 |
LOGIN · Board Members · Media Outlets
Monday November 19, 2018
Featured Articles
-
Too Many American Lives Hinge on Drug Prices
Read Article
by: Gail deVore
The angry protests around the 2016 Mylan EpiPen scandal brought into sharp focus the perils for patients when the price of a life-saving drug spikes precipitously, with little or no forewarning, and no ready alternative. As a Type 1 diabetic who has been dealing with escalating insulin prices my whole life, I was heartened to see the public outcry over our countrys anemic attitude toward setting affordable drug pricing policies. My concern now is that, without additional crises to capture the publics attention, the issue will recede in significance. Rest assured, the realities for patients living under the price-spiral sword have not receded, our lives continue to be threatened daily. -
Cape restaurant owner endorses minimum wage ballot issue
Read Article
by: Gabriele Ruggieri
Since I was a child, watching my mother make the traditional meals of Sicily, I knew I wanted to build a life around cooking. But after years of working in hotels and restaurants around the world, I wanted greater opportunity. I wanted my own restaurant, a place that -- like my mother's kitchen -- would not only showcase Italian cooking but embody the warmth and inclusiveness of the hospitality I grew up with.
The community I chose was Cape Girardeau. In 2016, I opened Gabriel's Food + Wine in the Historic District. Since then, Gabriel's has become a community fixture, a place to have pasta with the family, celebrate special occasions or enroll the kids in our children's cooking classes. -
There's Lots 2 Love About the School Lunch Program
Read Article
by: Tracey Ritchie
One of the most successful and bipartisan programs in United States history is the National School Lunch program and today as we celebrate National School Lunch Week this October 15 - 19, it's important to reflect on the millions and millions of children who have benefited from this program over the years. This year schools will celebrate National School Lunch Week with the theme 'Lots 2 Love', intended to encourage students and school nutrition professionals to share what they love most about school lunches. For many kids, school food is the main source of nutrition they receive on a daily basis. -
SNAP Program Critical to People with disabilities
Read Article
by: Kyle Waide, Eric Jacobson
People living with disabilities in Georgia face many obstacles, including higher than average rates of unemployment, lower than average incomes and costly medical expenses. It is little wonder that food insecurity disproportionately affects people with disabilities.
Households that include adults with disabilities experience a food insecurity rate of 33 percent almost three times the rate at which households with no adults with disabilities are food insecure (12 percent). This already alarming rate would be far worse if not for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Claire McCaskill Has 2.5 Million Reasons to Oppose Judge Kavanaugh
Mercury, smallmouth bass and the Supreme Court
|
Supreme Court Nominee Kavanaugh Threat to Roe, Constitutional Right to Abortion and Birth Control
Movie Theater Owner Spotlights Benefits of Raising Minimum Wage
|
by: Jen Bersdale
by: John Hickey
by: Jose Caldera
by: Bob GoodrichSearch Articles
American Forum in the News
Too Many American Lives Hinge on Drug Prices (by: Gail deVore) in the Vilas County News-Review
There's Lots 2 Love About the School Lunch Program (by: Tracey Ritchie) in the The Tribune
ICE Policies Hurt Our Communities Beyond The Border (by: Hamid Yazdan Pahah) in the Petersburg Progress-Index
The Toxic Effects Of Detention Centers For Young Children (by: Charles Zeanah, Carole Shauffer) in the Leesville Daily Leader
Keep SNAP in Farm Bill (by: Ashley Matthews) in the Hinesville Coastal Courier
Use A Public Health Approach To Reduce Gun Violence (by: Daniel Blumenthal) in the Spring Grove Herald
Trump, GOP Get Failing Grades On New Tax Law (by: Frank Clemente) in the Atlanta Inquirer
Every Farm Counts (by: Zachary Ducheneaux) in the Columbia Star
Free at Last: When You Are Among Those Few Granted Asylum (by: Silvia Giagnoni) in the Augusta Free Press
We Can Make It Less Profitable To Traffic Opioids (by: John Cassara, Nathan Proctor) in the Red Wing Republican Eagle
State Forums
Take a look at the latest informative commentary about issues facing your state.
State Forums
About the Forum
Discover the American Forum.
National Women's Editorial Forum
Working to ensure that Women's Voices, their stories and their perspectives, get read, get heard and get seen.
If you are an Organization, Activist, or Journalist, check out all the Forum has to offer!
Copyright American Forum
All Rights Reserved.