With insurance companies dropping plans that do not apply with the Affordable Care Act and unsolved technical failures with the healthcare website, Obamacare has become the antithesis of its original promise: to ensure Americans have access to affordable health care.
Veterans Day is supposed to be a day of honoring those who served in the armed forces. But beyond that, U.S. vets deserve better care when returning home.
The recent shooting rampage at Bryant Park, which didn't even break into local headlines, raises the important concern of an American desensitization to mass shootings.
The New York City Council's vote to raise the tobacco-buying age from 18 to 21, while an honest push for public health, would infringe on the rights of New Yorkers ages 18 to 20 who are considered legal adults.
States passing legislation ranging from far right to far left are reflective of an inherently deep, national political divide that Congress wouldn't be able to resolve on the federal level even if it were able to sign off on policy measures.
