There are only six days left for the nation’s public high schools to submit an application for the commencement speaker of a lifetime. That’s right — this spring President Obama will speak to the graduating class of the high school that best demonstrates how it is providing its students an excellent education that will prepare […]
Download: Rectangular (630px by 303px) | Square (389px by 354px) $1,115 – that’s the average premium for employer-sponsored family coverage per month in 2009. Annually, that amounts to $13,375 – or roughly the yearly income of someone working a minimum wage job. (Source) And if nothing is done to reform our broken health care system, […]
Cross-posted from the FCC’s Broadband Blog. If you’re reading this, then you’re probably on the Internet — via your laptop, your mobile phone or other handheld device, or maybe even through your television. But even in 2010, millions of Americans do not have access to the wealth of information made available on the Web. Even […]
Yesterday Labor Secretary Hilda Solis discussed her perspective on International Women’s Day, and the First Lady’s role in recognizing and exemplifying the ideals behind it. Today, the State Department’s DipNote blog tells us about the annual International Women of Courage Awards — and will allow you to watch the ceremony live at 3:00: First Lady Michelle Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Rodham […]
Yesterday, the National Treasury Employees Union (NTEU) held its annual legislative conference in Washington, D.C. NTEU represents some 150,000 employees in 31 federal departments and agencies. A topic of discussion at the NTEU conference was last month’s attack on Internal Revenue Service employees in Austin, Texas. President Obama sent the following letter to NTEU’s National […]
If we enact health reform, it will restrict how much of your premium dollars can be spent on profits and overhead by requiring health insurance companies to spend 80-85% of the money they take in on care. That’s worth keeping in mind. Because right after the Insurance companies announced huge rate increases for families across […]
Editors Note: Watch President Obama and the First Lady speak about the achievements of women around the world at a reception marking International Women’s Day. I grew up in a time when graduating from high school was an accomplishment, and expectations of young women were very low…especially for women of color. My high school guidance counselor […]
This morning, we see more word from opponents of health reform that they are amping up their efforts to kill the bill before it even comes to a vote. The insurance industry lobby, which is holding its annual conference at the Ritz-Carlton today, announced that it is going to spend more than a million dollars […]
There are only six days left for the nation’s public high schools to submit an application for the commencement speaker of a lifetime. That’s right — this spring President Obama will speak to the graduating class of the high school that best demonstrates how it is providing its students an excellent education that will prepare […]
Download: Rectangular (630px by 303px) | Square (389px by 354px) $1,115 – that’s the average premium for employer-sponsored family coverage per month in 2009. Annually, that amounts to $13,375 – or roughly the yearly income of someone working a minimum wage job. (Source) And if nothing is done to reform our broken health care system, […]
