An examination of how Medicaid came to be, and the political and monetary forces that shape it today.
Category Archives: Archives
Cost of Living
Essays about the very guts of the medical industrial complex, and the many struggles that our healthcare system forces upon its patients.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #52
The Non-fiction Feature: Nudge by Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein
The Children’s Spot: Endlessly Ever After by Laurel Snyder and Dan Santat
The Product Spot: stickK
stickK
Understanding that there’s a big difference between having a goal and achieving it, stickK bridges this distance using loss aversion and accountability.
Endlessly Ever After
A beautifully illustrated book that’s also a fun way for kids to explore the impact of their choices.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
A clearer view of how the world is put together, how it functions, and how we can nudge each other for the better.
Presumed Guilty: How the Supreme Court Empowered the Police and Subverted Civil Rights
How the U.S. Supreme Court’s opinions can shape police behavior, for better or worse.
Pithy Summary – Bulletin #51
The Non-fiction Feature: Presumed Guilty by Erwin Chemerinsky
The Memoir Spot: Picking Cotton by Jennifer Thompson-Cannino & Ronald Cotton & Erin Torneo
The Product Spot: Innocence Project
Innocence Project
The Innocence Project works to exonerate those who have been wrongly convicted, by using DNA testing and other types of post-conviction relief.
Picking Cotton: Our Memoir of Injustice and Redemption
“Picking Cotton” is a painful examination of how wrong our criminal justice system can be–both for those accusing and the accused.