Archive for March, 2009

Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics: RWS Hospital Cooks the PR Books by Bill Barclay Recently Pat Shehorn, the new CEO at Oak Park's Resurrection West Suburban Hospital (RWS; she also continues as CEO at Westlake Hospital in Melrose), had initiated a PR campaign to rehabilitate the hospital's image in the minds of the surrounding community.  In both ads and letters to the... »

President Barack Obama announced his plans to send another 21,000 troops to Afghanistan: he is girding the nation for a long and costly military occupation there. While he also made some good statements on increasing diplomacy and economic aid to Afghanistan and Pakistan, the emphasis is clearly on military operations. Predictably, the Pakistan and Afghan factions of the Taliban are already... »

April 18, 2009 Lutheran School of Theology 1100 E. 55th St. in Chicago Dinner: 5:30 PM; Program: 7:00 PM Angela Davis will be the keynote speaker for the 36th Anniversary Human Rights Awards of the Chicago Branch of the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression at 7:00 pm at the Lutheran School of Theology, 1100 E. 55th St. in Chicago. A... »

Oak Park Austin Health Alliance Working to Reform West Suburban / Resurrection Hospital In 2004 Oak Park’s largest hospital, West Suburban, was acquired by Resurrection Health Care (RHC), a large Catholic hospital chain. West Suburban was a primary source of quality health care in the Oak Park and Austin communities as well as... »

Video / Resource Page for the New New Deal Panel View video segments from this successful panel, held on Jan. 25 to discuss progressive solutions to the unprecedented domestic and global crises we all face.  Panelists discussed policy recommendations that can bring about real change. Topics included: the economy, green energy, health care, and foreign policy. The Panel ... »

Plans are set for National Mobilization to End the Wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and Address the Economic Crisis by Cutting Military Spending. United for Peace and Justice has launched the "Beyond War, A New Economy Is Possible: Yes We Can!" campaign. The campaign builds on UFPJ’s call to end the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan by seeking to... »

“The Future of Food,” by filmmaker Deborah Koons Garcia, describes the revolution happening in the farm fields and on the dinner tables of America, a revolution that is transforming the very nature of the food we eat. This film offers an in-depth investigation into the disturbing truth behind the unlabeled, patented, genetically engineered foods that have... »

Community organizers are fighting for renters facing eviction because of foreclosure. By Daniel Fireside This article is from the March/April 2009 issue of Dollars & Sense. Subscribe Now. The United States is in the midst of a national foreclosure crisis that threatens to wreak havoc not just on homeowners, but also tenants, urban neighborhoods, and entire cities. Community organizers and legal activists are... »