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How Booting 5 Million Off Of Food Stamps Would Cost More Than It Saves
ByAlan Pyke Food stamp cuts proposed by Republicans could boot over 5 million people off of the program and create health problems that would cost the country more than the cuts save, according to a new analysis by the Health Impact … Continue reading
14-Year-Old Girl With Pro-Choice Sign Under Attack: “Please Stop Calling Me a “Whore”
By Tuesday Cain I’m a 14-year-old girl who has lived in Austin, Texas, my whole life. I like art, music and talking on the phone with my friends. When I grow up, I’d like to become a science teacher. I … Continue reading
Black Health Rx: Finding A Cure For America’s Health Disparities
By Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson For her 40th birthday in October 2011, Khadijah Tribble had one wish: to jump out of an airplane. “I had been planning the event for four months,” Tribble recalled. The jump never happened. But it wasn’t because … Continue reading
Hobby Lobby Wins The Right To Deny Its Workers Birth Control
By Tara Culp-Ressler The Oklahoma-based crafts store Hobby Lobby has won a temporary injunction against Obamacare’s birth control requirement, allowing the for-profit company to withhold contraceptive coverage from its 13,000 employees. Hobby Lobby will be exempted from that rule under … Continue reading
Coping with Trayvon pain: 10 ways to heal your broken heart
By Terrie M. Williams With the senseless killing of Trayvon Martin, we once again find ourselves mourning a young Black spirit taken from us far too soon. As survivors, we are charged with honoring Martin and the countless others we’ve lost by standing … Continue reading
Thanks To Obamacare, New Yorkers’ Health Insurance Premiums Will Plunge 50 Percent
By Igor Volsky Health care premiums on the individual market will tumble by at least 50 percent as a result of the Affordable Care Act, the New York Times reported on Wednesday. The state joins Oregon, Montana, California, and Louisiana … Continue reading
Stand-alone emergency rooms popping up
By Phil Galewitz When Lisa Boncler gashed the side of her head on the gate to her front yard, she immediately called her neighbor for a ride to the emergency room. In this fast-growing Houston suburb, six … Continue reading
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Breathe Deeply
By Michelle Robin, D.C. Breath is looked upon as life, as spirit, throughout world cultures. Breath has both physiological and emotional connections. Breathing is both reactionary and proactive. Your breathing will respond to your physical or emotional circumstances; you can also … Continue reading