#Poverty

Paul Krugman

paulkrugman

This was a good post, and the Pozen-Scheppele paper it relies on is eye-opening (Kim was my office neighbor at Princeton, and posted about Hungary on my blog). But I

Heidi Janes

heidi_am

I keep typing out a tweet about Morneau then erasing it cause it just doesn’t feel worthy of more commentary: it’s boring to me. Displays of exuberant wealth are incredibly

Ted S. Raicer

tdraicer

I liked the end of GoT, and I think one reason so many didn't was that it told them something they didn't want to hear: that there is no "breaking

Jonathan Edwards is back, baby!

VPjedwards

I've been hearing several people who don't like @NorfolkPD Chief Larry Boone's reason for not releasing the use-of-force reports to the general public because we're "not qualified" to put them

Aitor Hernández-Morales

aitorehm

Portugal is famous for its mild climate and sunny beaches, but each year hundreds of people freeze to death and millions struggle to survive frigid winter weather. Here's a quick

Ailig Ó Maolchalann / Alex Mulholland

molach95

Interesting hearing John Maclean's perspective in 1902 on what life was like for the working class in Scotland -"That the class struggle is bitter we need only reckon the annual

Casey Parks

caseyparks

No one talked about debt when I started college in 2005. My high school didn't have a guidance counselor, and no one in my family had gone to college. All

Residing with yo daddy’s money

FeministaJones

There are a LOT of jobs available that remain vacant for a long time because there aren’t skilled/ qualified/ available people to fill them. This is a big US employment

Ellen does not willingly sell art to fascists 😏!

ImaginariumCS

Please consider donating to a charitable organization today in honor of those who have been lost. Doing an act of kindness in their honor is helping to make the world

SusannaDW

SusannaDW

Dear well-meaning white parents who suggest microschools invite one low-income kid to join their microschool for free... Would y'all be willing to pay $50 / hr for a Learning Guide

People's Archive of Rural India

PARInetwork

Inequality & the pandemic1/ Mukesh Ambani could personally pay each of RIL’s 2 Lakh employees a Rs 1.47 crore bonus today & still be as wealthy as he was at

erin, Ph.D😷🏡

emfundertaker

LB121 from @NebraskaMegan is being heard right now in HHS Committee. This would repeal the lifetime ban on SNAP that NE has for certain drug felony convictions. So far proponents

🕸 Black

AbelBlackZm

YOU MIGHT FIND THIS OFFENSIVE, BUT There’s nothing wrong with signing to a label, going commercial or “selling out” and making music that the masses actually enjoy and love -

Absurdistwords

absurdistwords

Some Numbers:There are about 130 million full time jobs in the USHalf of US jobs (65 million) are under $15 an hour.7 million full time jobs are open.44 million people

AndrewStettner

pelhamprog

Today is a terrible day that should not have come. Up to 14 million jobless workers will be cut off of federal CARES Act benefits that President Trump has chosen

Gayle Smith

GayleSmith

We can all agree that we want this pandemic to end, but this executive order would actually prolong the life of this pandemic - increasing the death toll & extending

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