Underfunded and under attack, the EPA has failed to enforce water testing and treatment rules.
Health & Social Policy
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Prospect Debate: The Illusion of a Minority Majority America
Four knowledgeable commentators respond to Richard Alba’s argument in the Prospect that America will continue to have a white majority.
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Reframing Race in the Census
Racial classifications distort social realities, yet without classification the nation cannot produce the data necessary for a common conversation about race, however distorted.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
The Latino Flight to Whiteness
Based upon trends in racial self-classification, one has to be skeptical about the emergence of “majority-minority” America.
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Yes, But How Will They Vote?
Ethnicity is one of many factors that help determine a person’s voting preference.
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Response to Comments
The Census Bureau needs to look at race in a more accurate and nuanced way.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Congressional Commission Moves Toward Privatization of VA
The Commission on Care-a congressionally mandated federal body tasked with evaluating alleged shortcomings at the Veterans Health Administration (VHA)-is deliberating largely behind closed doors and, according to sources close to the deliberations, may have a heavy bias towards privatization. This is ironic because one of the critiques against the VHA has been its purported lack […]
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The Times’s Sloppy Reporting on Sanders and Veterans Health
On Sunday, The New York Times published a wildly misleading front-page story titled, “Faith in Agency Clouded Bernie Sanders’ V.A. Response.” The gist of the piece was that Sanders, blinded by his friendliness to government agencies, did not acknowledge the VA scandal of long wait times for services until very late in the game. But […]
Posted inEconomic Policy
Oregon Over-the-Counter Birth Control Law a Win for All Women
Low-income women and women of color are more likely to face obstacles in getting birth control.
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The False Lure of the Sanders Single-Payer Plan
Why a seemingly attractive proposal doesn’t make sense.
