Michael Negron
- : Fairbanks, AK
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- : http://www.hlpronline.com
- : Michael Negron is a native of Chicago and the co-Founder and President of the Harvard Law & Policy Review, the official journal of the American Constitution Society. A former officer in the United States Navy, Michael holds a BS in Foreign Service from Georgetown University, and an MA in History from the University of Memphis. Most recently a blogger for the Obama campaign in New Hampshire, Michael is currently a staff attorney with the Alaska Legal Services Corporation.
Clever Messaging on Health Care
This is an appealing new YouTube video on Senator Wyden's Healthy Americans Act: I think this is quite effective, and reminds me of the Center for American Progress's recently-launched campaign to rebrand progressivism. What do you think of video ads...more »
Posted on April 17, 2008 3:28 PM
A Tougher Market for Student Loans
With April in full swing, a rising generation of future college and graduate students is combing through financial aid awards and contemplating the five- and six-figure of student debt necessary to becoming marketable in the global economy. The effects of...more »
Posted on April 13, 2008 6:56 PM
The Past as Prologue for Health Care Reform
Health care reform has remained front and center for the Democrats in a nomination fight that has been taking place for over a year now, and Ezra Klein has a web-only article on the American Prospect's website that mines the...more »
Posted on January 22, 2008 2:40 PM
Remembering Warrior Moms
The Senate Joint Economic Committee, chaired by Senator Charles Schumer (D-NY), released a report timed to coincide with Mother’s Day that highlights the precarious position of service member moms in the military today. The report finds that the availability...more »
Posted on May 12, 2007 7:31 AM
Seizing the moment with universal health insurance
As Derek wrote a few days ago, a New York Times/CBS poll reveals that a majority of Americans believe that the government should guarantee health insurance for all. This poll also found a solid majority willing to pay higher taxes...more »
Posted on March 5, 2007 9:03 AM
Universal health insurance back on the table
With the return of a Democratic Congress and the commitment of Republican governors like Mitt Romney and Arnold Schwarzenegger to inching their states towards expanding health care coverage, universal health insurance looks to be making a return to forefront of...more »
Posted on December 28, 2006 12:26 PM
Poverty and Middle Class Insecurity: Connecting the Dots
I have blogged in the past about the potential connection between the moral impetus of John Edward’s poverty focus and the economic self-interest appeal of a middle class squeeze message as personified by the Democratic Leadership Council’s American Dream Initiative...more »
Posted on October 12, 2006 6:44 PM
High Anxiety
From Senator John Edward's "Two Americas" theme from 2004 to the Democratic Leadership Council's unveiling (by Senator Hillary Clinton) of its American Dream Initiative, the increasingly tenuous position of the average American faced with increasing housing, health care and education...more »
Posted on October 6, 2006 1:21 PM
The rising price of opportunity
Only weeks later than promised, this post delves into some of the more noteworthy elements of the DLC’s American Dream Initiative (ADI). As a matter of substance, the ADI program contains several proposals noteworthy for their recognition that financial...more »
Posted on August 22, 2006 12:12 PM
An Emerging Consensus?
Elizabeth blogged last night on the Debt Matters conference here at my summer employers at the Center for American Progress. In the days before the conference, another potential 2008 candidate established the debt-induced anxiety of the middle class as a...more »
Posted on July 20, 2006 7:27 AM
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Whoa, 3 posts in a row. When did this blog become "The Spitalnick Reports on the Middle Class"?
;P
Posted at August 8, 2007 2:04 PM in response to The (Democratic) politics of the mortgage mess
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Your first post! I'm so proud.
Posted at October 20, 2006 10:29 PM in response to Healthcare - A Solution Coming From an Unexpected Coalition?
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Yes, college students are factored into the numbers. I didn't mention that in the post, my apologies, but it's in the book. I'll highlight that now.
Posted at October 12, 2006 6:54 PM in response to Poverty and Middle Class Insecurity: Connecting the Dots
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Great!
Posted at January 4, 2006 12:10 PM in response to A Call to Arms
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How did a conversation about a growing problem affecting junior enlisted, one that we dealt with more and more when I was a Navy Lieutenant, turn into this exchange of hyperbole?
Posted at November 4, 2005 3:26 PM in response to Not your grandparents' military
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I have fixed this, thanks for the note!
Posted at July 13, 2005 11:48 AM in response to Debit Cards and Identity Theft
