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Recession over? Not really
August 14, 2009The job news is confusing. Headlines are announcing 'stabilization', 'unemployment rate falls', 'recession is over this month'. But step into your neighborhood bar -- or coffee shop if you're on the wagon -- and a truer...
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Immigrants don’t overuse health care system
August 14, 2009It's not exactly news among those who follow these things, but it bears noting that a new report once more shows that immigrants in the United States today, whether they have legal status or not, are...
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Bloggers, activists head to Pittsburgh for Netroots Nation confab
August 13, 2009PITTSBURGH, Pa. — With more than 1,500 progressive bloggers and activists streaming into Steel City for the Netroots Nation confab this week, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., joined United Steelworkers president Leo Gerard, Campaign for America’s Future...
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Is tide shifting against town hall disrupters?
August 13, 2009When Rep. Rick Larsen, a Democrat, held a town hall meeting in Ferndale, Wash., a few days ago, the meeting was packed with right-wingers who booed and heckled his attempts to explain the urgent need to...
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Hospital execs slurping up big bonus bucks
August 13, 2009As the right wing tries to convince Americans that health care reform is unaffordable, hospitals, claiming they have to stay “competitive,” are spooning out multi-million dollar pay packages to their top executives. Recent reports printed in...
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