by Isaiah J. Poole | Jul 8, 2009 | Blog
Try telling Maureen Yancey that health care reform is too expensive for the country to tackle right now, or that we should leave everything to the private insurance market. Yancey is among the millions of Americans who can't afford the status quo. She's already paid...
by Sara Robinson | Jul 8, 2009 | Blog
I spent several days over last weekend as a volunteer webworker covering the Unitarian Universalist General Assembly in Salt Lake City. These annual confabs are always a highlight of the summer for me as a UU. They're also one of the best shows going if you want to...
by Eric Lotke | Jul 8, 2009 | Blog
The Waxman-Markey Clean Energy and Security Act squeaked through the House of Representatives late last week (219-212). Although some expressed doubts, many people consider the bill a terrific breakthrough and important step in the right direction. But one unheralded...
by Robert Borosage | Jul 8, 2009 | Blog
This Congress potentially could be the most productive in over 40 years. It has passed the largest recovery plan in the nation's history. It extended health care to millions of children. It passed Obama's first budget with its significant down payment on education and...
by Bill Scher | Jul 8, 2009 | Blog
Yesterday, health care watchers tried to read the tea leaves after White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel expressed willingness to compromise on a public plan option via a "trigger" that would indefinitely delay its creation, followed by a
by Bill Scher | Jul 7, 2009 | Blog
Much of the talk (including my own) concerning prospects for a Senate clean energy and climate protection bill has been focused on the
