#Reform

Peter J. Miller

DrPeterJMiller

"Performance-based funding doesn’t work; in fact, it does the opposite, inflicting serious damage. It doesn’t improve student learning, but it does make universities less accessible, less diverse and less affordable."https://w

Maurice Chammah

MauriceChammah

A big criminal justice election thread:Biden and Trump have very different visions for policing and prisons, but many local races for sheriff and DA will be litmus tests for the

Stephen Hickey

sblhickey

Iraq’s Ministry of Planning reported last week that Iraq’s population is now over 40 million, with annual population growth of 2.6%, and 40% of Iraq’s population under 14. So what?

guynewey

guynewey

Finally found the time to digest the Energy White Paper properly. Here is the slowest hot take ever (thread). TL;DR: The WP (rightly) mainly focuses on progressing some chunky tech

Utkarsh Dubey

udsupa

A thread to debunk the idea that bihar has declined because of the reforms in agriculture... Agriculture and gsdp growth rates in bihar from early 1970s to 2005 were way

Tinashe M

baba_nyenyedzi

1/Zimbabwe - Afreximbank loansOn the 12th of Feb 2021, compelled by a court order, the MOF gazetted loans taken by RBZ it guaranteed. It is very clear why RBZ &

Helen Pluckrose

HPluckrose

OK, here's another thing people are increasingly writing to me about at the moment so I'm going to do a short thread. People are nervous not just about practical concerns

neil gong

NeilMGong

A) Thread: In 1960s-80s the US closed oppressive mental hospitals but never followed through on promised community reinvestment. It was disastrous. In @LAReviewofBooks I outline 3 lessons this history holds

Reuters

Reuters

Today marks one month since George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for 8 minutes and 46 seconds. One month ago,

A New Radical Centrism

a_centrism

[THREAD]1/ I might become the worst thing imaginable: A one-issue voter. (The issue: Culture wars.)If anti-blank slate science is going to get cancelled, the only remaining hope is to pack

wilson

wilsonality

hi tl. i just woke up, but let's keep the blm convo going. let's talk about brandon bernard, a man who is going to be executed by the us government

Dominick Evans

dominickevans

So I decided to check out @joebiden and @KamalaHarris' plan for marriage equality, and I realize that it would still not allow every disabled person to marry - I would

danika

danikation

the state of ontario's social justice tribunals is alarming. the HRTO is notoriously backlogged. the LTB is synonymous with dysfunction. the CICB was abolished. less is known about the social

Wilmington, NC

CityofWilm

Wilm, a few weeks ago we said transparency is non-negotiable and we meant that. ⁣⁣Today, the City announced the termination of three WPD officers after an investigation into conversations that

Daphne Keller

daphnehk

What do platforms do when the law tells them to take down illegal user content? They take down a bunch of other stuff, too. How do we know? Well, here's

James Zeigler

jameskzeigler

Last month, DC's Mayor signed the groundbreaking Second Look Amendment Act, which will expand eligibility under our IRAA sentence review law to those who were under 25 at the time

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