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Monthly Archives: April 2015
Police Officers and Officials of Small Missouri Town Resign after First Black Mayor Is Elected
By Elaine Magliaro The town of Parma, Missouri, recently elected its first black mayor. Tyrus Byrd, a woman who served as the town clerk years ago, was sworn in as mayor last Tuesday. Prior to her swearing in, five of Parma’s six … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Missouri, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Parma (MO), Tyrus Byrd
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Ben Bernanke and the Revolving Door That Leads to Wall Street
By Elaine Magliaro Surprise! Surprise! Ben Bernanke, the former Chairman of the Federal Reserve, is going to “head down a well-beaten path” that many former federal government workers have headed down before him. As Kristin Cwalinski put it, Bernanke will … Continue reading
Posted in Government, Investing, United States, Wall Street
Tagged Ben Bernanke, Citadel Hedge Fund, Federal Reserve, Hedge Funds, Revolving Door
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New Research Shows the Negative Impact of Poverty on Children’s Brains
By Elaine Magliaro Jordan Weissmann has an interesting article over at Slate about recent research which shows that poor children have smaller brains than rich children. Weissmann noted that social scientists have found that “by the time children enter kindergarten, … Continue reading
Picture of the Day for April 19, 2015: Looking Back at a Time When Republicans Supported Labor and Unions
Posted by Elaine Magliaro
Posted in United States
Tagged Labor, Labor Unions, Picture of the Day, Republicans, Young Republicans
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Picture of the Day for April 17, 2015: Mitch McConnell and the Minimum Wage
Posted by Elaine Magliaro At a secret meeting of elite donors convened by the Koch brothers, McConnell laid out his plan for shrinking the federal government and whined about having to vote on minimum wage bills. (The Nation-August 26, 2014)
Posted in Conservatives, Government, Political Science, Politics, United States
Tagged ALEC, Congress, Minimum Wage, Mitch McConnell, Picture of the Day, Republicans, US Senate
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Political Cartoonist Mark Fiore Looks at Religious Freedom and Gay Commerce (VIDEO)
Posted by Elaine Magliaro Mark Fiore: What do you do when you sign a law that is perfectly fine and simply safeguards Religious Liberty for All in the great tradition of apple pie and God? Why, you urge your state … Continue reading
Posted in Animation, Christianity, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Democracy, Documentrary Films, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Political Science, Politics, Religion, Rock and Roll, Short Video, Society, States, United States
Tagged Indiana, Mark Fiore, Mike Pence, Political Cartoon, Republicans
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Stateside Oklahoma: Training Documents for the Reserve Deputy Who Killed Eric Harris Were Reportedly Falsified
By Elaine Magliaro Tulsa World reported this morning that supervisors at the Tulsa Sheriff’s Office were ordered to falsify training records for Robert Bates, the reserve deputy who accidentally shot Eric Harris with a gun instead of a Taser on April … Continue reading
Posted in Law Enforcement, Local Government, United States
Tagged Oklahoma, Reserve Deputies
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