Category Archives: Hunger

Those Lazy College Students

Posted on September 22, 2016 by mikethemadbiologist

This might have some bearing on why public higher education should be tuition-free (boldface mine): George Washington University has for years pushed back against the notion that it is a pricey school for rich kids. The school grew its financial … Continue reading →

Posted in Democrats, Education, Hunger | 2 Comments

House GOP to Urban Children: Drop Dead

Posted on May 23, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

They’re not even trying to hide it anymore (boldface mine): And in a surprising twist, the bill language specifies that only rural areas are to benefit in the future from funding requested by the administration this year to continue a … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Conservatives, Hunger | 3 Comments

“Now is the time to make an adequate income a reality for all of God’s children”: The Need to Politicize MLK Day

Posted on January 20, 2014 by mikethemadbiologist

(from here) Consider the above picture when thinking about increasing the minimum wage. Or a living wage. Or treating workers as people. Never forget that King was murdered in Memphis while he was supporting striking sanitation workers. Forty-five years after … Continue reading →

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Why Understanding Fiat Currency Matters For Scientists: We Are Being Pitted Against Public Health

Posted on September 25, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Because we’re being played off against food stamps by Republican congressmen: We’re only asking for a 5 percent decrease [in SNAP] in a time of budgetary crisis, where this is being put up against funding the NIH for basic medical … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Funding, Hunger, NIH, Public Health | 10 Comments

This Is The Fast That I Desire: The Boston School Free Lunch Edition

Posted on September 8, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

Because they are our children and because it is the right thing to do: Boston public schools will begin serving free lunches to all students this school year even if families have the financial means to pay, school officials are … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Hunger | 1 Comment

It Starts With the Poor, and Then Is Inflicted Upon Workers: The Payroll Card Edition

Posted on July 1, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

If you haven’t heard the latest assault on workers involves the use of payroll cards (boldface mine): But few cases provide a better example of just how direct that relationship can be than that of Natalie Gunshannon, who says her … Continue reading →

Posted in Bidness, Hunger | 5 Comments

Sequestration, Meals on Wheels, and Cancer Drugs: This One Is All on Obama

Posted on May 2, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

(from here) There has been a backlash by the kinda, not-really lefitsh punditariat about how little Obama can accomplish. Critics of the critics call it the Green Lantern theory of presidential power: the idea that, if Obama only wished harder, … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Cancer, Democrats, Hunger | 2 Comments

Another Stunning Success For Privatization

Posted on April 12, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

From Attleboro, MA (boldface mine): Five cents of debt was enough for cafeteria employees at the Coehlo Middle School to instruct kids at least one day this week to dump out the food they would have normally eaten, CNN affiliate … Continue reading →

Posted in Basic Human Decency, Bidness, Hunger | 8 Comments

It’s Time to ‘Politicize’ Martin Luther King Day

Posted on January 21, 2013 by mikethemadbiologist

For Martin Luther King Day, I usually link to one of his last major addresses–a speech to striking sanitation workers in Memphis. But one thing that has always bothered me about the holiday is that we’ve stripped it of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Conservatives, Housing, Hunger, Racism, Unions | 2 Comments

Just-So Stories and the ‘Evolutionary Biology Diet’

Posted on December 20, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Amanda Marcotte and Rebecca Watson pointed me towards this absurd article “Why women need fat.” In fairness, I don’t dispute the idea that the recent advent of a diet full of processed sugars hasn’t been good for us, or that … Continue reading →

Posted in Evo Psych, Evolution, Genetics, Hunger, Obesity | 1 Comment