Reading Between the Rights - The American Prospect
WEBJun 9, 2011 · Reading Between the Rights. Nearly 50 years after Griswold v. Connecticut, conservatives think the Constitution protects your privacy. by Scott Lemieux. June 9, 2011. T his week marks the 46th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court reproductive-rights case Griswold v. Connecticut, in which the Court struck down Connecticut's ban on the ...
Marrying Yourself - The American Prospect
WEBMay 15, 2012 · And in real life- in 2010 Chen Wei-yih, a Taiwanese woman married herself, explaining that the pressure to get married is ridiculous. And last fall another woman, Desiree Moodie, in New York City, wound up single right before her wedding day and decided to marry herself in front of her friends and family. (I …
The State of Poverty in America - The American Prospect
WEBJune 22, 2012. We have two basic poverty problems in the United States. One is the prevalence of low-wage work. The other concerns those who have almost no work. The two overlap. Most people who are poor work as much as they can and go in and out of poverty. Fewer people have little or no work on a continuing basis, but they are in much worse ...
Why Joining a Union is Good For Your Well-Being
WEBJul 16, 2015 · New research suggests that workplace organizing is key to personal happiness and overall well-being. American labor unions are facing a political assault unparalleled since the New Deal, from the Trans-Pacific Partnership to "right-to-work," to the attack on public sector unions at the state level. …
Rand Paul, Uncertified Ophthalmologist? - The American Prospect
WEBMay 27, 2010 · Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky who is an ophthalmologist, has been practicing medicine for the last five years without a nationally recognized certification for his specialty.While this is not illegal, it's certainly unusual. While all physicians are required to graduate from an accredited medical school and pass a state licensing test, specialists normally seek ...
Where Has All the Water Gone? - The American Prospect
WEBMay 23, 2008 · No one knows where this water is going to come from. Scientists call them "hot stains" -- the parts of the Earth now running out of potable water. They include northern China, large areas of Asia and Africa, the Middle East, Australia, the Midwestern United States, and sections of South America and Mexico. The worst effects on people are, of ...
The Progressive Caucus Wields Power - The American Prospect
WEBOct 1, 2021 · This is the 30th year of the Congressional Progressive Caucus (CPC), but in another sense, today is the first day. It’s the first day Washington has seen a coherent, organized coalition in Congress wielding power from the left. And it has the congressional leadership confused. In the past, whenever the Democratic leadership needed a vote on ...
The Racial Wealth Gap - The American Prospect
WEBNov 6, 2013 · For every dollar in assets owned by whites in the United States, blacks own less than a nickel, a racial divide that is wider than South Africa's at any point during the apartheid era. The median net worth for black households is $4,955, or about 4.5 percent of whites' median household wealth, which was $110,729 in 2010, according to Census data.
1962 FLASHBACK. - The American Prospect
WEBJul 23, 2008 · 1962 FLASHBACK. Russian bombers capable of carrying nuclear weapons could be deployed to Cuba in response to U.S. plans to install a missile defense system in Eastern Europe, a Russian newspaper reported Monday, citing an unnamed senior Russian air force official. The report in Izvestia, which could …
Worlds of Inequality - The American Prospect
WEBMay 18, 2016 · The elephant curve lays this challenge out all too clearly, and the good Dr. Milanovic then engages us in a careful discussion of the nature, evolution, and forces behind inequality within countries, and then inequality between countries. These two chapters are the analytical heart of this five-chapter book. …