Education Reform - the Fix is In
Note: this is a cross-post from The Realignment Project. Follow us on Facebook!Introduction:In any other area of public policy where we see rich hedge-funders providing government agencies with private...
View ArticleUncivil Liberties In The Surveillance State: Handheld, Facial Recognition...
The New York Times has quite the Orwellian lead in Thursday’s edition, "To Track Militants, U.S. Has System That Never Forgets a Face.” It’s the story of how officials in Afghanistan and Iraq, along...
View ArticleDe-commodifying Housing
Note: this is a cross-post from The Realignment Project. Follow us on Facebook!Introduction:If the Great Recession has one common thread that links the U.S, much of the E.U (Ireland, Spain, the U.K),...
View ArticleBeyond the American Jobs Act - Labor Demand Policy
Note: this is a cross-post from The Realignment Project.Introduction:One of the oddest flaws in American public policy is our persistent belief that unemployment and poverty can be dealt with in the...
View ArticleA Space of Our Own: A Woman's Perspective on Women and Austerity Measures
In many senses this is a diary born out of frustration and anger, but with large measures of despair. Invariably and unsurprisingly, women are disproportionately bearing the brunt of cuts due to the...
View ArticleWho Are the (X) Percent?
Note: this is a cross-post from The Realignment Project. Follow us on Facebook here.Introduction:The emergence of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has, if nothing else, has led to a welcome shift in political...
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Anti-Capitalist Meet-up: Vilifying the Poor and Disabled ... Nothing New
It is the bicentennial of the birth of Charles Dickens and I find myself with a strange feeling of déjà vu listening to politicians in the UK. When we think of Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, or A...
View ArticleLabor Market Policy - Tackling the Pyramid of Inequality
Note: this is a cross-post from The Realignment Project. Follow us on Facebook!Introduction:It's somewhat out of vogue to talk about the quality of jobs and the shape of the labor market at a time when...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meet-up: UK Government Housing Policy and Ideology
Following their horrific results in the local council elections in England, Scotland and Wales (England, Scotland and Wales, Local election results), Cameron (Tory wearing a blue tie) and Clegg (for...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meet up: Part I, Unemployment and Workfare in the UK
“The industrial reserve army, during the periods of stagnation and average prosperity, weighs down the active army of workers during the periods of over-production and feverish activity, it puts a curb...
View Article"Punishing Youth: Saturated Violence in the Era of Casino Capitalism," by Dr....
(NOTE: Dr. Giroux has provided written authorization to the diarist to reproduce his work in its entirety for the benefit of the Daily Kos community. Here’s a LINK to his website.)PUNISHING YOUTH:...
View ArticleFiction as Social Policy: a survey
It would be amusing that so many Republicans want to base their social policy on a ponderous work of dystopian science fiction--Ayn Rand's Atlas Shrugged--if it weren't so frightening. Frightening not...
View ArticlePrescient 2003 Words From Robert Kennedy, Jr. On Fascism
Hat tip to guidebook author and travel expert Rick Steves for sharing this important quote on his Facebook page:"Corporate capitalists do not want free markets, they want dependable profits, and their...
View ArticleMr. President, Use The Student Loan Logic For Health Care
Last night, Mr. Obama came across as strong and steadfast in his defense of the state's role in financing and providing for social policy as he offensively -- using the term in a positive manner --...
View ArticleI am excited for ObamaCare. I believe single payer is coming soon.
Let me repeat: I am excited for ObamaCare. I believe single payer -- in the form of Medicaid or Medicare for all -- is coming soon. Why the optimism? Well, The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid...
View ArticleA reflection on work and age
I may not still be in a classroom, but Saturday morning remains a time of reflection for me. Today as was often the case while still in the classroom, I sit in my local Starbucks and try to put some...
View ArticleFrom South America to North America: A Lesson From Brazil
Matt Drudge has been gleefully editorializing about the Brazil protests by suggesting -- through deceptive labeling of article links -- that they are against 'big government'. He could not be more...
View ArticleEconomic & Social Policy and How You View Dems
DKos member Empty Vessel has a diary about why some people at DKos think the Democrats are doing a good job and others are critical of the Dems. Empty Vessel concludes a major factor is how much...
View ArticleAnti-Capitalist Meetup: An Immodest Proposal
For Preventing the Poor People in Britain from being a burden to Their Country, and For Making Them Beneficial to The PublicUn hommage áJonathan SwiftWhenever I travel the country and listen to the...
View ArticleBan American football?
The question of whether or not to ban this senseless, brutal sport should be a no-brainer, but it's not. The economics and social dynamics that cause this to even be an issue reveal a lot about our...
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