Low-Wage Nation: Poverty and Inequality Are Threatening Our Democracy. Facebook. New report: Americans will receive $1.3 billion in rebates due to 'Obamacare' - Orlando liberal. Republicans In Georgia Ban Abortions After 20 Weeks Of Pregnancy, Even In Cases Of Rape. Whether you want it or not.
It was a one sided battle that resulted in Democratic women walking out of the legislature while their male Republican colleagues voted to take away their right to choose. Now the bill that prompted the walkout has been signed into law by Georgia Republican Governor Nathan Deal, according to the Chicago Tribune. With its passage, Georgia is now the seventh state to ban abortion after 20 weeks. Robert Reich Explains How Mitt Romney Got Obscenely Rich. Facebook. Facebook. The Powerful Bernie Sanders Quote That Has Been Shared Thousands Of Times. Because Of Abstinence Education, 60 Percent Of Young Adults Are Misinformed About Birth Control's Effectiveness. By Tara Culp-Ressler on May 14, 2012 at 8:30 am "Because Of Abstinence Education, 60 Percent Of Young Adults Are Misinformed About Birth Control’s Effectiveness" A new study from the Guttmacher Institute unsurprisingly finds that greater knowledge about contraceptive services is directly correlated to a decrease in young adults’ risky sexual behavior.
However, after quizzing a nationally representative sample of 1,800 sexually active Americans between the ages of 18 and 29 on their basic knowledge of contraception methods, Guttmacher reports that “more than half of young men and a quarter of young women received low scores on contraceptive knowledge, and six in 10 underestimated the effectiveness of oral contraceptives.” Facebook. Suze Orman Exposes The Biggest Secrets About Student Debt That Banks Don’t Tell You.
Georgia and the United Nations: Why walking leads to one-world government. Business News & Financial News - The Wall Street Journal - Wsj.com. A Message About America That Will Probably Offend Some People (Because It’s True!) This Picture Will Make You Think Forgiving Student Debt Isn’t So Crazy After All. Catholic Cardinal Says Church Is Willing To Let Poor People Starve In Protest Of Contraception Mandate (VIDEO) Cardinal Timothy Dolan has made it very clear that he doesn’t like President Obama’s contraception mandate.
And apparently, he and the Catholic Church are prepared to let poor people starve to death if President Obama doesn’t give in to their demands. In an appearance on Martin Bashir on MSNBC on Tuesday, Dolan said that the Church would abandon Jesus’ effort to help the sick and feed the poor in protest of the contraception mandate that only applies to insurance companies and not the Church itself. “If these mandates kick in, we’re going to find ourselves faced with a terribly difficult decision as to whether or not we can continue to operate,” Dolan said. Beyond Wealth Gap Statistics: The Mobility Gap in the Land of Opportunity. (Photo: mini-66)There are places in the world where the majority of people are doomed to live no better than their parents and grandparents did.
Places where a poor child from the slums might as well dream of being an astronaut as dream of having a decent middle-class job. Places where the children of the rich get even richer while the children of the poor stay poor. Places like Burma and Kenya and the United States. Well, at least if you're a poor Kenyan your son just might grow up to be president of the United States. For most poor Americans, even state senator is out of reach. Scribd. Business - National Journal - Here Is the Full Inequality Speech and Slideshow That Was Too Hot for TED.
How The Average Consumer Spends Their Paycheck. By Daniel Wesley How Americans spent their income in 2012:
The Truth Behind America’s Unemployment - Unemployment in America remains a problem despite the fact that the official unemployment rates are decreasing.
According to Fox News, underlying challenges, such as world trade issues, banking issues, and other macroeconomic issues will continue to plaque the job market for years to come. For recently unemployed individuals, the first few days or weeks may provide a relief from the stress of work, however, according to the American Psychological Association, extended periods of unemployment contribute to major amounts of stress, especially as the time of unemployment drags on. Unemployment Statistics The current unemployment rate in the United States is 7.6%, meaning an estimated 11.8 million people are without full-time jobs.
Guess What Percentage Of American Children Are Living In Poverty. Seriously, Guess. Mitt Romney's blueprint for privatising American education. On 23 May, the Romney campaign released its education policy white paper titled A Chance for Every Child: Mitt Romney's Plan for Restoring the Promise of American Education.
Did Republicans deliberately crash the US economy? So why does the US economy stink?
Why has job creation in America slowed to a crawl? Why, after several months of economic hope, are things suddenly turning sour? The culprits might seem obvious – uncertainty in Europe, an uneven economic recovery, fiscal and monetary policymakers immobilized and incapable of acting. But increasingly, Democrats are making the argument that the real culprit for the country's economic woes lies in a more discrete location: with the Republican Party. In recent days, Democrats have started coming out and saying publicly what many have been mumbling privately for years – Republicans are so intent on defeating President Obama for re-election that they are purposely sabotaging the country's economic recovery. Are You Nauseated By The Sky High Cost Of Health Care? Time To Call In Sick, It Is About To Get Much Worse. Learn More From These Charts Than You Would In An Entire Day's News Cycle.
Did you know that corporate profits just hit another all-time high?
Yeah, I find it hard to believe, too. But it's true: Not only that, but CEO profits as a percentage of the economy just hit an all-time high. Robert Reich. Every year I ask my class on “Wealth and Poverty” to play a simple game.
I have them split up into pairs, and imagine I’m giving one of them $1,000. They can keep some of the money only on condition they reach a deal with their partner on how it’s to be divided up between them. RebuildDream : INFOGRAPHIC: 6 Things You... Impeach Clarence Thomas and Dismantle the Corporate Supreme Court. As the highest court in the land, the United States Supreme Court has ultimate and largely discretionary jurisdiction involving issues of federal law and state court cases regarding federal law, and is allegedly non-partisan in reaching decisions that affect every American. The current Court is decidedly more conservative than the previous Rehnquist Court (1986–2005), and has arguably become a legislative arm of corporate America with decisions that altered the political landscape in America favoring corporations over the people and Constitution it is tasked to serve.
Both courts transformed into a Republican legislative branch, but more so when they are in the minority, and particularly since the election of Barack Obama. Thomas and Scalia’s attendance at the Koch meetings brought out questions such as did they attend meetings aiming at subverting public law, and was there a conspiracy to engineer a court case on which those two justices could influence a desired outcome? Over 75% Of Americans Want New Healthcare Reform If SCOTUS Strikes Down ObamaCare. A new poll conducted by the Associated Press found that, Americans overwhelmingly want the president and Congress to get to work on a new bill to change the health care system if the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama’s 2010 overhaul as unconstitutional.The Associated Press-GfK poll shows that more than three-fourths of Americans do not want their political leaders to leave the health care system alone in the event the court throws out the health care law.
Only 19% of poll participants do not want anything to change. Sanjay Sanghoee: Health Care Endgame: Activate the Public Option. By the time you read this, the Supreme Court might have ruled on the constitutionality of the Obama administration's health care law, but it doesn't matter. What is worth remembering here is that the law itself was watered down dramatically in order to win the support of the Republican party and the insurance companies. The president's original vision included the so-called "public option," which would have created a de-facto public insurance company to provide people with an alternative to private insurance.
It was a great idea that was abandoned because of politics. Scores Arrested as the Police Clear Zuccotti Park. Police detain a man and woman during a rally of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators at Zuccotti Park in New York, March 17, 2012. The demonstration was in celebration of the movement's sixth month anniversary. (Photo: Robert Stolarik / The New York Times)Scores of Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested on Saturday night as police officers swept Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan and closed it.
Dozens of demonstrators sat down and locked arms as officers moved in about 11:30 p.m. Mark Raymond: Victims of the city. Breaking: "First Degree Homicide Of The Unborn Child Bill" Passes CO House On Second Reading. Facebook. The GOP Myth About Small Government, Shattered With One Simple Chart. Facebook. Facebook. Soraya Chemaly: Legislators: Women Are Not Cows and Pigs. This week the Georgia State Legislature debated a bill in the House that would make it necessary for some women to carry stillborn or dying fetuses until they "naturally" go into labor. In arguing for this bill Representative Terry England described his empathy for pregnant cows and pigs in the same situation.
I have a question for Terry England, Sam Brownback, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry and too many others: I have three daughters, two of them twins. If one of my twins had been stillborn would you have made me carry her to term, thereby endangering both the other twin and me? Potential output: Risking permanent damage. Warning…Don’t Visit Or Vacation In Florida, They May Shoot You! Facebook. Facebook. Wall Photos. Job seekers getting asked for Facebook passwords. SEATTLE (AP) — When Justin Bassett interviewed for a new job, he expected the usual questions about experience and references. So he was astonished when the interviewer asked for something else: his Facebook username and password.
Bassett, a New York City statistician, had just finished answering a few character questions when the interviewer turned to her computer to search for his Facebook page. The Difference Between Private and Public Morality) Republicans have morality upside down. Santorum, Gingrich, and even Romney are barnstorming across the land condemning gay marriage, abortion, out-of-wedlock births, access to contraception, and the wall separating church and state. But America’s problem isn’t a breakdown in private morality. Outrage, protests grow over shooting of unarmed Florida teen. Supreme Court Ready to Violate the Constitution Again With Obamacare Ruling. Everyone is waiting with bated breath on SCOTUS’ decision on the Affordable Health Care AKA Obama care.
Illinois Runs Out Of Financial Aid: State Depletes College Assistance Funding Early. Bob McDonnell, Virginia Governor: 'War On Women' Is 'Political Theater' Virginia Gov. The Insanity Of U.S. Military Spending In One Chart. Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. US has now 1,5+ Million Homeless Children but maintains 1000+ Military Bases WorldWide! Lobbyists, Guns and Money. Spring is here for OWS. Facebook. Facebook. #Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines.
This week in Occupy, the arrival of Spring brought everyone back into the streets, thousands rallied for Trayvon Martin, Union Square was #occupied and Occupy UC Davis permanently closed a bank branch. #After Liberty Square was raided and barricaded on the Occupy Movement’s six-month anniversary – a move which proved illegal - demonstrators gathered in Union Square Park and stayed there, opening up another major New York occupation.
Health Care Mandate Will Affect Few, Study Finds. Which Industry Receives $126 Per Second In Tax Breaks? Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. 99 to 1: How Wealth Inequality is Wrecking the World and What We Can Do About It. 5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women. 6 Things Rich People Need to Stop Saying. Robert Reich: Democracy? Anthony Kennedy... Facebook. Tea Party vs. Informed Citizen. Facebook. Pell Grants For Poor Students Lose $200 Billion In Ryan Budget. Oklahoma Mandatory Ultrasound Law Is Ruled Unconstitutional. Wall Photos. Facebook. Facebook.
Arizona Law Looks To Criminalize Any ‘Offensive’ Electronic Communications. If the Supreme Court Goes Rogue. Facebook. Facebook. A message to Planned Parenthood Supporters from President Obama. Occupy.com. Buttonwood: Marginal improvement. France best, U.S. worst in preventable death ranking. Indiana Governor Signs Bill Allowing Citizens To Use Deadly Force Against Police Officers Into Law. Impeaching the Supreme Court Justices. End The Corporate State Of America Now. There is a Solution! Facebook. Facebook. Facebook. Meet the Three ALEC Supporting Corporate Giants Who Dare You to Boycott Them. This Astounding Conflict Of Interest Might Cost Us The Affordable Care Act. Democracy Begins Its Death In Michigan – Rachel Maddow’s Exposé (VIDEO) Ranks of America's working poor grew in 2010.
BREAKING: Kraft Becomes Third Corporation To Drop ALEC. The Fable of the Century. FDR Saw This Coming And Tried To Warn Us.