People driving Interstate-95 near the Seabrook reactor in New Hampshire have, and they have reason to worry, especially after the nonprofit group We the People and its founder Stephen Comley produced āNo Evacuation Possible,ā a public service video of routine summertime traffic jams on I-95 — Seabrookās disaster escape route, and warning of the impossibility of an evacuation in the event of an accident at Seabrook.
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Ā Ā Ā Iām angry, our system is supposed to work for us, but it doesnāt! Iām tired of being told that elected officials are supposed to represent their constituents and watching their persistent inaction and failure. One of the interesting features of English language is the labels that are provided for groups of animals; perhaps the pride of lions or murder of crows are familiar to you. Few know that a group of jellyfish are called a smack. Sadly, so many American politicians are spineless, my comparison is the best I can do to capture my moral outrage at their immoral inaction.
Ā Ā Ā Ā The implications of the increase in Alzheimerās patients goes far beyond the personal loss and sadness experienced by families. We are talking about immense healthcare costs. As I have witnessed in my extended family, an individual who is otherwise healthy can suffer a long and slow decline that can be not only emotionally intolerable for all involved but immensely expensive, sometimes to the point of personal bankruptcy.
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Sixty-five years ago, the Supreme Court ruled, in the Brown v. Board of Education case, that the Plessy v. Ferguson (1896) doctrine of āseparate but equalā was unconstitutional. That ruling ended legal segregation in public facilities, but it did not necessarily accomplish its goals in terms of school desegregation. Indeed, Richard Rothstein, the historian who is a Distinguished Fellow at the Economic Policy Institute and at the University of California, Berkeley School of Law, wrote that in 2014, Black students
Ā Ā Ā Ā Liberal and progressive individuals and institutions should expect disruptions to not only continue but to increase in scale. Given the signals that the Trump administration has conveyed to the political Rightāas in suggesting that it is appropriate to beat up opponentsāthe rabid Right feels empowered.
According to the Governorās Office of Student Achievement, K-12 Student Discipline Dashboard, the data suggests Black students have been treated unfairly when consequences are meted out for attendance incidents. This has occurred even though Black students had less attendance related incidents than White students.
Ā Ā Ā Ā āWe have an abundance of rape and violence against women in this country and on this Earth, though itās almost never treated as a civil rights or human rights issue, or a crisis, or even a pattern. Violence doesnāt have a race, a class, a religion, or a nationality, but it does have a gender,ā penned Rebecca Solnit in her book, Men Explain Things to Me.
Ā Ā Ā Ā Barrās lack of independence and Trumpās obstruction raises critical questions about the rule of law. But this is also about the integrity and security of our democracy. Just as important in the Mueller report was the astounding disclosure that our country was subjected to a full-scale attack on our democratic process.
How strong is our economy? It is undoubtedly stronger than it was a year ago, but itās not as strong as some claim that it is. Labor market weaknesses and inequality are of particular concern to African Americans. Companies are hiring, but they arenāt hiring enough African Americans to close the unemployment rate gap. There is legislation that might improve the economic status of African Americans. HR 7, the Paycheck Fairness Act, would provide remedies to close the gender pay gap.