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Michael Whitney, Urvashi Vaid, and States' Rights
December 21, 2010PFC Bradley Manning remains in solitary confinement despite not having been tried or convicted of any crime. The accused leaker of much of the military information that WikiLeaks has so far published turned 23 on Friday and celebrated his birthday without family or friends, in a six foot by twelve foot cell without a pillow and in which he is not allowed to exercise.The F Word: What We Mean When We Say States' Rights
December 21, 2010This week sees the 150th anniversary of the secession of South Carolina—the beginning of the U.S. Civil War. And of course, the anniversary brings with it the predictable repetition of myths: the South seceded because those Northern elites wouldn't let them govern themselves! It was about states' rights and freedom. Right?The F Word: On Trans Remembrance Day Celebrate the S/Heroes
November 19, 2010We spent some time this year talking about “It gets better.” The point of that campaign, of course, was to convince gay, lesbian, and transgender kids who might be experiencing bullying and threats, that gets better and people will accept them.Melissa Harris Lacewell: Progressive Identity Politics
June 22, 2010Melissa Harris Lacewell quotes South Pacific, a progressive musical of its time, saying, “You have to be taught to hate and fear, you have to be taught from year to year, it has to be drummed in your dear little ear.” Alarmingly, schools in Arizona and Texas have incorporated Rogers and Hammerstein’s ideas into their educational policiesRichard Kim, The Future of Labor and Melissa Harris-Lacewell
June 21, 2010Republicans discuss their values as if they are defending small government and private property, but they’ve evolving much more towards being the defense line of corporate America in recent years. Despite the enormous growth under Andy Stern’s leadership, current president Mary Kay says that the SEIU is still fighting for paid sickdays. None of the laborers cleaning up the gulf coast are even under a union contract in the first place.Lizz Winstead & W. Kamau Bell: Media Responsibility
May 28, 2010The ongoing disaster in the Gulf, millions of barrels of oil now reaching shores and killing wildlife, might seem to have little in common with the struggle for comprehensive immigration reform. But one of the threads that connects the two is misleading media coverage. BP was able to control and spin their coverage, perhaps aided by their liberal advertising budgets, and meanwhile discussions of immigration and racial issues in general are constantly framed as a debate over whether racism is involved.Maya Wiley, W. Kamau Bell & Lizz Winstead and Haiti
May 27, 2010The BP oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico has now, according to new estimates, become the nation's biggest oil spill in history. Yet instead of deploying help to the Gulf, President Obama is sending troops to the U.S./Mexico border. As Maya Wiley of the Center for Social Inclusion notes, it's an election year, and that means it's pandering time.Jim Hightower: A Politics For The People
May 8, 2010"The problem is us," says Jim Hightower, bestselling author, former editor of the Texas Observer, and America's #1 populist. The problem is progressives, weak-willed Democrats, and others who have forgotten that our politics is meant to serve the people. We've allowed conservative demagogues like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin to seize the title of "populist" from the left.Jim Hightower, Dubai: A City of Dreams, and Danny Schechter
May 7, 2010"The problem is us," says Jim Hightower, bestselling author, former editor of the Texas Observer, and America's #1 populist. The problem is progressives, weak-willed Democrats, and others who have forgotten that our politics is meant to serve the people. We've allowed conservative demagogues like Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin to seize the title of "populist" from the left.
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