Last Friday, Arthur Alpert, a regular columnist at the New Mexico Independent, took a break from scrutinizing the Journal"s habit of embedding their editorial slant into news coverage to give a well deserved kudos to the Journal"s health business reporter, Winthrop Quigley. Referring to Qugley"s recent series…

A new SurveyUSA poll shows that 77% of Americans polled think having a public option is extremely or quite important. The people have spoken. The folks at Blue America created an ActBlue fundraising page called Standing Up For The Public Option to reward those members of the U.S.…

More videos on the need for a just health care system at SWOP.

This comes from Healthcare-Now via Commondreams. I couldn"t find an event planned for Albuquerque but below is the contact info for the organization"s national coordinator if you"d like to organize one. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 27, 2009 12:45 PM CONTACT: Healthcare Now Katie Robbins Assistant National…

In a town hall meeting today at Rio Rancho High School, President Obama was asked why a single-payer health care solution was "taken off the plate" and whether Senator Baucus, as Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, has a conflict…

SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 7:00-9:00pm Robinson Park (at downtown round-about) Join SWOP and Young Women United to remember our Albuquerque sisters who"s lives were tragically cut short on the West Mesa. Speak out against violence on women and the deafening silence during the years these young women were missing.…

APS" decision to serve cheese sandwiches to children who"s parents are delinquent on their lunch tabs caught the attention of the New York Times Magazine on Friday. Lisa Belkin"s recurring column, Motherlode: Adventures in Parenting glances over the subject by quoting at length, Susan Montoya Bryan"s well written…