Monday, January 30, 2006

ABC News: Super Bowl Host Is U.S.'s Poorest Big City

ABC News: Super Bowl Host Is U.S.'s Poorest Big City

From the article: "Before the Super Bowl kickoff this weekend, private planes will land here, limousines will clog the streets, and lavish parties will be thrown for those with famous names or lots of money. The kitchens of Ford Field will be stocked with two tons of lobster.

Much of the rest of Detroit, though, is a landscape dotted with burned-out buildings, where liquor stores abound but supermarkets are hard to come by, and where drugs, violence and unemployment are everyday realities."

Thursday, January 12, 2006

ABC News: Should Wal-Mart Offer Better Health Insurance?

ABC News: Should Wal-Mart Offer Better Health Insurance?

From the article: "Votes are expected within hours to override a gubernatorial veto of a measure that mandates that companies with more than 10,000 employees spend 8 percent of their payroll on health care costs. In Maryland only one company fits that description: Wal-Mart. Some business interests see this move as nothing more than a backdoor effort by Democrats and union leaders to bring about a national health care system.

For some Wal-Mart workers, though, the bill's passage could help them get out of a troubling situation."