Tag Archives: Race
Melissa Harris-Perry discusses single mothers, gun violence, and Obama’s “daddy issues”
TweetI don’t know if y’all heard Melissa Harris-Perry’s critique of President Obama’s speech on gun violence in Chicago last Friday. Watch it: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy This. All of this. No, seriously…MHP effectively deconstructs this false narrative of personal responsiblity and marriage as the balm to all [...]
Also tagged Fathers, Gender, gun violence, Marriage, prison industrial complex, single mothers Comments closed
How inner city gun violence is a gendered issue
Tweet 2013, following the trend set in the latter half of last year, has been the year of the glock. Everybody, and their mama, is talking about gun violence and gun control laws. Guns, guns, guns. I think it’s safe to say that we’ve been hearing about gun violence in two extremely different contexts. On [...]
Also tagged Class, Gender, gun control, gun violence, Masculinity, violence Comments closed
Women need a raise in the minimum wage
TweetIn a far-ranging speech that covered everything from climate change to AIDS, President Obama presented a few proposals that are particularly important for women: Implementing universal preschool, passing the Paycheck Fairness Act, and raising the minium wage. As Bryce Covert notes, all three of these policies would help combat the gender pay gap, since “balancing children and [...]
Also tagged Class, gender pay gap, labor rights, Low-income women, minimum wage Comments closed
It’ll take more than Bobby Jindal to fix this
TweetDespite Republicans’ long standing campaign of boning up relationships in the Asian community–it turns out, Asians as a voting bloc lean to the left. This is significant for many reasons and brings up a lot of questions, like why? Well, the reasons are probably varied and nuanced, but what we can say is this–it is [...]
Also tagged Asian, asian american, Obama, Politics, south asians, voting Comments closed
Quick hit: Moving forward from past reproductive injustices against black women