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(1) OK @TheWFA, I'll bite. There are so many reasons for this it couldn't all be contained in a single chain of tweets. Whole books have been (and continue to
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New paper alert Very excited about new paper with @SayWhatYouFound title:Improving data access democratizes and diversifies scienceforthcoming in @PNASNews with @esther_shears & @MathijsdeVaan (@BerkeleyHaas) link: https://www.pnas.org/
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History is our past, sets groundwork for our present and can indicate our future. trump poses a threat to a free society and to World peace. Greater threats to what
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1/9December 21, 2020, marks 156 years since Sherman & 60,000 Union soldiers captured #Savannah. Sherman’s 285-mile, 3-week long “March to the Sea” devastated both the Confederacy & much of Georgia.
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In honor of #ScholarStrikeCanada and in solidarity with #ScholarStrike, I am going to share a of materials from my Building Classroom Communities syllabus, which was designed to support new
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Storytime: So the Democratic party used to be the party of the confederacy. And Lincoln (a Republican) signed the Emancipation Proclamation. But our modern political parties underwent an ideological transition
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Black people built and continue to build this nation, brick by brick. Yet despite our contributions, we remain one of the most neglected populations in America. Here are some books
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Thread: @UCF has repeatedly stated the 1st Amendment protects Professor Charles Negy’s tweets as they are his “personal opinions”. However, his book ‘White Shaming’ is required course material & directly
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This Day in Labor History: July 31, 1905. The Maji-Maji Rebellion begins, when colonized people in modern Tanzania revolt against the Germans violently imposing a Jim Crow-style cotton regime upon
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Thread: A few stories came out today that says this year’s flu season may be the worst yet.https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/year-s-flu-season-may-be-bad-one-here-s-n1054856 Traditionally, black people are hesitant when it comes
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H/t @ChelseaHerps: If you visit Google's front page today, you may see a Black guy with glasses. If you're an economist #EconTwitter, you probably know who this is. If not,
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This Juneteenth, we celebrate African American freedom and achievement. We encourage you to take some time to reflect and learn today. We will also thread some information on the Coloured
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Thread: Okay so here’s a few things that every black person in Terre Haute should know about especially the college students. Don’t let this history be erased.https://twitter.com/disbeatis/status/1325862065676935168 There’s a book
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Here’s John Lewis torching the Supreme Court for gutting the Voting Rights Act of 1965:“Those justices were never beaten or jailed for trying to register to vote. They have no
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Russian reporter Maxim Borodin dies after mysterious balcony fall. He recently reported on deaths of Russian mercenaries in Syria tied to a shadowy paramilitary org bankrolled by Putin ally &
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Yesterday was a major milestone for myself and @Boundless_UG. We made 4yrs, last Monday on 1 Feb, and yesterday, for the very first time, we were able to deposit PAYE
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