For this weekend’s reading list we have articles on contraception and gender equality, how the safety net helps those in need, the lessons we can learn from the success of schools in Finland, the dangers of fracking, and what needs to occur in Afghanistan as our troops start coming home next year.
If you have comments on any of these articles, or would like to recommend an article for next weekend’s reading list, please let us know below or at the Winning Progressive Facebook page.
10 Facts About Contraception (and How It Changed the World) – a good overview of how contraception has helped increase gender equality throughout the world
Contrary to ‘Entitlement Society’ Rhetoric, Over Nine-Tenths of Entitlement Benefits Go to Elderly, Disabled, or Working Households – deconstructing the conservative myth that social safety net programs are somehow destroying the work ethic in the US
Schools We Can Envy – an overview of education success in Finland, and how it contradicts the testing and anti-teacher union agenda of education “reform” advocates here in the US
Why Not Frack? – a review of two books and a movie about the dangers of fracking and the impacts that the natural gas industry is having on local communities
Beginning of the End – a good overview of things that need to occur in Afghanistan as we prepare to begin bringing our troops home.
February 19, 2012 at 10:23 am
Thanks for another great reading list, WP.
As soon as I get my work done for the day, I’m going to dive in. And I absolutely love the cartoon.
February 19, 2012 at 3:33 pm
Thanks for this, Winning Progressive. The irony is that when conservatives hear that most entitlements go to seniors, the disabled, and working families … they say that proves the government has made too many seniors and working families dependent. Go figure.