To Comfort The Afflicted
And Afflict The Comfortable

To Comfort The Afflicted And Afflict The Comfortable

Thursday, May 2, 2024

Observercast

On Wall Street, Us R Toys

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BY FROMA HARROP As America emerged from World War II, the public generally agreed that the ordinary people who had endured the sacrifice should share in the good times ahead. A golden age for the American worker commenced as business, labor and government stood together on the stage. Labor has since fallen off. Behold the […]

Even Birth Control Is Under Attack

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BY FROMA HARROP There was a time when Republicans and Democrats generally agreed that access to birth control was a public good. Most saw preventing unwanted pregnancies as key to making abortions rare. Those days are over. The Trump administration is indulging a religious hard right, helping it merge the politics of abortion and birth […]

Survivor

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BY SUSAN ESTRICH I walked out of an alley more than 40 years ago, determined to fight. My mother told me not to tell anyone because no decent man would have me. And that made me angry. Teenage feminist. Why should I be ashamed of what happened to me? Why is it just fine to […]

Democrats, Keep Cool And Keep Calm

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BY FROMA HARROP Americans are hurting as their country descends into dysfunction, polarization and widespread anger. Democrats are feeling an extra dose of despair with the elevation of the intemperate and partisan Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. But Democrats can make up lost ground – if they’re smart. If they’re smart, they’ll proceed in […]

It Is In Our Interest To Save Other Species

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BY FROMA HARROP The dusky gopher frog is a tiny thing. Once thriving in the longleaf pine forests of the South, only about 250 remain in the wild, in Mississippi. The endangered frog could soon disappear forever if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against a plan to preserve breeding ponds in Louisiana. The dispute centers […]