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Sales taxes are highly regressive, taking a disproportionate share of receipts from the poor — even in deep-blue Maryland, which exempts many necessities from coverage.
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Stephen J. K. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2025
This year’s shortlist is the most regressive in years for gender diversity, with only four artists (Cyndi Lauper, Mariah Carey, the White Stripes’ Meg White, and New Order’s Gillian Gilbert) representing a female contingent.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
But things quickly spiraled for the film: Not only did audiences critique the storyline for regressive and inauthentic storytelling, but Gasćon drew negative attention for shading her fellow nominee Fernanda Torres — and then the real mine fields detonated: Twitter users dug up Gascón’s old tweets.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
But on the last two, Cox said, Wilson was regressive.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025
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Stephen J. K. Walters, Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar. 2025
This year’s shortlist is the most regressive in years for gender diversity, with only four artists (Cyndi Lauper, Mariah Carey, the White Stripes’ Meg White, and New Order’s Gillian Gilbert) representing a female contingent.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2025
But things quickly spiraled for the film: Not only did audiences critique the storyline for regressive and inauthentic storytelling, but Gasćon drew negative attention for shading her fellow nominee Fernanda Torres — and then the real mine fields detonated: Twitter users dug up Gascón’s old tweets.
—Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Mar. 2025
But on the last two, Cox said, Wilson was regressive.
—John Seiler, Orange County Register, 2 Mar. 2025
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