Disabled People Are the Canaries in the Coal Mine
The disabled community has responded to the adversities they face by organizing for legal rights that protect their autonomy and access to public life. But these rights are increasingly under attack.
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How Many People Are on Food Stamps?
A pop quiz: How many Americans are on food stamps? How many children in the United States are on food
Bringing Overpaid Executives to Heel
From today's LA Times. Hat-tip to Danny Postel. The cover story in our Nov/Dec issue, Have the
Ponzi Collapses Nearly Quadrupled in '09 (AP)
From the Associated Press: Read the rest of the article.
Appeal to Our Blog Readers
Dear Regular Visitors to the D&S blog: If you read postings to the D&S blog via
$57,077.60, Surging by the Minute (Jo Comerford)
Tom Engelhart's last post of the year over at TomDispatch, is In Nightmares Begin Responsibilities: Why War Will
Krugman vs. Hudson on Samuelson
I was alerted by this post on Naked Capitalism to a back-and-forth between Paul Krugman and Michael Hudson on Paul
Bernanke, Time, Senate Banking Committee
Well the New York Times website is reporting that the Senate Banking Committee just approved Ben Bernanke for a second
Howard Dean: Kill the Senate Health Care Bill
From a Vermont Public Radio broadcast from Tuesday: Hear the segment.
Who Really Saved The Global Economy?
According to this Observer article, it was the global drugs lords: their money laundering activities provided the required marginal capital
Stop Usury Now (William Greider)
From The Nation (but: do not take this as an endorsement of Martha Coakley—some of us voted against her
Left of Obama
Caught a broadcast today on a Boston NPR station of an Intelligence Squared–US debate over the proposition: “Obama’s
More Sit-Ins for Single-Payer, Thurs. Dec. 10th
The Mobilization for Health Care for All, about which we have blogged several times, is having another Day of Action