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Uninsured rate in Houston among highest in the nation
August 31, 2009HOUSTON – A front page article in the 8/30/09 edition of the Houston Chronicle notes that Houston is among the worst in the nation in terms of uninsured residents. This great, culturally diverse city which is...
Read morePeace groups map actions for Oct. 7, Afghanistan war’s 8th anniversary
August 31, 2009With the U.S. commander in Afghanistan expected to ask President Obama to send more troops, peace groups are planning actions across the U.S. on Oct. 7, the eighth anniversary of the 2001 invasion of Afghanistan.
Read moreOnce again, Albuquerque shouts ‘Health care now!’
August 31, 2009ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — As a huge Organizing for America bus rolled into the Hispanic Cultural Center here on the evening of Aug. 27, it was greeted by the shouts of nearly 1,000 people: “Health Care Now!”
Read more1500 rally for health care in St. Louis
August 31, 2009ST. LOUIS – “Health care reform is about family values,” Board of Alderman President Lewis Reed told over 1,500 union members, community leaders and activists here at an Organizing for America (OFA) health care rally August,...
Read moreNY health care rally honors Ted Kennedy
August 30, 2009NEW YORK – At nearly the same time as the funeral for Ted Kennedy, the “Lion of the Senate,” took place in Boston, thousands of people gathered at the crossroads of the world to both fight...
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