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Michael Meeropol : Business Unites to Fight Workers’ Rights
Virtually the entire organized business lobbying apparatus is united in attempting to convince the public that the Employee Free Choice Act is a terrible blow against workers’ rights. By Michael Meeropol / The Rag Blog / March 5, 2009 The … Continue reading
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Tagged Congress, Economic Crisis, Labor Unions, workers rights
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Annie Leibovitz and The Gay Tax : The Cost of Love
Susan Sontag. Photo © Annie Leibovitz / Politics, Theory & Photography.Annie Leibovitz and the gay tax Same-sex couples do not have the same privileges as straight married couples when it comes to inheritance. If your partner passes away and leaves … Continue reading
Sherman DeBrosse : An Economic Enema to Chill the Meltdown
People walk to work in the snow as they pass the flag-draped New York Stock Exchange Monday, March 2, 2009. Photo by Mark Lennihan / AP. The Geithner Plan may be good economics but it probably is terrible politics. By … Continue reading
Yowling Conservatives : Preferring to Defy Definition?
Graphic by Larry Ray / The Rag Blog. Stuck in a time warp of denial and obstinacy, it seems that conservatives today continue to thrash about as harsh reality bangs hard against their deep seated belief in some sort of … Continue reading
GI Coffehouse : Checking ‘Under the Hood’ in Killeen, Texas
Grand opening of the Under the Hood Cafe in Killeen, Texas. Photos by Carlos Lowry / The Rag Blog. Under The Hood is an experiment. It’s a labor of love. It’s an antidote to the “divide and conquer” mentality that … Continue reading
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Tagged Anti-War GIs, Ft. Hood, Iraq Veterans, IVAW, Peace Movement, Under the Hood
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Stimulus Bill Continues Tradition : No Funding for LGBT Arts Groups
San Francisco Lesbian/Gay Freedom Band during “christening” of the Pink Triangle on Twin Peaks in 2008. Photo by Bill Wilson © 2008 / San Francisco Sentinel> After more than 40 years of business as usual, will the NEA be able … Continue reading
Texas Public Schools : State-Mandated Ignorance
‘The report, Just Say Don’t Know: Sexuality Education in Public Schools, studied materials from 990 Texas school districts and found that 94% of the districts use “abstinence-only programs that usually pass moral judgments while either downplaying or ignoring contraception and … Continue reading
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Tagged Abstinence, Education, Public Schools, Sex Education, Texas
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Roger Baker : AIG and the ‘Adverse Feedback Loop’
Image from nextlogics Bernanke hates to call our current situation a deflationary spiral despite its close resemblance to one. Perhaps because of the association of that term with the Great depression, Bernanke chooses to call our current crisis an ‘adverse … Continue reading
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Tagged Bank Bailouts, Economic Crisis, Economics, Global Economy, Investments
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Tom Hayden on Iraq and Afghanistan : Partial Peace, Looming War
President Obama announced his plan for withdrawing troops from Iraq at Camp Lejeune, N.C., on Friday, Feb. 27. Photo by Doug Mills / The New York Times Obama’s official stance comes after many months of appearing to support the notion … Continue reading
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Tagged Afghanistan, Iraq Occupation, Iraq Withdrawal, Obama Foreign Policy, Tom Hayden
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Massive Profits : The Moving Force Behind our Health Care System
Angels Mourning Avarice leading to lack of Public Healthcare in America. Painting by ProfessorEmeritusPAB. If one believes that the Marquis de Sade espoused sexual abstinence one can believe that the CEOs of AHIP desire decent health care. By Dr. Stephen … Continue reading
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Tagged Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Mainstream Media, Universal Health Care
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