#POLITICAL

Tim Wise

timjacobwise

1/ A few thoughts re: the increasingly accepted (and somewhat obvious) wisdom that "if the people who stormed the capitol had been Black they'd have been beaten or shot." This

Anupam

KrishnaDvaipya

#Thread on Maimuna Begum aka Indira Gandhi.As a young woman, Indira was admitted to Oxford University but driven out for non-performance. She was then admitted to Shantiniketan University, but Guru

Richard Trumka

RichardTrumka

This has been an unprecedented election. And it came during an unprecedented year.A year of anger and sorrow and civil unrest. A year of unfathomable loss. Loss of jobs and

Jamie Fly

jamiemfly

THREAD: Disappointed to leave @RFERL just as our reforms were starting to have an impact, but very proud. Proud that audiences are growing in Russia despite new Kremlin restrictions; that the

Anna Gát

TheAnnaGat

Always feel Silicon Valley obsesses over Girard (+ Marcus Aurelius) because they simply don't know about other philosophers who'd be much more relevant.Here's a list of some stuff you should

Erin L. Thompson

artcrimeprof

The US National Park Service says monuments in its care “will not be altered, relocated, obscured, or removed, even when they are deemed inaccurate.” They'll add signage to "contextualize" monuments.

Marc Gayle

marcgayle

Over the last few months I have met and spoke to a few businessmen that have owned and run their biz (successfully) for at least the last 2 - 3

Richard Hanania

RichardHanania

How much has our political culture changed in the last decade? When Obama won the 2008 South Carolina primary, he gave a speech to a crowd excitedly chanting "Race Doesn't

YouGov

YouGov

THREAD/ We've conducted a representative new survey of 1,270 BAME Britons. YouGov's @TanyaSAbraham looks at perceptions and experience of racism in British society, attitudes towards the Black Lives Matter movement,

Jason McDaniel

ValisJason

The elected school board in SF has been the subject of much discussion lately as it has made several controversial decisions (renaming schools & lack of planning to re-open schools).

Rahul Paul

betterrcallpaul

Amul was started in 1957 but the brand mascot, the blue-haired girl in a polka dot dress first appeared in 1966.Who would've thought it would withstand the test of time

Daniel Schuman

danielschuman

I am an expert on Congress, and if you're reading @californiadem20's thread evaluating AOC's legislative effectiveness, you should understand that not only is it wrong but it fundamentally misunderstands what

Abdu Sharkawy

SharkawyMD

Plenty of angst now re: vaccine shortages, "scariant" variants, what awaits in this winter of relative discontent & beyond. Let's unpack this to maintain some hope for the future. There

❈ Monika ❈

Dragonfly_Drama

‘They’re Extremely Sophisticated’: DHS Confirms White Supremacists Remain the Biggest Threat to AMERICA.https://www.rawstory.com/2020/09/theyre-extremely-sophisticated-dhs-confirms-white-supremacists-remain-the-biggest-threat-to-ameri

Dr. Kyla Wazana Tompkins

kwazana

Phew I'm catching up on the critique/postcritique stuff. Tempest teapot etc. But I guess here's what I have to say to the delightful promise of unproblematized white pleasure. Your pleasures

The Editorial Board

johnastoehr

Why Aren't We Talking About Negligent Homicide? by @johnastoehr https://stoehr.substack.com/p/why-arent-we-talking-about-negligent?r=5msd&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&utm_source=twitter 1. I’m not sure why negligent ho

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