#Poverty

Lisa Gretzky

LGretzky

Chances are, if you have a disability & receive ODSP in Ontario, you're living in poverty.Today I asked the Ford govt why they discontinued the small pandemic top-up payments for

Eminently 🏳️‍🌈

eminently_me5

And I want to point out a coincidence that is more IMO than happenstance. Bless the young for their fervency for justice, but we can all be blinded by self-interest

FCDO Gov,Conflict,SocDev Research

FCDOREDGCSD

#COVID19 #research burst #TrustOur partners have been in pivoting to #COVID19 research, with new products from a wide range of countries, focusing on indirect impacts & urgent policy advice.

cobras for alligators scheme machine

golikehellmachi

every time i watch this shit, i realize that i could probably make a lot of money getting half-lit and ranting into a webcam and it just burns a hole

Nigel Cornwall

NewAngliaEnergy

1. Interesting piece by @emilygosden. I normally have some alignment with @CitizensAdvice but not here. Our system of regulation sees the benefits of cost discovery passed through to consumers at

Tailsteak📎

tailsteak

There is a fairly common human tendency to conflate pain with progress.Healthy food tastes bad, therefore this bad-tasting food must be good for me.Exercise hurts, therefore hurting myself must make

Emma Ní Cheallaigh

ednc_42

I would have some sort of respect for CUA if the speaker policy was equally enforced. It’s not. Being Catholic + pro life is more than just being anti-abortion.https://twitter.com/ncronline/status/1358960560952537091 How

Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab

saragoldrickrab

Good morning! Did you attend college? Are you attending now?Tell me— during that time, ever encounter an expense you struggled to afford? Short on money for rent? Books? #RealCollege How

Avail

HelloAvail

Hey #Chicago, this week is Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. To do our part, we want to shine a light on a few organizations that are doing great work to

SugarCunt but in 2021 (they/them)

SugarCunt

If you've never lived in poverty/housing instability probably have no idea how it impacts yr relationships.Spoiler: negatively.If daily life is spiraling from one crisis to another, yr loved ones are

FieldRoamer

FieldRoamer

Immigration restriction backers need to stop relying on our political leaders to save us from open borders forces. We need to instead make the case to the American people why

Bachman

ElonBachman

1\ History rhymes.COVID-19 is new, but a similar panic swept the world in the 1970sIt featured the same experts, the same dazzling models, and led to monumental human suffering and

Miriam Krinsky

miriamkrinsky

"I am immediately ending the practice of charging kids as adults." For too long "we were sold a false narrative that more police, locking more ppl up, makes us safer...."New

Peggy Bailey

PeggyBaileyDC

Thread: Trump’s expected executive orders to (among other things) extend the eviction moratorium from the CARES Act are woefully inadequate for addressing renters’ hardship. People need help paying the rent.

Augie Ray

augieray

The thing I really don't get about Trump supporters being willing to mount an insurrection and go to jail for him is that he's been an abject failure. I get

Jordan Weissmann 🗽

JHWeissmann

My initial take on Mitt Romney's child allowance proposal: It looks good. As @dylanmatt writes here, some of the pay-fors are controversial, and it may not reduce poverty as much

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