unfortunately larger than tha

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