Chris Rock’s ‘Good Hair’ Gets Tangled Up in Controversy

Maria Puente reports for the USA Today: “Secrets, comedian Chris Rock declares slyly, are bad for the human spirit. That’s why he’s gleefully talking out of school in his new documentary, Good Hair, which has some people rolling in the aisles and others…

Which Side Are You On?

David Fahrenthold reports for the Washington Post that “in some unusual cases, resulting from sex-change operations or medical conditions, the usual indicators of male and female can contradict each other in the same body.”

Health Care Bills Tackle Gender Gap in Coverage

USA Today’s Mimi Hall reports on how some insurers allowed to charge women more for the same policies: “Women’s health groups, legal organizations and some female senators are fighting for a host of little-known provisions in the health care legislation…

Who Is Looking Out For Women’s Health?

Julianne Malveaux’s opinion in USA Today on why women need health care reform: ” For all we say about caring for women and children, women get the short end of the stick where medical insurance is concerned. Women use the health care system more than men…

Medicare for All: Yes We Can

“Lack of health insurance kills 45,000 American adults a year, according to a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health. . . . Even with health insurance, many Americans are a medical crisis away from bankruptcy,” writes Holly Sklar (distributed by McClatchy-Tribune News Service).