In 2005, British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver successfully experimented with healthy whole foods in school lunch. Now, Tom Laskawy at Grist reports that first lady Michelle Obama could be preparing policy to wrest school lunch from the grip of food conglomerates. And earlier this year, Obama planted an organic garden at the White House (recently […]
Shani Hilton
Shani Hilton is associate editor of Campus Progress. You can find her blogging here.
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Reality, Unreality and Racial Bias.
Ta-Nehisi Coates asks: … am I the only African-American gamer who makes his toons look as black as possible? It’s the weirdest thing. My younger brother takes this to laughable extremes–in WoW he made his tauren druid as dark as he could. Even on my blood elf pally, I made sure he had a tan. […]
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Feminism Without Feminists.
Ariel Levy writes a piece for the New Yorker criticizing Leslie Sanchez’s book, You’ve Come a Long Way, Maybe: Sarah, Michelle, Hillary, and the Shaping of the New American Woman. In the book, Republican strategist Sanchez calls for: “No bra burning. No belting out Helen Reddy. Just calm concern for how women were faring in […]
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Rupert Murdoch is Aware of Some Internet Traditions.
News Corp media mogul Rupert Murdoch certainly has some unconventional views about the Internet. He’s already made it clear that he thinks fair use is a scam — ignoring the fact that the majority of newspaper content is generated through fair use — by recently accusing the BBC of copyright infringement. Now, he’s accusing Google, […]
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Paid Sick Time is More Than A “Public Health Issue.”
Although the panic over H1N1 has abated, one advisory for preventing the spread of the illness has fueled a debate over paid sick leave. The CDC is encouraging workers to stay home if they feel ill, but only 40 percent of private-sector employees receive paid sick leave, and many of those those who do have […]
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Pack It Up, Pack It In. Let Me Begin.
Hello. My name is Shani Hilton and I’m stoked to be here with you all this week as a guest blogger for TAPPED. While you gird your loins for my bombastic blogging, I’ll tell you a little bit about myself. I’m a Californian from America’s most miserable city — this was before it topped the […]