Archive for the 'Race and the Health Care Debate' Category
What Obamacare Means for Blacks, Latinos and Other Communities of Color
• July 4, 2012 • Comments Off on What Obamacare Means for Blacks, Latinos and Other Communities of ColorPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Love, National Issues, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Tea Party Movement, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: 3 Chics Politico, Affordable Care Act, African Americans, Alzheimer's Disease, Blacks, Health Insurance, Health Insurance Coverage in the United States, Insurance, Latinos, Medicaid, Medicare, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, Penalty, People of Color, Pre-Existing Conditions, Race and ethnicity in the United States Census, Scott Walker, Taxes, Taxpayers, United States, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Wisconsin
Those Pictures from Facebook: Going Wild from Obamacare
• July 1, 2012 • 4 CommentsPosted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Class, Consumerism, Cultural History, Democrats, Facebook, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Journalism and Ethics, National Issues, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Mainstream Media (MSM), The Tea Party Movement
Tags: $1.1 Billion, Affordable Care Act, Barack Obama, Canada, Common Sense, Consumers Union, Costa Rica, Insurance, Keith Olbermann, Obamacare, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Socialized Medicine, Supreme Court of the United States, United States
All Female and Nearly All Black: Democratic Georgia State Senators Walk Out Protesting a War on Women
• March 11, 2012 • 2 CommentsPosted in Abortion, African American History, American Politics, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Education, Health, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Reproductive Rights, Sexuality, The Tea Party Movement, Womanism, Women
Tags: Abortion, Access, African Americans, Barry Goldwater, Birth Control, Black Women, Blacks, Democratic Party (United States), Georgia Senate, Georgia State Senate, Planned Parenthood, Reproductive Rights, Republican, Richard Nixon, Women of Color, Womens Rights, Young Black Women
Olympic Sprinter Lee Evans, 63, Has a Brain Tumor and No Health Insurance (w/Update)
• January 5, 2012 • Comments Off on Olympic Sprinter Lee Evans, 63, Has a Brain Tumor and No Health Insurance (w/Update)Posted in African American History, American History, American Politics, Black Expatriates, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Chicanos/Latinos, Civil Rights/Human Rights, Class, Cultural History, Discrimination, Education, Exploration and Colonization, Health, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Brain
Tags: "Sicko", "Speed City", "The Nation", 1968 Summer Olympics, African Americans, Avery Brundage, Black Women, Blacks, California, Dave Zirin, East San Jose, Evans, Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt, Geronimo Pratt, Growing Up, John Carlos, Kipchoge Keino, Larry James, Latinos, Lee Evans, Memoir, New Orleans, Nigeria, Olympic, Overfelt High School, Overfelt Royals, PayPal, Public Schools, San Jose, San Jose State, San Jose State University, Spartans, The Seventies, The Sixties, Tommie Smith, University of South Alabama, William C. Overfelt High School
President Barack Obama Signs the Health Care Reform Bill
• March 23, 2010 • Comments Off on President Barack Obama Signs the Health Care Reform BillPosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Obama Administration, Race and the Health Care Debate
Tags: Celebration, Common Sense, Health Care Reform Bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Marcelas Owens, President Barack Obama, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Vice President Joe Biden
The Health Care Bill Passes (w/Updates)
• March 21, 2010 • Comments Off on The Health Care Bill Passes (w/Updates)Posted in American History, American Politics, Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Democrats, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Native Americans/First Nations, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race and the Health Care Debate, Wisconsin, Women
Tags: Anti-Abortion, Community Health Centers, Ends Rescissions, Executive Order, Free Preventive Care, Health Care Insurance, Health Care Reform, HR No. 3590, Independent Appeals Process, Long Term Care Insurance, Medicare Part D, No Limit Coverage, Obama Administration, President Barack Obama, Primary Care Doctors, Salary Discrimination, Senator Edward M. Kennedy, Tax Credits, The Uninsured
The Right Wing Attacks Eleven Year Old Health Care Reform Advocate Marcelas Owens Whose Mother Died Jobless and Without Insurance
• March 18, 2010 • Comments Off on The Right Wing Attacks Eleven Year Old Health Care Reform Advocate Marcelas Owens Whose Mother Died Jobless and Without InsurancePosted in American History, American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Journalism and Ethics, Race and the Health Care Debate, Women
Tags: Congress, Emergency Room, ER, Fifth Grade, Glenn Beck, Health Care Bill, Health Care Reform, Joshua Welter, Marcelas Owens, Michelle Malkin, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Pulmonary Hypertension, Pulmonary Hypertension Association, Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, Seattle WA, Tifanny Owens, Vote
The President DEMOLISHES the House Republicans at Their Baltimore Retreat
• January 29, 2010 • Comments Off on The President DEMOLISHES the House Republicans at Their Baltimore RetreatPosted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Democrats, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Obama Administration, People of Color, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Teabagging Party, Television, The Economy, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: "The Atlantic", Baltimore, Baltimore MD, Booman Tribune, C-Span, Chris Matthews, Democratic Party, Democrats, Faux Noise, Fox News, GOP, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, House of Commons, House of Representatives, Karl Rove, Keith Olbermann, Marc Armbinder, Mike Pence, President Barack Obama, President Obama, Question Time, Rachel Maddow, Republican Party, Republicans, Reverse Ambush, Rovian, Spending, State of the Union Address, Talking Points, The Budget, The Great Recession, The Party of No, The Stimulus Plan, Tweety
Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing Right
• November 18, 2009 • Comments Off on Those New Breast Cancer Guidelines: Keep Doing What YOU Are Doing RightPosted in Asians/Asian Pacific/Asian Americans, Black People, Cancer, Chicanos/Latinos, Class, Education, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Memoir, Native Americans/First Nations, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, Women
Tags: "Dr. Oz", "The Doctors", Advocate, African American Women, Bedside Manner, Black Women, Breast Cancer, Breast Cancer Guidelines 2009, Canada, Cancer, Capitol Square, Family History, Healing, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Reform, Hippocratic Oath, Hormone Replacement Therapy, HRT, Mammogram, Mammograms, Mammography, Medical Rationing, Memoir, Niacin, Policosanol, Pumpkin Oil, Radiation Exposure, Self-Examination, The Nineties, The Seventies, Tumors, Vitamin D, Wisconsin
Apparently Bill Cosby Thinks President Carter is Right, Too
• September 19, 2009 • 1 CommentPosted in American Politics, Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Celebrities/Royals, Class, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, History, Obama Administration, Public Intellectualism, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Mainstream Media (MSM)
Tags: Anti-Racism, Barack Obama, Bill Cosby, Bill O'Reilly, Congress, Dr. William Cosby, Facebook, Faux Noise, Fox News, Health Care Debate, Health Care Reform, NBC, President Carter, President Obama, Racism
This Cracka Beat Up A Sista Army Vet Reservist at a Georgia Cracker Barrel Restaurant
• September 17, 2009 • 4 CommentsPosted in Barack and Michelle Obama, Black People, Class, Crime, Health Care/The Public Option, Mental Health/Psychology, Obama Administration, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate
Tags: "Newsweek", African Americans, Army Reservist, Clayton County District Attorney's Office, CNN, Cracker Barrel, Cracker Barrel Restaurants, FBI, Kip Jones, Morrow GA, Morrow Police Department, NAACP, Pam's House Blend, Physical Assault, Post-Racial, President Jimmy Carter, Racism, Tasha Hill, Tashawnea Hill, Troy Dale West, Veterans, White Supremacist, White Supremacy, Whites
Sista Maxine Waters Asks Repug Health Care Panelists “Where is YOUR Bill?”
• September 6, 2009 • Comments Off on Sista Maxine Waters Asks Repug Health Care Panelists “Where is YOUR Bill?”Posted in American Politics, Black People, Class, Health, Health Care/The Public Option, Maxine Waters, Obama Administration, Race and the Health Care Debate, Television
Tags: "This Week", ABC News, Congressman Mike Pence, Congresswoman Maxine Waters, Former Senator Robert Dole, Former Vice-President Spiro Agnew, George Stephanopoulos, Glenn Beck, Health Care, Maxine Waters, The Public Option, Van Jones
Tim Wise on CNN: Race Hostility a Factor in Health Care Debate
• August 17, 2009 • 6 CommentsPosted in American Politics, Black People, Books, Class, Democrats, Democrats in Name Only, Education, Hate Crimes, Health, History, Obama Administration, People of Color, Race, Race and the Health Care Debate, The Economy
Tags: African Americans, Anti-Racism, Blacks, Blue Dog Democrats, CNN, Daily Kos, Food Stamps, Franklin Roosevelt, Health Care Debate, John F. Kennedy, Latinos, Native Americans, Race, Social Security, Southern Democrats, Ta-Nehisi Coates, The New Deal, The Public Option, Tim Wise, West Virginia
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