Gayle Tzemach Lemmon writes at The Atlantic: “I thought of this class mismatch recently as I’ve followed the discussion surrounding Sheryl Sandberg’s upcoming book, Lean In. Suddenly, and for the first time in a while, a bunch of major news outlets are talking about working-class women. All of a sudden a media that has rarely Read more …
Alyssa Rosenberg at ThinkProgress writes: “It’s a sign of how anxious the right wing is about the possibility that Ashley Judd might run for Senate against Minority Leader Mitch McConnell that the attacks on her have geared up before she’s even formally…
Jina Moore writes at Salon: “This week, the Internet got angry at Sara Naomi Lewkowicz. The 30-year-old photographer had the audacity to photograph domestic violence – and to publish the photos in a major magazine just as Congress was debating the reauth…
Brentin Mock writes at Colorlines: “Helen Guthrie, 69, leaned against a tree in downtown Raleigh earlier this month, holding a sign that read ‘Respect Our Vote! Save Early Voting, Good for Democracy.’ She smiled as throngs of ralliers of multiple generat…
Natasha Lennard at Salon writes: “A new Brandeis University social sciences study highlights that the wealth gap between white and black people has ballooned in recent decades. The study argues that ‘the dramatic gap in household wealth that now exists a…
