This past week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill, already passed by the Senate, that would roll back Obama-era privacy regulations on internet service providers (ISPs). As a consequence of this rollback, these ISPs will be able to sell your browsing data and history to advertisers, or whomever else might purchase said data …
In January 2017, Montgomery County’s council made history, as the first county-level government in the country to pass a $15 minimum wage, which would significantly improve the ability for working class families to live in Maryland’s most expensive jurisdiction and one of the most expensive places to live in the United States. Unfortunately, County Executive …
Shortly after Montgomery County Executive Ike Leggett distinguished himself as the first Democrat, ever, anywhere, to veto an increase to the minimum wage, Delegate Dereck Davis, a long-serving Democrat from Prince George’s County took it upon himself to make sure that such a frightening prospect for his business constituents would never rear its head again. …
A great little video by Represent.Us about campaign contributions, lobbying, and why legal corruption is still corruption.
We talk a lot about a $15 minimum wage, but the truth is that’s just a starting point for establishing a living wage. The University of Washington’s Center for Women’s Welfare recently did an in-depth study of the cost of living in Maryland, and how it varies from county to county. Maryland’s cost of living …
This essay was posted to Bobby’s Facebook page on August 22, 2016 My first child is expected to be born on January 20, 2017. It occurs to me that that date is the day the next American president takes office, a coincidence which forces me, as I imagine most parents do, to take stock of …
