by Mark Trahant | Jan 10, 2018 | Blog
What qualifications are needed to manage (and possibly reform?) the Indian health system? It’s Indian Country’s largest employer with more than 15,000 on the payroll and many, many more people who work in health care for tribes, non-profits and other related agencies....
by People's Action | Nov 15, 2017 | Breakfast
Senate Insists On Obamacare Repeal In Tax Plan Senate plans to end Obamacare mandate in revised tax proposal. NYT: "Senate Republicans have decided to include the repeal of the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that most people have health insurance into the sprawling...
by People's Action | Nov 2, 2017 | Breakfast
Americans Don't Buy Tax Cuts, Polls Show Polls: Americans aren't buying key White House arguments for tax overhaul. NPR: "As Republicans scramble to assemble a tax overhaul bill, Americans aren't even sure that Congress should be focusing on reshaping the tax system....
by Jeff Bryant | Sep 11, 2017 | Blog
“This is a disaster.” Walker Gaffney and I were at the entry of Cleveland High School in St. Louis. Broken glass speckles the floor. Black mold crawls up the sides of the stone walls. Rotted plaster hangs from the high arched ceiling. “It’s worse every time I come...
by Sam Pizzigati | Aug 28, 2017 | Blog
Taiwanese billionaire Terry Gou every once in a while likes to think “outside the box.” Back in 2010, for instance, the giant electronics manufacturer that Gou runs — Foxconn — was facing what corporate flacks like to call a major “PR problem.” Working conditions...
