Month: July 2008

A Word from Wall Street’s Bartender

It was a jaw-droppingly, mystifyingly obtuse, callous moment in an administration that’s given us enough of them to fill what would have to be the world’s most depressing bloopers reel. It also brilliantly captured a...

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Black History: The Second Klan

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing click to enlargeFrom Wikipedia: The second Klan rose in response to urbanization and industrialization, massive immigration from eastern and southern Europe,...

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Income Disparity Looks like 1929

The Wall Street Journal reports: In a new sign of increasing inequality in the U.S., the richest 1% of Americans in 2006 garnered the highest share of the nation’s adjusted gross income for two decades, and possibly the...

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Monday Health Blog Roundup

*    In the past week, there have been numerous reports that call attention to the disparities among those living with HIV/AIDS in the U.S.  The Kaiser Health Disparities Report has linked to a CBS Evening News...

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