Sarada Peri graduated from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government with a Master's in Public Policy. Prior to her graduate studies she worked in policy and communications at the Center for Policy Alternatives, a DC-based non-profit focused on passing proactive progressive legislation on the state level. She also spent two years teaching high school in New Orleans as a Teach for America corps member. Sarada obtained her BA from Tufts University in 2001. Sarada also blogs here and here.

Blog Entries by Sarada Peri

Sex, Lies and Federal Funding

Posted July 19, 2007 | 02:40 PM (EST)


The New York Times reported that abstinence-only "education" has taken a hard hit. It turns out that teenagers like sex. They really do. In fact, even when Texas devotes $17 million to pleading bumper stickers, t-shirts, and billboards of cute blonds scolding "pet your dog, not your date",...

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A Waning Presidency Rears Its Ugly Head

Posted July 9, 2007 | 03:45 PM (EST)


It's over. The Bush presidency is effectively over. While I would normally be thrilled at such news, a closer look reveals that even the bitter end is playing out as badly as one might expect from this administration.

The presidency is over insofar as Bush being able...

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