Nice Op-Ed on civil disobedience in the fact of Tea Party politics at the state level

Written by Jerediah Purdy and available here.

Op-Ed: “From the Mouths of Babes”

Op-Ed: Paul Krugman, From the Mouths of Babes, N.Y. Times, May 30, 2013 [Responding to conservative attacks on food stamps.]

N.Y. Times Article: “For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds”

New Article: Sabrina Tavernise, ”For Medicare, Immigrants Offer Surplus, Study Finds,” N.Y. Times, May 29, 2013.

N.Y. Times: “Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?”

Here: Annie Lowrey, Is It Crazy to Think We Can Eradicate Poverty?, N.Y. Times, Apr. 30, 2013.

New York Times: “Budget Negotiating Chip Has Big Downside for Old and Poor”

New York Times: Tara Siegel Bernard, Budget Negotiating Chip Has Big Downside for Old and Poor, N.Y. Times, Apr. 19, 2013.

Boston Globe: “Tenants, buyers of foreclosed units tangle over rents”

News Coverage: Jennifer B. McKim, Tenants, buyers of foreclosed units tangle over rents, Boston Globe, Mar. 20, 2013.

New York Times: “As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard”

New York Times: Annie Lowrey, As Automatic Budget Cuts Go Into Effect, Poor May Be Hit Particularly Hard, N.Y. Times, Mar. 3, 2013.

New York Times Article: “Prison and the Poverty Trap”

Good Article: John Tierney, Prison and the Poverty Trap, New York Times, Feb. 18, 2013

A great response to Kristof’s Op-Ed on SSI

In Dec. 2012, I posted a link to Nicholas Kristof’s troublesome op-ed on SSI.  Given the amount of response to the op-ed, Kristof posted a very good letter from Community Legal Services of Philadelphia and his responses to the letter.  It should be added that Kristof continues to author op-eds on poverty that rely upon questionable sources and assumptions even where they do highlight important issues — in this case the predictable struggles of growing up in poverty.

(Bad) Op-Ed of note: “Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy”

(Bad) Op-Ed of note: Nicholas D. Kristof, Profiting From a Child’s Illiteracy, N.Y. Times, Dec. 7, 2012.  And here is a response from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.  The nicest thing that can be said about the op-ed is that it covers a lot of ground . . .