My
mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was
flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out. She had no choice. We
needed the money. This was some two decades before a tidal wave of
wives and mothers went into paid work. For the few with four-year
college degrees the transformation was the consequence of wider
educational opportunity and new laws against gender discrimination that
opened professions to well-educated women. But for the vast majority it
was because male wages were dropping, and wives and mothers had to get
paid jobs in order to prop up family incomes. In 1966, only 20 percent
of mothers with young children worked outside the home. By the late
1990s, 60 percent. For married women with children under age 6, the
transformation was even more dramatic: from 12 percent in the 1960s to
55 percent by the late 1990s.
Yet America hasn't accommodated this shift. I was proud to have implemented the Family and Medical
Leave Act when I was Labor Secretary, but, unlike most rich nations, we
don't require that employers offer paid leave. Nor do we require equal
pay for equal work (women's pay still lags behind male pay for the same
job). Nor, like most rich nations, do we provide universal child care.
More women workers are in minimum-wage jobs than men, yet our minimum
wage hasn't kept up. (If it had kept up with inflation since 1968 it
would be over $10 today.) We've even cut aid pre-natal and post-natal
medical care for poor infants and mothers.
Nor have we begun
to cope with the reality of stagnant or declining real wages that has
caused families to work so much harder and longer. Almost all of the
economic gains since the late 1970s have gone to the top 1 percent, but
our representatives in Washington refuse to acknowledge this or take
steps to reverse the trend.
Happy Working Mother's Day.
Real Coastal Warriors shared WWLTV's photo.
An
Eyewitness has captured video of a shooting at a Mother's Day Parade
that sent a dozen people to the hospital. WARNING: There is offensive
language in the video.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/
Lomborg: Californians are paying ridiculous subsidies for electric cars
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Guest post by Bjørn Lomborg I’ve said electric cars get subsidized too
much. Turns out I was wrong. In California, they are subsidized
ridiculously too much. Tesla gets
Just got this great photo of Michael Taylor food Czar of the FDA.
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May 25th 2013
Over 36 Countries Hundreds of Cities
Unite To March Against Monsanto
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For The People
Set Aside Our Differences and Unite For Our Future
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My
mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was
flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out. She had no choice. We
needed the money. This was some two decades before a tidal wave of
wives and mothers went into paid work. For the few with four-year
college degrees the transformation was the consequence of wider
educational opportunity and new laws against gender discrimination that
opened professions to well-educated women. But for the vast majority it
was because male wages were dropping, and wives and mothers had to get
paid jobs in order to prop up family incomes. In 1966, only 20 percent
of mothers with young children worked outside the home. By the late
1990s, 60 percent. For married women with children under age 6, the
transformation was even more dramatic: from 12 percent in the 1960s to
55 percent by the late 1990s.
Yet America hasn't accommodated this shift. I was proud to have implemented the Family and Medical
Leave Act when I was Labor Secretary, but, unlike most rich nations, we
don't require that employers offer paid leave. Nor do we require equal
pay for equal work (women's pay still lags behind male pay for the same
job). Nor, like most rich nations, do we provide universal child care.
More women workers are in minimum-wage jobs than men, yet our minimum
wage hasn't kept up. (If it had kept up with inflation since 1968 it
would be over $10 today.) We've even cut aid pre-natal and post-natal
medical care for poor infants and mothers.
Nor have we begun
to cope with the reality of stagnant or declining real wages that has
caused families to work so much harder and longer. Almost all of the
economic gains since the late 1970s have gone to the top 1 percent, but
our representatives in Washington refuse to acknowledge this or take
steps to reverse the trend.
Happy Working Mother's Day.
Real Coastal Warriors shared WWLTV's photo.
An
Eyewitness has captured video of a shooting at a Mother's Day Parade
that sent a dozen people to the hospital. WARNING: There is offensive
language in the video.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/
My
mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was
flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out. She had no choice. We
needed the money. This was some two decades before a tidal wave of
wives and mothers went into paid work. For the few with four-year
college degrees the transformation was the consequence of wider
educational opportunity and new laws against gender discrimination that
opened professions to well-educated women. But for the vast majority it
was because male wages were dropping, and wives and mothers had to get
paid jobs in order to prop up family incomes. In 1966, only 20 percent
of mothers with young children worked outside the home. By the late
1990s, 60 percent. For married women with children under age 6, the
transformation was even more dramatic: from 12 percent in the 1960s to
55 percent by the late 1990s.
Yet America hasn't accommodated this shift. I was proud to have implemented the Family and Medical
Leave Act when I was Labor Secretary, but, unlike most rich nations, we
don't require that employers offer paid leave. Nor do we require equal
pay for equal work (women's pay still lags behind male pay for the same
job). Nor, like most rich nations, do we provide universal child care.
More women workers are in minimum-wage jobs than men, yet our minimum
wage hasn't kept up. (If it had kept up with inflation since 1968 it
would be over $10 today.) We've even cut aid pre-natal and post-natal
medical care for poor infants and mothers.
Nor have we begun
to cope with the reality of stagnant or declining real wages that has
caused families to work so much harder and longer. Almost all of the
economic gains since the late 1970s have gone to the top 1 percent, but
our representatives in Washington refuse to acknowledge this or take
steps to reverse the trend.
Happy Working Mother's Day.
Real Coastal Warriors shared WWLTV's photo.
An
Eyewitness has captured video of a shooting at a Mother's Day Parade
that sent a dozen people to the hospital. WARNING: There is offensive
language in the video.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/
My
mother went into paid work soon after my father's clothing store was
flooded out in a hurricane, almost wiping him out. She had no choice. We
needed the money. This was some two decades before a tidal wave of
wives and mothers went into paid work. For the few with four-year
college degrees the transformation was the consequence of wider
educational opportunity and new laws against gender discrimination that
opened professions to well-educated women. But for the vast majority it
was because male wages were dropping, and wives and mothers had to get
paid jobs in order to prop up family incomes. In 1966, only 20 percent
of mothers with young children worked outside the home. By the late
1990s, 60 percent. For married women with children under age 6, the
transformation was even more dramatic: from 12 percent in the 1960s to
55 percent by the late 1990s.
Yet America hasn't accommodated this shift. I was proud to have implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act when I was Labor Secretary, but, unlike most rich nations, we don't require that employers offer paid leave. Nor do we require equal pay for equal work (women's pay still lags behind male pay for the same job). Nor, like most rich nations, do we provide universal child care. More women workers are in minimum-wage jobs than men, yet our minimum wage hasn't kept up. (If it had kept up with inflation since 1968 it would be over $10 today.) We've even cut aid pre-natal and post-natal medical care for poor infants and mothers.
Nor have we begun to cope with the reality of stagnant or declining real wages that has caused families to work so much harder and longer. Almost all of the economic gains since the late 1970s have gone to the top 1 percent, but our representatives in Washington refuse to acknowledge this or take steps to reverse the trend.
Happy Working Mother's Day.
Yet America hasn't accommodated this shift. I was proud to have implemented the Family and Medical Leave Act when I was Labor Secretary, but, unlike most rich nations, we don't require that employers offer paid leave. Nor do we require equal pay for equal work (women's pay still lags behind male pay for the same job). Nor, like most rich nations, do we provide universal child care. More women workers are in minimum-wage jobs than men, yet our minimum wage hasn't kept up. (If it had kept up with inflation since 1968 it would be over $10 today.) We've even cut aid pre-natal and post-natal medical care for poor infants and mothers.
Nor have we begun to cope with the reality of stagnant or declining real wages that has caused families to work so much harder and longer. Almost all of the economic gains since the late 1970s have gone to the top 1 percent, but our representatives in Washington refuse to acknowledge this or take steps to reverse the trend.
Happy Working Mother's Day.
Real Coastal Warriors shared WWLTV's photo.
http://www.wwltv.com/news/
Lomborg: Californians are paying ridiculous subsidies for electric cars
wattsupwiththat.com
Guest post by Bjørn Lomborg I’ve said electric cars get subsidized too
much. Turns out I was wrong. In California, they are subsidized
ridiculously too much. Tesla gets
Huge List of Events In Link Below
May 25th 2013
Over 36 Countries Hundreds of Cities
Unite To March Against Monsanto
Please Help Us Help You
This is Grass Roots, True Media By The People
For The People
Set Aside Our Differences and Unite For Our Future
https://docs.google.com/
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