By Eveline Shen As we are gripped by the crushing sight of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, many of us are also watching the stories of the workers unfold: those who were aboard the Deepwater Horizon, those who are helping in the cleanup, … Read More →
Monthly Archives: June 2010
Make a call to California legislatures about healthcare today!
Yet passing health reform was just the first step. Now that health care reform is the indisputable law of the land, there's still a lot of work that needs to be done to ensure its proper implementation - especially here in California - where the need for reform is perhaps greater than anywhere else!
How Health Reform Benefits You and California’s African-American Families
All African-American families stand to benefit from the new health care law. This is true whether you have private health insurance, Medi-Cal or Medicare, or are uninsured. If you have health insurance, you can keep your current doctor and peace of mind, knowing that insurance … Read More →
Our Nation Must Aim Higher to Address the Barriers Confronting Low-Income Women
In the coming months, Congress and the Obama Administration will have a chance to get it right when it comes to addressing the problems faced by millions of low-income women and their families. Past programs and policies have not done enough to help low-income women move out of poverty.
Why the President can’t be too angry
But scholars say Obama's critics ignore a lesson from American history: Many white Americans don't like angry black men.
It's the lesson Obama absorbed from his upbringing, and from an impromptu remark he delivered last summer. Yet it's a lesson he may now have to jettison, they say, as public outrage spreads.