Posted on January 10, 2008. Written by Adam Wilson
I’ve been a parent, along with my partner Megan, for a little more than two years, and we have tried to stay committed to social justice work since the appearance of our daughter in our lives. While our participation in activist work has been limited recently as a result of raising our child and job changes, it also makes me wonder about the Left and our relationship to children in our midst. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on December 29, 2007. Written by Adam Rosenblatt
Kids should vote. Period. I’m not talking about lowering the voting age by a few years to 16, or maybe 15. I mean we should scrap age limits and give suffrage to anyone who wants to vote and is capable of getting through the process (with forms of assistance that don’t entail voting for the person-in other words, the same forms of assistance we offer to the elderly and physically disabled). Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on December 12, 2007. Written by Barbara Ehrenreich
Contrary to the rumors I have been trying to spread for some time, Disney Princess products are not contaminated with lead. More careful analysis shows that the entire product line – books, DVD’s, ball gowns, necklaces, toy cell phones, toothbrush holders, t-shirts, lunch boxes, backpacks, wallpaper, sheets, stickers, etc. – is saturated with a particularly potent time-release form of the date rape drug. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on December 4, 2007. Written by Thomas
As I listened to an NPR presidential debate today, Democratic candidates fell over themselves blaming China for just about everything wrong with the US. In particular, their constant references to the “Chinese poisoning our kids” rang hypocritical, especially when compared with the continued obstruction of chemical safety regulation by our government and corporations. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on November 29, 2007. Written by Thomas
One aspect of the immigration debate that is deserving of more attention is incarceration of immigrant children. Many kids, often swept up in immigration raids or seeking political asylum in the United States, are thrown into jails, often alone. Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted on November 29, 2007. Written by Kymberlie
This is an online series with information and ideas for parents on how to practice parenting that allows for and encourages children to express their identities, and particularly their gender identities, according to their hearts, rather than according to the way society dictates. At this point in time I am calling this practice Gender Neutral Parenting, though I am not at all wedded to this term and hope that, as this project grows other terms will emerge that better capture the scope and intention of this work. I welcome other suggestions.
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Posted on November 29, 2007. Written by Barbara Ehrenreich
It was enough to make you vomit all over your new denim jacket. The Gap has been caught using child labor in an Indian sweatshop, and not just child labor–child slaves. As extensively reported on the news, the children, some as young as ten, were worked 16 hour days, fed bowls of mosquito-covered rice, and forced to sleep on a roof and use over-flowing latrines. Those who slowed down were beaten with rubber pipes and the ones who cried had oily cloths stuffed in their mouths. Read the rest of this entry »
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