Category Archives: politics/class inequality
Why I love Hillary AND Bernie
Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton at their first debate.
I was raised Republican. But grew disillusioned and switched to the Democrats.
Here’s why: Read the rest of this entry
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Are Republicans Cracking Up?
There’s talk that the Grand Old Party might not live past 2016.
Because contradictions are arising within the party. Read the rest of this entry
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Donald Trump’s Sexist, Racist Appeal
Donald Trump
More than 40% of Republicans have favored Donald Trump for President at some point.
Some despite his sexism and racism. They’re just fed up with establishment politicians who are so busy serving wealthy interests (thanks $ in politics!) that they often ignore their middle-class and working-class voters. I get it!
But others appear to be drawn to his bigotry.
Why is that? Read the rest of this entry
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Notorious RBG, aka Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Notorious RBG
Notorious RBG — aka Supreme Court Justice, Ruth Bader Ginsberg — has been a radical just by being herself.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg had dreamed of being a first-rate lawyer, but that just wasn’t possible in 1959 — even though she had graduated from Columbia Law, tying for first in her class. Law firms just couldn’t wrap their minds around a woman being anything but a secretary or a mom, it seems.
That left her no choice but to burst bombshells. Read the rest of this entry
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How To Fight ISIL
HOW TO handle terrorism: Not afraid!
Social Problems 101. How not to respond to terrorists:
- Obsessive media reporting on terrorism
- Obsessively watching media reporting on terrorism
- Warnings: Terrorists seek to destroy our way of life!!!!!!!!
The thing is, terrorists have NO real power. Unless we think they do. Read the rest of this entry
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Terrorists Feeling — Not BEING — Powerful
John Oliver on terrorists in France
ISIL is probably feeling pretty powerful right now.
But it’s an illusion.
After weeks of havoc directed at Paris, Russia, Lebanon … and more … what have they got? Read the rest of this entry
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High Minimum Wage Boosts Economy
Credit: Dicky Neely’s Blog
As Labor Day approaches think about this:
Does raising the minimum wage kill jobs?
Doesn’t look like it. Read the rest of this entry
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Why Fight Against Your Interests?
False consciousness: a belief that prevents understanding the true nature of a situation.
Why would anyone fight against their own interests?
Some folks have filed suit because it is soooo horrible that they are being offered a tax subsidy that would make health insurance affordable for them. (Supreme Court decision due this month).
?????!!!!!!!!!
But wait, There’s more:
- I saw a Tea Partier get on a bus to push legislation that would help the billionaire Koch brothers, but hurt his middle-class family. He forlornly said that it had to be done.
- Others vote for Congress members who want to increase middle-class taxes but cut taxes on the richest Americans.
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Should Businesses Have More Rights than Gays, Women and Blacks?
Business rights v human rights.
Should businesses have more rights than people? In particular, people who are gay, female or black?
Because the US has a history of privileging businesses over historically underprivileged people.
And it’s getting worse. As Harvard’s Kennedy School observes: Read the rest of this entry
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Public Education Wants to Control YOU
Public education is bad, say those who have much to gain by disbanding it
Public education is a plot to manage the people!
Or at best, a waste of time and money.
Some on the far right seek to suppress education, whether a Wisconsin Republican or the Taliban.
Now why is that? Read the rest of this entry
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