U.S.
Obama speech boosts health care reform
September 18, 2009President Obama’s recent speech to Congress calling for an end to bickering, fear-mongering and insurance company lies, gave a powerful boost to health care reform with a new poll showing strong majority support for his package...
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Michael Moore’s ‘Capitalism’ is labor of love for working America
September 18, 2009On the year anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, filmmaker and slacker hero Michael Moore gave a gift to working America: an explanation of what happened.In short: capitalism happened.
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Coalition Maps ‘Jobs for All’ Conference in NYC Nov. 13-14
September 18, 2009With the nation’s official jobless rate 9.7 percent and expected to surge higher than 10 percent, calls are growing for President Obama and Congress to create a federal jobs program to create millions of green, living-wage...
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CNN’s Lou Dobbs in bed with hate group
September 15, 2009Hate-based, anti-immigrant propaganda has poisoned not only the health care debate but is also distorting the public discussion about immigration reform, charged a group of civil rights, immigration reform advocacy and media watchdog organizations this week.
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US distributors boycott “Creation,” movie on Charles Darwin
September 15, 2009A new British film following the life of evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin called “Creation” has stirred up controversy because producer Jeremy Thomas has not been able to secure a U.S. distributor.
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