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Weekly Pulse: Drugs, Sex, and the Single Payer

by: The Media Consortium

Wed Mar 18, 2009 at 12:04

By Lindsay Beyerstein, TMC MediaWire Blogger

This week, we bring you news of drugs, sex, and single-payer health insurance, including a fun video clip on Obama's new drug czar from the Rachel Maddow show. Now that Obama has chosen his top healthcare advisers, the administration is beginning to chart a course for healthcare reform. Not surprisingly, there is vigorous debate about what our new healthcare system would look like, and how to pay for it.

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Weekly Audit: Budget Good, Bailout Bad

by: The Media Consortium

Tue Mar 03, 2009 at 09:47

By Zach Carter, Media Consortium MediaWire Blogger

President Barack Obama rolled out his highly anticipated federal budget proposal on Thursday, and while the plan represents a dramatic departure from the priorities of the Bush administration, its ultimate impact may be crippled by a counterproductive bank bailout.

First, the good news: The budget is awesome.

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