If you could prevent millions of children from falling back into poverty, would you? Most of us, I imagine, would answer “yes” without hesitation. But not Congress. For nearly a year, lawmakers in Washington, D.C., have dithered as the policy directly responsible for a dramatic decline in poverty last year lapsed. It’s time for Congress […]
This is off the beaten path, isn't it? But I was over at Google's Ngram Viewer trying to remember what I had planned to look up, and while my neurons were betraying me I started entering dirty words. That was interesting, so I got more rigorous about it. Here are the most popular current obscenities, ...continue reading "Raw data: What popular obscenity has grown the most?"
The center-left mindset of favoring quantitative analysis and just-so mathematical solutions is particularly myopic when it comes to fossil fuel pollution.
The White House sent out some talking points to help you deal with your Fox-loving uncle on Thanksgiving Day, and I wish they hadn't. This is one of the most tiresome memes ever. But if you're going to do it anyway, for God's sake please proofread it: Two typos in a single sentence? It should ...continue reading "The White House needs a copy editor"
DOORWAYS offers its clients a place to live and a lot of other services, like mental health care, help finding work, a food pantry, and access to a pharmacist, all in one place.
Two years ago, the DOJ opened up an investigation into the Springfield, Massachusetts police department, targeting its troubled Narcotics Unit. Like far too many other drug-focused units, the Springfield Narcotics Unit was filled with officers who routinely engaged rights violations. Narcotics Bureau officers regularly punch subjects in the head and neck area without legal justification. […]
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