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FFS Library Update: Lawrence Lessig’s “Republic, Lost”
Although I have not personally had the chance to read “Republic, Lost” yet, I have written in the past about my admiration of Lawrence Lessig’s work on money in politics. His observations, logic and legal reasoning concerning the corrosive and … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Civil Liberties, Constitutional Law, Corruption, Democracy, Economics
Tagged Lawrence Lessig, Republic Lost
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When Catholic Health Care Systems Own Your Doctor: The New Threat to Affordable Birth Control for Women
By Elaine Magliaro Patricia Miller has a chilling article over at Salon titled When the Catholic Church owns your doctor: The insidious new threat to affordable birth control. Miller’s article opens with a story about a woman named Angela Valavanis. … Continue reading
Posted in Constitutional Law, Democracy, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Hospitals, Pharmaceuticals, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Roman Catholic Church, United States, Women's Rights
Tagged Birth Control, Catholic Health Care Systems, Catholic Hospitals, Contraception, Contraceptives, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Vasectomies
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Center for Media and Democracy’s Report Shows Federal Government Has Spent Over $3 Billion Fueling Charter Schools but No One Knows Where the Money Went
By Elaine Magliaro The Center for Media and Democracy’s (CMD) PR Watch reported last week on the $3.3 billion that the federal government has spent fueling the charter school industry in this country over the past two decades. According to a new … Continue reading
Tim Wise on What White Americans Do Not Know…and Do Not Want to Know
By Elaine Magliaro In January of 2014, I posted a video of Tim White talking about the “concept of whiteness.” (The title on his YouTube video clip reads “Tim White: On White Privilege.”) Yesterday, I came across an article that … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Civil Liberties, Democracy, Equal Rights, Government, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Political Science, Racism, Society, Sociology, United States
Tagged 1998 Riot at Washington State University, 2004 Riot at Iowa State University, Ghettoization, Highway Program, Housing Discrimination, Keene NH Pumpkin Festival Riot, Lead Poisoning, Riots, Tim Wise
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Governor Scott Walker and Wisconsin’s Budget Woes
By Elaine Magliaro Earlier this year, I wrote a couple of posts about Governor Scott Walker and the state of the state of Wisconsin: Wisconsin Has Largest Decline of Middle Class of Any State According to New Study and Governor Scott Walker Planning … Continue reading
Comedian Amy Schumer Responds to Birth Control Debate with Hilarious Prescription Ad Parody
By Elaine Magliaro Comedian Amy Schumer has a killer parody of a contraceptive prescription ad. In it, Schumer “satirizes just how hard it is for a woman to get her hands on birth control, following the commercial’s instructions to ask … Continue reading
Posted in Christianity, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Drug Policy, Equal Rights, Fundamentalism, Government, Health Care, Health Care Insurance, Pharmaceuticals, Physicians, Politics, Propaganda, Religion, Reproductive Rights, Society, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Amy Schumer, Birth Control, Contraception, Contraceptives, Hobby Lobby, SCOTUS
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Regarding Money in Politics: Why the Koch Brothers and Americans for Prosperity Are Not So Popular with Some Republicans These Days
By Elaine Magliaro Who’d a thunk it? The Koch brothers, two of the world’s wealthiest men who have spent millions of dollars to help fund “both political campaigns and a network of right-wing propaganda” in this country aren’t so popular … Continue reading
Posted in Campaign Finance, Capitalism, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Democracy, Government, Oligarchy, Political Science, Politics, Propaganda, Society, States, Tea Party, United States
Tagged Americans for Prosperity, Charles Koch, Citizens United, Dark Money, David Koch, Florida, Koch Brothers, Money in Politics, Montana, Oligarchs, Republicans, Tennessee
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From the Annals of Driving While Black: ACLU of Colorado Claims Two African-American Men Were Victims of Racial Profiling
By Elaine Magliaro The ACLU of Colorado claims that two African-American men who were pulled over by police in Colorado Springs and taken into custody were victims of racial profiling. The group is representing Ryan and Benjamin Brown, the two … Continue reading
Posted in Colorado, Equal Rights, Justice, Law Enforcement, Police, Racism, Society, United States
Tagged Colorado, Driving While Black, Racial Profiling
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