On the campaign trail, President-elect Donald Trump repeated one key promise: to “Make America Great Again” by increasing the country’s military might and supporting its 24 million military veterans. After all, he promised to raise money for veterans and said he donated a million dollars out of his own pocket to veterans’ charities. But Trump […]
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From “Trumpkin” to “Trumpista,” Trump-Inspired Words Proliferate
Whether or not Donald Trump wins this election, his candidacy will have added several new words to the nation’s vocabulary. From Trumpnik to Trumpista, Trumpian and Trumpism, words to describe Trump’s followers, ideology, and movement have popped up in print, on the air, and on the internet. There are trending Twitter hashtags such as #Trumpkin, […]
Posted inElection Night Blog
Trump Bashes Minnesota’s Somali Immigrants
Less than 72 hours before Election Day, Donald Trump decided to hold an airport rally in the safely blue state of Minnesota. Why? Apparently, to bash the 70,000 Somali immigrants who have sought refuge, and put down roots, in the state. “Here in Minnesota, you’ve seen first-hand the problems caused with faulty refugee vetting, with […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Why Are There So Many Different Gender Wage Gap Calculations?
What is the correct figure for how much women are paid relative to men? Is it 80 cents to the dollar? Or is it 83 cents? The answer, it turns out, is both: There are alternative methods for measuring the gender wage gap, and a Wednesday panel discussion at the Economic Policy Institute in Washington, […]
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The ‘Ban-the-Box’ Paradox
For the 70 million-plus Americans living with criminal records, finding a job can be a Sisyphean task. Ex-offenders return to their communities in search of work only to find that many employers are reluctant to hire anyone with a rap sheet. Because they can’t find a job, many will end up back in prison. To […]
Posted inEducation in America
Chicago Charter School Strike Deadline Looms
Unionized teachers and staff at UNO, a charter network comprising 16 elementary and high schools in Chicago, may go on strike Wednesday. Many local news organizations have incorrectly claimed that a walkout by the unionized charter school teachers would be the first labor action of its kind. But as Jacobin first reported, teachers at a […]
Posted inLaw and Justice
Report: Judicial Elections Fuel Anti-LGBT Bias
The chief justice of Alabama’s highest court, who once called lesbian parents “immoral,” “detestable,” and “inherently evil,” has been suspended without pay following his February directive to the state’s probate judges to stop issuing marriage licenses to same-sex couples. State Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore’s removal from the bench last month came within a […]
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As Hyde Amendment Turns 40, Poll Shows Support for Its Repeal
It’s been 40 years to the day since Congress first passed the so-called Hyde Amendment that bars federal funding for abortion services, and it’s also the first year that any presidential candidate-in this case, Hillary Clinton-has campaigned on a promise to repeal that amendment if elected. It’s unclear whether Clinton’s pledge will carry much weight […]
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Deportations and Clinton’s Latino Outreach
Hillary Clinton has come under fire for failing to sufficiently galvanize Latinos, a bloc of voters key to Democrats in both the presidential and Senate contests. The Washington Post this week quoted critics saying Clinton had run too few Spanish-language ads, and spent too little on targeted messaging. But there may be another reason why […]
Posted inAmerica and the World
Hill Hearing Spells Bad News for Veterans
Not a single veterans service organization was asked to speak last week at the House Veterans Affairs Committee’s hearing on the final recommendations of the VA Commission on Care, though such groups represent millions of former military personnel. Also noticeably absent from the witness list was Vietnam veteran Michael Blecker, executive director of the San […]
