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Teenagers in Journalism
the Illinois State High School Press Association’s (ISHSPA) journalism conference at the Illini Union along with 800 others students on Friday, October 3. Surrounded by other kids like myself, I attended sessions taught by members of the local … Continue reading
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Media Reform Conference
November 8 & 9,Madison Wisconsin Moving beyond critique to action, the National Conference on Media Reform is a groundbreaking forum to democratize the debate over media policymaking. A broad range of media reform activists will join members of Congress, the … Continue reading
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Health Justice Act Before Fall Veto Session
Universal Health Care process is before the Illinois Senate this fall. A coalition based in CU is a major activist group agitating for its passage. The Health Care Justice Act of 2003 initiates a process to achieve universal health care. … Continue reading
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(Medical) Debtors Prison Alive and Well in Champaign County
- and unplanned, and with the rising cost of health care, many people are quickly plunged into debt, bankruptcy, financial ruin, and poor health as a result of mounting bills and hospitals’ aggressive collection practices. … Continue reading
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Servicios de Interpretación en los Hospitales
Las personas de habla inglesa limitada deben recibir servicios de interpretación de intérpretes calificados y familiarizados con la terminología médica para así dar la verdadera asistencia sanitaria al paciente. Las leyes y las pautas federales requieren que todos los proveedores … Continue reading
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CCHCC and local immigrants kick off campaign for improved hospital interpreter services
.% population and 11.1% of the Champaign County population have Limited English Proficiency. This means that a growing number of people in our community face the danger of being unable to adequately communicate with health care providers. … Continue reading
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Why Gun Regulation is a Health Care Priority
is dependent not just on health care, but also on a decent standard of living –including adequate food, clothing, housing, and social services – and on a safe community. It is not enough … Continue reading
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Projects of the Champaign County Health Care Consumers
of Champaign County residents (led by Mike Doyle), concerned about the lack of citizen/consumer representation on the local health planning board, formed Champaign County Health Care Consumers (CCHCC). In the 1970s, the federal government required the … Continue reading
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Adding Health and Care to Our Healthcare System
contributing a personal anecdote on health care I was immediately inspired to write about my mother.My mother’s “missed” diagnosis, her unnecessary surgery, her fight for life after the surgery, the month in the hospital that … Continue reading
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Experiences Within and Without the Medical System
After deciding upon the theme of “health care” for our November issue, the Public i editorial collective asked fellow community members to share their personal experiences with the health care system, whether positive or negative (we anticipated more of the … Continue reading
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In Defense of No Schooling
This is in reference to the articles on public schooling by Belden Fields and Margaret Kosal in the October issue of Public I, ostensibly rebutting my essay “Children’s Liberation”(Se[tember issue). I do not mind someone writing a defense of public … Continue reading
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Diagnosis of a Failing Medical System
Few would dispute the assertion that the United States health care system is in deep crisis. Health care spending for 2001 was more than $1.4 trillion, or 14.1% of the GDP. This comes to spending per person of $4,631, compared … Continue reading
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Garden Poem
The news reports don’t say Why garden gnomes don’t play Beneath suburban trees anymore. But if I were a plastic goose I’d be looking at all the flags set loose Thinking of when there were lawn decorating jobs galore.
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Reports from the WTO Protests in Cancun, Mexico
Mohammad al-Heeti, owner and manager of the popular World Harvest international food store at 519 E. University Avenue in Champaign, was born in Heet, Iraq, a small and very old city on the Euphrates River, west of Baghdad. This past … Continue reading
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A Visit to Baghdad
We understand that the US forces have wanted to control everything, out of their fear for the Saddam and Baathist loyalists. They dissolved the Iraqi army, fired all the police and many government workers and sent them all home with … Continue reading
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The Legacy of GirlZone
’ . Dragged to a GirlZone skateboarding workshop by her mother, Chloe had no real intention of learning to skate. A half hour later, though, she was swooshing down the ramps, seated, on her … Continue reading
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IMC Fest Raises Over $1,500 for the UC-IMC
, ’ at the Canopy Club (produced by the IMC’s booking group) was a resounding success. With the help of twelve bands, two feature films, one filmmaker, a ‘zine slam, lots of volunteers, and an enthusiastically … Continue reading
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Leave No Public School Standing
You have to have it to the Bush administration. They have a remarkable ability to seize the agenda from Democrats and progressives and force the rest of us to dance to their tune, at least in the short run. I’m … Continue reading
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Challenging “Unschooling”
The September issue of the Public i included an article by Gina Cassidy entitled “Children’s Liberation” which argued against compulsory public education, advocating instead a system of “no schooling” or “deschooling” in which children are free to pursue their own … Continue reading
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Defending Public Education
In the last issue of the Public i there were two articles critical of public education. One advocated home schooling, the other no schooling. I will argue that no schooling is always bad for a young person, and that home … Continue reading
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