dmegivern

Real Name: Deborah Megivern
Location: Saint Paul, MN
Joined:6-20-2007
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About me
I am a former social work assistant professor working with low-income, first generation, and disabled students to support their college graduation. My areas of academic expertise are poverty, mental health, human diversity, and social policy. I LOVE teaching, and hope to return to a classroom soon. But, I am focused on finally finishing my book right now.

I am the oldest of six. I've raised two children (my brother and sister), and managed a family since I was 12 yrs old. I have worked in paid employment since age 8. I have been to the de-commissioning ceremony of the USS Coral Sea. I'm a lefty...left handed, too. I am a humanist. I am a news junkie. I write to Congress at least weekly. I am spoiled by my husband who wishes public credit for his many kind deeds.

I am highly political, ever since the State of Iowa took me and my brothers and sisters away from our parents because of poverty. It was 32 degrees F in our farmhouse when we were removed. The current economy is flashback to this event and the great parental unemployment of 1981-82 for me. Food only at school lunch. Scared to death whether we would leave foster care and go home to our parents.

My favorite thinkers on the left are Thom Hartmann, Rachel Maddow, the Nation, and masbury My favorite pundits on the "right" are David Gergen and Andrew Sullivan.
Why I use Clipmarks
I love my stolen minutes looking through clips. At first, Clipmarks was just a tool to collect information for research on writing my book. But, over time, I have grown to appreciate the connection with many other Clippers. I wish I were not chronically busy with my job so I could interact more.

Along with my sister and my mother, we are writing a book about the strong connection between poverty and mental illness.
Where to find me on the web
Website/Blog: http://www.speakersite.com/profile/Debo...







   
 
 
 
   
 
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POPSPredictable Outcomes of Bush Policies (cartoon)
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by dmegivern  9-2-2009    1
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POPSChemicals in Common Products Affect Pregnancy
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by dmegivern  7-18-2009    1
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POPSPoverty Hurts
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by dmegivern  6-27-2009    4
 Been waiting for science to confirm what I always knew & felt growing up in poverty. It's not just about the money, it's the pain that makes it traumatic. This article was life-validating.
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POPSCaturday featuring Passed Out Husband
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by dmegivern  5-1-2009    7
 for Dulios
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POPSEvery American Has a Right to Healthcare
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by dmegivern  3-6-2009    2
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POPSWhy Google, Palinit
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by dmegivern  2-24-2009    7
 Seriously, conservatives have developed a search engine named palinit.com. Seriously
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POPSPalin's Advice to Natives: Its Your Fault
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by dmegivern  2-24-2009    4
 Faith-based insensitivity and condemnation. More of "you can have our prayers" when jobs and basic needs are needed
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POPSNative Alaskans to Palin-You Just Don't Get It
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by dmegivern  2-24-2009    1
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POPSKrugman Asks Who'll Stop the Pain?
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by dmegivern  2-21-2009   
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POPSJefferson Davis Blind to Spy in His Midst
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by dmegivern  2-21-2009    7
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POPSThe True Meaning of Family
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by dmegivern  2-21-2009   
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POPSPrescient *1993* Review of Great Depression Series
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by dmegivern  2-17-2009   
 The author was reviewing the then newly released series, "The Great Depression." If you have not seen this series, this is the time to do so.
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POPSReport Urges More Attention to Youth Mental Health
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by dmegivern  2-17-2009   
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POPSGOP Honored As "Reverse Robin Hood"
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by dmegivern  2-15-2009    5
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POPSPredicting Depressions-What are Banker's Salaries?
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by dmegivern  2-15-2009   
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POPSOh Really...Heritage Foundation Misleads...Again
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by dmegivern  2-14-2009    1
 The "we-heart-policies-that-divide-families" Heritage Foundation has a poverty "expert", R. Rector, who is always wrong. His 2000 predictive charts on the effects of the Bush tax cuts on jobs are laughable now. But everything he says about poverty is also DEAD wrong. Makes me wonder if these guys that make the big bucks are paid to be wrong. All the major policy changes that were allegedly discussed in the past. I call bullcrap. Reagan cut programs for the poor very quickly, so fast that my conservative parents who were very slow to ask for help were turned away from aid when they turned to their last resort-the gov't. No jobs, no safety nets. Voila- a home with no heat, no running water, and very little food. Us children get placed into foster care since my parents are indigent. So, those policies for the poor. HOW did they work out for you, GOP? Got Rich? BECAUSE they took a shit on poor children across the country. Praise life.
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POPSThis Man Is Evil
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by dmegivern  2-13-2009    11
 update: the link is now defunct. Hmm I could introduce him to at least 100 people who were personally traumatized by Reagan. And since I am a living, breathing consequence of his policies, flashbacks, trauma and all, you own this misery. Conservatives cannot deny facts, no matter how long and hard they try. High unemployment led to poverty. Reagan's social policies led to NO safety net. No safety net led to 32 degree F inside the house and no food. Lack of basic necessities led the State to put me and my siblings in foster care. Do I have to draw a map? If you supported him, you supported this outcome for a 10 year old and her little brothers. The 6-yr old cowered under the dinner table at the foster home for at least two weeks. This is your compassion?? And it is happening to another child or a dozen right now. Poverty leading to foster care, broken families. How do you expect anyone to forgive you? Also, alleged scholar, poor does NOT=black.
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POPSEvangelical Atheists Annoy Scopes Trial Residents
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by dmegivern  2-12-2009   
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POPSWho is the Economist Ravi Batra?
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by dmegivern  2-10-2009    1
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POPSMacroeconomics with Hartmann and Batra
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by dmegivern  2-10-2009    1
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POPSDean Baker's Plunder and Blunder
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by dmegivern  2-10-2009    1
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POPSWhen Concentrated Wealth Threatens Democracy
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by dmegivern  2-10-2009    3
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POPSRonald Reagan and the Bottom Half
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by dmegivern  2-10-2009    2
 How did that supply side economics work out?
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POPSPondering Poverty
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by dmegivern  2-9-2009    2
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POPSWelfare Saved our Family's Lives
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by dmegivern  2-9-2009    5
 If there is not safety net, where do conservatives think that people can turn?
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POPSMaddow Explains Economic Theory
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by dmegivern  2-8-2009    2
 Rachel explains why a long list of government spending programs is the definition of a stimulus
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POPSRepresentative Claims Credit Where None is Due
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by dmegivern  1-27-2009    2
 The claim "The Minnesota TRiO Association honored Congressman Kline in 2008 for his unwavering support of low-income, first generation, and disabled students." He votes against TRiO every time. MN TRiO only gives him awards to try and *get* his support.
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POPSMigraines Unsurprisingly Linked to Mood Disorders
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by dmegivern  1-27-2009    4
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POPSI've Learned...Wisdom about Life
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by dmegivern  1-24-2009    7
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POPSPET Scans Show Women, Not Men Have Irresistible Cravings
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by dmegivern  1-24-2009    5
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POPSDo Suicide Rates Go up During a Recession?
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by dmegivern  1-24-2009    3
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POPSFlashbulb Memories Linked to Intense Emotion
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by dmegivern  1-19-2009   
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POPSAffluent Teens Suffer Self-Centeredness Leading to Depression
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by dmegivern  1-19-2009    3
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POPSDisclosure Helps Lower Stigma, but Puts Individuals at Risk
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by dmegivern  1-19-2009    2
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POPSMental Health Needs of Foster Children
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by dmegivern  1-15-2009   
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POPSA Few Maya Angelou Thoughts
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by dmegivern  1-13-2009    4
 "I believe that in the secret heart of every American there's a desire to live in a great country. And look at us now." - Maya Angelou, Sun. 11/6/08
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POPSA Day for Dachshunds
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by dmegivern  1-10-2009    2
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POPSDid FDR Prolong the Great Depression?
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by dmegivern  1-6-2009   
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POPSSurvey of Social Workers Shows Safety is an Issue
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by dmegivern  1-4-2009   
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POPSMost Valuable Progressives of 2008
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by dmegivern  1-2-2009    4
 MOST VALUABLE NATIONAL MEDIA PERSONALITIES: Rachel Maddow and Ron Reagan MOST VALUABLE BOOK (ECONOMICS): James K. Galbraith's The Predator State: How Conservatives Abandoned the Free Market and Why Liberals Should Too (The Free Press) MOST VALUABLE BOOK (INTERNATIONAL POLICY): Mike Marqusee's If I Am Not For Myself: Journey of an Anti-Zionist Jew (Verso) MOST VALUABLE CLIPMARKS CONTRIBUTOR: masbury ;)
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