Ruben Abrahams Brosbe

To the Editor: Re “Child Care for All Gets a New Look” (Business, Sept. 25): It is refreshing to see the prospect of universal child care cast as a driver of economic growth and development as women enter or return to the work force. While I have nothing against children (I have two of them myself), it is a mistake to limit the analysis of costs and benefits to the early childhood end of the spectrum. Caregiving, especially care for older adults and disabled people, imposes the same burdens on families as the lack of affordable child care. It takes caregivers, primarily women, out of the work force and reduces lifetime earnings and disposable income. Indeed, some three in 10 New York City voters over 40 are now caring or have cared for an older family member. I salute Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York, for centering affordable child care in his campaign and hope that it will plant the seeds for the indispensability of care across the life span. Phyllis Arnold Brooklyn

Proud to see JFREJ member Phyllis Arnold's take on the importance of care in this mayoral election highlighted in the @nytimes.com Friday

important for us in the US to note: even a solidly right wing government can't ignore this.

Go to the dinner, to the card game, to the Museum visit, to the concert, to the BBQ, to the walking tour, to wherever others are gathering...

I think this is the best piece I've read so far about the large number of elites who basically can't deal with the situation we are in. it doesn't compute and they keep hunting for an exit that doesn't exist

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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More Americans than ever now get news on TikTok, Pew finds One in five Americans say they regularly get news on TikTok, a dramatic uptick from just 3% in 2020, according to a Pew Research Center analysis published last week. “During that span, no social…

One in five Americans say they regularly get news on TikTok, a dramatic uptick from just 3% in 2020. www.niemanlab.org/2025/09/more...

Forget message differentiation; praising an openly corrupt Democratic politician while refusing to endorse the bright and vibrant hope of the next generation of Democrats goes beyond mere political malpractice into a betrayal of principles much more fundamental than partisan politics.

The way Ezra Klein just brushes past Ta-Nehisi Coates' point about political violence as a constant reality for Black Americans is really telling.

I wish I knew how to convince liberals that attacks on bail reform, etc are just as anti-science as the attacks on vaccines.

Ending solitary confinement, ending cash bail, ending prosecution of minors as adults, funding violence prevention orgs are all humane AND backed by science.

During his first term Cuomo chose education cuts over taxing the rich and refused to abide by a court mandated equitable school funding. So sure, let’s make this election about education

For anyone who wants to learn more about this from our co-founders @prisonculture.bsky.social and @dreanyc123.bsky.social, on how the push to "reform" the police was always going to pour even more resources INTO policing, and why it's still defund + abolish the police, they wrote a book about it:

An iron law of reactionary thinking: when they are in a weak position vis a vis an institution, they demand fairness; when they gain power, fairness goes out the window.

Which is to say: once the reactionaries take over higher eduction, liberal voices will be eliminated.

Opinion | What the Mayor Got Away With Has Already Changed America

Eric Adams‘ election never ceases to embarrass me, but the opening to this reminds me that the media overlooked his obvious flaws because they wanted to push a story that voters rejected defund the police

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/o...

Official Release from Daughter on the Passing of Assata Shakur At approximately 1:15 PM on September 25th, my mother, Assata Shakur, took her last earthly breath. Words cannot describe the depth of loss that I am feeling at this time. I want to thank you for your loving prayers that continue to anchor me in the strength that I need in this moment. My spirit is overflowing in unison with all of you who are grieving with me at this time. Sending much love and appreciation to you all, Kakuya Shakur

Van Hollen seems to be one of the few Dems who understands the seriousness of this moment and the importance of capturing attention/visibly fighting back.

I just wish he had more rizz

Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department. As of Monday, the city has seen a 43% decrease in homicides compared to this time last year. And violent crime has reached a 50-year low.

Camden had zero homicides this summer. City and county leaders credit the 2013 disbandment of its police department.

Violent crime is at a 50-year low.

This is amazing.

www.inquirer.com/news/camden-...

“It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other, we have nothing to lose but our chains”

Assata Shakur, To My People, 1973

On its face Hegseths decision can feel just idiotic but whitewashing history so that the homeland can do no wrong is deeply fascist

Very true!

This is unsurprising and means that "fund the police" Dems essentially created the hiring pipeline for ICE. This is what @prisonculture.bsky.social @dreanyc123.bsky.social and others have been trying to explain to us...

Republicans have coded the Dems as feminine and Black for decades with assistance from the media. This was intentional to cleave white men from Dems. So voting patterns of voters of color/women are seen (by white male pundits) as natural and unremarkable.

If they had a right-wing, “tough-on-crime” coded mayor there would be endless national profiles about him and how he finally brought sanity back to Chicago.

Thank you! I knew I must be missing something. So that just shows approval over 1 year

Italy has moved me to tears for 3 days straight. Bravo ❤️

Very helpful post that I wish more people in power would read and internalize.

Quick q: Am I reading the second graph about approval ratings wrong? It looks like it shows GWB leaving with very high ratings

Again, this is a broad coalition of people across the ideological spectrum whose top concern is making sure everyone rues and laments the “Woke Times” forever. It’s very much akin to the myths around “Negro misrule” in Reconstruction, which justified Jim Crow.

Spain's PM says he will send warship to protect Gaza aid flotilla Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece.

"Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Wednesday he will join Italy in sending a military warship to protect an international flotilla seeking to deliver aid to Gaza after it was attacked by drones off Greece."

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How Can We Live Together? - Boston Review Ezra Klein is wrong: shame is essential.

"Common decency stigmatizes people that do not participate in it—removes them from voluntary association. We indeed have to live with one another, but terms and conditions apply."

me on why Ezra Klein should be ashamed / why shame is Good Actually

www.bostonreview.net/articles/how...

Let’s take care of each other over the next 40 days

"The Lefts can't get their act together..." Bitch they've been killing, imprisoning, and targeting leftists and leftist orgs FOR GENERATIONS.