Category Archives: Class, poverty, labor, & related issues

When it comes to free speech, the anti-gay-marriage movement is much, much worse

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Ampersand

A quick summery of the “Gallaudet vs McCaskill” story: Angela McCaskill, the Chief Diversity Officer at Gallaudet University (a university for Deaf students), signed a petition asking for Maryland’s marriage equality law to be put to a repeal vote. Months … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney Reveals His Contempt For Half Of America

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Ampersand

Well, 47% of America, to be accurate. This is a video of Romney, at what he thought was a private, unrecorded fundraiser: There are 47 percent of the people who will vote for the president no matter what. All right, … Continue reading →

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Women and Children

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Julie

Some recent quotes from Feministe: Ha. Sure. Yes, it is your children’s RIGHT to scream in a restaurant, and you are definitely not going to interfere or tolerate a dirty look from another patron who does not enjoy hearing screams … Continue reading →

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Junk Science that supports Health at Every Size is still Junk Science

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Maia

A few months back, over at Big Fat Blog there was a report on this study.  The study was basically examining four ‘healthy’ habits (moderate drinking, not smoking, ‘exercising’ and eating 5 plus fruit and vegetables) and the BMI, and then doing an … Continue reading →

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On Cato, Libertarians, Freedom, And Social Democracy

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Ampersand

So the libertarian Cato Institute may or may not be subject to an unwanted takeover by the Koch family. It’s widely expected that if the Koches take Cato over, they’ll turn Cato into a GOP cheerleader. (If that happens, it … Continue reading →

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The Trouble With Anti-Tobacco Hiring Policies

Posted on January 12, 2012 by fannie

[content/trigger warning: This post contains a discussion about fat shaming] I used to smoke, But I’m Not Self-Righteous About Being a Non-Smoker ™. (Seriously, I loved to smoke. Loved it. So I totally get why some people can’t or won’t … Continue reading →

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Open Letter from Port Truck Drivers

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Julie

For more information on Occupy the Ports, see the official site. From “An Open Letter from America’s Port Truck Drivers on Occupy the Ports:” Today’s demonstrations will impact us. While we cannot officially speak for every worker who shares our … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Ways Teachers’ Unions Caused The Economic Crisis (Political Cartoon)

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Ampersand

[spoiler]Panel one TITLE: Top Ten Ways Teacher’s Unions Caused the Economic Crisis (note: the words “teacher’s unions” are in a dripping blood font). GRINNING DUDE IN SUIT WHO IS WEARING A FAKE HALO: Brought to you by the coalition of … Continue reading →

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Nassau County in New York State Joins Wisconsin, Ohio and All the Other Places Where the Battle Over Collective Bargaining Rights and Public Employee Union Contracts is Being Fought

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Richard Jeffrey Newman

I cannot be at the Rally Against Layoffs, for which this video was made, because I will be working with my union on my college’s budget crisis, but I would be there if I could: Cross posted on It’s All … Continue reading →

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We Are The 99 Percent

Posted on October 4, 2011 by Myca

Hey, you busy? Not doing much? You feel like sobbing like a baby? Then read the We Are The 99 Percent tumblr. It’s just a collection of personal stories from people who have worked hard within this cruelly rigged system … … Continue reading →

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