#POLITICAL

Simon Rabinovitch

S_Rabinovitch

A long read this week on how Xi is remaking China's economy. Conventional wisdom is that he's reverting to a statist model at the private sector's expense: a sure-fire recipe

Ned Staebler

NedStaebler

OK. I know this is going to ruffle some feathers, but the best way to elect Democratic candidates is not actually to give them money.... wait for it...Yep. Don't give

Danté Stewart (Stew)

stewartdantec

Why I stopped talking about racism in general and started talking about white supremacy and anti-blackness.A thread/ I’ll never forget having a conversation with a white pastor some time ago

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okymoros

i know Greece is a small country but holy shit it's baffling to me that nobody outside of it is aware of what is going on [ thread ] -

OpenSecrets.org

OpenSecretsDC

It has been 11 years since "Citizens United" - when SCOTUS ruled the longstanding prohibition on independent expenditures by corporations violated the 1st Amendment.Last year, on the decision's 10th anniversary,

Johannes Urpelainen

jurpelai

(1/N) How can #India tackle #airpollution, which kills over a million Indians a year? New @sais_isep research in Atmospheric Pollution Research highlights the importance of centralized, coordinated action:https://www.sciencedirect.com/scien

Sam Esmail

samesmail

1/ A thread on how annoying it is to hear anyone (including liberals) consider Trump brilliant or a genius at marketing/branding and attribute that to his success. First, let’s get

Julija

Julija9Julija

Deconstructing the myth of Orwell and Huxley.1984 & Brave New World were not a vision of future, but CIA/Tavistock masterstroke of pre-emptive mind controlOrwell's agent was CIA asset, Huxley was

Nicholas A. Christakis

NAChristakis

I’ve been teaching, talking, and tweeting about this for years, but it’s worth repeating: the ongoing existence of real slavery in the world, today, doesn’t get the attention it deserves.

Anwesh Satpathy

anwesh_satpathy

Homophobes genuinely believe in what they say they believe. This is why its necessary to counter their argument in a rational and empirical manner. In this thread,I intend to make

Poppy McPherson

poppymcp

The situation in Myanmar is now very tense. Ruling party lawmaker Zin Mar Aung said police were patrolling the parliament compound and there was a need for caution."We cannot pretend

Sen. Lamar Alexander

SenAlexander

Ending the filibuster would destroy the impetus in the United States Senate to force broad agreements on hard issues and unleash the tyranny of the majority to steam roll the

Eric Garland

ericgarland

Time to stop discussing process and get back to the real story about Roger Stone: he's a traitor who helped Russian intelligence make Trump president.Here are his real crimes. Charge

Jeremy Duns

JeremyDuns

Why do they? I know a lot of this will be obvious, but I'm going to try to answer it anyway. One issue is that people on this strand of

Andrea Bernstein

AndreaWNYC

In my book, American Oligarchs, I write extensively about Charlie Kushner. In the 1990's he was an ambitious real estate developer on the rise. Like Donald Trump, he found that

HuffPost

HuffPost

Today marks the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment – but we're still grappling with its fractured, incomplete outcomes.http://huffp.st/wlZdah1 The 19th Amendment wasn't a promise of enfranchisement

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