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Poverty, Hunger, Inequality, Violence: American Women Are Being Screwed

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Era58-sm72by Pamela Powers Hannley

It's time for a status update…

93 years after American women won the right to vote,

90 years after the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) to the US Constitution was proposed,

53 years after The Pill,

50 years after The Feminine Mystique awakened middle-class housewives from the slumber of the 1950s,

47 years after the creation of the National Organization for Women (NOW),

40 years after Roe v Wade legalized abortion in the US,

and 31 years after the ERA died because it fell short of state ratification by 3 state legislatures…

Where are we? Find out after the jump.


Grijalva discussing No Child Left Behind at the Loft Tuesday

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by David Safier Voices for Education is sponsoring a town hall with Raul Grijalva Tuesday, August 27, at 5:30pm at the Loft (3233 E. Speedway). It's free, of course. Grijalva sits on the US House Education and Workforce committee and keeps a close watch on education issues. No telling what the crowd will be, but … Read more

Valdez: ‘Let’s roll House Speaker John Boehner’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

The Arizona Republic's Linda Valdez joins the discharge petition movement today. Roll Boehner for immigration reform:

It’s called the discharge petition.

Under House rules, you need a majority
of the 435 members to bring a measure directly to the floor. With 200
Democrats currently in the chamber, only a few Republicans are needed.

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President Obama says he’s “absolutely
certain” the Senate’s comprehensive immigration reform bill would pass
the House if it came to the floor. Arizona Democratic Rep. Ann
Kirkpatrick told The Arizona Republic editorial board this week, “It would pass.”

So let’s roll Republican House Speaker John Boehner.

If Kirkpatrick and president are wrong, and the Senate bill fails, we can start over in two years.

This might not be a complete disaster.

For one thing, the GOP will get the
blame, and — as GOP Sen. Marco Rubio suggested — Obama can extend
deferred deportation to the parents of the Dreamers. This will help
Democrats in 2014 and anoint Hillary Clinton in 2016.

Rep. Matt Salmon on immigration reform – ‘no citizenship for you!’

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Posted by AzBlueMeanie:

At least one editor of The Arizona Republic appears to be OK with the Republican National Committee (RNC) position of "no citizenship for you!" in immigration reform. The Republic editorials have previously been supportive of the "Gang of Eight" comprehensive immigration reform bill sponsored by Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake.

Joanna Allhands, writes Does Salmon have the right immigration answer?

It’s becoming increasingly clear that the immigration reforms most
likely to pass the U.S. House won’t involve a path to citizenship for
adults. Too many in the GOP simply won’t go for it.

But can reform still be meaningful without that piece?

U.S. Rep. Matt Salmon, one of the Republicans who remains against the
path to citizenship, is pressing to grant undocumented adults a type of
provisional status that they can renew every few years. It would allow
them to get driver’s licenses and work here legally as long as they are
employed and don’t break the law. But it would just be that: presence,
not belonging.

When asked Wednesday during a meeting with The Republic‘s
editorial board if such a status would create a second class of
citizens, Salmon answered with a question: “Well, what are they now? …
They’re not really anything.”

Offering legal presence, he said, at least moves the ball up the field.

Grijalva asks how well charter schools are serving ELL students

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by David Safier Raul Grijalva wants data on ELL students who are enrolled in charter schools. He and Rep. George Miller (D-Calif), the ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, sent a letter to Ed Sec Arne Duncan asking for more information. saying that some charters aren't reporting the necessary student data to … Read more