New Orleans It took a long time before hard questions were asked of churches given the faith so many people have in them, but the process has produced important and powerful results. Modern faith has created a priesthood of doctors and an altar of medicine where hospitals are their high churches. Even as the Affordable …
Category: Financial Justice
States Need to Make For-profit Hospitals Accountable for Strapped Families
New Orleans We have been beating the drum regularly here, there, and everywhere around the country about the organizing and campaign “handles” that could allow aggressive and vigilant community and labor based organizations to demand and require more accountability for tax-exempt nonprofit hospitals. We have trumpeted Senator Charles Grassley of Iowa’s late stage amendment to …
Neoliberal FCC Half-Step to Low Income Access to the Internet
New Orleans It would be nice to read the report of a proposal by FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler and embrace it with open arms and a wide smile. After all even a small step forward in bridging the digital divide is important, but this will be a half-step at that, and it’s easy to …