Archive for March, 2008
links for 2008-03-31
The Wright Controversy Revealed America’s Deeply Insecure Side [AlterNet]
A society at peace with itself wouldn’t have reacted in the way it did to the partly true/partly crazy remarks of Obama’s former pastor.
Fair Labor Standards Under Attack [AlterNet]
Adjusted for inflation, the minimum wage reached its peak in 1968. Today’s cheap labor comes at an enormous cost [...]
links for 2008-03-20
Hillary’s Ties to Religious Fundamentalists [AlterNet]
When it comes to unsavory religious affiliations, Hillary Clinton is a lot more vulnerable than Barack Obama.
What’s the Real Racial Divide? [New York Times]
What do Hillary Rodham Clinton’s big-state victories say about race in America?
In Most Species, Faithfulness Is a Fantasy [New York Times]
While Eliot Spitzer’s use of a prostitute [...]
links for 2008-03-14
The Right-Wing Project to Cast Obama as a Muslim and Anti-Semite [AlterNet]
He’s been defended by AIPAC on his Israel views, made it clear that he’s Christian, yet the media keeps swallowing right-wing lies.
The War and the Working Class [The Nation]
Young people drawn into combat by the “economic draft” are being treated just as poorly as [...]
links for 2008-03-09
Defending Middle-Class Consumer-Culture on the Backs of the Poor [AlterNet]
The bottom dollar: cutting interests rates instead of fighting inflation hurts the economy’s most vulnerable.
Esquire Publishes a Diary That Isn’t [New York Times]
An article published in the April issue of Esquire magazine and written in the first person as if it were Heath Ledger’s own diary [...]
links for 2008-03-04
Why Do Migrant Sex Workers Need Saving? [AlterNet]
The U.S. spends millions every year fighting sex trafficking — but are we just pushing our own sexual issues on women around the world?
What a Choice! Sex With a Sleaze for $100,000 or Writing for Peanuts [AlterNet]
Sites like SugarDaddy.com lure young women by offering them far more money [...]
