Politics
In Oregon, a New Health Care Debate Awaits
"I’m a big supporter of the bill because, at the end of the day, people do have to have a way to pay for health care. You do have to have financial access. But there’s nothing in the bill that’s going to control costs" more »
Watch What Happens: The Effort to Repeal the Affordable Health Care Act
A stream of House Representatives have been heard in front of the House's Committee on Rules concerning the Health Care Reform Act. The phrase 'job killing' is used repeatedly to characterize the act passed by the last Congress. It's fascinating television which can be viewed as an archived program, also, as well as 'live' more »
Jo Freeman Reviews Reconstituting Whiteness: The Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission
On August 18, 1966, I was a civil rights worker in Mississippi when the Jackson Daily News devoted two-thirds of an editorial page to outing me as a "professional agitator" with Communist associations. Over 30 years later I learned that this material was prepared by the Mississippi State Sovereignty Commission, an official agency using taxpayer money to preserve white supremacy in Mississippi. more »
Census: Redistricting and Women-Owned Businesses
"As business owners, women in 2007 had a major impact on the nation's economy, employing more than 7.6 million workers." Nearly half of all women-owned businesses operated in repair and maintenance; personal and laundry services; health care and social assistance; and professional, scientific and technical services. more »