Jan 1 2021
our deadline poet Skip Tenczar
He’s got one small favor left for them to do,
Merely stage a congressional coup.
Just toss out the vote,
And sink Biden’s boat.
The Trumplican party makes its debut!
Part One: dedicated to my new first grandchild Jin Jin and all the struggling parents out there
Gayle Kaufman Professor and Chair of Sociology and Gender & Sexuality Studies, Davidson College.
we talk about Paid Parental Leave Policies (a foreign concept in America) and about:
Parental Leave That Favors Women Reinforces Inequality in the Workforce
As millions of mothers and fathers juggle working from home or commuting to work while their children are remote schooling, a recent study by Gayle Kaufman finds paid parental leave policies may contribute to gender inequality in the workplace by favoring women over men.https://www.davidson.edu/news/2020/09/04/parental-leave-policies-favor-women-reinforce-inequality-workforce
Part Two: our weekly check in with Bill Curry two time nominee for Governor of CT, advisor to Bill Clinton and organizer of the nuclear freeze movement. Curry writes for salon.com and is a progressive commentator.
topics:
the year of death, division, lies and a pandemic
the year of science victories (the vaccines), election firsts… the first woman and woman of color VP and Biden won too, we sent Harvey Weinstein to prison and we learned the value of public schools in our collective lives
