The Untold Struggles for Education Equality

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/5vQXJwavoE4

Kate Cohen: "Tampon Tim" and the Long Reach of Religion | FFRF Convention 2024

Kate Cohen's talk, "'Tampon Tim' and the Long Reach of Religion," highlights how religion continues to influence public policy, especially in education. She takes aim at school voucher programs that funnel public money into religious institutions and connect Christian nationalism to anti-LGBTQ and anti-transgender laws. With humor, she explains how media and politics intersect with religious bias, referencing Minnesota Governor Tim Walz being mocked for his progressive policies. Cohen emphasizes that challenging religious influence is essential for protecting personal freedoms and fostering equality.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVzr7ARgCSo

How Do We Organize an Interfaith and Secular Coalition in 2024? (Bradley Onishi and Daniel Miller; Straight White American Jesus podcast)

Sometimes we have to pivot from analysis to organizing. From study to action. In order to do that, Brad speaks with the Rev. Paul Raushenbush, President of Interfaith Alliance. They discuss ways to organize and mobilize for the 2024 elections in order to build a coalition of non-religious and religious Americans who share a commitment to democracy, inclusiveness, and equality.

Interview: 

https://www.straightwhiteamericanjesus.com/episodes/how-do-we-organize-an-interfaith-and-secular-coalition-in-2024/

Republicans are redefining the word ‘equal’ in an Iowa anti-trans bill

The bill's sponsor is not content with redefining the word equal, however; the bill goes on to proclaim that "separate" is "not inherently unequal". One opponent to the bill pointed to the cruel history of the doctrine of "separate but equal" and the attempt to revive that history with a new, Republican-condoned target. Though the new definition of the word "equal" and the revival of the "separate but equal doctrine" only applies to transgender people, the precedents that make up the bedrock of equality for all are threatened. Is it so important for Republicans to get a political victory against transgender people in the state that they are willing to go this far?…

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/feb/08/iowa-anti-trans-bill-649

Allow Me to Retort with Elie Mystal (The Mary Trump Show podcast #14)

Mary Trump demolishes Ron DeSantis’ chances in 2024 and the media hype supporting it. Then, she welcomes the justice correspondent for The Nation, Elie Mystal, to discuss the critical need for the Democrats to embrace the Black community and take action to rally the base going into the midterm elections. They also explore whether our country has come far enough on issues of equality and if our Constitution is really all that it’s cracked up to be.

Interview: 

https://www.podbean.com/ew/dir-vv89v-12f02250

Imagine a World Where Workers Have Power | Robert Reich

Robert Reich breaks down the political choices that have systematically dismantled worker power over the past 40 years — and how we can build a world where workers have a real voice again.
https://youtu.be/JSralhrpK44

Opinion | Five former IRS commissioners: Biden’s proposal would create a fairer tax system - The Washington Post

… This would benefit everyone who pays their taxes. It would produce a great deal of revenue by reducing the enormous gap between taxes legally owed and taxes actually paid — much of it through increased voluntary compliance. And it would improve taxpayers' interactions with the IRS...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/five-former-irs-commissioners-bidens-proposal-would-create-a-fairer-tax-system/2021/05/04/c4ee8346-acfc-11eb-ab4c-986555a1c511_story.html

Opinion | Republicans Find a Cruel New Culture War: Transgender Rights - The New York Times

... Republicans' response to their party's political failures at the ballot box in 2018 and 2020 is to find an issue that they believe paints Democrats as convention-smashing libertines and themselves as the defenders of innocent children and a moral order. It's to name monsters out there and take up torches against them. The issue is trans equality. The monsters are trans people...

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/10/opinion/sunday/transgender-rights-republicans-arkansas.html

On Eve of Equal Pay Day, Report Reveals Subminimum Wage 'Keeps Incomes Low and Harassment High' | Common Dreams News

One Fair Wage found that over 70% of women in the restaurant industry have been sexually harassed while working at least once...

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2021/03/23/eve-equal-pay-day-report-reveals-subminimum-wage-keeps-incomes-low-and-harassment

Religious freedom is no reason to deny people with disabilities the right to equality in the workplace | TheHill

Exactly 30 years ago today, on July 26, 1990, President Bush proclaimed proudly, “With today's signing of the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act, every man, woman, and child with a disability can now pass through once-closed doors into a bright new era of equality, independence, and freedom." But can they?
https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/509032-religious-freedom-is-no-reason-to-deny-people-with-disabilities-the-right

Religion and Race in the Year of Donald Trump - Alix Jules

In this candid, one-hour conversation with Seth Andrews, Alix speaks about religion, race, politics, equality, and the rise of black secularism throughout the United States. https://youtu.be/OkP0eCMn1XQ

A strong estate tax will ensure equal treatment of wealth and wages - The Hill

There is a fundamental imbalance in how we tax wages and wealth today...
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/431098-fortify-the-estate-tax-to-ensure-equal-treatment-of-wealth-and-wages

3 Reasons the Super Rich Should Embrace a 70 Percent Tax Rate - Truthdig

If America's billionaires care about their safety, their country and their planet, they should strive to forge a more equal society.....
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/3-reasons-the-super-rich-should-embrace-a-70-percent-tax-rate/

Steve Bannon, Cardinal Burke, Minister Salvini, and the Plot to Take Down Pope Francis - The Daily Beast

A trio of conservative henchmen are now working closely with each other against the pontiff's efforts to defend human rights and equality—even on World Refugee Day. ....
https://www.thedailybeast.com/steve-bannon-cardinal-burke-minister-salvini-and-the-plot-to-take-down-pope-francis

In Iceland, an example of what happens if you actually elect women -- ThinkProgress.org

Iceland is not waiting for the gender pay gap to fix itself. Starting January 1, 2018, it is now illegal for employers to pay women less than men. In Iceland, both public and private employers with 25 employees or more will need obtain government certification of equal pay policies. ....
https://thinkprogress.org/in-iceland-its-now-illegal-to-pay-women-less-than-men-68e5a633a8d8/

Two schools in Mississippi - lesson in race and inequality in America | US news | The Guardian

One is predominantly white, one is predominantly African American. The education, and outcomes, for students vary wildly. A lawsuit is exposing the reasons why....
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/aug/27/two-schools-in-mississippi-and-a-lesson-in-race-and-inequality-in-america?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=241261&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection

Six ways Trump is 'dismantling' the US after six months in office | US news | The Guardian

Trump has been paralyzed on healthcare and tax reform, but his administration has been active in eroding safeguards and protections elsewhere...
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/jul/19/six-ways-trump-is-dismantling-america-after-six-months-in-white-house?utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=GU+Today+USA+-+Collections+2017&utm_term=235673&subid=22113254&CMP=GT_US_collection

Black America Is 72.3 Percent Equal To White America. That Could Worsen Under Trump. -- HuffPost

Black America is still far from equal with white America, a new report shows ― and with Donald Trump as president, the stakes are higher and the consequences more dire for communities of color across the country. ...
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/black-america-is-723-percent-equal-to-white-america-that-could-worsen-under-trump_us_5908a3b3e4b02655f840f9f5?ncid=APPLENEWS00001