i am feminist. activist. woman. vegetarian. pansexual. queer. human. smith college junior. i prefer female pronouns.
i love people. rwanda. love. human rights. learning. africa. exotic animals. photos. beauty. dancing. LGBT rights. the ocean. heat. sun. my boyfriend roth.
With current immigration laws in place, THESE are the jobs that undocumented people often have to take.
Who lived on that land first, sir?
(Source: wtfmorringhan)
For those who are out of the loop
This article has great commentary about the civil liberties consequences of budget cuts, including the restructuring of programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and the Affordable Care Act, which serve as a social safety net to the country’s poorest people.
The House of Representatives says these programs are too expensive, and yet we must continue to allow tax breaks for the wealthiest and least diverse 1% of our population. In other words, helping the poor is too costly, but cuts into military spending and domestic security is not an option.
“The elections in 2012 will be a test as to whether we elect leaders who will deepen the economic crisis on the backs of the poor and middle class, or whether we choose people who care both about civil liberties and strengthening the economic conditions of a majority of Americans. We need to convince people to vote as if our lives and livelihood depend on it, because they do.”
If you had any doubt that money talks in politics, consider today’s development in the lobbying effort for AT&T’s proposed $39 billion buyout of T-Mobile. Seventy-two Democratic lawmakers sent a letter to the FCC and Justice Department praising the deal. Turns out, 66 of the more than 70 signatories received a combined half-million dollars in campaign contributions from the telecom giant in the most recent election cycle, according to the Center for Responsive Politics.
