#Poverty

Darren McGarvey

lokiscottishrap

I don't think I can even bring myself to address this food poverty discussion. What else is there to say? How much energy is wasted trying to debate with people

Ezra Klein

ezraklein

So putting aside the question of whether Matt is uncivil on Twitter (he often is, he admits it), I want to say this is a mean and uncivil way to

Bob Greenstein

GreensteinCBPP

As the number of COVID cases continues rising at an alarming rate across the country and millions of people continue to struggle to pay the rent and afford food, it

Sally Rugg

sallyrugg

TW suicideMy dad died from suicide 10 years ago but if he hadn’t he’d have been 65 today.Suicide is a unique, complicated grief. I used to seek comfort imagining the

Chuck Marr

ChuckCBPP

The emergency relief plan that President-elect Biden announced yesterday would expand the Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) for over 17 million adults not raising children at home who work hard

🌲 Tedward B Wang🌲

TedwardWang

I hate conservative traitors like J.D. Vance and his Hillbilly Elegy more than anyone else. It's acceptable bootstrapism for white strivers who want to be liked that is predicated on

Kim Siever

kim_siever

Have you ever seen people claim that Indigenous people are lazy, that if they just worked harder and applied themselves, they could pull themselves out of the cycle of poverty?This

Mark Miller

_miller_mark

Presented today to @CommonsIDC on ODA cuts. Main points I made (or would have liked to make): 1. A reminder these cuts are not a fiscal necessity, but a political

Yosa Yosa

Devil5Advoc8

Everyone wants change but no one wants to change. There's a saying, “Nothing changes if nothing changes.” If nothing changes, we stay the same. We don’t grow. We don’t evolve.

Hayden O'Connor

HaydenJOConnor

13% of Australia is below the poverty lineThe poverty line is roughly $450 p/wJobSeeker is $357.85 p/wBefore COVID it was $280 p/wThis is unacceptable for a wealthy country such as

EndPovertyYEG

EndPovertyYEG

Making sure people can earn a livable income is one of the pillars in our community’s #endpoverty work. A living wage is part of that equation. A low minimum wage

Josh Trosper

JoshTrosperKY

How Do We Solve Generational Poverty and a System That Punishes Poverty? A Thread A situation arose this morning that I will not go into detail about but it raises

R.

rincredible

I'm a supporter of non-targeted aid and universal basic income. Here are my thoughts why it makes sense to me. This will be a thread. Like many people, I somewhat

antirobust

antirobust

just because energy use correlates to poverty, it doesn't necessarily mean energy policy should focus on alleviating povertyhttps://www.elementascience.org/article/10.1525/elementa.419 the notion that one's approach in each policy d

Prof Amy Brown 🕷🤱🐘

Prof_AmyBrown

£10 buys a new mum a pack of bottles? How about packs that simply support mothers who are struggling? It could include all the other stuff that is useful more

Eminently 🏳️‍🌈

eminently_me5

Sad that so many have a knee-jerk “poverty is the default” response. That’s a trained idea. It’s wrong. Most poverty exists because human society created the conditions for it.https://twitter.com/common/status/1359584741196918786 I

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