Goat Rope Update

Roll the union! The United Autoworkers strike against the Big Three car companies in late 2023 gained

Criminalizing homelessness? Yesterday, April 22, the US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in what is

Want to help reduce child hunger? Here's one way Everybody's got to eat It's no secret

One more push for an expanded Child Tax Credit Congress passed the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) in

The end of an era It's hard to believe that this (now irregular) blog started 18 years ago t next

Reflections on Gaza (A photo I took there in 2015) In 2015, I was part of a delegation to Palestine,

A holiday tradition (It's been a while since posting here. With all the awful things going on in

The thing with feathers A few weeks back, there were plenty of things I wanted to post about. The (

A time for solidarity It's been over five years since the historic teachers strike in West

The legacy of the UMWA In happier times, my home state of West Virginia was known as a union

JULY 24, 2023 Some shameless punning on the Farm Bill (You've goat to read this) As someone who

Pipeline blues The Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023 prevented a US default which would have sent

Two easy actions to protect food assistance There are a lot of scary things about the debt ceiling/

Why work requirements don't work The recent proposal to increase work reporting requirements for

Political blackmail The US House of Representatives recently voted on a bill that will, if enacted,

Short window to speak up for child nutrition Most of us probably have a specific memory from

How to do a good deed without really trying Believe it or not, I was once a boy scout. Not for too

A little good news on child care For the last couple years, child care in West Virginia has been in a

Some good news North Carolina took a giant step today in the right direction. Their state legislature

Punching down Things are about to get rough for West Virginia families facing food insecurity,

Time to step up for child care Politicians in West Virginia talk a lot about the state's low

Here we go again It's been interesting to watch the debate between Gov. Jim Justice and West

The Walking Dead: WV legislature version I had to stop watching “The Walking Dead” television show a

The secret of my success (that was irony) West Virginia's legislative session began this week and

Before the law Trying to work for economic justice in West Virginia often reminds me of the literary

One more try for the Child Tax Credit In the last half of 2021, a massive public policy experiment

A big win for public education in West Virginia In what was a clear case of people power versus money

Please vote no on WV 2 and 4 Nov. 8 to protect education Public education was a major concern of West

To protect education, just say no Public education was a major concern of West Virginia's

Too good to be true? A month or so back, I spoke with New York Times reporter Jason DeParle, who was