This piece, which I wanted to call “The Digitally Driven Rise of the Tea Party,” was originally about how the right was using new media to oppose climate protection regulations. The idea for the piece grew out of earlier conversations I’d had with climate activists about what made their organizations different from right wing groups. [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health Care’
The American Prospect: Using Republicans To Pass Financial Reform
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Democrats, Finance, Health Care, Politics, Regulation, Republicans on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
This was a self-selected Prospect article critique for my application to their fellowship program. See this post for more information. They probably won’t vote for it. But by including GOP ideas in the finance bill, Democrats can make it difficult for Republicans to effectively campaign against it. Tim Fernholz believes the best strategy for Democrats [...]
The American Prospect: Don’t Ignore Inequality
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Congress, Health Care, Inequality, New York City, Taxes, Washington DC, Wealth on April 15, 2010 | 2 Comments »
For The American Prospect‘s excellent (and highly competitive) fellowship program I had to submit two article critiques and a critique of their group blog TAPPED, among much else. This article critique was assigned, the second critique is of an article I selected for myself. I’m still waiting–with fingers crossed–to hear back from the Prospect. To [...]
H1N1 Outbreak Made Worse by Lack of Sick Days
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Business, Environment, Health Care on February 8, 2010 |
Below is a quick Blue Marble blog post on swine flu that was assigned by the bureau chief. Click here to see the original or to make a comment. One component of comprehensive health care reform that has been notably lacking from the drawn out legislative discussions is access to paid sick leave. In the [...]
Making the Imaginative Case for Health Care Reform
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Health Care, Humor, Media on September 29, 2009 |
This is a little “best of the blogosphere” piece I wrote to fill up MoJo blog while most of the DC bureau was off for Yom Kippur. With so much ink already spilled in the political war over health care reform, it is the rare piece that can successfully redraw the battle lines in amusing and [...]
We’re Number 37: Singing for Health Care Reform
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Activism, Health Care, Music on September 21, 2009 |
Singer/songwritter Paul Hipp has put out a little YouTube ditty in mock-celebration of the US’ thirty-seventh place ranking in the World Health Organization’s most recent ranking of health care systems around the world. Like the best Dylan tracks, this one is more about the message than the music (i.e., Hipp’s got a terrible voice). Give [...]
Succession Politics and Health Care Reform
Posted in Mother Jones, tagged Health Care, Politics on August 26, 2009 |
My coworker Nick Baumann asked me to write up something about the death of Ted Kennedy and I went with the first thing that popped into my head when I heard the news: How does this affect enacting health care reform, Kennedy’s signature issue? RIP Teddy K. UPDATE: This is another “Must Read” that has [...]
Pelosi’s Progressive(ly Less Believable) Promises
Posted in Hiar Learning, tagged Activism, Democrats, Health Care, Politics, Taxes, Washington DC on July 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday Campus Progress, the youth-oriented project of the sprawling Center for American Progress empire, concluded a two-day series of events on activism and the media. The Center for American Progress (CAP) was founded in 2003 by John Podesta, Bill Clinton’s former chief of staff, and like the Heritage Foundation during Reagan’s presidency, the young organization has quickly become [...]
