Jewish communities across the country have been targeted with violence or harassment as anti-semitic hate crimes reach record levels.
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Don’t Raise That Flag
Note: The lines below were written a couple of weeks ago, but never posted. I thought too much time had passed since the relevant events. I needn’t have worried. New opportunities arose.
Rail Workers Warned Us: Greed Is Dangerous
The toxic clouds that billowed up from a derailed freight train in Ohio this February are a chilling metaphor for the toxic greed that has infected so many of our big corporations.
SILVERII: Please Stop Comparing Things You Don’t Like to the Holocaust
Silverii In January, 2020, the Pew Research Center released one of the most depressing pieces of public policy research I’ve ever seen. Titled “What Americans Know about the Holocaust,” the research showed more than a few things that prove the right wing project of eliminating quality public education that even remotely grazes uncomfortable topics has been at least moderately successful. There are some glimmers of hope in the survey results, for instance, almost 70% of respondents correctly identified the 1930 -1950 period as when the Holocaust happened, 63% knew that ghettos were the parts of town where Nazis forced Jews to live, and 66% correctly said, “annihilation of Jews” when asked “as far as you know, what does ‘“the Holocaust’” refer to?”
Credit Card Holders Get Protection from Fraud. Shouldn’t EBT Users, Too?
A few years ago, someone stole my card information and took over $100. You’d assume the bank or credit card company would reimburse that fraud, right?