Linda Stone on Maintaining Focus in a Maddeningly Distractive World - James Fallows - The Atlantic
▻http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/linda-stone-on-maintaining-focus-in-a-maddeningly-distractive-world/276201
Linda Stone on Maintaining Focus in a Maddeningly Distractive World - James Fallows - The Atlantic
▻http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/linda-stone-on-maintaining-focus-in-a-maddeningly-distractive-world/276201
Racial Wealth Gap Widened During Recession - NYTimes.com
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/29/business/racial-wealth-gap-widened-during-recession.html
...the last half-decade has proved far worse for black and Hispanic families than for white families, starkly widening the already large gulf in wealth between non-Hispanic white Americans and most minority groups, according to a new study from the Urban Institute.
The Ghetto Is Public Policy- ▻http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/05/the-ghetto-is-public-policy/275456
It is very hard to accept this — the wealth gap is not a mistake. It is the logical outcome of policy and democratic will. From the streets of Cicero on up, the point was to imprison black people in the black belt and then exploit them. The goal was pursued through public policy, private action, and open terrorism. The goal was accomplished.
Will Mississippi Close Its Last Abortion Clinic?
▻http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/01/will-mississippi-close-its-last-abortion-clinic/267352
Parker is an abortion provider. But he is also the plaintiff in a case that may have extreme political consequences. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is the last abortion clinic in Mississippi, and state legislators are trying to shut it down: The next court date is at the end of January. Republican Governor Phil Bryant has called it “the first step in a movement, I believe, to do what we campaigned on: to say that we’re going to try to end abortion in Mississippi.”
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