April 2012
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"We were about to put our hands through a whole...
Gabriel Thompson spent a summer working at an Alabama poultry plant, where he observed the hidden health and safety crisis poultry workers face. In this week’s issue of The Nation, Thompson reports on the widespread dangers poultry workers face, and the reason things are about to get a whole lot worse:
We were about to put our hands through a whole new type of hurt. I was soon tearing...
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“It is remarkable that teachers don’t protest more—but that probably has to do...”
– —Dana Goldstein on education policy that requires stricter checks on teachers’ autonomy, while cutting the professional development and support services that help teachers teach.
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“If you are white in the United States, almost everyone in a position of power or...”
– —Jamelle Bouie, on the 58% of white millennials in the US who say that “discrimination against whites has become as big a problem as discrimination against blacks and other minorities.”
Meet the Twenty-eight Lawmakers Who Have Quit ALEC...
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“Add ten more Americans to the list of non-CEOS who’ve gone to jail since the...”
– Laura Flanders on yesterday’s arrest of protesters at Wells Fargo in Iowa
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“I previously endorsed Governor Romney, but since then Newt is the only candidate...”
– Hans Reigle, Republican Party Chairman in Kent County, Delaware
Newt’s game plan (yes, he has one) is to win Delaware—and it looks he just might succeed. What will it say about Romney if he does? Ben Adler reports.
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“William worked from June to October 2010 as part of the Vessels of Opportunity...”
– Special Investigation: Two Years After the BP Spill, A Hidden Health Crisis Festers
William and Nicole Maurer, and their two young daughters, are among the hundreds of thousands of Gulf residents suffering from the hidden health crisis festering in the region as a result of the toxic “gumbo of...
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“Just three months before [Mitt Romney] said all stay at home Moms are working...”
– —Chris Hayes provides the “Quote of the Week” for “This Week in Poverty”
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BIG News: ALEC Disbands Task Force Responsible for...
A major development in the fight against the American Legislative Exchange Council Today:
Pressured by watchdog groups, civil rights organizations and a growing national movement for accountable lawmaking, the American Legislative Exchange Council announced Tuesday that it was disbanding the task force that has been responsible for advancing controversial Voter ID and “Stand Your Ground”...
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“Congrats, ladies! By today you’ve earned the same as men did in 2011. That gap...”
– —Bryce Covert, who explains how to close the gender wage gap in just seven easy* steps
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"An example of what a citizen should be"...
Elsie Richardson, left, with Shirley Chisholm. Courtesy: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration
If you’re not familiar with Elsie Richardson, do yourself a favor.
Elsie Richardson, who died in Brooklyn on March 15 at the age of 90, was a school secretary and community organizer whose activism in the realms of civil-rights, housing, and community development spanned six decades. Her signature...
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Mitt Romney's economic expertise doesn't include...
For a man whose presidential campaign is based almost exclusively on his economic knowledge and experience, Mitt Romney is having an awfully hard time figuring out how to make this budget of his add up. Ben Adler reports:
Publicly, Romney has proposed to make the Bush tax cuts permanent and to then cut taxes further. He also wants to increase defense spending. In total he would reduce federal...
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WatchRaising Kids Is Work? Tell That to Women on Welfare
Laura Flanders delivers a much-needed reality check:
Do we need to state the obvious? Women of different classes are beaten with different rhetorical bats. For the college-educated and upwardly aspiring, there’s the “danger” of career ambitions. Ever since women started aspiring to have men’s jobs, backlashers have told those women that...
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