There is a passage from a book called "Not Buying It" by Judith Levine. Disgusted with what she sees as a consumer culture in New York City, this progressive author and her "partner" embarked on a year-long project to buy nothing but necessities. I find it an interesting (if cynical) read. But one particular passage…
In a state that heavily favors access to abortion, those campaigning against the passage of Vermont’s November referendum on reproductive rights have tried to calibrate their message accordingly. Even those who support abortion rights, they say,.
As it’s done for years, the state of Pennsylvania approved funding in the budget it passed last month to support the antiabortion movement, some of it with money diverted from cash assistance for people in poverty. The allotments — $6.2 million from the state and $1 million from federal TANF,