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Economic necessity of healthcare reform
June 4, 2009Healthcare reform that controls the cost of coverage and care and that provides universal access will have positive impacts on a number of economic indicators, if passed this year, argued a new report released this week...
Read moreVIDEO Dr. George Tiller: The loss of a hero
June 3, 2009Dr. George Tiller wanted to be a dermatologist. But when his physician father died, Dr. Tiller temporarily took over his father’s family practice in Wichita.
Read moreProgressives in Washington have wind at their backs
June 3, 2009WASHINGTON — Thousands of progressive leaders and activists who have descended on this town this week for the America’s Future Now conference are having to adjust to something new. A delegate who has been coming to...
Read moreAssassin part of shadow anti-choice terror network
June 3, 2009The assassination of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas, this week has sent waves of revulsion across the country, renewing fears of escalating violence at reproductive health care clinics across the nation. It has also prompted...
Read moreMainers rally for single-payer health care
June 3, 2009AUGUSTA, Maine -- Maine people came out May 30 in support of single-payer health care. Some 300 of them joined a rally outside the Statehouse here on a day that demonstrations for John Conyers' Medicare for...
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