Wendy does it again: she delivers a powerful attack on her opponent and TX corruption

Listen to this: Senator Wendy Davis visited the University of Houston to give a speech detailing corruption in the state of Texas. She appropriately excoriated Attorney General and Gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott for his role in a sort of pay to play in Austin, Texas. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/02/1333915/-Wendy-Davis-Delivers-Address-on-Austin-s-Culture-of-Corruption-and-Abbott-s-Role-in-TEF-Scandal?detail=email

 

Evidently student debt in the USA is not a Capitalism problem, it is an American problem

Read this: Based on what is happening in Germany, this Daily KOS article suggests: “The U.S. as whole could take a note from Germany and make public universities free with relative ease. The government spends around $69 billion subsidizing college education and another $107.4 billion on student loans. Tuition at all public universities comes to much less than that, around $62.6 billion in 2012. By restructuring the education budget, the cost of attending public universities could easily be brought down to zero. This would also put pressure on private universities to lower their cost in order to be more competitive.” http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/02/1331943/-Attention-American-Students-Tired-of-Prohibitive-Debt-Germany-Has-Now-Abolished-ALL-Tuition-Fees?detail=email#

 

Oppose Corporate Courts in TAFTA and Ask Your Representative to Reject Fast Track for TAFTA

Email your representative: U.S. and European Union negotiators are meeting near Washington, D.C., this week behind closed doors to discuss a proposed Trans-Atlantic Free Trade Agreement (TAFTA).      This proposed deal, launched last May, is not as far along as the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP). But we already know from leaks of secret texts that, like the TPP, TAFTA threatens to undo hard-earned consumer safeguards. Indeed, it takes direct aim at the best standards in Europe and America. That means Europe’s food safety and GMO labeling rules, consumer privacy protections and regulations on hazardous chemicals, and U.S financial protections designed to prevent another financial crisis. http://action.citizen.org/p/dia/action3/common/public/?action_KEY=12596

 

One Explanation of “White Privilege” to make White People Think

Read this: Chancey DeVega gives an explanation of ‘White Privilege” from a white man to other white people.  He aggressively challenges the way many white people think about racism and their role in its perpetuation.  He will stir up your biases. http://www.dailykos.com/story/2014/10/01/1333622/–Dear-White-Racists-is-One-of-the-Best-Explanations-of-White-Privilege-You-Will-Likely-Ever-Read?detail=email