After the passage of the health care bill, windows shattered in the offices of Congressmembers across the country, and Congressmen like Bart Stupak received death threats. Meanwhile, Sarah Palin and others encouraged opponents of the bill to "reload" and "take aim" at health care supporters.

The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans?

The most oft-asked question after the historic passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, commonly referred to as the health care bill, is "How does this affect me?" While we can't answer all your individual questions in a 30-minute show (or a week of 30-minute shows), we thought we'd pull in some experts to lay out what's in the new law.

What does FOX News have to do with the demise of ACORN? According to this segment from our friends at Brave New Films, quite a lot. FOX's lead sent other news outlets scurrying after the non-story of James O'Keefe's infamous "pimp and prostitute" video, and kept up a steady drumbeat that saw the organization stripped of funds and forced to close its doors.

The New York Times is still considering a correction? Just what does it take for the paper of record to go ahead and admit its mistakes?

The right wing's favorite political football, the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, or ACORN, has announced that it will be closing down. What brought down the once-strong force for justice for low-income Americans?

Amidst all the hullabaloo over the health care bill in the past week, President Obama quietly signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, otherwise known as the HIRE Act or the jobs bill. But is the bill, mostly a collection of temporary corporate tax breaks, really going to put people to work--or will it bypass those most in need, often communities of color and urban residents?

"I was a philosophy major, so I did day labor," jokes veteran journalist and professor Dick Reavis. But he didn't expect to have to go back to day labor at retirement age. But his pension didn't cover costs, so he went back to work, taking a reporter's skills and turning his experience into a book.

Last weekend, Rev. Jesse Jackson came to New York to speak at the Left Forum. While he was there, he took some time to chat with Laura about the health care bill--now the health care reform law--and the forces fighting against it.

Amidst all the hullabaloo over the health care bill in the past week, President Obama quietly signed the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act, otherwise known as the HIRE Act or the jobs bill. But is the bill, mostly a collection of temporary corporate tax breaks, really going to put people to work--or will it bypass those most in need, often communities of color and urban residents?