From MLK, a dream for the middle class that cannot be allowed to die

Benjamin Todd Jealous and Mary Kay Henry write for The Washington Post: “‘I Am a Man’ read the sandwich board posters worn by public sanitation workers in Memphis. Their strike in 1968 came at a time when African American men were still called ‘boy’ to t…

On Social Security, Beware the False Progressives

Daniel Marans writes on The Huffington Post: “It looks like Halloween has come early this year for Wall Street Democrats. Costume season is months away, but the trend of Third Way types disguising their plans to gut Social Security as ‘progressive’ is ho…

Scott Walker Undoes Decades of Women’s History

Susan Feiner writes for Women’s eNews: “Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s slash-and-burn approach to public sector unions–imitated by over a dozen Republican governors across the nation–is the political equivalent of slamming women’s labor history into rev…

Geraldine Ferraro: She Ended the Men’s Club of National Politics

Douglas Martin writes for The New York Times: “As Mr. Mondale’s surprise choice, Ms. Ferraro rocketed to national prominence, propelled by fervid feminist support, a spirited and sometimes saucy personality, canny political skills and the calculation by…

Insurance Bans on Abortion Go for the Jugular

Carlton W. Veazey, president of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice, writes on The Huffington Post: “An unprecedented drive to ban insurance coverage of abortion has been gaining momentum since the health care law was signed a year ago, yet v…