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Maybe if we take “White Guilt” out of the equation it will be easier to understand? I was encouraged reading the comments of a diary that was recently on the rec list where many commenters identifying themselves as white showed understanding and empathy with regard to the daily ...	FreeWoman19	03/06/2014	172	103	4	-
Democracy, Mommy, and Trayvon Martin Dies ©copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert. empathyeducates Words like "freedom," "justice," "democracy" are not common concepts; on the contrary, they are rare. People are not born knowing what these are. ...	Bcgntn	07/14/2013	2	3	1	-
Schools and Safety; What We Do When We Deny Safety; What We Do When We Deny © copyright 2013 Betsy L. Angert empathyeducates Look to the left. Look to the "...	Bcgntn	06/24/2013	9	8	-	-
The Paradox of Privacy in Education and the Nation	Bcgntn	06/10/2013	4	1	-	-
A Letter to Melissa Harris-Perry, About "The Bull," Rahm Emanuel	Bcgntn	06/03/2013	7	14	-	-
Voting and Learning Denied. Education and Entitlement ©copyright 2013. Betsy L. Angert BeThink Is it fear of the darkness that dims ...	Bcgntn	02/28/2013	3	7	-	-
12 Charts Show HOW Trickle-Down Fails, Gross Income Inequality, and WHY You feel pinched Pictures speak a thousand words. Listen to what these charts/pictures are saying. But first, this quote from that screaming liberal, William F. Buckley “Conservatives pride themselves on ...	War on Error	01/23/2013	18	34	8	-
Hurricane Sandy and What Heals Hurts	Bcgntn	11/14/2012	1	3	-	-
Progress and The Power of a Plan [The Effect on Public Education] By Betsy L. Angert Inherent within each of us is conflict. Generally speaking, we think growth is good. Progress is a sign of achievement. As George Bernard Shaw so aptly articulated, “...	Bcgntn	09/23/2012	2	4	-	31
Unions, Education and The Chicago Teachers Strike The Chicago Teachers Union strike, and the recent rallies held in conjunction, speak to a problem larger than the conventional meme of pay increases, tenure, or pensions. Chicago Teachers want ...	Bcgntn	09/21/2012	50	34	1	209
Did you like the ideas the President proposed for our economy? copyright © 2012 Betsy L. Angert. Empathy And Education; BeThink ...	Bcgntn	01/26/2012	9	3	-	44
The Luxury of Learning is Lost copyright © 2004, 2012 Betsy L. Angert.	Bcgntn	01/17/2012	23	8	-	82
Mitt, My Good Man	Bcgntn	01/12/2012	2	2	-	61
German auto manufacturers' high profits and high pay show why U.S. labor laws need to be stronger German car manufacturers make more than twice as many cars ...	Laura Clawson	01/04/2012	108	130	11	576
The Good School; Principals or Principles	Bcgntn	01/04/2012	5	2	1	49
Voter Suppression and My Situation	Bcgntn	12/26/2011	5	4	-	63
August To June; Bringing Life to Schools copyright © 2011 ...	Bcgntn	12/26/2011	1	1	-	29
Occupy Wall Street; Woes and Words copyright © 2011 Betsy L. ...	Bcgntn	10/25/2011	9	-	-	50
President's Plan Being Leaked Wonder if Meteor-Blades is seeing hopeful signs given that the President seems to be changing his campaign rhetoric. I agree with what MB wrote recently:	divineorder	10/25/2011	12	7	1	141
Nancy Pelosi Talks SS/Deficit in Santa Fe; PBO Talks 1 Million Jobs! We rested up in Santa Fe for a couple of weeks after over 3 months riding buses, photographing the disappearing wildlife, and camping in our little dome tent in four countries in southern Africa. (...	divineorder	10/25/2011	5	10	-	100
Gov. Christie vetoes fracking ban passed overwhelmingly by the New Jersey legislature. As the North Country Gazette reports: New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed the New Jersey Ban Bill Thursday, ...	pot	10/25/2011	51	49	-	318
Want To Get Your Diary Noticed? If you're tired of your diary withering away into the small crawlspaces of cyberspace without being noticed by your fellow kossacks, then this is the diary for you. Learn how ...	slinkerwink	09/18/2011	146	149	32	1358
Bipartisan duo sues Florida Gov. Scott over rejection of federal high-speed rail money	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	129	60	2	405
Open thread for night owls: The real U.S. security budget Christopher Hellman is ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	158	21	4	351
Friday's Labor Department report may show best private job creation in years. But what kind of jobs? Ever since it became ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	111	38	2	318
Open thread for night owls: Rep. George Miller on smashing the middle class Rep. George Miller, former chairman and now ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	129	71	15	363
Ah! Memories. Here's Alan Greenspan waxing euphoric over budget surpluses Once upon a time - yes, it does seem like a fairy tale now ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	27	28	4	158
Open thread for night owls: The union makes us strong At the Campaign for America's Future, ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	119	32	7	306
Open thread for night owls: Elizabeth Warren and the enemies of the CFPB At The Nation , Katrina vanden Heuvel writes, Elizabeth Warren's battle :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	94	28	1	249
Abbreviated pundit round-up Eau Claire (Wisc.) Leader-Telegram : And while the way some protesters ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	68	19	1	237
Destitution in the 'colonias' of South Texas At The Atlantic , Alex Hannaford ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	120	34	1	361
Green Diary Rescue returns Today the Green Diary Rescue begins anew.	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	29	70	4	245
Open thread for night owls: China's 'jasmine dream' At Asia Times , Peter Lee writes Smelling Salts for China's Jasmine Dream :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	106	21	-	274
Wisconsin, Ohio public employees are not overpaid Contrary to conventional wisdom that public employees across our nation are collecting bigger paychecks than their counterparts in the private sector, the Economic Policy ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	91	96	18	436
Libya a personal matter at my house The unfolding events in North Africa and the Middle East have had special impact at my house. My stepchildren were raised in Libya, living there until they were reunited with their mother after 15 ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	390	355	4	1853
Open thread for night owls: A page out of FDR's playbook - Rural broadband At New Deal 2.0 , David Woolner, a Senior Fellow and Hyde Park Resident Historian for the Roosevelt Institute, writes,	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	179	30	5	356
Alleged deficit hawks surrender billions in revenue to oil companies Republicans as well as some what-can-they-possibly-be-thinking Democrats keep explaining how the government needs to pinch its pennies, even if that means cutting Head Start and other programs ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	77	61	3	283
Indiana deputy attorney general's proposal for dealing with protesters? Shoot 'em On Saturday night, Adam Weinstein, an editor at Mother Jones , entered into a Twitter "discussion" with Jeff Cox, a lawyer who draws a paycheck courtesy of Indiana taxpayers as one of the ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	130	61	-	509
Resistance spreads in Iran, Yemen, Bahrain, Algeria, Libya With the revolutionary events in Tunisia and Egypt as their inspiration, rebels have begun or are continuing protests throughout North Africa and the Middle East. Every country's unique history and ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	83	60	5	393
Open thread for Night Owls: Betraying public workers At The Nation , Robert Pollin and Jeffrey Thompson write The Betrayal of Public Workers :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	141	40	1	339
Gov. Scott blasted on high-speed rail funds. Gov. Brown says money 'welcome here' Florida editorial writers and some fellow Republicans are giving newly elected Gov. Rick Scott a thrashing over what can only fairly be described as his loony rejection of federal funding for the ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	137	69	6	425
Minority restaurant workers get the shaft Workers of color on average earn $3.71 less an hour than white workers, a survey of 4300 of restaurant employees in eight cities has ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	52	45	3	218
Gallup: Jobs No. 1 concern of Americans Given that 13.9 million people are still officially out of work, 6.2 million of them for more than six months, with another 8.4 ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	89	2	1	472
Open thread for night owls: Sending wind jobs away At SolveClimate , Maria Galluci writes :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	92	-	-	316
States that spent stimulus on repairs and public transportation created more jobs than other states Despite evidence showing that spending on public transportation and road and bridge repairs produces far more jobs and does so faster than new construction, most states and Metropolitan Planning ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	74	1	4	1008
Florida Gov. Scott rejects high-speed rail money A third myopic governor has joined two others who have turned down federal money to build high-speed rail in their states. Gov. Rick Scott, the tea party-backed Republican elected last November,	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	228	64	2	457
Open thread for Night Owls: Surveillance At The Nation , John Nichols writes, House GOP Rejects ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	160	12	2	323
Revised data: Carbon emission costs underestimated Ever since analysts began in the 1980s trying to calculate the social costs of our dependence on carbon-based fuel, the results have been questioned. In 2010, basing its conclusions on three federal ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	52	-	3	1263
Open thread for night owls: Bullying and overworked dads A new study has found a strong correlation between the amount of time a father doesn't spend ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	122	-	4	260
Report: Michigan public workers not 'overcompensated' It won't make any difference to the propagandists, of course, but a favorite Republican myth took another hit Thursday. Following up on ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	103	-	7	440
'The Great Recession's Long Tail': Mangled workers Come Friday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics will release its latest jobs situation report. Once again, the numbers will be dissected for signs of hope that the anemic hiring of the past year has ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	92	-	2	933
Open thread for night owls: GOP out to smash states' renewable energy standards At SolveClimate , Maria Galluci writes, State Renewable Energy Standards ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	189	33	1	1442
Open thread for night owls: SOTU - Infrastructure/Innovation Scott Paul, executive director of the Alliance for American Manufacturing, gave the following statement on Tuesday's State of the Union address:	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	191	-	1	241
Poll: Rein in corporate greed, says big majority Public Policy Polling for Daily Kos. 1/20-23. Registered voters. MoE 3.1% (No trend lines) "Which of the ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	56	-	2	262
Open thread for night owls: NEW YORK, new york At The Nation , Lizzy Ratner writes Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of Two New Yorks :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	72	-	-	367
Financial crisis commission generates three reports Eighteen months after former California State Treasurer Phil Angelides was appointed to the bipartisan commission looking into the causes of the financial crisis whose aftermath continues to batter ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	87	-	2	486
Open thread for night owls: Corking EPA regulation It was a tough week for advocates of doing something about climate change. Three bills were introduced in Congress to delay, curb or stop regulation of greenhouse gases by the Environmental ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	50	-	2	257
Two Republicans hint at OK for high-speed rail Two key House Republicans have indicated conditional support for one element of President Barack Obama's goal of putting 80 percent of Americans within reach of high-speed passenger rail service by ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	58	6	1	469
Economic outrage du jour: Banks take a powder Over the past couple of years there's been plenty of smugness and disdain pitched in the direction of people who have walked away from mortgages. Never mind that many of them were lured into loans ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	151	-	-	473
Open thread for night owls: Stand fast on Social Security	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	253	-	5	549
Open thread for night owls: Axing fossil fuel subsidies At SolveClimate , Elizabeth McGowan writes: Obama Can Cut ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	85	-	4	501
Ryan's 'Roadmap' eviscerated With its highly touted author now chairing the House Budget Committee, you would think that the year-old Roadmap for America's Future ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	72	-	5	967
NYT: Bankers' era of contrition may be ending Jack Ewing of Dealbook reports from Davos, Switzerland, at the World ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	101	-	-	195
Public employees work for less, not more In the divide-and-conquer assault on public employees which the powers-that-be have unleashed in their latest round of class warfare, we've been told repeatedly that government-paid workers make ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	311	2	18	1205
Job creation weaker than expected. Jobless rate falls to 9.4% Since November 2009, when new job creation first took a baby-step into positive territory after nearly two years of disastrous news for working Americans, there have been a lot of crossed fingers in ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	240	-	2	4
A tragicomic view of climate bill failure: Now it gets worse Not so very long ago some people were calling climate change the signature issue of our time, the most urgent of urgent tasks, a crisis our leaders in Washington absolutely had to do something about ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	79	-	-	535
Social Security 'rescue' needs no draconian fixes Kathy Ruffing and Paul N. Van de Water at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities have written an important analysis of Social ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	140	-	10	655
Open thread for night owls: GOP's hollow threat on EPA At Grist , David Roberts writes, The Republicans’ hollow threat: EPA and ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	127	-	1	217
This is not your father's labor market A study by the John J. Heldrich Center for Workforce Development at Rutgers University has been getting some attention well after its mid-December release. The New York ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	84	-	5	419
Open thread for night owls: Unemployment At The New Yorker , James Surowiecki weighs in on the cyclical vs. structural unemployment debate:	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	208	1	1	255
Hostile Congress awaits EPA regs Come Sunday, curbs on greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act begin. But not without a fight. Expect to hear the name Fred Upton a lot as this heats up. He's the new head of the House ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	57	-	-	305
Open thread for night owls: Low-wage jobs lead in new hiring At The Atlantic , Eve Tahmincioglu, a labor and career columnist for MSNBC.com and the voice behind the blog CareerDiva.net, ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	95	-	2	642
Open thread for night owls: Drinking austerity Kool-Aid At New Deal 2.0 , Marshall Auerback writes Drinking Austerity Kool-Aid in 2011 :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	104	-	4	288
Tell us what you're doing now Every movement needs great orators. Talk is important. But talk without action takes us nowhere. For every Frederick Douglass – both orator and activist – we need thousands of Harriet ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	490	307	5	94
Wanna fix the economy? Take a pay cut Leave it to somebody from the American Enterprise Institute to figure out what's really wrong with the economy. Kevin Hassett, AEI's director of economic-policy studies, was an adviser to John ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	349	-	8	491
Outspoken 300 warn against austerity economics Some 300 economists and civic leaders , including James K. Galbraith, Heidi Shierholz, Robert Reich, Leo Gerard and Helene Jorgensen warned this morning of ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	99	-	13	352
Anti-poverty programs help 1 in 6 Since the Great Recession began in December 2007, significant percentages of Americans have been been added to the already ample roster assisted by anti-poverty programs. Currently, 17 percent of ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	140	-	-	148
2nd quarter GDP estimate cut to 1.6% No big surprise this morning with the release of the "first revision" of the Commerce Department's estimate of ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	204	-	1	1
Change to Win: Wage stagnation has broad impact Middle-class families have lost jobs, homes and savings for their children's education or their own retirement as a consequence of the Great Recession. But for many the problem started a long time ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	191	-	5	167
Lay off more workers, rake in more bucks If you were one of those callous populists who failed to get all teary upon hearing of the financial plight of top CEOs during the economic downturn, you might want to have a good cry now. Because ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	121	-	8	230
Not just jobs, but what kinds The recession may have magnified a trend that began nearly four decades ago - wage stagnation, or worse. Michael Luo at The New York Times writes,	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	146	-	3	181
Recession kicks union butt In the 12 months that ended in June, the rate of nationwide union membership as a part of the work force fell from 12.4 percent to 12.1 percent, according to a new report from the UCLA Institute for ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	145	-	4	226
Something austere to anticipate A couple of months ago, George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer in Britain (roughly equivalent to the U.S. Treasury Secretary),	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	133	-	2	113
Open thread for night owls: Jobless youth Michelle Chen at In These Times writes :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	143	-	1	107
'Confidence is lost' among small businesses On the same day that the Fed said that "the pace of economic recovery is likely to be more modest in the near term ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	102	-	1	135
Open thread for night owls: credit cards Ruth Simon at The Wall Street Journal writes :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	97	-	2	111
Open threads for night owls: Green jobs At The Nation , Amy B. Dean writes, Doing Green Jobs Right :	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	70	-	2	115
Half a million new jobless claims filed For well over a year, both professional and amateur analysts of the economy have avidly watched how many new claims for unemployment benefits are filed each week. At 674,000, the peak for new ...	Meteor Blades	08/20/2011	195	-	1	286

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