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Getting Away with Murder – 5 Part Series

April 28, 2021 admin Uncategorized

Winner of Pulitzer Prize in National Reporting Gannett News Service Series Marjorie Lundstrom and Rochelle Sharpe Part 1: Sloppy investigations miss murderers It is easy to kill a child and bury the secret. Throughout America,

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As Leaders, Women Rule

December 27, 2018 admin Workplace Economics

New studies find that female managers outshine their male counterparts in almost every measure Twenty-five years after women first started pouring into the labor force–and trying to be more like men in every way, from

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Recession Drives More People to Barter For Healthcare 

December 27, 2018 admin Public Health Issues

Jun 17, 2009 With no health insurance and little money, Gilberto Carrasco, a Reno, Nev., auto mechanic, didn’t see much point in getting a physical. At 50, he felt healthy and couldn’t afford treatment even

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Over-The-Counter Drugs: A Prescription For Confusion

December 27, 2018 admin Public Health Issues

At Able Care Pharmacy & Medical Supplies in Enfield, Ashraf Moustafa often tries to avert disasters involving drugs displayed on his store’s shelves. Moustafa, the pharmacy manager, recently spoke to an elderly woman seeking ways

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Women’s Longevity Falling in Some Parts of U.S., Stress May Be Factor

December 27, 2018 admin Family Issues

It’s one of the most disturbing trends in American public health: women’s life spans are shrinking in many parts of the U.S., and no one knows why. Women’s longevity took an unprecedented nosedive during the

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Shy woman rises to become a symbol: Jane Roe speaks out to save ‘her law’

December 27, 2018 admin Family Issues

LOS ANGELES – Norma McCorvey spent so many years hiding her identity, she has trouble convincing people she exists. “I’m Jane Roe,” she proudly told activists at the abortion rights march in April in Washington,

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Mothers prosecuted, punished for what they didn’t do

December 18, 2018 admin Criminal Justice

USA Today
Rochelle Sharpe

When California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger denied parole to a battered woman last week, he underscored a message that courts and prosecutors are increasingly giving mothers: They can be prosecuted for murder and imprisoned if they fail to prevent their children from being killed. …

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Should Medicare pay for toothpaste and shoes?

December 6, 2018 admin Public Health Issues

Why an experiment in Massachusetts is using federal health money to pay for some very non-medical things. Politico By Rochelle Sharpe 09/12/2018 BOSTON—Jim Chadwick listened with disbelief to the nurse and caseworker sitting in his

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After the Wild Ride: Investors have lost $4.6 trillion in the tech debacle

October 1, 2018 admin Workplace Economics

After the Wild Ride: Investors have lost $4.6 trillion in the tech debacle – and a lot more than money went with it
Business Week
Rochelle Sharpe

For a while, becoming fabulously wealthy practically overnight seemed to be about as easy as waking up in the morning and getting out of bed.

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Teen Internet Moguls

October 1, 2018 admin Workplace Economics

Teen Internet Moguls

Business Week

Rochelle Sharpe


Web-savvy kids are turning their fun and games into million-dollar businesses

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