This op ed appeared in the Spring 2010 Issue of "To Your Good Health" Over the past year, health insurance reform has dominated the agenda here in Washington, and culminated with the signing of a landmark law that not only curbs widespread...
WHETHER IT’S the Congo, Darfur, Afghanistan, Albania, or elsewhere, young girls are sold as sexual slaves, forced into marriage, or are burned with acid if they try to attend school. Rape is increasingly used as a weapon of war. The...
CAPITOL HILL REPORTThis op ed appeared in the Winter 2010 Edition of "To Your Good Health." Even as Congress was dealing with the issue of health insurance reform, the unfortunate reality existed that many people continued to face the abrupt loss...
The current patchwork system of consumer financial protection is broken. It has too many holes and does not work. It is time for a complete overhaul.The financial industry argues that the Consumer Financial Protection Agency (CFPA), a consumer watchdog to...
The current economic crisis continues to take a devastating toll on families and businesses across this nation, and the world.Never before have we witnessed so much economic turmoil. Within a matter of months, Americans saw much of their life savings...
ONE OF THE most pressing issues the Obama administration will face when it closes the Guantanamo detention center is what to do with the 63 detainees cleared for release or transfer who cannot return home.A stay at Guantanamo - justified...
A TIMETABLE for the withdrawal of US troops has long been a priority for Iraqis - 70 percent want the United States out, according to the latest polls. This sentiment is also reflected in Parliament - the only directly elected...