'A Slow-Motion Train Wreck': The Real Consequences of the Sequester

Allison Kilkenny @ The Nation - The Republican-led House voted to eliminate $1.5 trillion in discretionary spending through 2022 during the much-publicized sequester, causing widespread pain and havoc through American communities, the effects of which we’re starting to see. In some cases, these cuts are literally stripping the clothes from children’s backs and taking food and shelter from the needy.  Read more.