Of course, they're correct. But just remember that the Center For American
Progress is attached to the Corporate Democratic Paarty. I believe that it's
run by Tony Podesta, who is a lobbyist, and the brother of John Podesta, who's
worked on behalf of the Clintons for years. It is John Podesta who made the
decision to circulate the story that Hillary lost the election due to Russian
interference with the election. The director of the Center for American
Progress invited Netenyatu to speak to the organization when he visited the US
at the invitation of the Republicans in congress as a response to Obama
participating in the nuclear agreement with Iran. The Center does some good
writing, but I tend to be wary of them.
Miriam
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Subject: [blind-democracy] Just how bad for women is the American Health Care
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http://www.womensmediacenter.com
By
Susan Buttenwieser
| May 16, 2017
“Across the board, this is a terrible bill for women,” said Jamila K.
Taylor, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, speaking about the
American Health Care Act (AHCA). The Republican-led House of Representatives
passed the bill on May 4, without waiting for a report from the nonpartisan
Congressional Budget Office, whose economic analysis of proposed legislation
would provide an estimate of how much it will cost and how many people could
lose health insurance. The Senate is expected to start work on its version once
the CBO score is completed later this month. But advocates and angry
constituents were already voicing their outrage.
The Center for American Progress called the AHCA “one of the worst bills for
women’s health in a generation” because it would defund Planned Parenthood;
institute work requirements for most mothers on Medicaid; allow states to waive
requirements that all insurers cover all essential health benefits including
maternity care, mental health services, and prescription drugs; restrict
private health insurance of abortion; increase premiums for people with
pre-existing conditions; and throw millions of people off their coverage.
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Trump policies that hurt workers may be new wedge issue
By
Karen Nussbaum
| May 10, 2017
Chatting on her front porch with a Working America organizer named Sara,
Phylis, an 87-year-old voter in Columbus, Ohio, talked about her views on good
jobs and President Trump. “I wouldn't think much of him if he took away safety
standards,” she said.
Phylis has good reason to be worried. In 2015, 4,836 workers were killed on the
job in the United States, and nearly 3.7 million work-related injuries and
illnesses were reported.
What surprised me is that Phylis is a Trump voter who strongly supports him on
nearly every other issue. Unfazed by his ties to Russia, conflicts of interest,
and cabinet appointments, Phylis didn’t stop to reconsider her choice—until
Sara raised the threats to job safety in Trump’s budget.
And that’s an important
lesson for all of us.
She, and the thousands of other Trump voters we talk to every week, didn’t show
up at the Women’s March and don’t connect with the resistance. Phylis is one of
millions of people we call “searchers”—Trump voters who are not ideologues, but
are sincerely, even desperately looking for a way out of an increasingly grim
economic future for their families. That’s where issues like workplace safety
and equal pay come in.
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10 do's and don'ts on how to interview sexualized violence survivors
By
Lauren Wolfe
/Director | May 17, 2017
This is meant as an informal guide for journalists who cover sexualized
violence or want to, mainly in an international context.
Over the years I’ve consulted
with dozens of experts: psychologists, sociologists, anthropologists, doctors,
NGO staffers, journalists who’ve long covered this topic, and many others.
This is the fruit of those discussions. It is also the product of years of my
own reporting in war zones. During this time, I’ve seen and experienced a lot
of awful interactions between survivors and journalists, as well as some that
have gone extremely well.
I’m sure there is much missing in my discussion here, so please note that this
is an incomplete, and personal, guide. My hope is that it may help even one
journalist better tell a story of rape, or one survivor confide it without
being retraumatized.
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Congo was used to illustrate a story about her rape while protecting her
identity.
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