Fred Krugman writes for The New York Times: “Rumors flying all over; supposedly it’s between Janet Yellen, the obvious choice, and Larry Summers, with totally unsubstantiated claims that LS’s star is rising. So I guess that, despite an intense desire to…
Richard Eskow writes for the Campaign for America’s Future’s blog: “Marie Antoinette, meet Ronald McDonald. A lot of people are angry about McDonald’s new financial advice website for employees, an ill-conceived project which drips with “let them eat cak…
Laurie Penny writes for The Guardian: “A great deal of evil is done in the name of protecting people from themselves. In Europe and America, religious conservatives fighting to stop women having abortions have realised they can’t rely on the language of…
Katie McDonough writes for Salon: “Hard as it is to believe, Texas Republicans managed to out-extreme their already-totally-extreme record on Thursday by filing a bill to criminalize abortion as early as six weeks, before many women even realize they’re…
Tara Culp-Ressler writes for Think Progress: “The University of Colorado Boulder is facing a federal investigation to determine whether it has violated Title IX, a gender equity law requiring colleges to provide equal access to education that is free fro…