March 23, 2010
Health Care: Watch the Signing Ceremony
Don’t Miss This #2: Keeping Up in the Midst of Health Care News Dominance
Here’s another cool distraction from saturation health care coverage: people I work with making it into the mainstream media.
Patrick Boyle, Youth Today editor, blogger, author, friend, continues to pop up in places other than Youth Today for his expertise on and journalistic coverage of, well, youth-related issues.
This time, CNN caught up with him for a quote as part of its coverage of a civil trial about sexual abuse and secrecy in the Boy Scouts. (I could only find the transcript of the March 19 “Situation Room” broadcast where Patrick was quoted. Working on finding the video, but so far am not succeeding; see below for another segment with video.)
Patrick was on the case long before Wolf Blitzer et. al, however, having in 1994 written a book called “Scout’s Honor,” which documented sexual abuse in, as the subtitle reads, “America’s Most Trusted Institution” (read it online for free at Youth Today’s website).
Read more breaking about the Oregon Scout civil trial at Youth Today.org, which has additional links.
And if you work with disadvantaged youth and want the best news available on the subject, subscribe to Youth Today here. (Yes, I work with Patrick and the entire Youth Today gang and yes, I’m biased, but do it anyway!)
Update: We found another CNN segment featuring Patrick’s comments on the Scout story:
March 22, 2010
Don’t Miss This #1: Keeping Up in the Midst of Health Care News Dominance
This week, health care will dominate the news so I’ll be trying to point out items that you shouldn’t miss, even as you applaud (or crack up) in the onslaught of health care coverage. Think of it as a prescription for what ails you, policy-coverage-overload-wise.
Dear father points out our first entry: A New York Times article about foreclosures in Boston. It tracks a program that’s offering families assistance after they’ve tossed their keys to the bank and stopped paying an underwater mortgage.
From the NYT:
This counterintuitive solution — intervening after foreclosure rather than before — is the brainchild of Boston Community Capital, a nonprofit community development financial institution, and a housing advocacy group called City Life/Vida Urbana, working with law students and professors at Harvard Law School.
What else shouldn’t we miss? Tell us in comments!
Houses Passes Senate Health Care Bill and Reconciliation
The House last night passed historic comprehensive health care reform, along with a package of fixes to the legislation. Student loan reform is also headed for passage. Eyes now turn to the Senate, which much complete the job. Read more at C-Span’s health care hub.
March 21, 2010
LIVE: Health Care Vote in the House
Voting on rules now.
Update, 6:28 p.m.: Key vote to proceed to debate garners 224 Dem. yeas vs. 206 GOP/Dem. nays.