Republicans & Healthcare

One of Cindy McCain's RNC outfits if sold on EBay could generate enough revenue to provide 750 Americans with healthcare. And who says the Republicans are all bad?

(Heck, it could have paid for me to attend law school twice over, and then some!)

The Outift Analysis

What Does $300,000 Mean?

Wal-Mart vs. Permanently Disabled Woman

Reason 3439674 Why People of Conscience Should NOT Be Shopping at Wal-Mart:



Tragic might be an understatement.

UMMA Clinic featured in 'Life & Times'

How Do You Like Your Coffee?

Workers of the World Unite Against Starbucks
Last week Starbucks faced legal and political trouble from its own workers. On the third anniversary of the founding of the IWW Starbucks Union, baristas in Chicago marched into a shop and told the manager they were signing up. (Starbucks workers have chosen to organize without government-mediated elections, through an interesting model called "solidarity unionism.")
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The baristas are asking for better wages (some make as little as $8.75 an hour even in costly Manhattan), guaranteed hours with the option to work full-time and more affordable health insurance. (Despite widely-believed corporate spin to the contrary, Starbucks insures a smaller percentage of its workforce than Wal-Mart.)

Read on at: AlterNet