Bhaskar Sunkara, editor and publisher of the socialist publication Jacobin Magazine, said that a younger generation of voters might be slightly more sympathetic to the socialist cause. “In general, a lot of young people are demographically a lot less white, a lot of us are first generation or immigrants coming from places where the word has less of a taboo,” he said. “And the Cold War is over.” In fact, young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have a slightly more favorable view of the word “socialism” than “capitalism,” according to a 2011 Pew Poll. Socialist magazines like Jacobin Magazine and Dissent have developed a small cult following among millennials, and their young editors have popped up in mainstream news outlets like the New York Times. Even when wielded by Republicans as an epithet, the “s” word, as Sunkara calls it, doesn’t seem to carry as much weight as it used to. In New York, Democrat Bill de Blasio’s campaign was barely affected by repeated accusations that he was a socialist or Communist sympathizer. De Blasio trounced Republican Joe Lhota on Tuesday with a 49% margin of victory.
“In general, a lot of young people are demographically a lot less white, a lot of us are first generation or immigrants coming from places where the word has less of a taboo,” he said. “And the Cold War is over.”
In fact, young people between the ages of 18 and 29 have a slightly more favorable view of the word “socialism” than “capitalism,” according to a 2011 Pew Poll. Socialist magazines like Jacobin Magazine and Dissent have developed a small cult following among millennials, and their young editors have popped up in mainstream news outlets like the New York Times.
Even when wielded by Republicans as an epithet, the “s” word, as Sunkara calls it, doesn’t seem to carry as much weight as it used to. In New York, Democrat Bill de Blasio’s campaign was barely affected by repeated accusations that he was a socialist or Communist sympathizer. De Blasio trounced Republican Joe Lhota on Tuesday with a 49% margin of victory.
60 Minutes has learned of new information that undercuts the account told to us by [Davies] of his actions on the night of the attack on the Benghazi compound. We are currently looking into this serious matter to determine if he misled us, and if so, we will make a correction.
Another day, another theocratic lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act's contraceptive provisions:
Right to Life of Michigan has filed a federal lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act’s contraception mandate, adding to a pile of recent court cases challenging whether corporations can refuse to provide employees contraception coverage in employer-sponsored health insurance plans on moral grounds. The complaint, filed Monday by attorney Michael Rizik Jr. in the U.S. District Court of Grand Rapids, alleges that the contraception mandate violates Right to Life’s First Amendment religious and speech freedoms.
The complaint, filed Monday by attorney Michael Rizik Jr. in the U.S. District Court of Grand Rapids, alleges that the contraception mandate violates Right to Life’s First Amendment religious and speech freedoms.
1. A majority of Republican senators voted against the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, a bill that would finally put an end to workplace discrimination against gay Americans, Roll Call reports. 2. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation that would ban abortions nationwide for women more than 20 weeks pregnant, the Washington Post reports. 3. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) told Greg Sargent that House Republicans would not hold a vote on immigration reform this year and that “the window for getting anything done next year is closing fast.” These are stands on important issues that further push away gay, women, and Hispanic voters — voting groups Republicans at least claimed in their autopsy report they didn’t want to alienate any longer. Instead of rebranding, the GOP is doubling-down on the old brand that helped them lose the last two presidential elections.
2. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) introduced legislation that would ban abortions nationwide for women more than 20 weeks pregnant, the Washington Post reports.
3. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL) told Greg Sargent that House Republicans would not hold a vote on immigration reform this year and that “the window for getting anything done next year is closing fast.”
These are stands on important issues that further push away gay, women, and Hispanic voters — voting groups Republicans at least claimed in their autopsy report they didn’t want to alienate any longer.
Instead of rebranding, the GOP is doubling-down on the old brand that helped them lose the last two presidential elections.