- Read of the week: Nomi Prins and Chris Hayes explain the bank bailouts in language you can understand—even if you can’t understand the decision-making that went into it.
- Baltimore public schools are embracing Meatless Mondays, more local produce, and more in-house meal preparation. It’s healthier, better for the environment, and in the long term it will save the city money.
- From Bread for the City: Revealing the Invisible People
- From the Working In These Times blog: Maintenance workers fight for lost wages in Chicago
- The New York Times takes a close look at the medical malpractice system, going beyond the politicized question of whether malpractice lawsuits are a significant cause of rising health care costs to see if the system is working for patients—both healthwise and financially.
- Oh, good. Sen. Kent Conrad, who’s been a prominent voice on health care reform (and the obstruction thereof), compared the American system to those in several other countries—and in so doing, revealed he has no clue what those other countries’ systems are.
- Did I mention that the read of the week is Nomi Prins and Chris Hayes on the bank bailouts?
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