EDITORIAL
Heal the systemWhile most industrialized nations provide universal health care for their citizens, the United States does not. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 45.7 million Americans were uninsured in 2007. An estimated 59.3 percent of Americans had employer-based health insurance that year, a drop from 64.2 percent in 2000. As unemployment has risen, many Americans have lost their health insurance. More » |
OPINION
We still need the Voting Rights ActThe Voting Rights Act of 1965, one of the monumental achievements of President Lyndon B. Johnson's presidency, was designed to not only eliminate voting barriers for African Americans, but also to monitor attempts to restrict their access to the ballot box. The act is perhaps the most important civil rights legislation of the 20th century, and it remains such a potent vehicle for ensuring voting rights for people of color because it monitors a steady protection for those whose voting rights are at risk. More » |
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Pull on your bootsHealth care for all is long overdue. All one has to do is look at the credit card commercial featuring an independent black businesswoman who announces to the camera that the cost of a six-day hospital stay due to an asthma attack came to $l7,000. More » |
