As the march for justice was just beginning in downtown St. Louis, photojournalist Koran Addo took what may be the most powerful image of the entire #FergusonOctober weekend. About a block ahead of the crowd, young Nigel, doing what young boys do, darted across the street when his mother and grandmother yelled at him to […]
This week in the war on workers: Attacks on Philadelphia teachers will hurt students, too
Gov. Tom Corbett (R-PA) The move by the Philadelphia School Reform Commission—an instrument of state control over the city’s schools, with a majority of board members appointed by Republican Gov. Tom Corbett—to cut health care for teachers and suspend their contract could further hurt the city’s desperately underfunded, suffering schools, Daniel Denvir writes. Philadelphia teachers […]
Saturday nutpick-a-palooza: HUCKABEE DON’T GOOOOO
Today’s source material: I know what you’re thinking. It’s “who gives a shit?”, right? Appearing on the American Family Association’s radio show this week, Huckabee was discussing gay marriage and said: “If the Republicans want to lose guys like me — and a whole bunch of still God-fearing Bible-believing people — go ahead and just […]
This week in the war on voting: Texas and Wisconsin voter ID laws blocked, NC same-day voting nixed
Lewis Black Says f#%! voter suppression at a photo shoot with ACLU’s Voting Rights Project Director Dale Ho. See the video below. This week in the war on voting is a joint project of Joan McCarter and Meteor Blades. It’s been a big week for court rulings on state voting laws, with two victories and […]
Cartoon: Animal Nuz #220 – Bannock Street Edition
This week at progressive state blogs: So tired of Panetta, stubbornness in GA on marriage equality
Just as states with progressive lawmakers and activists have themselves initiated innovative programs over a wide range of issues, state-based progressive blogs have helped provide us with a point of view, inside information and often an edgy voice that we just don’t get from the traditional media. This week in progressive state blogs is designed […]
Hard work should be rewarded. Raise the minimum wage, Obama says in weekly address
Ask yourself: could you live on $14,500 a year? That’s what someone working full-time on the minimum wage makes. If they’re raising kids, that’s below the poverty line. And that’s not right. A hard day’s work deserves a fair day’s pay. It’s not the first time, and it most certainly won’t be the last, that […]
This week in science: freezy and breezy
No doubt you’ve seen the headlines, in some quarters (ahem, the usual suspects), screaming out the news of Antarctic sea ice hitting an all-time high. Whew! Global warming averted! Of course that’s not the case at all. It just means there’s more moisture in the coldest continent on Earth. Greg Laden had this great write-up: […]
Abbreviated Pundit Round-up: What message are we giving on Ebola?
Kai Kupferschmidt: Peter Sandman, a longtime expert and consultant on risk communication based in Brooklyn, New York, wasn’t especially shocked when he first heard about the patient’s case. “My first reaction was: Well, it had to be somewhere. Better Dallas than Mumbai,” he says. But Sandman says the past week has been a missed opportunity. […]
Open thread for night owls: ’60 Minutes’ does a puff piece on the FBI
Forester explains tree-planting techniques to Civilian Conservation Corps workers c. 1934. Just a month and a day after taking the oath of office in March 1933, President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation establishing the Civilian Conservation Corps, the first federal jobs program of the New Deal. Within four months, 250,000 18- to 25-year-olds had enrolled. Later […]