The Imperative is Clear
Black Commentator
Another Neighborhood
Cagle
Detroit Bankruptcy Takes Aim at Pensions
The bankruptcy will enable an appointed judge to impose further cuts to city expenses and to void union contracts. A prime target for cost-cutting is the pensions owed to 21,000 city retirees and 9,000 active workers.
Judy Collins -- Both Sides Now
A good song for a time that needs reflection. Judy Collins (1969 -- Clouds album) sings Joni Mitchell's classic. (Both Sides Now was also the closing song for the season finale of Mad Men.)
If God Came Back
God said, 'I made the earth for you. What have you done with it?' John Roney animates a riff from Louis CK's Beacon Theater concert.
Food Stamp Funding
The Colbert Report
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Republicans show they are willing to compromise on the farm bill by eliminating the part they refused to compromise on.
Back in Black - New York Versus Texas
Rick Perry tries luring New York businesses to Texas. Really, you tawkin' to us? New Yorkers have a word for him.
Rachel Jeantel Interview On Piers Morgan CNN
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Rachel Jeantel Interview On Piers Morgan CNN After George Zimmerman Not Guilty Verdict. July 15, 2013.
President Obama Speaks on Trayvon Martin
President Obama makes a statement about Trayvon Martin and the verdict of the court trial that followed the Florida teenager's death.
My Family, Our Cancer, and the Murderous Cruelty of Conservatives
Vanity Fair
Women’s-health clinics have been under assault for years. Abortions make up just 3 percent of the services Planned Parenthood performs. Planned Parenthood estimates that 130,000 women in Texas go without preventive health care, like breast-cancer screenings, due to Texas' anti-abortion cuts to women’s-health-care funding, and a lot of those women will die as a result.
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