#Poverty

Diversify Our Narrative

TheDONCampaign

INTERSECTIONALITY: DISABILITY & SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSA THREAD “If you have a disability in the US, you're TWICE as likely to be poor as someone without a disability.”**Source: NPR Intersectionality among socioeconomic

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

This is a good thread by Jill, and everyone should read it. I'd just add that my argument is we should do everything possible to make work available, accessible, and

Dr. Auntie Chelle Vaccinated AF

iamn0tthe1

Today’s tweets will be a series of Billable ICD10 codes you can use in the care of Black mamas and babies birthing and being born in today’s AmeriKKKa: Z60.5 Target

Yet Another Columnist

Sime0nStylites

Captain Tom ‘Tuna’ Frankentoffle said he’d never seen anything like it in all his years as a fisher person, ‘There was all kinds of boats. Boats everywhere. Gin cruisers. Ferries.

Eric Domond

ericdomond

One of the most egregious ways that many folks who call themselves "conservatives" misunderstand conservatism is a consistent (and likely willful) misinterpretation of freedom and its unavoidable cost: individual responsibility.

Monty 🇺🇸Lincoln's Speeches🇺🇸 Boa

MontyBoa99

Yoho admits he caused "strife", but denies he used the language he's accused of. Yet he offers no alternative for it. His denial rings hollow.He says because he's a father,

Garry Kasparov

Kasparov63

"The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders are no more. I Am Not A Virginian, But An American!"--Patrick Henry, 1775. (Response to King George III's declaration that

Tim Wise

timjacobwise

1/ Seeing the clip of Mike Pence today complaining that Democrats want to make poor people more comfortable (as if that’s a bad thing) reminded me how powerful anti-poor folks

Chad Stone

ChadCBPP

Dec employment situation: jobs recovery stalled before end-of-year stimulus and relief measures were enacted. Payroll jobs down 140k (private down 95k) in Dec after 5 months of shrinking job gains;

Brett Walton

waltonwater

This story in the Guardian about water bills and affordability in US cities is getting attention. Because they used data that I collected as the basis for their story, I

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Sarah_Colero

Re: #BillC7 & why disabled people are rightfully fearful of it.The message I want people to understand is that disabled people aren't angry about the autonomy of assisted death, we

Dylan

dyllyp

I had no idea when I tweeted this story about my uncle’s funeral that my old man would be dead a few months later. He joked about his death a

Kurt Paulse 🇿🇦🇺🇲

kurtp77

Addressing global poverty in 12 tweets Get big tech into developing countries as a priority.This is the 1st step to providing sustainable solutions for the masses, based on countries using

Anne Cronin

AnneCronin5

I watch the Green Party debate re #PFG like alot of ppl on the left with a mixture of curiosity & looming dread. The party is under the spotlight because

Adam Lane Smith

TheBrometheus

Hollywood trains young people to believe someday they’ll be uplifted from their mediocre lives for being secretly special.Harry PotterLord of the RingsStar WarsMagical old wizard saying “Oh hey, sorry I

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Sarah_Colero

Front page of @TorontoStar – they have the one disabled person with internalized ableism issues to interview on the benefits of MAiD.This one man, Ron Ponso, is someone politicians use

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