
Tag: child care

Finally, a half-century since universal daycare was vetoed by Richard Nixon at the behest of Phyllis Schlafly and Pat Buchanan, progressives are at least talking about the issue again. But on issues o
Huh, it’s almost as if our economic elites are beginning to wake up to the realities of life in America. I call this going through a process of de-Greenspanization. Jerome H. Powell, the Federal

Despite my, how shall we say, somewhat tense relationship with the major writers and editors of Jacobin, the magazine does still occasionally publish good policy pieces, such as this one by Daphna Thi
It’s worth a discussion on child care these days. Of course, our child care system is ludicrous to describe it to anyone. Hey, pay an insane amount of money for what could be very questionable c

It’s hard to see any path forward now for Bernie Sanders and it’s basically inevitable that Joe Biden is going to be the presidential nominee. While Sanders supporters are freaking out tha
Only Republicans truly support our troops, unlike those Democrat traitors. Air Force doc tweeted by Van Hollen says military families at Andrews Air Force Base face *$9400 more per kid* in typical cos
As another Mother’s Day winds down, here’s a reminder that the real way we treat our mothers is allowing poor mothers to die in childbirth, forcing them to live in poverty, don’t pro
Given that we claim to care for our children, enough for many of us to engage in systemic racism by moving to the suburbs for the schools or sending our kids to private schools if we stay in the city,
- The major question is, what to do about the courts?
- Can ruthlessly gerrymandered state legislatures simply toss out presidential elections in their states if they don’t like the results and just appoint more congenial representatives to the Electoral College?
- Supreme Court makes up rule to enforce reactionary political preferences, part infinity
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- Russia-Ukraine Update
- A Small Disinformation Bomb
- What counts as evidence?
- People We Should Remember
- Erik Visits an American Grave, Part 1,135
- This Time, Mitch is Totally Bargaining in Good Faith