AngryBrownButchpolitics, media, culture and life from a queer boricua in brooklynBlacks, Latinos, and the precariousness of middle class- July 31, 2008 Today I listened to a segment on Democracy Now! about a new report that&8217;s out from Demos and Brandeis University on the state of the Black and Latino middle class in the United States. The study, entitled &8220;Economic (In)Security: The Experience of the African American and Latino Middle Classes, finds that three-out-of-four Black and four-out-of-five ...http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2008/07/30/blacks-latinos-and-the-precariousness-of-middle-... In short: Women suck, Batman rulez.- July 22, 2008 Reports are out that Christian Bale, star of the new hit Batman movie, has been arrested in London for the alleged assault of his mother and sister. I will admit that when I saw these reports this morning, I had that brief moment of disbelief - &8220;Him Could he really do that&8221; - that is ...http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2008/07/22/because-clearly-batman-is-the-true-victim-here/ After 20 years fight, expanded domestic violence law in NY state- July 10, 2008 Twenty years ago, Assemblywoman Helene E. Weinstein of Brooklyn introduced legislation that would expand protections for victims of domestic and intimate partner violence in New York state. After reintroducing similar legislation every year since, the Fair Access bill has finally passed in the state legislature and will soon be signed into law by Governor David ...http://www.angrybrownbutch.com/2008/07/10/after-20-years-fight-expanded-domestic-violence-... |