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GOP: Homelessness is Among Top Concerns

Dorothy Day Center residents sit outside Convention CenterBesides pigeon dung, homelessness is among the top concerns for organizers of the Republican National Convention.  Not because they want to solve the homelessness problem, but because it’s going to be right across the street from their convention.

This year’s Republican National Convention is being held at the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota directly across the street from one of the city’s largest homeless shelters, the Dorothy Day Center.  The Center houses about 200 people and is clearly visible from the Convention steps. Continue reading “GOP: Homelessness is Among Top Concerns”

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City Prosper is Over

After about a year of work, I have decided to stop developing City Propser.  My partner on the project recently quit, and I cannot continue to work on the site alone since it’s too much for one person to maintain and we found little funding.

Although it ultimately failed, I still believe that City Prosper is a good idea.  We wanted to be Philadelphia’s news source for its non-profit sector.  We were aggregating interesting news stories from major newspapers and websites, and planned on writing original news articles to supplement what was missing.  I’m proud of the site’s design and that I built it with relatively little coding experience.  At least I was able to hone my web development skills–so not all is lost.

Right now, my plan is to continue searching for writing and non-profit sector jobs.  I’m still working for Healthcare-NOW, but it’s very part-time.

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Working for Healthcare-NOW

Healthcare-NOW

I was recently hired by Healthcare-NOW to update their website–I know, it needs a ton of work. If the site isn’t confusing enough, you should see the code. Couple that with my non-profit endeavor, City Prosper, and I’m well on my way to becoming a real writer.

I’m thrilled to start working with Healthcare-NOW because I believe a single-payer health care system is far superior to our current, failed private health care system. Not only is single-payer humane, but it’s far cheaper than our current system, despite what the right would have us believe.

I don’t want to get into too many statistics, but I should mention that we pay twice as much, per-capita, than Germany (which has universal health care) does–$6,102 per capita vs. $3,005 per capita–and receive poorer service. Also, we leave about 45 million people without any insurance, causing about 22,000 needless deaths a year.