People wonder why our teenagers grapple with mental health?
In the middle of a pandemic, when it seems like the world is falling apart around us, I spent today explaining to one weeping teenager why, even after going to tutors, taking the SAT 5 times, and working her 1/6
the same politicians who say "people can't afford to miss work because of the pandemic" are also not interested in making sure those workers can afford to miss work
I'm back from a week at my mom's house and now I'm getting ads for her toothpaste brand, the brand I've been putting in my mouth for a week. We never talked about this brand or googled it or anything like that.
As a privacy tech worker, let me explain why this is happening. 🧵
3 years ago I almost slipped into a coma and died. I was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes.
I paid $684 for my first 30-day supply of insulin. Some pay $1000+ a month. Many die without it.
Today I introduced legislation to cap the price of insulin at $50 a month. #txlege
Lester Holt is exactly right. Journalists need not cover “both sides” of issues when one side is demonstrably false.
If someone says the sun sets in the west, you don’t need an alternative voice to say it doesn’t.
“Our duty is to be fair to the truth.”
.@annabel_thorpe's story, "Missouri ranks 40th for women representation in state legislature," recently won a second place Hearst award. The @KOMUnews feature centers on Annie White Baxter, the first female county clerk elected in the U.S. #MissouriMethod https://t.co/mukinq3mLA