Posts Tagged Paul Krugman

By Vanessa • 12 years ago

What We Missed

Quote of the Day by Paul Krugman: “[M]aybe traditional social values are eroding in the white working class — but maybe those traditional social values aren’t as essential to a good society as conservatives like to imagine.”

Headline of the Day by Pam Spaulding: “Lactating boobies in the workplace will kill job creation (and other signs of the womanapocalypse)”

In a domestic violence case in Florida, the judge ordered the alleged abuser to just take his wife out to Red Lobster to make up. Lovely.

Tweeters are sharing pics and more to combat all the BC coverage pushback with #iusebirthcontrol – and not shockingly, it’s trending worldwide.

Quote of the Day by Paul Krugman: “[M]aybe traditional social values are eroding in the white working class — but maybe those traditional social values aren’t as essential to a good society as ...
By Vanessa • 13 years ago

Wisconsin workers’ rights are a feminist issue


Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images

For a few reasons. Dana Goldstein hits the nail on the head on how directly feminist of an issue the Wisconsin labor battle is, as it’s one that addresses women workers:

[P]redominantly male professions are deliberately protected while female ones are targeted.

About 80 percent of American teachers, for example, are female; at the elementary school level, nearly 90 percent are women. Nursing is 95 percent female. Nationwide, the majority of public sector union members, represented by AFSCME and other groups, are women.

Meanwhile, over 70 percent of law enforcement workers in the United States are men. Our firefighting ranks are


Photo by Mark Hirsch/Getty Images

For a few reasons. Dana Goldstein hits the nail on the head on how directly feminist of an issue the Wisconsin labor battle is, as it’s ...