As you may have heard, there is an election in Wisconsin today. It is a contested election for the state Supreme Court. Apparently, when an incumbent is seeking reelection, as is the case today, these are normally sleepy affairs … [Read more...]
Archives for April 5, 2011
Chutes and Ladders
Here's an interesting talk with Katherine Newman, author of Chutes and Ladders: Navigating the Low-Wage Labor Market. She spent eight years on a study which followed applicants and workers at a large fast-food chain in Harlem in the 90s. … [Read more...]
MA Progressive Derides Monarchy
Small's UMN has successfully attacked some of the most daunting issues for communities of color here. That includes high unemployment,CORI reform, prisons, and education in poor communities. Listen in as he talks about successes...and … [Read more...]
Fox Washington Managing Editor Admits Role as Political Propagandist
Oops. Fox Washington Managing Editor Bill Sammon let the mask slip on a 2009 Mediterranean cruise - "cabin rates ranged as high as $37,600 per couple" - sponsored by Hillsdale College ("a citidel of conservatism" per the National Review). … [Read more...]
Civic Engagement From the Top: A Local Example
Quality, equitable education for all our children is a laudable goal. It usually turns up as one of the top three priorities on everyone’s list. We know that educating our children, beginning with early education, is good … [Read more...]
We Are A Nation In Denial
If the Republican establishment leadership thinks it can survive, much less succeed, without the full support of the American Patriot Movement they'd better have another think. What's really funny (or sad, depending on your outlook), is … [Read more...]
Our glorious past: H.L. Mencken arrested on Boston Common
The Mass. Council on the Humanities reminds us that on this April day in 1926: Reporter and literary critic H.L. Mencken was arrested on Boston Common for selling a magazine that had been banned by the New England Watch and Ward Society, … [Read more...]
Deval Appoints Nun to SJC
I don't care what you say, try and tell me that if this was 1975 she would not be doing a bang up job as the Sister Superior at some parochial school in Malden. This gay righs thing is killing the sisterhood. Another reason not to be … [Read more...]
Koch-backed study finds support for global warming
Ah, irony. A team of UC Berkeley physicists and statisticians that set out to challenge the scientific consensus on global warming is finding that its data-crunching effort is producing results nearly identical to those underlying the … [Read more...]