U.S.
Womens concerns often missing in health care debate
July 20, 2009Original source: Soaring health care costs and eroding benefits are seriously impeding Americans’ ability to get needed health care, with women particularly affected, a recent Commonwealth Fund study found. Women are more likely to use health...
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VIDEO Walter Cronkite on 9/11
July 20, 2009Walter Cronkite interviewed on David Letterman days after Sept. 11, 2001. Cronkite is prophetic, a thoughtful American.
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Homelessness increases among families
July 19, 2009Original source: The number of homeless families who spend some time in a shelter increased by 9 percent from 2007 to 2008, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development's (HUD) annual report on...
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Texas unemployment offices break down
July 19, 2009Unprecedented unemployment and political posturing by Governor Rick Perry have forced the Texas Workforce Commmission into a complete breakdown. There were warnings from the Texas AFL-CIO more than a month ago, but the corporate media reported...
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COMMENTARY Affirmative action and disregard of evidence
July 18, 2009The five reactionary Supreme Court judges ignored evidence and ruled to let stand the results of a 2003 firefighter promotion test, even though no African Americans were promoted, and despite the fact that second-generation fire fighters,...
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