#Poverty

Caitlin Johnstone ⏳

caitoz

Poverty can be a form of narrative control. Keep Americans impoverished and aware that bad luck or illness could destroy them, for example, and they won't have space for examining

Ms.expressioness@damnation #NotMeUs

expressionessd1

There is a mental health crisis #mentalhealth I am going to tell you how it feels as someone who is living with it and has for 3 decades. #mentalhealth is

Sophia Parker

mssophiaparker

the awful food parcel pictures all over here atm reveal so much about how this govt view poverty. 1) the story of ‘them’ and ‘us’ where ‘us’ is the hardworking

Cllr Daniel Cowan

CllrCowan

Food poverty threadLast night I made roast chicken with patatas bravas, baked feta and minted peas for 4.Total time = 2hrsTotal cost of ingredients = £8.21We have enough leftovers for

Anas Sarwar

AnasSarwar

Today, I have highlighted figures on child poverty rising by 20,000 in Scotland in just 4 years. This is an utter failure of Tory and SNP austerity, and their constant

Known Heretic: Amy E. Sousa #IStandWithJKR

KnownHeretic

It's been a dramatic week: see pinned tweet. Today I woke up bleeding. It's "that time" of the month again. Despite any conscious willing on my part, my female body

Imran

imran_1

THREAD: How can PM level up the country if he cannot level with the public about how many children are in poverty?That's the question we should be asking ourselves after

Aren R. LeBrun

proustmalone

The minimum wage should be $25 per hour. All of the biggest employers in the United States could afford a $25/hour minimum wage and still turn a profit for shareholders.

Michelle Tandler 🌁

michelletandler

Today SF School Board will vote to shut down our top academic high school amidst allegations that it's racist. I believe this is destruction out of envy and spite. Students

Peter Matejic

StatsPeter

(1/10) A thread on poverty stats after the discussion between the PM and Keir Starmer today. What is poverty? At JRF we say it is when a person’s resources (mainly

Bridget Casey

BridgieCasey

The Bootstrap narrative is a poverty narrative.Rich families don’t deprive their kids to “teach them self sufficiency”. They bankroll them.Poor families teach their children *~self reliance~* to prep for a

Philip Alston

PhilipGAlston

Today I am releasing my final report as UN Special Rapporteur. I find that global poverty is rising, and that a decade of misplaced triumphalism has exacerbated the worst impacts

Mangy Jay

magi_jay

Targeted anti-poverty measures are not as politically popular as measures aimed at helping the middle class. It is thus incumbent upon progressives to praise these measures when they are proposed.

ShanghaiPanda

thinking_panda

The CCTV's program is discussing China's eliminating poverty.Today's theme is that govt should provide more sports facilities for remote areas and advocate healthier lifestyle.China's experience is that eliminating poverty

Bryce Covert

brycecovert

It seems I’m going to be the only??? person to say: I don't like Mitt Romney's child allowance proposalhttps://newrepublic.com/article/161259/mitt-romney-welfare-poverty-basic-income Yes, having Mitt “free stuff” Romney put fo

Dallas Protest Police Watch

dallas_protest

The economy is in shambles. Black people are murdered in the streets. Police kill Americans and walk free. More and more people in America slip into poverty every day. Thousands

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