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Forever Hold Their Peace: The Craziest Conservative DOMA Reactions
"If any of you can show just cause why these two may not lawfully be married," goes the familiar line from the marriage liturgy, "speak now; or else for ever hold your peace."
Instead of Cutting Food Aid, The House Should Make It Better
The Farm Bill’s recent defeat in the House of Representatives opens up a second chance to get food policy right — including the food aid we give struggling individuals and families. A Michigan and Ohio program could provide some inspiration.
Stop Swinging Its Social Security-Medicare Axe
The Social Security and Medicare cutters are very unhappy. Who can blame them? The vast majority of people across the political spectrum oppose their plans to cut these programs.
Inequality.is Makes Plain What Inequality Is
The Economic Policy Institute has launched a new website, Inequality.is, where users can take part in an interactive experience that educates them on how economic inequality is real, created, and expensive. In a press call today representatives from EPI spoke further...
Tuesday July 2 -- Join Actions On Social Security And NLRB
This coming Tuesday there are actions to fight cuts to Social Security, and to demand that the Senate confirm 5 members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) to keep the board operating. NLRB -- Give Us 5 – NLRB Members Rally Tuesday. If you are a union member...
Will House Dysfunction Save Immigration Reform?
At TheWeek.com today, I lay out "Boehner's Dilemma" on immigration. If House Speaker John Boehner lets the Senate immigration bill pass the House with mostly Democratic votes, he risks a Tea Party uprising that could spark primary challenges against several Republican...
We're Number 27!
I don't know about you, but this makes me proud as punch. But never fear, we're still number one where it counts:
The Day After DOMA: What's Next?
Waking up this morning, after yesterday's Supreme Court ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, is a lot like waking the morning after your wedding day/night. Something momentous and life-changing has happened. The world looks pretty much the same as it did the day...
Student Loans: Gouge The Kids
Interest rates on student loans will double to 6.8 percent on July 1 unless Congress acts. But it seems increasingly likely that the Congress will take off for the Fourth of July recess without addressing the problem. The major sticking point: Republicans in the House...
Democracy Is Rising In The States
Madison. Occupy... Now in North Carolina it's Moral Mondays. In Texas it's a filibuster, hundreds of thousands watching online, and the spectator gallery goes nuts when Republicans try to shut down the speaker. In Pennsylvania low-wage workers are sleeping in teh...
