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Webバージョン  |  アップデート設定  |  登録解除 いいね ツイート 転送 http://endofsecrets.blogspot.com The Formula for ‘Equal Opportunity’: Why Affirmative Action Isn’t Enough Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Michelle Chen Once again, affirmative action is on trial in the Supreme Court. The pending case, Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin, challenges U.T. Austin's admissions policy, which aims to bring in more students of color by considering race among other factors. read more Suppression Surges as Election Nears Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Aura Bogado With a little more than a week before Election Day, grassroots campaigns are hoping to  maximize voter participation among often disenfranchised communities. Cuéntame has launched a series of public service announcements targeted at some 50,000 new Latino voters in three swing states: Colorado, Nevada, and Florida. The PSAs, made in conjunction with 300 partner groups, are airing on major Spanish language television stations like Univision, MundoFox, and Azteca America. read more On Obama and 'Too Big To Fail' Banks: A Brief Response Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Matt Taibbi The new issue of Rolling Stone features an in-depth interview with President Obama. An interview with a sitting president is always an intense experience for any news outlet, but in this case the Obama interview offered us an additional surprise. When asked a question about financial regulation, the president turned the tables on us and critiqued Rolling Stone's reporting on issues like the Dodd-Frank reform bill. read more Ladies, Don't Fall for Moderate Mitt! Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Katha Pollitt Dear Undecided Women Voters of America: It’s been fun watching you force the candidates to pay attention to the stuff men really don’t like to think about—equal pay and abortion and “legitimate rape” and all that. I love you, women! as Ann Romney likes to say. But we’re getting down to the wire now, and it’s time for you to make up your minds. Because face it, expecting to figure it out in the voting booth is not very considerate toward all the people who will have been waiting in line for hours to cast their ballot. read more Rust-Bucket Nuclear Reactors Start to Fail Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Harvey Wasserman The US fleet of 104 deteriorating atomic reactors is starting to fall. The much-hyped "nuclear renaissance" is now definitively headed in reverse.The 2007 collapse of a Vermont Yankee cooling tower convinced many residents to become anti-nuclear activists. read more Bigger Than Big Foot: Paul Ryan's Mythological Poverty Policies Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Greg Kaufmann “What’s really at work here is the spirit of the Lord,” would-be Vice President Paul Ryan said in a speech on poverty and upward mobility before conservative Ohioan churchgoers on Wednesday. read more Capitol Hill’s Rabid, Ravaging Republicans Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Ralph Nader Has there ever been a more crazed, cruel, anti-people, corporate-indentured, militaristic and monetized Republican Party in its 154-year history? An about-to-be-released list of some of the actual brutish votes by the House Republicans, led by Speaker John Boehner and Rep. read more Paul Ryan Takes a Side in the War on Poverty: He's Against What Works Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 John Nichols Paul Ryan has a right to be wrong. He can believe that anti-poverty programs don’t work. read more The Victims of Fallujah's Health Crisis Are Stifled by Western Silence Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 Ross Caputi Four new studies on the health crisis in Fallujah have been published in the last three months. read more Rebooting Our Definition of “Patriotism” Posted by jon on 26 October, 2012 David Macaray Which is more “patriotic”—to loyally refrain from criticizing your government’s foreign policies, no matter how brutal or peremptory they may be (including those that result in quasi-legal, immoral military adventurism that kills thousands of innocent civilians), or to loyally pony up when your government asks you to make a relatively minor economic sacrifice? read more 登録変更 | 登録解除

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