Politics Archive
Few people believed the government would be shutdown because the Tea Party wing of the Republican Party are so adamant about the repeal of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which they derisively refer to as “ObamaCare”. Yet, here …
The government shutdown is looming. We thought it would prudent to scour the internet for ways that the shutdown would affect social workers and our clients. Here are some of the highlights ( Well lowlights really..)
Government Shutdown 2013: Thoughts of a Jaded Captain. We’ve all done it. We bought something on credit we really couldn’t afford, we got a fancy-shmancy new and shiny credit card because Alec Baldwin, or Jimmy Fallon, or whoever else is …
Scare tactics at the ready, it is time for the annual threat of a government shut-down. Senator Ted Cruz is doing it in style too, taking time out of his filibuster like speech against the Affordable Care Act to read …
There is probably no need to justify a social justice student award, but in this post I talk about some of my reasons for establishing one. I want the award to say that social justice work is valued, and valuable, …
First Focus‘ recently published report, Children’s Budget 2013, shows a decline in total federal spending on children for three consecutive years and reports that less than 8 percent of the federal budget is invested in children. Current Congressional budget negotiations pose a real threat …
Having spent the better part of my life as a resident of New York City, I was very much interested in the September10rd Democratic primary that resulted in Public Advocate Bill de Blasio winning the Democratic nomination and the right …
Tia (not her name) is a middle-aged woman with adult children who works with a young boy in residential care, or did until recently. I first heard of her through a friend, who tells me Tia has been stood down …
CRISP hosted our first student networking event Friday evening at the stylish Park at 14th which drew several dozen social work students from the area’s schools with high representation from Howard University and the University of Maryland. There were out-of-state …
There are many in this country who find politics to be rather sad. It is said that the public’s congressional approval has fallen to the single digit percentile. Many find the childish games of congressmen and presidents deeply wearying. Some …
