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November 16 - December 6, 2011

Neither rain nor snow nor occupy...
Nov. 16, 2011 — Yesterday’s "clearing" of the site of the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York is for many a moment to reflect on what protests can and cannot accomplish....
ERA: historical curiosity or needed weapon against bias today?
Nov. 16, 2011 — “Equality of rights shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex.”  That’s section one of the Equal Rights...
FDR to Congress: don’t mess with the payroll tax
Dec. 3, 2011 (updated Dec. 6) — In 1941, six years after the passage of the Social Security Act, President Franklin Roosevelt was asked about the logic of funding Social Security with a...