Must: Still Separate and Unequal, Profiles in Obama, An F in Healtcare, and Imperial Liquidation

Posted by Liberadio(!) on May 17, 2007 under Uncategorized |

16 May 2007
“An F In Health Care,” by Alec Dubro (TomPaine.com)
“What everyone who cares to look knows is that there are two health care systems in America—one for those with money and for those without.” We’ll continue the discussion on healthcare in America with Jonathan Cohn, author of Sick: The Untold Story of America’s Health Care Crises – and the People who Pay the Price (Buy Now!), on Monday on WRVU, 91.1, at 8:10am.

15 May 2007
“Evil Empire: Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?,” By Chalmers Johnson (TomDispatch.com)
“The United States, today, suffers from a plethora of public ills. Most of them can be traced to the militarism and imperialism that have led to the near-collapse of our Constitutional system of checks and balances. Unfortunately, none of the remedies proposed so far by American politicians or analysts addresses the root causes of the problem.”

07 May 2007
“The Conciliator: Where is Barack Obama coming from?,” by Larissa MacFarquhar (New Yorker)
The New Yorker hired a woman with a funnier name than the Senator to write this profile entitled, “Where is Barack Obama coming from?” MacFarquhar. “MacFarquhar.” “God Bless You!”

26 Apr 2007
“Schools and Race: Still Separate After All These Years,” The Economist
Five decades after the Supreme Court struck down school segregation, black and white children continue to learn in different worlds. And it could get worse