Joel Wendland-Liu
LATEST ARTICLES BY Joel Wendland-Liu
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It’s a woman’s world
October 23, 2009A new study declares the "war of the sexes" to be over. According to the findings of a newly released joint report from California First Lady Maria Shriver and the Center for American Progress, Americans are...
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Cap and trade controls smog, says EPA
October 16, 2009A new report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) this week touted the success of a cap and trade program (known as NOx Budget Trading Program, or NBP) that regulates emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) in...
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Senate committee passes health bill
October 13, 2009After an eleventh hour push by health insurance lobbyists to derail reform by threatening to raise premiums if a reform bill passes, the Senate Finance Committee passed its version of a reform bill with a bipartisan...
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If that’s socialized medicine, I’m for it
October 8, 2009A bipartisan group of more than 1,000 state lawmakers have signed a letter to Congress calling for real health reform that includes a public option, according to a recent press conference call organized by the Progressive...
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Workers will see a recovery?
October 5, 2009Demands are growing to use leftover bailout money to provide jobs for the unemployed.
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Swine flu vaccine on the way
September 26, 2009Preparations for this year's flu season seem well underway as the H1N1 virus sweeps the country.
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Health insurance premiums grow faster than wages
September 24, 2009While wage growth, impacted by inflation, has eroded steadily over the past decade, the cost of a typical health insurance plan has grown as much as 150 percent, a new report put out by the Obama...
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American public behind climate change bill
September 23, 2009While a strong majority of American voters continue to support climate change legislation which would control pollution that causes global warming and would create a new generation of "green jobs," much of corporate America and its...
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