The U.S. economy relies on mothers, while throwing them under the bus.

I spoke to sociologist Jessica Calarco, author of the killer forthcoming book 'Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net' about how we got here and how we can fix it: momleft.com/p/a-union-of-c…

The U.S. economy relies on mothers, while throwing them under the bus.

I spoke to sociologist Jessica Calarco, author of the killer forthcoming book 'Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net' about how we got here and how we can fix it: momleft.com/p/a-union-of-c…

Devastating piece in The New York Review of Books by Omar al-Najjar, a young doctor in Gaza. Omar and I have been in touch over the months, and I remain incapable of understanding the weight he bears. nybooks.com/online/2024/04…

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Appreciate the citation of OFF THE EDGE in this piece on shades of belief (and willful omissions!) in conspiratorial thinking. Did “rocketman” Mike Hughes really believe earth was flat? It’s complicated. But his death in pursuit of the theory was real.

newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…

Happy Tax Day! Lawmakers could pass a child tax credit that would immediately slash child poverty. Instead, a few Senate Republicans are stonewalling it over objections about undeserving parents.

That+ more at MomLeft (new newsletter, moms on the left™️):
momleft.com/p/extra-credit

Happy Tax Day! Lawmakers could pass a child tax credit that would immediately slash child poverty. Instead, a few Senate Republicans are stonewalling it over objections about undeserving parents.

That+ more at MomLeft (new newsletter, moms on the left™️):
momleft.com/p/extra-credit

Happened to fall into an O.J.-shaped rabbit hole about six weeks ago. Now he’s dead! Writing about it made me think about the dark power of narrative and the moral limits of delulu open.substack.com/pub/idiotscont…

You think this will inspire mercy in me? Pity? Ha! You fool. You abject fool. You are like a dog who rolls over to show its vulnerable belly

haaretz.com/israel-news/20…

objects in the firmament crossing in front of the sun (small, also in the firmament)

i am going to look at the sun thru a series of mirrors and magnifying glasses

One of the most sinister anti-choice laws is already in place. These lawmakers want to repeal it before the right revives it.

That and more in MomLeft (a new newsletter for moms on the left): open.substack.com/pub/momleft/p/…