• Raise Your Voice for Health Care Reform

    The NAACP is going to war for “real” health care reform. And that must include a public option.
    Ben Jealous and the NAACP Start a War Room in Washington for Health Care Reform
  • The Confab -- Oct. 19, 2009

    This Week on The Confab: Is Olympia Snowe the last decent Republican? Are sports fans cheering on conservative football and liberal basketball? And why Katherine Jackson should pull the plug on the Jackson kids' reality show. Join The Root's Washington reporter Dayo Olopade as she talks with assistant editor Saaret E. Yoseph, copy editor Erin Evans and contributor to The Root Donnell Alexander.

     

    * Podcast production by Abdullah Rufus.

    * Podcast theme music by Timothy Morrison.
    The Root's Podcast: Oct. 19, 2009
  • Should Health Care Be the 'Rodney King Moment' of the 21st Century?

    Well, apparently Michael Steele thinks so. Watch ...
    Michael Steele Wants Health Care To Be the Next Rodney King Moment
  • Health Care Bill Passes. No Public Option. Yet?

    The plan endorsed on Capitol Hill and at the White House may not be the one that goes into effect across the U.S.
    Senators Pass Health Care Bill with Key Republican Ally, Olympia Snowe
  • Begging To Live

    If not for the vigilance of one ill uninsured student, he would be dead now. Why stories like these ought to be influencing health care policy and not bureaucracy.
    Uninsured Law School Student Forced To Beg For Health Care
  • Don't Tax the Kool-Aid!

    Mentholated cigarettes may have avoided the FDA's axe last week, when all other flavored smokes were banned outright. But another African American favorite—sugary drinks—is increasingly a subject of legislative interest.
    Sugary Drink Taxes Are Bad News for Black Americans--and Probably Won't Work
  • Yes, Barack Is Busy. And?

    Sometimes multi-tasking makes the man.
    Barack on Letterman, at the U.N. General Assembly, at the G20. He's a busy man. And?
  • 10 Reasons African Americans Should March on Washington About Health Care

    August should have been marked by black rage at the status quo—rather than white paranoia about change.
    10 Reasons African Americans Should March on Washington About Health Care
  • Putting Our Faith in Health Care

    Since the early days of the conversation, the White House pitch has focused on an economic and logistical case for change. In President Obama’s speech tonight, will he make the moral case for health care reform?
    Will Obama Make the Moral Case For Health Care?
  • The Kennedy Strategy

    What the last of the great liberals can teach Obama about how to fight for health care reform.
    What Obama Must Do About Health Care
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