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" If ACT had floated the bill knowing it was doomed to fail, then absolutely." ACT's two right wing coalition…
Like when AOC dressed up in white and cried at a fence Remember the Alamo, right? All no respect, fuck…
The reason it’s one of the go-tos that come up when I think of performativity, is also the reason I…
So are you claiming that AOC – who wasn’t even a member of Congress at the time – spent millions…
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Category Archives: Class, poverty, labor, & related issues
Minnesota GOP: We're Not Not Playing the Race Card!
Minnesota’s 3rd Congressional District is one of the Democrats’ strongest pickup opportunities this cycle. With moderate Rep. Jim Ramstad, R-Minn., retiring, the inner-ring suburban district has a chance to pick a congressional representative in keeping with the district’s political lean, … Continue reading →
Judging the Homeless
One question I’ve heard echoed several times since the announcement of the bailout plan is, “Why bail out the rich when we refuse to bail out the poor?” Why is the government rushing to help executives and not former homeowners? … Continue reading →
Labor Day Activity: Laissez-Faire Bingo (4×4 edition)
It seems that anyone who attempts to have a frank discussion about labor and/or capitalism finds themselves staving off the same arguments again and again. So, as an homage to Mandolin’s Fantasy and Science Fiction Bingo, No Racism in Fiction … Continue reading →
The Olympics–a few thoughts on Global Inequality, Gender, Patriotism, and Multiculturalism
When I first started teaching I taught a class called “Prejudice and Discrimination,” in order to get my students to examine race, class, gender, and sexuality issues (later I added disability) I gave them an assignment where they had to … Continue reading →
Wind that Shakes the Golden Barley
T’was hard the woeful words to frame To break the ties that bound us. But harder still to bear the shame of foreign chains around us. And so I said the mountain glen I’ll meet at morning early. And I’ll … Continue reading →
Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, Colonialism
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Dispatches from Academia
From How the University Works: I started my semester at one of my campuses this week (the other started last week). Upon checking my mail for the first time this semester, I found a letter stating that due to a … Continue reading →
The SAT: Still Useless
Hey, all! First off, many thanks to Mandolin and Ampersand for inviting me to post here! I go by The Girl Detective (an homage to Kelly Link, queen of awesomeness) in the blogging world, and I usually write at Modern … Continue reading →
The West and Intervention
In light of Jeff’s good analysis on the South Ossetia conflict I thought I would provide a link and excerpt from my blog The Mustard Seed. I read an interesting (but ultimately trivial) opinion piece in today’s Finnancial Times … Continue reading →
Posted in Class, poverty, labor, & related issues, International issues
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Anti-Driving Policies Hurt The Poor, And I Favor Them Anyway
Matthew Yglesias writes: One objection you often hear to pro-transit, pro-walking, anti-driving measures is a social justice argument that these measures will hit the poor hardest. In fact, as this Kevin Drum post makes clear poor people do relatively little … Continue reading →
Why are complaining against the “Vote Blue no Matter Who” concept? It’s objectively very useful to progressives, who have an…