by Rick Ray | Aug 25, 2011 | Learn
This may fall into the category of stating the obvious, but the Corvallis Gazette-Times ran this editorial this week. It was a follow-up to a speech given locally by Governor Kitzhaber. Here’s how it begins: Gov. John Kitzhaber brought his health care reform...
by Liz Baxter | Aug 22, 2011 | Blog, Learn
In 2010 the City of New York had a novel idea – to ban the use of Food Stamps to our purchase soda and other sugar sweetened beverages for two years. Last week Patrick McGeehan wrote in the New York Times that the USDA (US Department of Agriculture), which...
by Rick Ray | Aug 18, 2011 | Learn
According to John Nichols, writing in The Nation, the answer is, “Yes, It’s Called ‘Medicare for All.’” He starts with some recent news: The essential vote on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel that ruled that the individual-coverage...
by Rick Ray | Aug 18, 2011 | Learn
National program kicks off with gardens at handful of Portland-area schools Steve Law, reports in the Portland Tribune: Youngsters who get their fingernails dirty by learning to garden are more likely to eat and appreciate fresh vegetables – and less likely to become...
by Rick Ray | Aug 18, 2011 | Learn
James Dao reports in The New York Times: Though the withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan will save the nation billions of dollars a year, another cost of war is projected to continue rising for decades to come: caring for the veterans. By...
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