Tag: Obama
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Agricultural Policy and Food Security
Reading Time: 10 minutesOne of the reasons I supported Bernie Sanders for president was his support of family farms against the abuses of agribusiness. Agricultural policy and food security should be at the center of our plan for the future. This makes sense because we have a large and growing global population and dwindling resources. …
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Puerto Rico Follows in the Footsteps of Haiti
Reading Time: < 1 minuteI was shocked when I read this story about five former presidents raising funds for hurricane relief. [1] I’m not picking on the Chicago Tribune, all of the media handled this story in the same way. I assume this means that the majority of Americans don’t know the aid they sent…
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Bernie Sanders and the Supreme Court
Reading Time: < 1 minuteIt’s my theory that Merrick Garland will be confirmed to the Supreme Court. I think this is inevitable for the reason that everyone involved in this process has an interest in maintaining the Court’s conservative majority. Then if the next president has to replace a liberal justice he or she will…
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Fatherhood Initiatives and Grothman’s Senate Bill 507
Reading Time: 4 minutesSenate Bill 507 introduced by Wisconsin Republican Senator Glenn Grothman is the last in a series of outrageous attacks on the rights of women, and it signals a clear trend. Senate Bill 507 moves to amend existing state law by “requiring the Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board to emphasize (non-marital) parenthood…