Dallas The Republican voter suppression efforts around the United States are such a yo-yo between legislatures, courts, and more courts that god only knows how much the voters in many of these states will be confused as they go to the polls in November or, as likely, as they stay home, …
Month: October 2014
Eggs Widening Class Gap in Health Care Insurance
Houston Here’s the very good news for women. Apple and Google, the mega-billion dollar worldwide tech conglomerates have announced that they are now going to pay up to $20,000 to allow their female employees to freeze and store a couple of their eggs so that they can postpone having children until it works better for …
Voter Suppression Spreading to the United Kingdom
New Orleans There’s a new virus spreading. This time it’s not Ebola or something from the Middle East or Africa, but the pernicious attacks on democracy through voter suppression now leaping from the United States to United Kingdom. Not surprisingly, it starts easily enough with some seemingly small tweaks in voter registration. In …