#Poverty

wheezylikesundaymorning

wheezylikesund1

Absolutely. Buzzing. Zoom call with @SFoodbanks, @IanByrneMP, and @Kartik__Raj #righttofood (wow)These guys are REAL heroes and they dont even know it - their hard work and passion keeps families afloat,

Mary Reader

reader_mary

1/10 Today @kittyjstewart and I published our SPDO @CASE_LSE paper on the Conservatives’ record on early childhood since 2015. We analyse policies, spending and outcomes for children under 5 over

J. F. Trey Smith

jftrey

Saw a quote from @PHLCouncil member in the paper saying, “Students are safer in schools than at home.”I’m not calling out that person. No, I think this under-examined idea undergirds

Justin Sandefur

JustinSandefur

World Bank's initial C-19 forecasts were far too optimistic, particularly for poor countries. Subsequent revisions imply the number of people falling into poverty will be roughly x2 as high.+131m

Tamara Lush

TamaraLush

A thread about Covid, and location, and privilege. Consider a screenshot of this map of the city of St. Petersburg, Florida. I live in the light blue area: This map

Mina

jazminajamel

If you have ONLY 20 ringgit to survive for the week, would you rather spend the money on foods... or on menstruation products? To some people, this is a real

Joseph Rowntree Foundation

jrf_uk

This week across JRF and @theJRHT we’re marking International Day of Disabled People and celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. [THREAD] #IDPWD2020 #IDPD2020 Lots of progress

Wanderlust Wendy

wanderlustwlee

After binge watching hours upon hours of documentaries on suburban #poverty in the U.S., I am embarrassed that I never thought deeply about these systemic causes of poverty before I

Still Here

kristenmchugh22

This is part of why I went on an auto-didactic spiral on Economics. Which I hate, but which is very informative once you stop buying into economic punditry and look

Neil Before Zod™

WaytowichNeil

For $15B we could permanently increase the stock of affordable housing, child care and public transit, and eliminate most user costs for pharmacare, dental care and post-secondary education. Think about the

Brandi Thompson

awesomebrandi

Let's talk about #donating items to those in need. When we went to drop off our donation toys, I saw a GIANT ASS TEDDY BEAR in the box. Now, that

VT

VusiThembekwayo

The greatest fallacy of our modern economic times is that poor people are poor because they are lazy. It implies that hard work is all that’s required to lift yourself

Ben Brainard

Ben_Brainard

Is “Black in Black crime” real? Sorta? Just as “White on White” and “Hispanic on Hispanic” we have the statistics for it.Now, is it actually worse than any other race

🔶 Stephen Richmond 💸💛💚

LibDemStephen

We don't talk about the mechanics of *WHY* UBI is affordable enough.Any individual plan is complicated, that's life, but the economics of why UBI is affordable are actually quite simple

Larime Taylor

XLarimeX

So let's get real and honest about why there aren't more disabled characters in popular culture - I'll be using comics as a specific, but all mediums have the same

A Black Anarchist 🏴🚩🏴‍☠️

ReggieOrtizJr

No Cops: A Thread. Who will prevent crime?Cops do not prevent crime. They enforce the power dynamic of the will of the state against us. It's impossible for them to

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