Why Does the BLS Think That Taxes Tripled in 2013?
After posting some numbers for income and consumption among different generations this morning, I found myself diddling around with the Consumer Expenditure Survey later in the day. As I did so, I discovered some anomalies and peculiarities that made me wonder if the stuff I had posted was really very reliable. More about that later.…
In Conclusion, a Top High School Debater Wasn’t Too Impressed With the Dems’ Debates
Democratic presidential candidates arrive to the stage at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami on Thursday, June 27, 2019, for Day 2 of the first Democratic presidential primary debates. TNS via ZUMA Wire Kay Rollins is good at arguing off the cuff. She is a top high school debater in extemporaneous…
How Kamala Harris Got Her Groove Back
MediaPunch/AP It hasn’t been an easy spring for the Kamala Harris campaign. The January launch was promising: a massive, 30,000-person rally in her hometown of Oakland; moving spirituals from the Oakland interfaith gospel choir and a performance by a samba funk band; more than a million in donations in 24 hours. A video announcement several days…
Leave It to Gay Icon L Devine to Write a Song About Being Horny
L Devine This week: “Naked Alone” by L Devine (Warner Records, 2019) Why we’re into it: Groovy and sexy, Devine’s newest single is a reminder of the pop star’s talent for finding universality in the specifics. When she made her Mother Jones debut back in January with her heart-wrenching—and very gay—track “Daughter,” Olivia Devine proved to us…
The Democratic Hopefuls Have Endorsed the Green New Deal. So Why The Silence?
AP Images For 60 hours this week, dozens of young activists occupied the front steps of the Democratic National Committee headquarters, bearing the extreme heat and humidity of D.C. summers, the mosquitoes, and some rain to camp out in sleeping bags. They were 1,000 miles away from Kamala Harris, standing on the debate stage in…
The Supreme Court Just Stuck up for Abortion Rights in Alabama
Patrick Semansky/AP Photo The US Supreme Court has decided not to review an Alabama law from 2016 that would have banned the most common method of second-trimester abortion. By not taking up the case, a ruling from a lower court blocking the law will stand, a big victory for abortion providers in Alabama. Alabama proposed criminalizing…