Racism, Sexism, And The 50-Year Campaign To Undermine The War On Poverty

www.thinkprogress.org/economy/2014/01/08/3122111/war-poverty-race-sexism/
A timeline of conservatives' efforts to systematically undermine the programs that shaped Johnson's War on Poverty and forever changed Americans' perception about the role of government.

UPDATE: 100,000 People Tell CNN To Fire Contributor For Sexist Comments

UPDATE: 100,000 People Tell CNN To Fire Contributor For Sexist Comments: Over 100,000 people have signed onto a petition calling on CNN to fire Erick Erickson, the contributor who dubbed the largely female lineup at the Democratic Convention ‘the Vagina Monoglogues.’ According to Nita Chaudhary, co-founder of Ultraviolet, which launched the petition, it sailed past 100,000 signatures this morning, and is still steadily growing./p