How many schools and libraries will be closed before Americans push back against austerity — measures that would be unnecessary were it not for the greed of Wall Street and the reluctance of Washington to contain economic malfeasance. How many social programs for society’s most vulnerable people must be eliminated? How many universities must furlough their faculty? How many professors must suffer the elimination of funds for research — investigations that could, incidentally, lead to cures for cancer of major depressive disorder? How many students need to graduate only to find low-wage, service sector jobs?
This needs to happen here and soon!!
How many schools and libraries will be closed before Americans push back against austerity — measures that would be...