Donna Norton, Huffington Post. November 17, 2008. Children are the least expensive population to insure -- there's no good reason why we can't cover all kids now.
AlterNet Staff, The Washington Post AlterNet: PEEK. August 4, 2008. Analyzing personal information in commercial databases is an industry that's poised to take off as we enter the age of electronic medical records.
Katrina Vanden Heuvel, The Nation AlterNet: War on Iraq. July 24, 2008. Obama is showing sound thinking on Iraq, so why does he continue to talk abou tescalating the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan?
Dave Johnson, Huffington Post. May 12, 2008. Security guards at Kaiser are supposed to be provided with health care after working for 90 days, but it turns out that many are not.
Louisa Pyle, RH Reality Check. April 15, 2008. In a sane world, abortion would be included in medical school curriculum where appropriate, just like any other common, safe procedure.
Jalan Washington, RH Reality Check. April 14, 2008. Pro-choice doctors must address the socioeconomic realities patients face, and respond to the full range of individuals' reproductive health needs.
Beth Fredrick, AlterNet. April 7, 2008. The President's AIDS policy may be well-intentioned, but it fails to provide comprehensive and compassionate care for the people who need it.
Lynn M. Paltrow, AlterNet. April 2, 2008. Jeers about domestic chores are more than just sexism -- they could be opportunities to address domestic policies.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, The Nation. March 29, 2008. The high STI rates among incarcerated people illustrate how social justice movements overlap. Now it's time for activists to talk to each other.
Bean, Lawyers, Guns and Money AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 28, 2008. The rise in pregnancy discrimination is further evidence of how little our society values women as equal citizens.
Cara Kulwicki, The Curvature AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 27, 2008. The Bush Administration has already said that doctors should be able to deny medical care to women. Now they want to deny information, too.
Pamela Merritt, RH Reality Check. March 19, 2008. As many as two-thirds of hysterectomies may be unnecessary because un- and under-insured women continue to lack a full range of health care options.
Dean Baker, Comment Is Free. December 26, 2007. When it comes to economic policy, only one of the Democratic frontrunners seems set to challenge corporate power.
Dennis Rivera, AlterNet AlterNet: PEEK. December 18, 2007. Legislation passed in California yesterday shows the potential for real healthcare reform is alive and well.
Joshua Holland, AlterNet. December 11, 2007. It's harder to move up the economic ladder in the United States than in other wealthy countries. What happened to the American dream?
Penny Coleman, AlterNet. November 26, 2007. The military refuses to come clean, insisting the high rates are due to "personal problems," not experience in combat.
Juan Basile, AlterNet. November 17, 2007. Congress is on the verge of letting corporate lobbyists change how a critical treatment is delivered, reducing access to affordable care just so two corporations can boost their bottom line.