Diabetic people in low-income neighborhoods in California were up to 10 times more likely to lose a leg or a foot than diabetic patients in wealthier ZIP Codes, UCLA researchers have reported. Study: Poor people with diabetes 10 times more likely to lose limb – LA Times Data’s from 2009, pre-ACA. (via sexartandpolitics)

Investing in Education.

When President Obama spoke of investing in education in his speech in Berlin this week, these kind of crucial, debilitating cuts to basic educational resources are what I thought of first: Funding for California community colleges was cut by 10%. Funding to disabled student services at California community colleges was cut by 40%. Is it impossible for …