ted cruz, because we re giving him too much coverage, and what we need to do is shout loud and clear that what we have is not a deficit crisis with you a jobs crisis and infrastructure crisis. a mobility crisis and quality crisis, poverty crisis in the country. and the more we cover ted cruz, the more we don t talk about what we need to. yeah, it s a great point. and no disagreement there. congressman perriello, how mad is mcconnell at cruz right now, given what katrina just said and what can we do oh to get the conversation back on to more progressive ideas? amen to everything katrina just said and certainly cruz is making no friends in the senate. but it s not just there. it s in lots of states. i think he has certainly hurt republicans trying to win right now in my state of virginia, and been a great gift to democrats up and down the ticket there. and i think he s also forcing a conversation on the republican side about how much they care about economic growth versus ideology. a
despite dramatic decrease in teen pregnancy. so that is the type of thing that could lead some people to blame young mothers for the poverty crisis than putting it where it belongs, on a system that concentrates wealth at the top and public policies that entrench it there. and there is this poster, honestly, mom, chances are, he won t stay with you, what happens to me? i am rendered speechless, but this one, i cannot in a society that constantly tells black girls and women through popular culture and public policy that we are easily disposable and unmarriageable and wholly unlovable, this image of a child mocking her young mother with partner abandonment is simply a step too far, and maybe you don t realize this, mr. mayor, but those of us who were raised by single moms had no interest in shaming them. we tend to praise them, and recognize their sacrifices and see all of the ways they worked
poverty is represented in politics x culture and media, that is when it s represented at all. according to a stunning report from fairness and accuracy reporting, poverty is barely an issue in this year s campaign. a report found 0.2%, 0.2% of campaign stories included stories of the poverty crisis. by contrast, 18% of campaign stories mentioned budget deficits or the national debt. deficit cutting at the expense of poverty is not unique. mitt romney and paul ryan talked about it. domes barely made mention of the poverty crisis. instead, they touted a plan, the simps