#Policymakers

Michael Harriot

michaelharriot

You wanna know what white privilege is?Let's look at the credentials for the "Council to Reopen America"1. Mark Meadows: Not only is Mark Meadows not a doctor, but his official

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

Another 1.3 million people applied for UI last week, including 853,000 people who applied for regular state UI and 428,000 who applied for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA). 1/ https://www.dol.gov/ui/data.pdf The

Dr. Rebekah Tromble

RebekahKTromble

Concerned about digital platform accountability and research data access? There have been some key developments in Europe that deserve your attention. (These are important for European and non-European scholars alike.)

Heidi Shierholz

hshierholz

There was an armed insurrection at the U.S. Capitol yesterday in which the police were complicit in a way that has everything to do with structural racism. And that is

Brian Asquith

basquith827

Just finished reading @mattyglesias's take on superstar cities, remote work, and where college-educated professionals go next. Like with @Noahpinion's take, I've got some pushback/questions. First off, I think some context

Tyler Alterman

TylerAlterman

1/ Woo! I’ve been accepted as an apprentice for Evolving Ground, a new group adapting Buddhist Vajrayana to a secular Western context.This thread is about why I’m doing this when

John Roberts

JohnGRoberts

A @tes story thread on 2021's latest but probably not last education U-turn. This time it's Ofsted and its now abandoned plan to send inspectors into schools at the height

Bob Greenstein

GreensteinCBPP

After two months of delay, we continue to wait for Senate Republicans’ next #COVID relief plan. But indications from public officials and news reports are that it will be highly

GnS Economics

GnSEconomics

China bank failure fires warning shot at financial marketsLiquidation of the municipal lender raises borrowing costs for small peers and push more of them on the brink #Economy still wobbling,

Royal Suitor

royal_suitor

Written By Prince Harry: “A little over four weeks ago, my wife and I started calling business leaders, heads of major corporations, and chief marketing officers at brands and organisations

Sarah Riggs Amico

SarahRiggsAmico

America’s childcare crisis: a THREAD“We’re literally going to destroy a generation of upward mobility,” Amico said. “A lot of us have known for a long time that childcare is not

Cory Doctorow #BLM

doctorow

In late 2020, a coalition of predatory, money-losing, private-equity backed companies ran a $200m disinformation campaign that resulted in the passage of California's #Prop22, legalizing worker misclassification and mass-scale labor

Amaka Anku

AmakaAnku

It has been difficult for me to engage w/ largely dismissive criticisms of #Nigeria’s move to close its land borders with #Benin & #Niger to address rampant smuggling and #Benin’s

David Williams

ZoologyDave

Amidst the horror of the late-2020 UK, I've got some #GoodNews to share! Alongside some #BadNews for #biodiversity and #conservation. So buckle up for some hot-off-the-press science from @UniversityLeeds @RSPBScience

Arlen Parsa

arlenparsa

Let's talk about two things that don't usually go together. Hope, and crack cocaine.Wherever you expect this history thread is going to end up, I promise you it's going somewhere

Solomon Messing

SolomonMg

THREAD: 538’s 2020 election forecast design tweaks solve an important problem from 2016, but 538 has not grappled w larger issues—how they shape the social consensus about the presidential race

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