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A First Look: The Senate Ways and Means FY 2013 Budget
MASSBUDGET
May 16, 2012
OVERVIEW
To address the $1.3 billion deficit facing the state in FY 2013, the Senate Ways and Means budget (SWM) relies on cuts, savings, and one-time revenues.
Unlike the Governor's budget, which included some modest tax initiatives—increasing the cigarette tax and eliminating the tax exemption for candy and soda—the SWM budget does not include revenue from new taxes. In that regard, it mirrors the House proposal.
Year of the (Young) Woman
By Jessica Valenti
THE NATION
May 15, 2012
Komen. Sandra Fluke. Transvaginal. The reason these words are instantly recognizable—the reason the “war on women” is now part of the national conversation—is largely thanks to younger women and online organizing. Behind every recent battle against the onslaught of sexism has been the energy and activism of young people—on blogs, Twitter, Tumblr and Faebook. And in a long-overdue but welcome change of message, the mainstream feminist movement that once claimed young women didn’t care about feminism is finally catching on. Some are even walking the walk.
Last week, NARAL Pro-Choice America President Nancy Keenan announced that she would be stepping down from her role to make way for younger activists. She told Sarah Kliff at the Washington Post, “There’s an opportunity for a new and younger leader.”
“People give a lot of lip service to how we’re going to engage the next generation, but we can’t just assume it will happen on its own.”