"It's fanciful to suggest that the $600 billion stolen from Nigeria by Nigerian rulers since 1960 is down to colonialism. If that had been used to fund roads, schools, hospitals, universities and power systems, Nigeria would be in a different place today."https://t.co/kymwmwDrQc
A New York Times analysis found that 97 lawmakers or their family members bought or sold financial assets over a three-year span in industries that could be affected by their legislative committee work.https://t.co/E5MMVQDvxB
“This is an astounding decline in child poverty,” said Dana Thomson, a co-author of the Child Trends study. “Its magnitude is unequaled in the history of poverty measurement, and the single largest explanation is the growth of the safety net.” https://t.co/9nHbb6T7V0
NEW: An NYT investigation has found that scores of Hasidic Jewish schools in New York are purposely denying some 50,000 students a basic secular education – and have received $1 billion in taxpayer dollars over the last 4 years. w/ @brianmrosenthalhttps://t.co/mjODtkjiMr
[....] Sovereign citizen ideology dates back to the 1970s when it was first dreamed up by white supremacists intent on defying the nation’s laws. And it doesn’t appear to be slowing down. In this era of rampant conspiracy mongering, sovereign citizens once dismissed as fringe actors have found a growing audience [....]
only noticed this 'Style' section story because it is causing much bitter argument between Dem political types on Twitter -
One guest at the party - who did not make it into the piece - described the tendency/world Shor represents as the "revenge of the empirical" https://t.co/3Sms3uGn05
Democrats are starting to reappraise Abrams's chances but she was a lock for the primary given that many in her party believed the 2018 election was stolen from her (the loss wasn't her fault). https://t.co/3aP1STBSUE
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) promised on Wednesday to pass a side deal on permitting reform with Sen. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) to the massive tax, climate and health care bill despite growing opposition from progressive House Democrats.
The ADL Center on Extremism examined more than 38,000 names on leaked Oath Keepers membership lists and identified 370+ people it believes currently work in law enforcement agencies and 100+ people who are currently members of the military. https://t.co/jAiGwqEuzP
The intricacies of the financial markets -Energy Trading Stressed by Margin Calls of $1.5 Trillion. Exchange requirements to secure trades is sucking up capital. Governments under pressure to provide market with liquidity. https://t.co/VvtReD4mQd via @markets
For workers, this Labor Day is one of the most promising & exciting in years
Young workers especially are making things happen—at Amazon, Starbux, Trader Joe's, Apple, Chipotle, museums & universities. And many more non-union workers are eager to unionizehttps://t.co/Uea63Y0v0Lpic.twitter.com/1WnRLA5W7D
“The sharp slowdown in China’s growth in the past year is prompting many experts to reconsider when China will surpass the U.S. as the world’s largest economy – or even if it ever will.” https://t.co/6QXlP85g12
Chilean voters resoundingly rejected a new, progressive constitution in a referendum, following a nearly two-year process that aimed to reflect a broader array of voices in the nation’s document.https://t.co/vvbk4539Vm
Investors are braced for sterling to weaken even further to a nadir not seen in more than two centuries of trading across the Atlantic.https://t.co/nc8qGbvI6g
Shalomyah Bowers, leader of the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation, has been accused of siphoning more than $10 million in donations to a “personal piggy bank” in a suit filed by Black Lives Matter Grassroots:https://t.co/1Ls3hEaow0pic.twitter.com/pBgaaw2lHs
