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• 3 Out Of 4 Women In World Are Struggling Or Suffering

  

  The month of March is Women's History Month in the United States, and yesterday (3/8/15) was International Women's Day. So I thought this would be a good time t... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Immigrants Strengthen America Through Hard Work & Talent

  

  My ancestors came to this country as immigrants (mainly from Ireland) many decades ago. Were the "legal" or "illegal" immigrants. I honestly don't know, and I... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Deporting All "Illegal" Immigrants Would Destroy Economy

  

  The image above (from the Huffington Post) is pretty indicative of how the right-wing views immigrants (especially undocumented immigrants). Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Unemployment Rate Dropped In All 50 Sates In 2014

  

  Something happened in the United States labor market last year that had not happened in over 30 years -- since 1984. The official government unemployment rate... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Support For Same-Sex Marriage Is Still Growing

  

  This chart was made from information in the 2014 General Social Survey (GSS), done by AP/NORC at the University of Chicago. The GSS survey is done every two... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Percentage Of Religious "Nones" Is Growing In All States

  

  The chart above is from the most recent survey by the Public Religion Research Institute. It shows the top three religious "traditions" in all 50 states. Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• President Obama Honors The Selma Marchers

  

  As many Americans gathered in Selma on Saturday to commemorate the 50th anniversary of that landmark civil rights demonstration, President Obama spoke to this... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Unemployment Rate Drops By 0.2% In February

  

  The Labor Department has released its employment statistics for the month of February. It shows that 295,000 new jobs were created in February. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• 50th Anniversary Of "Bloody Sunday" In Selma

  

  Today marks 50 years since police brutally broke up the first march from Selma to Montgomery by peaceful civil rights demonstrators. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Republicans In Congress Still The Most Unpopular

  

  This chart was made from the most recent Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between February 26th and March 2nd of a random national sample of 1,286 registered... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• In Defense Of Hillary Clinton

  

  (This caricature of Hillary Clinton is by the inimitable DonkeyHotey.) Hillary Clinton is not yet a candidate for any political office, and won't be until at... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• The Latest Presidential Poll Shows Little Change

  

  These are the results of the latest presidential poll. It is the Quinnipiac University Poll -- done between February 26th and March 2nd of a random national... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Google Is Changing Its Page-Ranking System

  

  It seems that Google is going to change how it ranks pages. Instead of just ranking pages by the number of links, it is also going to consider whether the page... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Majority Of Public Wants Insurance Subsidies Continued

  

  Republicans have been pitching a hissy fit about the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) since it was passed, and their incessant whining has convinced a lot of... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Conservative Paper Calls For Texas To Act On Obamacare

  

  Texas has the highest percentage and largest number of citizens without health insurance. That was true before Obamacare was passed, and it is still true. Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• GOP Folds In Congressional Game Of "Chicken"

  

  (This cartoon is by Bruce Plante in Tulsa World.) Democrats stood firm, and won the first big political battle in the 114th Congress. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• America Is Becoming More Secular And More Diverse

  

  These maps are all from the Washington Post, and they reflect the results of a new Public Religion Research Institute survey. Our Founding Fathers were... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Justice Dept. Says The Ferguson Demonstrators Were Right

  

  Last summer, far too many American criticized the demonstrators in Ferguson -- refusing to believe the police could be so wrong. Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• A Good Senate Democrat Is To Retire

  

  Senator Barbara Mikulski has announced that she will not seek re-election in 2016. This wonderful woman has served longer in the United States Senate than any... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Politicians Continue Their Political Theater In Washington

  

  (This cartoon was found on the Facebook page of ARM.) The Republicans thought they would have it easy after winning control of Congress last November, but it... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2015 POLITICS, SOCIETY