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Undocumented can’t get public benefits:guide

“Undocumented can’t get public benefits:guide” is a Daily News article I happen to stumble upon online.  Author Albor Ruiz discusses the new Guide to Public Benefits for Immigrants released 2 wks ago by Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, the New York Immigration Coalition and the Community Service Society of New York.  It is a guide to public [...]

Post by claudia | December 9th, 2008 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | Leave a comment

Film watched during class

Critical Condition is being streamed in its entirety until Tuesday November 11, 2008.
If you have the time, please watch the film. Not only does it engage you with the participants struggles but you also learn how healthcare in this country is unfairly dispersed on the basis of income level.
http://www.pbs.org/pov/pov2008/criticalcondition/fullfilm.html

Post by claudia | November 10th, 2008 | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (1)

Pleeease watch this film…CRITICAL CONDITION

Critical Condition is a  short film that tells the story of 4 ordinary, hard-working Americans and their experience with Healthcare in the United States.  By the end of the film I found myself crying and was disgusted to see how being uninsured cost some of them their jobs, health, homes, savings, and even their lives.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/video/flv/generic.html?s=amdo1fp44b
I learned that [...]

Post by claudia | October 2nd, 2008 | Tags: | Category: Uncategorized | Comments (4)

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  • Links 11/22/09 November 22, 2009
    Unburied bodies tell the tale of Detroit — a city in despair Times Online Economists: Wrong Again Michael Panzner The illusion of improving global imbalances Richard Baldwin and Daria Taglioni, VoxEU (hat tip reader Don B) Unemployment rates rise in 29 states CNN (hat tip reader John D) Wall St. Finds Profits Again, Now by Reducing Mortgages Louise [...] […]
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  • Antidote du Jour November 21, 2009
    Apologies for absence of links! Hope to be back to closer to usual programming early next week. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Stop the madness now! November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. A reader at Naked Capitalism asked us to respond to a recent article from the Christian Science Monitor asking Does US need a second stimulus to create jobs? Marshall Auerback has already done some heavy lifting – and taken all of the heat in the comments. He says emphatically yes. Now [...] […]
    Edward Harrison
  • Dodd: Bernanke Confirmation “Not Necessarily” a Foregone Conclusion November 20, 2009
    This clip is from an interview with blogger Mike Stark. Apologies for the poor sound quality. While Dodd indicates that he is “inclined to be supportive” of Bernanke, he is surprisingly cautious about making a broader statement, a sign of a shift in sentiment. […]
    Yves Smith
  • Ivy Zelman: “Home prices are going back down” November 20, 2009
    By Edward Harrison of Credit Writedowns. Yves is stuffed again today, so I am going to post at least once or twice. Hopefully, we will also see something from Jesse or George as well. This is a post I wrote overnight about rising delinquencies and shadow housing inventory. I am not convinced house prices [...] […]
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