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  • A report from the health care wars

    A report from the health care wars

    September 12, 2009 By John Rummel

    Doors were scheduled to open at 6:00 and though I arrived by 4:15, 300 people were already in line. A certain tension was in the air, as Rep. Gary Peters, a first-term Democrat in Michigan’s 9th...

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  • President Obama details health reform principles

    President Obama details health reform principles

    September 12, 2009 By Joel Wendland-Liu

    On the heels of President Obama's speech to Congress on health reform this week, White House Domestic Policy Council Director Melody Barnes stated that the administration has learned some important lessons about that issue coming out...

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  • Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol?

    Will Ellen DeGeneres make it on American Idol?

    September 11, 2009

    Before every American Idol fan and entertainment writer goes nuts buzzing online about how it's a bad idea that Ellen DeGeneres has joined the show's judging table, let's all just take a deep breath and give...

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  • Take a stand for democracy

    Take a stand for democracy

    September 10, 2009 By PW Editorial Board

    At noon next Tuesday, Sept. 8, the president will speak via live video to schoolchildren across our country. He will be welcoming them back to school, and urging them “to take personal responsibility for their own...

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  • Workers face big challenges, economists warn

    Workers face big challenges, economists warn

    September 10, 2009 By John Wojcik

    As union delegates from around the country prepare to head to the AFL-CIO’s 2009 convention in Pittsburgh Sept. 13, they bring a determination to fight for an economy that works for the great majority of Americans.

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