Yesterday I posted “So what if I hadn’t been born?” In reply, noted reproductive rights thinker Frances Kissling sent along her own very moving essay along these lines, published a few years ago in RH Reality Check: “What if your mother had aborted you? A daughter’s perspective.” As she says, I feel a need to […]
Poverty & Wealth
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The GOP’s Broken Record
Remember how the Bush tax cuts saved us from the recession? Oh wait …
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Occupy Wall Street’s Race Problem
White protesters need to rethink their rhetoric.
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Batman the Gentrifier
In real-life, the superhero’s do-gooding would push all the poor people out of Gotham.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
“The Romney Rule”
Priorities USA, the Democratic consulting firm backed by former Clinton staffer Paul Begala, is out with its first ad attacking former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney. It’s a good one: Like the The Washington Post‘s Greg Sargent, I think that this will be a potent line of attack should Romney become the Republican nominee for president. […]
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Blame and How to Give It
That Senate Republicans used the filibuster to kill a Democratic stimulus bill isn’t a surprise – at this point, Republicans have all but announced their plan to keep the economy from significantly improving, and as a result, slash the tires on President Obama’s bid for re-election. What comes as a surprise is the extent to […]
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Occupy the Rules Committee
For last two months, we’ve been engaged in something of a natural experiment to see if presidential speechifying-in this case, a consistent focus on jobs-is enough to move public opinion in a progressive direction and create avenues for legislative success. So far, that hasn’t been the case. Instead, Republicans have taken their usual position of […]
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The NYPD: A Movement’s Best Friend
Occupy Wall Street’s confrontations with police and politicians have only fueled the protest’s growth.
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One out of Five Ain’t Bad
Rick Perry didn’t lose last night’s debate, which for him, counts as a win.
