There was a time when the term “states’ rights” was simply code for racial discrimination. In the early 1960s, Governors Ross Barnett of Mississippi
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Romney turns his back on his home state
If you want to see how convoluted Mitt Romney’s record is regarding what to do to help the American auto industry, simply compare his
More items to add to your Obama-accomplishment list
One of the most-read posts here on Occasional Planet continues to be “President Obama’s 244 accomplishments.” Since it first appeared in 2010, that post
Starving the infrastructure beast: Privatization vs. the American Jobs Act
With 13.1 million Americans waking up every morning with no job to go to, how should we make sense of the three-time Senate “no”
Wheels to work
If you can’t get to a job interview, you can’t get a job. If you’re homeless and don’t have a car, or if you
Education doesn’t always lead to strong economy: Ask Greece
One of the few conservative ideas that has sufficient appeal for progressives to embrace is that you can’t solve problems just by throwing money
2.5 million new reasons to love “Obamacare”
I’m not qualified to say whether the individual mandate of the 2010 Affordable Care Act [ACA] is constitutional, but I am pretty certain that
Can Occupy learn from the 1968 Poor People’s Campaign?
Most people know that when Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated on April 4, 1968, he was in Memphis to help striking sanitation workers.
Do “small” businesses really create most US jobs?
If you had a dollar for every time a campaigning politician said that small businesses create most American jobs, you might have enough money
Thinking outside the tent: Where the 99% movement could “camp out” next
Now what? Now that the political establishment has succeeded in physically removing Occupiers from several cities, what direction should the movement take? Many have